Have you found some pumice stone as you walk along the beach? I think most of us know if you rub it on your skin and act like an exfoliator, it is especially good for your heels, but did you know you can crush it and use it in your soaps?
Pumice is a light-colored, extremely porous igneous rock that forms during explosive volcanic eruptions. How can you spot pumice stone on the beach? Pumice is a fine-grained volcanic rock. It is very light grey to medium grey in color. It contains a lot of empty gas bubbles giving it a swiss cheese look.
Whilst pumice is well known for using on our bodies, did you know you can use pumice stone around the home too?
Add pumice stone chips to your plants for water absorption. Use a pumice stone as a natural essential oil diffuser by adding a few drops onto the pumice, it will soak into the stone much like volcanic beads
are used in making diffuser jewelry. Use pumice to distress your fabric for rustic crafts, you can even use it as a scrubbing brush in the kitchen or even a pumice stone toilet brush.
Here are our top recipes using Pumice stones
and pumice powder
. If you want to crush up your own Pumice finds, check out this kid’s video on how to make stone powder.
Pumice Melt and Pour Gardener’s Soap Recipe With Calendula
Workshop Soap using Borax — CraftBits.com
DIY Foot Scrub Bars With Pumice to Get Your Feet Ready For Summer
Minty Poppy Seed Scrubby Soap – Humblebee & Me 
Making a pumice sand bar, and how to boost lather in scrubby soaps | Day 245/365
Mechanic Soap w/ Pumice and Activated Charcoal. This soap ?ROCKS! ? Cold Process Soap Making.
DIY Orange Pumice Hand Cleanser : Soap for Gardeners and Mechanics l Soaping101
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