How to make scrubs less greasy

[rebobinar]

I feel like my straight oil and sugar scrubs feel pretty good - but my shea butter and cocoa butter scrubs leave my skin feeling kind of heavy. I'm using either shea butter + almond oil + stearic acid, or shea butter + cocoa butter + apricot oil + stearic acid. (equal parts butter to oil and 10% s. a.)

Any thoughts? Do you think adding e-wax would help? or M+P soap? Or is it a function of these particular butters?

Thanks!

 

[lsg]

Why not try Jojoba oil? I have read that it is non-greasy, and has a very neutral scent.

 

[new12soap]

I am just starting to try sugar scrubs, so not exactly the voice of experience here, but that does sound like a very high amount of hard butters to me. I think a higher percentage of the lighter oils like almond or apricot might help some. You could also try fractionated coconut oil. I am just curious why you are using the stearic? I understand that can sometimes cause "drag".

You can absolutely add e-wax, that would make it an emulsified scrub, and when you rinse off it pretty much turns the oils left on your skin into lotion. That sounds pretty good to me!

Jojoba is indeed lovely, but personally I would never use it in a rinse-off product, WAAAAAYYYYYY too $$$ for that, IMO. Much better in something you would leave on and get to reap all the benefits.

 

[rebobinar]

I'd never used stearic before and was experimenting to get a thicker scrub.
I tried one version with the same butter to oil ratio, but added a small bit of M&P soap and it helped. But I'll try decreasing the butters. I want a thick scrub, but not a solid scrub, so that's why I have the butters in there.

 

[rebobinar]

Well, I reduced the shea butter and split the oils between almond and olive and it feels less greasy. Thanks for the advice!

I will say, I was using shea butter previously that I'd bought at Whole Foods and it was very hard. I had to chip it out with a knife to measure it. Then I went to a soap making supply store and bought a big tub of shea butter that's like, well, butter. I don't know if one is more legit than the other, but the softer shea makes a softer scrub (which seems reasonable).