The effect of different salt concentration in physical nature preparation of face scrub gel Caulerpa racemosa

Abstract Facial skin that is often exposed to sunlight can experience a disturbance in the balance of the skin so that the skin’s moisture decreases and the skin becomes dry and dull and there is an accumulation of dead skin cells. Therefore, a treatment is needed to get healthy facial skin by using cosmetic preparations such as face scrubs as exfoliate cleansers. The use of Caulerpa racemosa seaweed in face scrub gel preparations is used as a producer of agar which acts as a gel former in face scrub gel preparations and the use of salt as a scrub which removes dead skin cells (exfoliating). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of adding salt on the physical properties of the Caulerpa racemosa face scrub gel preparation. The results of the research that has been done shows that salt has a significant effect (p <0.05) on the physical properties of the Caulerpa racemosa face scrub gel preparation. Appearance of the Caulerpa racemosa face scrub gel for each homogeneous treatment. Specific gravity and viscosity values are close to SNI standards. The face scrub gel has a pH of 6 and does not cause irritation and based on appearance, smell and color parameters it shows the best results by adding 30% salt to the Caulerpa racemosa face scrub gel.