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Bergamot Body Polish

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This is one of my favorite body polish/scrub formulas—full of emollient oils and butters and scented with Bergamot Essential Oil! There are a lot of variations and possibilities and it is a good idea to tweak the formula to make it just the way you like it. The texture and consistency of this finished body polish/scrub reminds me of homemade vanilla ice cream. To maintain that consistency, you should keep about the same ratios for solid-to-liquid fats/oils/butters, when substitutions are made. Some substitution possibilities are: cocoa butter for shea butter; cetyl Alcohol for stearic acid; extra butter for stearic acid; and other veggie oils for the jojoba and fractionated coconut oil. If unstable/more fragile oils are used---like sweet almond/grapeseed, etc., I recommend adding 1% tocopherol to the formula.

Ingredient Shea Butter Stearic Acid Fractionated Coconut Oil Jojoba Oil Bergamot EO Polysorbate 20 Total *Salt 500 grams = approx. 1 cup salt

Amount 26% = 130 grams (2/3 cup, melted) 18% = 90 grams (1 cup) 40% = 200 grams (1 cup) 12% = 60 grams (1/3 cup + 3TBS) 1.0% = 5 grams (1 tsp) 3.0% = 15 grams (2Tbs + 1tsp) 100.0% = 500 grams

Procedure: Heat shea butter, stearic acid, jojoba oil and fractionated coconut oil until melted. Remove from heat. Stir continuously until mixture begins to solidify-I use a mixer (the type for mixing cake batter). Add salts and continue to mix. I sometimes place the pot into a container of cold water to speed up the cool-down process, but continue to stir/mix as it is cooling. When mixture is cool (less than 50C/122F), add Bergamot essential oil and polysorbate 20.

*Please note: The salts are not calculated as part of the formulation. They are added at a 1/1 ratio (by weight) to the formulation, which in this case would be 500grams or approximately 1 cup.

A few notes:
--Please remember to use caution when using scrubs or body polish in the shower as the oils can make the bathtub very slippery.
--No preservative is needed in this formulation if it is followed precisely because of the high salt content.
--Since oils/butters/fats will melt together, no emulsifier is needed to make the scrub
--Polysorbate 20 enhances the feel of the scrub by providing a "linkage" with the oils and the water from the shower to rinse off/leave on just enough oils so that it will not be too greasy. AquaEm, PEG 7 Olivate or Cromollient SCE can be substituted for the Polysorbate 20.