Some portions of this were plagiarized from my earlier Facebook post. Every once in a while I stalk business on Facebook that make bath and body products or post recipes for them... I don't know why I am surprised at some of the stuff I see in a sugar scrub, or worse, what I don't. I realized that sugar scrub post are used to promote all kinds of pages. Real Estate agents, Coconut manufactures, Spice companies..., The Sugar Scrub is used to promote their pages and keep it relevant in their followers feed. Because after all, it's harmless right? Three ingredients; Sugar, Baby Oil /Coconut Oil and 10 drops of X oil and a mason jar will get you several thousand shares. Add fresh rose petals/pineapple/ apples or ginger to it and you have a real AMAZEBALLS / "girls wine night" activity winner! Even an apple grower posted a sugar scrub recipe! DIY recipes using food items are a recipe for disaster and not safe beyond a one time use unless you really know w
You want to go all "natural" and avoid "chemicals". But what does that really mean? To you, the consumer it means that you want to be able to pronounce the word. You want to look it up on EWG and decide if it is ok for you to use or not. But when you say natural, to those of us in the industry of making bath and body products that is kind of an empty word. The FDA does not have a set standard for "Natural" Therefore, I if I chose, I can pick a standard or none at all and slap "ALL NATURAL" on my label. Or if I chose, I can align my self with organizations that do have set standards and follow them, or I can even create a set of my own. The problem with the EWG is, in a nutshell, they really are scaremongers. And very often, their ratings come without solid science, or they use outdated science. You can read more about them Here There is one thing I like my customers to know right off the bat. Natural is not always