Hello fellow gloop 'n' glop creationists!
Just joined this informative forum after being a 'lurker' for a while, and coming across this particular discussion, to which I really wanted to add my 'two cents worth'.
I know some (including my supplier) may frown at me for using PS20 in sugar scrubs (instead of PS80 or 85), but in all honesty, customers and I collectively prefer the way it rinses oils gently away, while leaving just enough that skin feels lightly moisturised, rather than 'smooth, but dry' after a shower.
I've made a variety of emulsified scrubs and solid scrub bars from various blog sites, but customers and I felt slightly less than not-remotely-excited about them.
However, having said that, it's only fair to admit that we
are an 'older age group' (think rebellious baby boomers) who live in a country of barbarically drying summer heat (think 'furnace'), so we
do tend to favour all things moisturising.
My formula tends to be fairly simple and normally includes EVOO, Avocado, Grapeseed, Rice Bran and Caster Oils, PS20 (at 10%), with sugar and/or salt (depending on individual preferences) at usually 100% of the oil base - although I do kind of 'eyeball' the mix to make sure it's loose enough to glide out of the packaging).
This type of formulation enables me to package the scrubs into 200ml flip top Malibu Tubes, which we all hail the invention of, for ease of use and lack of water entering the mix (admittedly, our dexterity isn't what it used to be, so fussing and fumbling about with slippery jars and lids in the shower kind of gets our collective goat a bit).
Malibu Tubes also mean that due to the lack of water entering the product, they can be a bit more 'natural', because I don't need to use traditional preservatives in them, using, instead, GSE and Vit E.
SkinLover