How to Make a Valentine's Black Salt Body Scrub
Valentines Day. The day for romance. The day to embrace love, family and friendship.
Today, we are bringing you a unique formula that you can easily make yourself, because there is nothing that says I love you more than gifts you prepare for your loved ones. Of course, this is a perfect salt body scrub to treat yourself too and isnt just for Valentines Day its a gorgeous product for self care all year round.
Black Salt Body Scrub: Ingredients
This black lava salt body scrub has a gorgeous dark hue thanks to its coconut charcoal content. It is blended with some nourishing oils and, of course, with essential oils that carry the most amazing scents. It is a dry scrub so you can package it in a jar or bottle; we chose this cute little heart-shaped glass bottle.
We also added an ingredient called Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate (trade name: Durosoft SF or Durosoft PG4-0) which has the unique ability to turn oil into a milky substance so you dont need to worry about creating a slippery film on your shower or bath when using it.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with this perfect self care gift for your loved ones or yourself! Video on how to make an exotic black salt body scrub. #valentinesday #saltbodyscrub #DIYbeauty Click To Tweet
You can personalise this gift by using different oils and essential oils and choose also some attractive dried flower petals or other botanicals that your Valentine loves: rose for red; calendula for yellow; and lavender for purple. If you are not fan of the black colour, try Hawaiian Red Alaea Salt instead.
Use this scrub as a bath salt too by just sprinkling a little into warm bath water (the charcoal may leave some black residue on the side of the tub).
Our Formula: Black Sea Salt Body Scrub
120g Black Lava Salt
42g Epsom Salt
10g Coconut Milk Powder
8g Coconut Oil
8g Apricot kernel oil
4g Plum kernel oil
6g Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate (vegetable-derived emulsifier)
0.4g Benzoin essential oil
0.8g Sweet Orange essential oil
0.56g Jasmine 5% dilution in almond oil
0.2g Ylang Ylang essential oil
0.04g Rose absolute
Optional: a sprinkle of cornflower or other dried flower petals
Method of Manufacture:Weigh the black lava salt, epsom salt and coconut milk powder in a bowl and mix well.In another bowl, weigh the coconut oil and mash well, there is no need to heat it. Add the apricot and plum oils.Weigh all the essential oils and add it to the oil blend. (Remember: we never measure essential oils in drops)Add the Polyglyeryl-4 Oleate to the oils and blend well.Add your oils to the salt blend and mix well.Optional: Sprinkle with some dried flower petals.Decant it into a pretty bottle.
Please note: We didnt include any preservatives in this formula. If you feel that there is a good chance that water will be introduced into the product, please add preservatives as instructed by the supplier and reduce the salt accordingly.
Are you making this scrub or any other skin or haircare this Valentines? Share your creations with us in the comments below.
You can learn how to create other amazing skincare and advance from simple scrubs like this to balms, emulsions, toners and gels in our Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation. Try out our sample class for a taste of our award-winning courses and what to expect as a Formula Botanica student.
Suggested Suppliers
Try these suppliers to source Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate:
UK: Soap Kitchen.
EU: Nature Store.
US: Making Cosmetics.
Australia: Aussie Soap Supplies.
Leave us a comment
Timea Racz is Formula Botanicas Education Manager. She oversees the day-to-day running of our Education Team, works with our global student community to help them become better organic formulators and runs our gold award-winning eLearning platform.
https://formulabotanica.com/how-to-make-black-salt-body-scrub/
Today, we are bringing you a unique formula that you can easily make yourself, because there is nothing that says I love you more than gifts you prepare for your loved ones. Of course, this is a perfect salt body scrub to treat yourself too and isnt just for Valentines Day its a gorgeous product for self care all year round.
Black Salt Body Scrub: Ingredients
This black lava salt body scrub has a gorgeous dark hue thanks to its coconut charcoal content. It is blended with some nourishing oils and, of course, with essential oils that carry the most amazing scents. It is a dry scrub so you can package it in a jar or bottle; we chose this cute little heart-shaped glass bottle.
We also added an ingredient called Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate (trade name: Durosoft SF or Durosoft PG4-0) which has the unique ability to turn oil into a milky substance so you dont need to worry about creating a slippery film on your shower or bath when using it.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with this perfect self care gift for your loved ones or yourself! Video on how to make an exotic black salt body scrub. #valentinesday #saltbodyscrub #DIYbeauty Click To Tweet
You can personalise this gift by using different oils and essential oils and choose also some attractive dried flower petals or other botanicals that your Valentine loves: rose for red; calendula for yellow; and lavender for purple. If you are not fan of the black colour, try Hawaiian Red Alaea Salt instead.
Use this scrub as a bath salt too by just sprinkling a little into warm bath water (the charcoal may leave some black residue on the side of the tub).
Our Formula: Black Sea Salt Body Scrub
120g Black Lava Salt
42g Epsom Salt
10g Coconut Milk Powder
8g Coconut Oil
8g Apricot kernel oil
4g Plum kernel oil
6g Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate (vegetable-derived emulsifier)
0.4g Benzoin essential oil
0.8g Sweet Orange essential oil
0.56g Jasmine 5% dilution in almond oil
0.2g Ylang Ylang essential oil
0.04g Rose absolute
Optional: a sprinkle of cornflower or other dried flower petals
Method of Manufacture:Weigh the black lava salt, epsom salt and coconut milk powder in a bowl and mix well.In another bowl, weigh the coconut oil and mash well, there is no need to heat it. Add the apricot and plum oils.Weigh all the essential oils and add it to the oil blend. (Remember: we never measure essential oils in drops)Add the Polyglyeryl-4 Oleate to the oils and blend well.Add your oils to the salt blend and mix well.Optional: Sprinkle with some dried flower petals.Decant it into a pretty bottle.
Please note: We didnt include any preservatives in this formula. If you feel that there is a good chance that water will be introduced into the product, please add preservatives as instructed by the supplier and reduce the salt accordingly.
Are you making this scrub or any other skin or haircare this Valentines? Share your creations with us in the comments below.
You can learn how to create other amazing skincare and advance from simple scrubs like this to balms, emulsions, toners and gels in our Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation. Try out our sample class for a taste of our award-winning courses and what to expect as a Formula Botanica student.
Suggested Suppliers
Try these suppliers to source Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate:
UK: Soap Kitchen.
EU: Nature Store.
US: Making Cosmetics.
Australia: Aussie Soap Supplies.
Leave us a comment
Timea Racz is Formula Botanicas Education Manager. She oversees the day-to-day running of our Education Team, works with our global student community to help them become better organic formulators and runs our gold award-winning eLearning platform.
https://formulabotanica.com/how-to-make-black-salt-body-scrub/
