Ingredients for Foaming Salt Body Scrub

To create a foaming salt body scrub, the main components you will need are salt for exfoliation and a surfactant to generate foam.

Recommended Ingredients:

• Salt: Used as the exfoliant. High-purity salt like Sodium Chloride (High Purity, 99.9%) is recommended to avoid unwanted impurities.
• Surfactant: This is a key ingredient for creating foam. Several types are suitable for body cleansing products and can be used with salt, such as:
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine: An gentle amphoteric surfactant that helps create a smooth, fine foam.
  • IseFoam™ (Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate): A gentle anionic surfactant that provides good foam, commonly used in cleansing products.
  • Cond-Foam™ (Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Liquid): A gentle anionic surfactant that foams well and has slight skin/hair conditioning properties.

Additionally, in a foaming salt scrub formula, you might consider adding other components like:

• Skin Conditioning Oils: Such as coconut oil or almond oil, to help moisturize the skin after exfoliation.
• Thickeners: To help stabilize the scrub texture and prevent separation.
• Preservatives: To prevent microbial growth.
• Fragrance/Essential Oils: To add scent.
• Colorants: For product aesthetics.

The choice and amount of surfactant will affect the volume and stability of the foam, as well as the gentleness on the skin. You should study the usage information and recommended percentages for each ingredient you choose.