How To Make Sugar Lip Scrub At Home
This diy sugar lip scrub is super easy to make & super easy to use. Formulated with natural, food-safe ingredients, you can actually lick it off when it’s done.
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Yield (adjustable): 100 grams
Ingredients:
- 20 g (0.71 oz) Cocoa Butter 20%
- 32 g (1.13 oz) Apricot Kernel Oil 32%
- 45 g (1.59 oz) White Sugar 45%
- 1 g (0.04 oz) Vitamin E Oil 1%
- 2 g (0.07 oz) Flavor Oil 2%) (we used strawberry daiquiri & mojito
- Mica Powders we used pink & green
- 2 (2) Cosmetic Jar 1.5 oz or 4 x .75 oz
Equipment:
- Saucepan shallow
Instructions:
- Makes two 40g pots, or four 20g pots (0.75oz pots if available). Total batch weight 100g. Weigh your cocoa butter apricot kernel into a heat-proof container.20 g Cocoa Butter, 32 g Apricot Kernel Oil
- Create a water bath by filling a shallow saucepan with a couple of inches of water. Place the container into the water bath. Bring the water to a gentle simmer, until the cocoa butter has melted. Once melted remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Stir the melted oils/butter until they cool to below 104f (40c) This may take a while I usually work in intervals of stirring a while and resting a while. You can quicken this process by placing the container into an ice bath for a few minutes. An ice bath can be made by placing a little cold water and some ice cubes into a bowl that's big enough to stand the container in. This speeds up the process immensely so you will need to stir continually. If you feel the mixture is becoming too cold you can pop it in and out of the ice bath as needed.
- Once your oils have cooled to below 104f (40c) we can add our vitamin e, flavor oil, and mica.1 g Vitamin E Oil, 2 g Flavor Oil, Mica Powders
- Continue stirring until the mixture begins to thicken, it needs to be thick enough to leave a trace across the top of the mixture when stirring. You will also notice the final color beginning to come though, if you want to adjust this, now is the time to add a touch more mica. Once again you can speed this process up by popping it back into the ice water bath.
- Finally, it's time to add the sugar, this will quickly thicken up the scrub immensely. It may feel quite solid but some brisk stirring should loosen it up enough to be able to fully blend the sugar in.45 g White Sugar
- Last but not least, transfer to your chosen container to store. A decent-sized lip balm pot works great for this, but you can use whatever works for you. Be sure not to place the lid until the contents has completely cooled.2 Cosmetic Jar 1.5 oz
Notes:
- This is an oil-based scrub that does not contain a preservative, to avoid any condensation contamination, the scrub needs to be completely cool before placing the lid on.
- We recommend not storing this scrub in the bathroom, as water could come into contact with the product via wet fingers and condensation. A preservative is unsuitable in this recipe as it is designed for application on the lips.
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