Hi all!
I’m a candle & soap maker that’s recently decided to branch into scrubs. I
love sugar scrubs and I’ve decided that it’s time I make my own. I’m a
Chicago girl with skin that usually gets caught in the crossfire of Lake
Effect and snow during winter. So, I’ve been working on building my own
sugar scrub recipe and after looking at the list that Cat provided (SO
COOL!!) I think I got it figured out. Please feel free to critique my recipe
and offer suggestions. I’m worried that my recipe will be a little too oily
though. I thought about adding an exfoliant like rice (pulsed to shards) or
cranberry seeds. Thoughts?
Sugary Sugar Scrub (yields roughly 2 cups)
10tblsp White cane sugar
10tblsp Brown sugar, packed
6 tblsp Sunflower oil
2 tblsp Golden Jojoba oil
3 tblsp liquid glycerine or Avocado oil
1/2 tsp Vitamin E
1tsp Fragrance oil or Essential oil
J
Sugar scrub & Hello!!
April 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Tags: Bath & beauty
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1 Barbara Roni // May 8, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Virginia,
After actually trying my own recipe last night, I’ve made a few
discoveries…
1) Sunflower oil and avocodo oil seem to equal each other out. The
result is a scrub that’s not heavy and it’s not light in oil texture.
It just is.
2) Jojoba oil isn’t necessary (I forgot to add it at first and then
added it to a smaller test batch). It doesn’t make the oils absorb
faster or cleaner, but it can be used in place of sunflower oil for a
very light oil texture when mixed with Avocodo oil or left on it’s
own (if using only jojoba, use 13-18 tbls).
3) 1 tsp of FO may or may not be enough depending on how much you
want the aroma to linger on your skin. I like a delicate aroma, so 1
tsp wasn’t enough. I actually ended up using 2 1/2 tsp of FO. For EO,
1 tsp is enough, but if you want it lighter, start from 1/4tsp and go
up if you want more.
4) 10 tblsp of Sunflower oil and 6 tblsp of Avocodo oil was the
perfect combo.
5) Vitamin E capsules are best punctured, not cut. Otherwise you get
the sticky oil all over your scissors. Gah.
6) My recipe only made 9.5-10 fluid ounces. I’m not sure how I got 16.
The result of my (messy) experiment… a warm brown sugar scrub with
a delicate oil texture, plenty of scrub and very little oil lake
after settling. I let it settle overnight in a clear 8oz jar and only
had about 2-3mm of oil pool at the top and it wasn’t an even lake
either. The oil pooled in small areas, but overall it was very little
puddling. It shakes up real easy (small areas of sticking on the
side) and stirs real smoothly. You don’t have to keep stirring it
constantly to keep the sugar mixed with the oil. A few good turns
with a spoon will keep it mixed for about 3-5min. I put some on the
back of my hand last night (around 8:30pm) and my hand is still baby
soft today (4:58pm). I’m thinking I’ll try the whole recipe with only
the jojoba as my oil base and see how that comes out.
Heh. I think that came out really well for my very first time and an
experimental recipe!
J
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