creamy salt scrubs

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Hi and Happy New Year!

We are getting snow here in not-so-sunny South Carolina and our world has

come to a very slow crawl. Businesses are closed and we are all treated to

an extension of the holidays!

I posted some creamy salt scrub formulas to another list and thought I would

post them here too, since we had been talking so much about them. So, if you

have seen these before I apologize for being repetitive. These are very, very

simple, but I like them and think they work well. They are figured by

percentage/weight and are based on 500 grams. 

Shea Butter Scrub

Oils 25% = 125 grams

Shea Butter 25% = 125 grams

Salt 50% = 250 grams  

FO/EO as desired

Heat shea butter and oils (your choice, I used olive and canola), begin

mixing and then add salt.  Place in ice water bath and continue to mix until

crumbly.

This scrub will have a crumbly, buttery texture that is easy to apply to

skin, but melts when washed off with warm water.  This scrub does leave oil

on the skin, but absorbs for me and feels great after a few minutes---if you

want you can add around 20-30% glycerin to the mix--maybe 100grams--to make a

creamier, less oily scrub.  To make a scrub that leaves even less of an oily

feel to the skin, try adding 5-10% surfactant (I used polyglucose/lactylate

blend) to the scrub--maybe 40 grams--or maybe liquid soap would work or

possibly polysorbate 20??  It would be a good idea to add an antioxidant

(like tocopherol or vitamin e) and a preservative (like liquapar) to the

scrub.

Satin Scrub

Conditioning Emulsifier 10% = 50grams

Oils 30% = 150grams

Glycerin 10% = 50grams

Salt 50% = 250grams

Heat Conditioning Emulsifier, Oils, Glycerin until melted.  Remove from heat

and begin mixing.  Add salt, place in ice water bath and continue to mix

until cool.  Add tocopherol/fo/preservative when cool.

This has a crumbly texture that melts away nicely in the shower to leave a

satiny, nongreasy, elegant feel to the skin.  The Conditioning Emulsifier

INCI name is behentrimonium methosulfate (and) cetearyl alcohol. This

excellent ingredient is recommended for hair conditioners/creams/lotions, but

I thought that it may work well in a scrub and it does! Other ingredients

that I think would be interesting to play around with in a scrub are are

beeswax, borax, lemon juice, cetyl alcohol.

Have a nice evening!

Angie

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