Sugar scrub

[Deb]

hey

I'm doing a christmas market, and I'm doing body sprays, sugar scrubs, soap and lip balm.

the body scrub is giving me a wee bit of hassle right now. I've moved climate, and country, and obviously local norms are a little different. I used to make a mix with grapeseed oil and sugar and corn flour (love the silky feel!) and fragrance, or EO and then anything else I wanted to add. I made that, and obviously, the sugar settles and leaves a little film of oil on the top and as a result people have commented its very greasy.

I can't think of many oils lighter than grapeseed and to my mind the moisterising quality is part of sugar scrubs, but I agree they dont' want to the water rolling off them and feeling greasy when they get out, but I also dont' want the sugar to look like 'just sugar'


I was thinking of cutting the oils with glycerine. Has anyone done this, or oterwise solved this issue? Will I need an emulsifyer?

Thoughts?

Cheers
Deb
4 months to go.

 

[dagmar88]

you might think of making an emulsified sugar scrub.

 

[Deb]

I may indeed! thats a good point. i'd read about emulsifiers for scrubs not yet really put it together. Do I need to add anything else but the emulsifyer?

 

[dagmar88]

Well, you're scrub really is'nt 100% safe untill you have used a preservative. People are going to introduce water to it when they scoop it out, and keep them in a damp bathroom anyway.
You could use polisorbate 20 or 80, BTMS or E-wax as an emusifier and Optiphen, Phenonip and LiquaPar Optima/Oil as a preservative.
If you're going to add an emusifier, please let me know what you think of it. Still trying to figure out what I would like. Leaning towards E-wax though...

 

[Deb]

I'd be happy to share experiences!

From what i've read polysorbate 80 is for foaming products, like soap and the like. I've been thinking about a cleansing scrub as well as a conditioning scrub (but scrubs are the one ditchable item in the christmas fair line, as the rest are well under control and this one I'm still experimenting with) .

I'm inclined to buy a little of all of them just to try it out! In fact...I'm wondering if I can get htat on next month's paycheck ;-)

cheers
Deb

 

[Deb]

PS, I use polysorbate 20 in my body sprays and find it pretty good for that!

 

[dagmar88]

with polysorbate 80 you're supposed to get a lightly foaming scrub and it seems people are enjoying that one more and more. They're called blooming scrubs.
I'm very, very curious how your product will turn out. Kinda hard for me to buy small quantities and test them out; the shipping coast would kill me Be sure to let me know!

 

[topcat]

Here is a link you may find helpful:-

http://aussiesoapsupplies.com.au/Emulis ... -p-28.html

Tanya

 

[Deb]

Yeah if you're dutch I can imagine it would kill you. Though at least some things have to be better available locally - when we lived in Gouda we always cooked with sunflower oil and over here its pricy-ish compared to there. Where in Holland are you? I might be able to send you some smallish amounts in return for some ..say...drop?


Topcat, excellent link! thank you!

Cheers
Deb

 

[dagmar88]

Sounds like a great idea, just PM me1