Dead Sea mud mask recipe

The San Francisco Bath Salts Company has posted a recipe for a luxurious Dead Sea mud mask on its website.

Dead Sea Mud Mask:

A 100% Natural Dead Sea Mud (also known as Black Mud) is a wonderful way to create your own spa experience at home. Obtained from ancient sedimentary clay, Dead Sea Mud can be used as a mask on the body, face and hair. Dead Sea Mud has been recognized as a therapeutic beauty treatment for centuries because of its many benefits.

Dead Sea Mud:
Replenishes essential minerals such as Magnesium, Potassium and Calcium
Stimulates circulation
Removes toxins from the skin
Exfoliates, removing dead skin cells
Tones and softens the skin while unclogging pores

To use on your face or body:
-Apply a thin layer of mud to cleansed skin while gently massaging onto the skin with your fingers (be sure to keep the mud away from eyes and mouth).
-Leave the mud on the skin for 5-15 minutes allowing the mud to slightly dry.

To remove mask:
For face- Wet a wash cloth with warm water and lay on your face for a few seconds to soften the mask, rinse off with warm water.
For body- Hop in a warm shower to rinse the mask off the skin.

To use on your hair:
-Massage mud onto your scalp then work throughout hair.
-Allow mask to set for up to 30 minutes before rinsing thoroughly.

Use once a week for continued benefits for your skin & hair.

I don’t often share knitting patterns for pets, mostly because I don’t think of it. I don’t have a dog, and I’ve never knit for my cats except a knit couch and a little cat bed I made on a knitting machine, both of which were pretty much ignored.

I have shared some pet bed knitting patterns, and both hats and sweaters for dogs.

But I don’t think I’ve shared a pattern for a cat sweater, until now.

This one is the Bunny sweater by Sarah Zhou, so named because her cat is named Bunny, of course.

It’s a made to measure pattern because cats come in all shapes and sizes, and you can also use any yarn you like and whatever gauge you are getting with that yarn.

The design is knit from the bottom up, that is, from the tail side up toward the head. Pairs of decreases shape the body as you work toward the armholes, which are made by binding off a few stitches. Then the belly and the back are worked flat, then joined and worked in the round for the chest part.

There are some design options in the pattern, from the look of the photos they include using a contrasting color for the edging, working a scalloped edging, maybe a foldover collar? But of course you can add your own embellishments, stripes, make it in team colors or for a Halloween costume. I’m sure they’re quick to knit so you can make a bunch if you have a cat who is willing to submit to such torture.

Bunny looks like a very good and mostly tolerant girl; I don’t think either of my cats would be willing to wear a sweater. But if you make one (the pattern is available on Ravelry) and successfully get your cat to wear it I would love to hear about it!

[Photo: Sarah Zhou]

Have you read?