Guest guest Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hi Everyone, My name is Becky. I joined this group a while back, but haven't been able to comment much on the emails (we have a very busy household!). I have been mixing my own sugar and salt scrubs for my families personal use. But this year for Christmas I am making some salt scrubs to give as gifts. My question is: Can I use calcium carbonate substrate as a filler. The ingrediants that I use are sea salt, epsom salt, herbs, e.o.s, and grapeseed oil. I just think that I have to use too much salt to get a relatively decent consistancy, so I was looking online for some kind of natural sand that I could add to the mix. The only thing I found that I could get local was at our pet store. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also, if any one knows anything about shelf life for scrubs. I have decided to mix the dry ingrediants and the oils seperate, to be mixed at a later time. I read that this is a better way to ensure a loger shelf life. Can't find much info on how long they last mixed together though. Thank you sooo much! Becky W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hi Becky, I've never used calcium carbonate substrate in my scrubs, bath salts or bath fizzies. If your salt is fine grind you should be able to get a scrub nice consistency between just that and the oils. If you're using a coarser grind, then just add some fine grind salt to it I have seen recipes for sand scrubs, but my concern with that is eventually clogging the drain with sand. Salt dissolves, sand turns into little silt jetties in your pipes. The only " fillers " I've used (and they really aren't fillers) is when making bath bombs and fizzies .. in which case sodium bicarbonate and citric acid are used to create that fizz when the water hits the mix. AS for shelf life, that is all dependent on the oils, as they are what goes rancid and make it smell " stale " . Examples of long shelf life oils are jojoba and coconut. On the other hand grapeseed and hempseed oils have very short shelf lives. Adding Vitamin E as an antioxidant can help extend the shelf life of those oils. Happy holiday project making! *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com , " swade92805 " <ledestiny wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > My name is Becky. I joined this group a while back, but haven't been > able to comment much on the emails (we have a very busy household!). > I have been mixing my own sugar and salt scrubs for my families > personal use. But this year for Christmas I am making some salt > scrubs to give as gifts. My question is: Can I use calcium carbonate > substrate as a filler. The ingrediants that I use are sea salt, epsom > salt, herbs, e.o.s, and grapeseed oil. I just think that I have to > use too much salt to get a relatively decent consistancy, so I was > looking online for some kind of natural sand that I could add to the > mix. The only thing I found that I could get local was at our pet > store. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Also, if any one knows anything about shelf life for scrubs. I have > decided to mix the dry ingrediants and the oils seperate, to be mixed > at a later time. I read that this is a better way to ensure a loger > shelf life. Can't find much info on how long they last mixed together > though. > > Thank you sooo much! > > Becky W. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi Chris, Thanks for the response. I have been using sea salt that I've bought at a local herb shop. I guess I really didn't know exactly what the base is in salt and sugar scrubs and I kinda figured it was some kind of sand. I'm also using epsom salt in the recipe. Have you had any experience with that? I will look into finding a nice sea salt to buy in bulk online. Actually, I need to find a place that I can buy most all the ingredients. Also, what's your experience with sugar scrubs? I've done a couple of them, but I'm nervous about giving them out because I'm not sure of the shelf life. I will look into using different oils as well. I hadn't seen anything on a short shelf life for grape seed oil. That's also good to know. Again, thanks for the info! I'm really excited about doing this, and am anxious to learn as much as I can about it. Take care, Becky On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:26 AM, chrisziggy <chrisziggy wrote: > Hi Becky, > > I've never used calcium carbonate substrate in my scrubs, bath salts > or bath fizzies. > > If your salt is fine grind you should be able to get a scrub nice > consistency between just that and the oils. If you're using a coarser > grind, then just add some fine grind salt to it > > I have seen recipes for sand scrubs, but my concern with that is > eventually clogging the drain with sand. Salt dissolves, sand turns > into little silt jetties in your pipes. > > The only " fillers " I've used (and they really aren't fillers) is when > making bath bombs and fizzies .. in which case sodium bicarbonate and > citric acid are used to create that fizz when the water hits the mix. > > AS for shelf life, that is all dependent on the oils, as they are what > goes rancid and make it smell " stale " . Examples of long shelf life > oils are jojoba and coconut. On the other hand grapeseed and hempseed > oils have very short shelf lives. Adding Vitamin E as an antioxidant > can help extend the shelf life of those oils. > > Happy holiday project making! > > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > > http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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