HI there,
if your scrub is for personal use, that's one thing -
but for your customer's safety, if they dip wet
fingers on, and they will unless you put it in a
squeeze tube -which for this type of recipe really
won't work easily; you should add phenonip or germaben
or something to kill bacteria.

The best way to make a non-oily scrub is to go ahead
and add a little distilled water to the oils and make
an emulsion. For that I would use an e-wax but you
could experiment with beeswax,carnauba,candelilla. And
then of course, add like double your salts/sugars
compared to your oils. You may even want to experiment
with a nice clay - and we are talking small amounts
ppo.
Maybe 1 Tblsp clay or even a starch. Tapioca, corn,
rice, etc. Or like the recipe you read earlier, grind
the rice yourself and add.

If you're using shea butter- you will want to use some
type of liquid oil but maybe 2 parts butter to 1 pt
liquid[which in turn means at least 6 parts
salt/sugar.]3 parts oils to 1 part water.
To me when you say creamy, that implies a lotion/cream
type base - which requires the emulsion for that
effect.

HTH
Willow
--- alyssaamiddleton <alyssaamiddleton@...>
wrote:

> Hello! I'm loving the scrub recipes that have been
> posted recently,
> can't wait to try them out! I'm interested in making
> more of a creamy-
> type scrub (where the oils don't separate to the
> top) with shea butter
> and coffee. I'd like it to be as natural as
> possible, I don't use any
> preservatives in my products. Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
>