Teach Soap

I was asked by my mom and a few other people to make a salt scrub. When my mom visited she brought one that she bought somewhere that was quite nice. So I've looked up some different recipes, most of which call for either olive oil or coconut oil, both of which seem pretty greasy to me. The recipe I used was
1 C Olive Oil
2C Sea Salt
1/4 oz liquid glycerin soap
5 drops Rosemary and 5 drops peppermint

I cut the olive oil in half and used a mix of grapeseed, jojoba, and a bit of vitamin E in it's place. I washed my hands in it, and it's awful! Very greasy, and the salt I used was too coarse, so it was pretty abrasive. It smells wonderful though, so I can hopefully just use it as a foot scrub.

Any ideas on how I can make a nicer hand scrub? The one I tried had a nice feel but I don't know what was in it, the ingredient list said bahamian natural oils, proprietary blend. Anyone willing to share recipes? I hate wasting the good oils!

I would take out the olive oil all together. It's very greasy in a scrub. What kind of a glycerin liquid soap are you using?

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Irena
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There are different type of scrubs like
1. Sugar Body Scrubs
2. Salt Body Scrubs
3. Herbal Body Scrubs
4. Coffee Body Scrubs
5. Moisturizing Body Scrubs

Soap buddy, I used a bit of clear melt and pour glycerin soap, I figured once it was heated and mixed with the oil it would stay liquid. It did seem like a very small amt to use with that much oil. But the one I tried wasn't sudsy at all.

I agree with cutting the olive oil, maybe use grape seed? I don't have too much experience with oils other than the common ones, I guess I need a nice light oil, but not sure what would be best to try.

Thanks!

Lighter weight oils are like almond, apricot kernel, fractionated coconut or grapeseed.

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Thanks!