Here is a foaming sugar body scrub formula with minimal ingredients. This was a formula I came up with while experimenting with a few different foaming body scrub formulas. I was trying to come up with the perfect base because I wanted to sell a foaming scrub in my shop a while ago and this was one of my favorite formulas I tried.
I found that this one lathered the most and it also had the perfect texture. It wasn’t very hard so you could easily scoop it out, but it also wasn’t too thin that it’s hard to hold.
I needed to pre record a lot of videos since I plan on being off work for the whole month of September. So I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to share this formula with you guys. I had to search through a bunch of paper work to even find the formula, since it’s been so long since I’ve tried it, but luckily I still had it. I’ve only tested this formula once in the past and it was a 100 gram batch, but this time I decided to make a 600 gram batch. Unfortunately the scrub didn’t turn out the same way it did last time. This happens when you scale up your recipes sometimes. Scaling up this recipe caused the scrub to be much much harder! So if you decide to make this. I would try using 3% Stearic acid instead, unless you like how hard the scrub is. Once you get it moist, it’s much easier to spread and it does lather a lot!
Formula
phase A
5% Stearic Acid
phase B
9% SCI (Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate)
6% Cocamidopropyl Betaine
phase C
4% Distilled Water
12% Glycerin
phase D
62.5% white granulated sugar
0.5% liquid germall plus
1% Fragrance Oil
600 gram Recipe
phase A
30 grams Stearic Acid
phase B
54 grams SCI (Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate)
36 grams Cocamidopropyl Betaine
phase C
24 grams Distilled Water
72 grams Glycerin
phase D
375 grams white granulated sugar
3 grams Liquid Germall Plus
6 grams Fragrance Oil
Directions;
Weigh phase A in a heat safe mixing bowl.
Put on a respirator and weigh out all the ingredients in phase B. Gently mix in the SCI powder and try to keep it from going airborne. You do not want to breath this stuff in!
In another heat safe beaker combine the ingredients in phase C. Tare scale and take note of how much it weighs. We will be heating it up and some will evaporate so we will need to replace that water after it's been heated.
Fill a pan (I had to use two) with about an inch or so of water, depending on how big your containers are, and place each phase into the water to heat. Let heat until phase A is all melted and phase B is softer and the two ingredients have been combined.
Once phase A is melted and phase B is well mixed together, remove phase C, weigh it, and add back in any water that evaporated.
Now you can pour phase C into phase B and mix until combined, then pour phase B/C into phase A and mix
Keep mixing everything until there are no chunks. The SCI likes to chunk up, so mix until you see no more chunks
Once all of the SCI chunks are dissolved you can remove from heat and let cool.
Once it cools to 100°F / 40°C you can start adding in the phase D ingredients.
I began by adding in the fragrance oil and preservative mixing them in until combined.
Then I added in the sugar and mixed until combined. (I like to add a little sugar at a time and mix before adding more. It makes it easier to mix)
If you want two different colors, then now is the time to separate the scrub equally into two separate bowls and add in the coloring for each scrub. (Water soluble dyes work the best for this. I buy mine from elementsbathandbody.com or wholesalesuppliesplus.com
I covered the scrub and let it sit overnight before jarring up the scrub.
This scrub ended up being very hard, much harder than I expected. See video to see the texture and how I jarred it up.
coloring I used
▸ Blue liquid colorant - https://bit.ly/47VErIf
▸ Emerald Green liquid colorant - https://bit.ly/3Ee4tZA
Benefits/Purpose of each ingredient
Cocamidopropyl Betaine - amphoteric liquid surfactant. creates lather and foam. Cocamidopropyl betaine pairs really well with SCI and it's my favorite amphoteric surfactant
SCI (Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate) - anionic powder surfactant. creates lather and foam
Distilled Water - along with glycerin it acts as the liquid base for the scrub. Also having some water in the formula helps with lather.
Glycerin - Humectant. & using glycerin helps limit the sugar from dissolving compared to using just all distilled water.
Stearic Acid - hardener
Fragrance Oil - scent
white granulated sugar - exfoliant
Liquid Germall Plus - Preservative
Substitutions;
substituting ingredients will change the final feel, viscosity, and overall effect of final product. percentages and formulating procedure may need to change with substitutions. these substitution suggestions are just suggestions and have not been tested to work.
cocamidopropyl betaine - try any other liquid amphoteric surfactant like Lauramidopropyl Betaine or Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
SCI (Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate) - Not sure. Maybe a different powder surfactant like SLSA, but I'm really not sure. It needs to be a powder surfactant.
glycerin - propanediol, propylene glycol, or butylene glycol would probably work.
Stearic Acid - another hardener like cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, but you may need to do some experiments to find the right percentage.
white granulated sugar - salt could work, jojoba beads, jojoba pearls, bamboo stem powder, or other exfoliant
Liquid Germall Plus - any water soluble preservative. e.g., euxyl PE 9010, optiphen plus, geogard ECT, Euxyl K 903, Tristate Eco, etc.
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