sugar scrub question

[soapingmeme]

Hello,

I saw an easy recipe for making a sugar scrub from a castile liquid soap base. It was 1 cup soap base, 1 cup jojoba oil and 1 cup sugar. My question is, if I were to place this into a squeeze tube so that wet and dirty hands wouldn't touch the product, would I need to add preservative? Also, what kind of sugar works best? :?

 

[carebear]

I don't know that it would stay mixed. Or that it woudn't turn to cement. I suggest putting some in a bowl or jar and seeing what happens over a couple of weeks before packaging that way.

Regarding the preservative - I prefer to err on the side of caution and use one.

Use whatever kind of sugar you like best. I use regular white sugar cuz others are too rough for my tender skin.

 

[soapingmeme]

Would Optifen be a reasonable preservative to use in this application?

 

[LisaNY]

I was just reading about this on another forum. Optiphen is used for this application. Lotioncrafters is one place to purchase it.

 

[soapingmeme]

Thank you for your posts! Carebear, if in testing this my mixture separates, which it probably will, can I use ewax to keep it together or is this a dumb question? If you can use ewax, how much....5% like suggested in lotion?

 

[txsoaper]

can epsom salts be used as a substitute to the sugar or would it dissolve?