sugar scrub

[earthmother99]

I have a love hate of sugar scrub, the hate is because it leaves my tub/shower in a mess the stuff i have used so far is too drippy and messy and leaves too much oil on my skin. So I played around with the basic ingrediants and this is what I came up with
250 Gm of olive oil mixed with 200 Gm grated soap heated until soap softens { never really did melt} beat untill misture emulsifies { sp} . I used my stand mixer for this and it took about 5 min, threw it in the frezzer for a few min to cool and thicken. Then I mixed 150 Gm each of both brown and white sugar Dumped half of this into the oil/soap mixture once mixed well and kind of fluffy I dumped the remaining mixture in and mixed just till blended. I ended up with 6- 9 oz containers full. It is soft and grainy with out ripping my skin off {I have sensitive skin} No drippies when i use it when wet bubbles up and rinses off great and no mess in my shower. Would greatly appreciate any thoughts or in put on this Thank you Diane

 

[topcat]

That sounds awesome Diane! So it has been, what....how long with no separation? More than two weeks....sound like a winner to me. I have yet to make a scrub and a friend of mine wants me to do a salt scrub for her hubbie. I planned on making one as a basic oil/salt mix, and one with e-wax or something like that. I will definitely try your recipe as well and have her choose her fave.

Thanks for sharing!

Tanya

 

[SoapMom]

That sounds great! I love/hate scrubs too! Everything I have tried leaves me feeling oily. Thought about posting a question on how cute down on the greasies. I'll have to try this! Thanks!

 

[carebear]

My scrub (I posted the recipe) doesn't leave an oily mess in the shower. The emulsifiers in it help it go down the drain. If I use it in a bath though... ick.

Can't tolerate soap based ones, tho others do I guess.

 

[topcat]

My scrub (I posted the recipe) doesn't leave an oily mess in the shower. The emulsifiers in it help it go down the drain. If I use it in a bath though... ick.

Can't tolerate soap based ones, tho others do I guess.

Hello carebear - I have seen your scrub recipe too and that is what got me thinking about an emulsified scrub (I had never heard of one before then! :wink: ). May I ask what it is about the soap based ones that you don't like? If I plan on marketing a scrub I may need to know the answer.....BTW - my friend's hubbie for whom I made a salt scrub said exactly what you did and his reply to my 'why not?' question was "I can't lick it off my face/fingers if it has soap in it"...!!!

Tanya

P.S. Earthmother99 - how is your scrub holding up now? Any separation or change after 6 weeks?

TC :wink:

 

[carebear]

yep - that's an emulsified scrub.

why not soap? well I have dry skin to begin with, and the combination of a soap and a scrubby material is just over the top for me. i get so irritated and dry. but many people (probably younger than I am LOL) use soap scrubs without incident. Some crafters even use foaming bath butter (FBB) for the base.

your friend's hubby is... odd? LOL.

 

[earthmother99]

P.S. Earthmother99 - how is your scrub holding up now? Any s

looks acts and feels like the day i made it . I love it it hasnt dried me out at all

 

[Callmebubbles]

I have been making the soap scrap scrub for a while, and it hold up really well. One of my testers had a non preserved scrub she used for 7 months with no problems, however she is scrupulous about not getting it wet, i wouldnt recommend no preservative for anyone else.

 

[AshleyR]

For those of you wondering how to cut the greasyness in your scrubs - I've been experimenting with body butter recipes that have a pretty high ratio of shea and cocoa butters - and adding sugar to them. Since the "base" is not made of 100% liquid oils, I find my skin feels nowhere near as greasy as when I use a scrub that has only liquid oils in it.

I figured that since most body butters contain an emulsifier and preservative already, and since many scrub recipes I've found include many of the same ingredients - why not mix them together and see what happens?

I'm pretty happy with the results of mixing my body butter with sugar. I know shea and cocoa butters are expensive, but once you add the sugar, a little can go a long way.

Anyway, just thought I would suggest this! If you give it a try let me know how you like it!