@ itunu -
I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hijack the thread, either. I have a bad tendency of wandering off a subject. I'm afraid I'm going to wander a little further with the Arbonne discussion.
See why Arbonne is so expensive? Good ingredients contribute to the cost.
Is it tocopherol, acetate or tocopherol acetate?
I agree good ingredients contribute to the cost but Arbonne's price is based on brand name and marketing since they'd be able to get a much better price on bulk supplies. I'm not saying this to denigrate their products and I understand the expense of mass marketing. Those are very nice oils with high vitamin content, good absorbancy and have long shelf lives. Plus I wish I could come up with a scrub and be able to sell it for $30 for 16 oz (or whatever it sells for). I think it's great you can get it by bartering.
They may list the scrub as primarily avocado oil and sweet almond oil but when you break down the ingredients list, you'll see these are not the primary oils especially since sweet almond oil isn't even on the list. Are you sure this is the complete list? Sweet almond oil should be shown as
Prunus amygdalus dulcis.
The bulk of the product is sea salt followed by Safflower oil, Abyssinian oil, Maracuja oil, Avocado oil, Marula oil, Vitamin E and the rest I'd say is more for fragrance than any potential skin benefit.
So the primary oil is safflower. Not that it's an issue because it is inexpensive and I like it combined with rice bran oil in lotions. I've even used it in soap and thought it was nice. However, I prefer sunflower oil since then I only buy one oil instead of two oils.
As for the Abyssinian, Maracuja and Marula oils, they are more expensive and possibly would be difficult to find at a reasonable price. It's just my opinion but I wouldn't use these oils in scrubs. I'd use them in a facial serum or lotion. Soaper's Choice carries Abyssinian oil but I do consider it an expensive oil since it would work out to be approximately .63 an ounce if I bought it. However, I don't consider this an unreasonable price if I really wanted to buy it; although the initial outlay would be costly. I used to buy avocado oil but it's another oil which I stopped buying after comparison in what qualities it brought to lotions and soap. This just personal preference since I know many people love avocado oil.
All I'm saying is you could research the properties of the oils and make a similar scrub. On the other hand, you wouldn't have to since you're able to get the scrub just for the price of eggs.