Scrubs...Melting Scrubs

Around this time a year I find myself looking for stuff to help my poor skin.  I have naturally oily skin, especially on my face, but for some weird reason I tend to really dry out during the fall and winter months.  So I start scavenging the stores and the Internet for stuff to make or buy.

Recently I tried my hand at making a Butter Cream...not bad except that I used regular Cocoa Butter and I found that walking around smelling like chocolate is really not my thing.  So much for that one :).

Bypassing a second try  at a Butter Cream I decided to try an emulsifying scrub.  I love making and using them.  They are wonderful for your skin.  It's a mixture between a soap and lotion, adding sugar for gently exfoliate.  I decided to use a combination of  Sweet Almond Oil, Rice Bran Oil and Mango Butter.  I sanitize all my equipment and jars with a combination of distilled water and bleach.  This will help prevent the possible growth of mold and other nasty little things that can grow. 

In a container I melted down the oils, steric acid and emulsifying wax.  In a separate container I heated distilled water and Goats Milk liquid soap.  I combined both batches to create a milky white thin lotion.  I checked on the temperature and once it had cooled off a bit I went ahead and added my preservative and fragrance oil.  This time I wanted to try a new fragrance oil that I just got in the mail, "Baby Clean" from Natures Garden.  It is a nice soft, clean fragrance.  Very light. 

Now here is the kicker...I did not wait for the mixture to cool off a bit more because as soon as I added my sugar it started to melt!  Arghhhhhhhhhhhh.... I rushed off to transfer it to a cooler bowl.  It did help somewhat but most of my sugar had started to dissolve.  I tried some of it as I was pouring it into jars, and not so bad.  I was afraid that it would be a solid mess.  Here are two pics:

I used a combination of regular white sugar and raw sugar.  As you can see the raw sugar started to melt giving the mixture a light beige color :(

 

 

I really enjoyed the clean up.  I got to gently exfoliate my hands while I washed and cleaned everything down.  :)

 

Thanks for checking out my blog! 

Roxana