Solid Facial Scrubs

It’s a beautiful rainy day today. Sometimes rain makes me gloomy but it’s summer and I have both of my little men with me. There’s never any gloom with these two little rays of sunshine. Rain sometimes actually gets my creative juices going. So while Armani’s occupied in his playroom and Athan’s strapped to me, I mean it, he’s strapped to me

I decided to take on some product development. I’ve seen solid sugar scrub cubes a long time ago and thought they were a cute idea. I tried making them with a recipe that called for melt and pour soap and I didn’t like it. They seemed to be very popular but it was something that didn’t click with me. So I put that project on the back burner (the way, way back one) and decided to try it again later. 

Well, later’s here. I formulated a recipe that didn’t call for melt and pour. I decided to use cocoa butter since it’s a hard oil. If for some reason it doesn’t set up properly, I’ll either reduce the amount of liquid oils or just add some candelilla wax. Here are the cubes molded

I added sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, and avocado oil to these yummy lil thangs. Actually, if it doesn't get hard I'll just add the wax. I don't want to sacrifice the bada**ness of these oils by reducing them. These cubes are going to be facial scrub cubes and I want my customers to get all the awesome goodness these oils have to offer. These also have lavender and melaleuca (tea tree) essential oils to help with problem skin, but can be used on all skin types.

All hardened out of the fridge. I couldn’t wait to see how they felt so I stuck them in the fridge but I’ll have to let them sit at room temperature to see if they hold up. 

Can’t wait to see how they feel and how many uses I can get out of them. That’ll determine how I’m going to sell them. I was thinking in packs of 4 or 5. . . .

 

Even if I have to tweak the recipe a bit, I plan on having these listed at Crave by the end of the month.

Happy sudsing!