crunchy31 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Forgive me if this has been answered before- I did a search and couldn't come up with much. I tried a new sugar scrub recipe and it felt perfect last night- I was all proud of myself....but now today it's really HARD!!!! Did I use too much e-wax?Do I have to throw it away or is there a way to make it slushy/creamy again? Do I just add more oils or is it too late? Here is the recipe I used:1 cup Dark brown sugar1 cup Turbinado sugar2 fl oz. coconut oil (76 degree)1 oz Avocado & Jojoba blend oil5 oz Shea Butter3 oz Mango Butter.5 oz E-wax.25 oz Optiphen preserv.60 drops FOThanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Ok, here's the breakdown..Coconut Oil 17.24%Avacado and Jojoba 8.62%Shea Butter 43.10%Mango Butter 25.86%E-Wax 4.31%Preservative .86%You're recipe is off balance for what you're looking for. You've got over 86% hard oils and butters. To get a softer scrub, replace about 1/2 of that with soft oils. Personally I'd up your e-wax to about 9%. So your recipe would look like this:Coconut Oil 13%Avacado 25%Jojoba 25%Shea Butter 13%Mango Butter 13%E-Wax 9%Preservative 1%Fragrance 1%So, if you wanted a 1 lb batch of base to mix your sugar in, it would look like this: (percentage mutiplied by total ounces desired. 1 lb =16 oz)Coconut oil 2.08 ozAvacado 4 ozJojoba 4 ozShea 2.08 ozMango 2.08 ozE-Wax 1.44 ozPreservative .16 ozFragrance .16 ozTo correct that recipe you could add some soft oils in addition to more e-wax to emulsify it, but your sugar will melt with the heat. I'd scrap it and start over. (or use it all for myself with my favorite fo/eo!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy31 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Bunny you are always such a great help- thanks so much! I was trying to make this in a pumpkin scent for my friend's mom. I found a recipe and changed it a bit to use what I had on hand. I really wasn't sure how much ewax to use, and just didn't want too much in there. I'll try adding more soft oils & ewax and see what happens.....or I'll just use it on my feet or something. Thanks again for your corrections to the recipe;). I've got to start taking a harder look at my math I suppose:wink2:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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