How Do You Dry Citrus Zest For Homemade Beauty Products?
Adding lemon, lime, orange or even grapefruit zest to Homemade Beauty products is a refreshing and cheap way to add a touch of scent and exfoliate at the same time. I use zest to make exfoliating salt and sugar scrubs as well as a facial cleanser and toothpaste. Additionally, the great thing about drying citrus zest, is that if I have too much I can add the extra to my spice cupboard to make dressings, desserts or toss on pasta. Remove all zest from the outside of the citrus peel. The zest will be the darker, brighter and harder part of the peel. You don’t want the inside pulpy part of the peel. You can remove the zest with a citrus zester or a sharp paring knife. I find that it is easier to remove the zest before I remove the peel from the citrus fruit, but it can be done afterward as well. You can zest as many or as few as you would like. Sometimes I only zest just what I need for a specific product or I zest several to dry for use in making beauty products as well as cooking or baki
