UPDATE: For an updated recipe, check this out: https://youtu.be/dFA0JzgFBQA
I realized that for 50 milliliters water (& 1 gram guar gum), you only need 15 milliliters of surfactant
Today I am showing you how to make shower gel.
This recipe is simple; it only requires 3 ingredients (water, guar gum, & a surfactant). And it makes a GREAT shower gel. I’m also sharing a minty fresh recipe & a rich & moisturizing recipe. The recipes may be customized however you want! Add more or less butter, oil, surfactant, or whatever other ingredient you can think of! It doesn’t matter which amounts you change or the different ingredients you add, the shower gel will still come out great! I like to make the gel base first, divide it, then make different types of shower gel.
GEL BASE: 150 milliliters distilled water (or hydrosol), 3 grams guar gum (or 6 grams xanthan gum) + ½ milliliter preservative (Germall Plus). I do recommend a preservative. You can make shower gel without it, but it will not last as long and may grow mold. For thinner shower gel, add more water &/or less guar gum. For thicker shower gel, add less water &/or more guar gum. Once the gel base is blended & emulsified, slowly stir in any liquid surfactant (you can add ½ – ¾ of water weight, however, 1/2 the amount will work fine, no need to waste your precious surfactant). Slowly stir in the surfactant (so bubbles aren’t created). Don’t blend gel with electric blender/mixer once surfactant is added. RICH & MOISTURIZING: 65 grams of gel base, 20 grams melted butter (kokum), 10 milliliters carrier oil (Vitamin E), 5 milliliters fragrance oil (vanilla lace). Emulsify. Slowly stir in 40 milliliters of surfactant (I used coco glucoside because it’s thicker).
MINT FRESH: 65 grams of gel base, 20 grams carrier oil (hempseed), 3 milliliters mint oil (melt equal parts of menthol crystals & coconut oil * Mint oil crystalizes; microwave 10 seconds before each use), 5 milliliters fragrance oil (peppermint, teakwood, fierce, & birch). Emulsify ingredients. Slowly stir in 40 milliliters of liquid surfactant (I used decyl glucoside because I was trying different surfactants). + 1 teaspoon jojoba beads & 1 drop aqua liquid food colorant. *** The jojoba beads used came blue, but I will try to dye the white beads with liquid food colorant & let you know how that turns out! NOTE: For thinner shower gel, add water or a really thin surfactant, like castile soap. Adding a bit of glycerin turns the gel base an opaque white. NOTE: Shower gels can’t be thickened once the surfactant is added. PACKAGING: I recommend a plastic bottle than can be squeezed. CLEAR SPARKLING GEL: 75 milliliters distilled water, 1 gram guar gum, a little bit of fragrance oil (optional). Adding anything else will cause gel to become cloudy. RESULTS: I ran out of shower gel & have been sick with coronavirus for a week so I decided to make my own. REALLY glad I did! HAPPY SHOWER GEL-MAKING! & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! UPDATE: My shower gel was made a week ago & it still hasn’t separated. However, I had some left over “sparkling” gel that I put in a bottle & that separated a little bit, but the sparkling gel added to the shower gel stayed the same.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Introduction
0:53 – Recipe
2:15 – Rich & Moisturizing Recipe
3:19 – Mint Fresh Recipe
4:35 – Tips & Tricks
5:02 – Packaging
7:01 – Results
47 Comments
This was an amazing video! Thanks for sharing. Also, good that you are beginning to feel better. Best wishes on continued healing. Take care SOAP Friend! ✨🧼
Your recipes are amazing. I’m glad you’re doing well and feeling better.
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Hello, what kind of butter? You mean cocoa and Shea butter melted?
Did you use mica to color the jojoba beads?
Hi I am glad u r feeling better, can u please let me know what preservatives to use ? For some reason I can’t find it in the description. Also can u use a vita mix blender.? Happy holidays to you .! Ty
This looks so good and great for the skin! Now I want to add this to my lineup for my soap business launch.
I'm just going to make everything.
Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas beautiful girl 💜
Can xanthan gum be substituted for the guar gum? I love your vids. They are so informative and easy to follow. Thank you 💐💐💐
So cool and nice colors etc Thanks Happy New Year 😊 😀
Thank you 😊. You make it look so easy! And I have all the ingredients. Time to make shower gel 🤩
Hi Dora, thanks so much for sharing your recipes. Hope you are all recovered now and Happy New Year:)
I love your content. So when you made the gel base you added the surfactant at the end. Was that gel base the same base used in the beginning stages of making the RICH & MOISTURIZING gel? Or did you have another made in advance without the surfactant added? I want to try this but unsure if it was added in the gel then added in the rich and moisturizing gel at the end (40 ml) as well. Thanks in advance
What a lovely share I really hope you feel better thank you for all you do you are absolutely my absolute favorite creator! ❤️ I hope someone can bring you some tone up water it has natural quinine and it's an immune booster and it saved my life last year!
Same here just started working keep drinking warm liquids to get rid of post Covid lingering secretions. Ginger root or powder in your teas helps too
Can I make these to sell to others?
Hello my love happy new year to u n ur family … I been mia been so busy with work , grandson ,business n life .. had my favorite aunty died from covid smh .. home this weekend so I would catch up on all the videos I missed .. yesterday was my birthday the 31st yay . Anyway my beautiful Dora love u girl ❣️❣️❣️
Awesome video, can you please share the name and/or link to the preservative you used in the video please. Thank you in advance
Amazing
I feel like you do! I didn't know it was this easy! I'm surely going to try this!
Can’t wait to try this out!
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I hope you are feeling better. Thanks for sharing.
Hello how are you today, im not understanding this– Surfactant 1/2 – 34 of water weight, however 1/2 amount will be fine. please help
Thank you. how long does it last?
Hi, I have read somewhere that using single surfactant will be harsh on skin. To make it milder using another surfactant. Pardon me if I'm wrong. I'm also in the learning phase. Can you please educate me. Thank you for sharing your experience with us ❤️
Thanks for sharing your recipes. You might try soap dye or mica to color your soap food coloring can dye skin, sinks and tubs.
Do you use Castile soap as your surfactant or glycerin?
when I am making my shower gel the beads sent to bottom how can I make them stay afloat?
Great recipe! Really easy. Can you substitute Guar gum for Xanthum gum?
Wonderful creation! Two question: without preservant, how does the shower gel lasts? If I would like to sell it, how much time before Have I to prepare it? Do the ingredients separe from each other after somee times? thank you sooo much!!
Love all your videos, amazing !!! I had a question 🙋🏽♀️, how many ounces does your glass bottle hold ?
Do I need to balance the PH if I use coco glycoside?
So in the 3 ingredients shown early in the video the surfactant was castille soap. But you used others in the recipes. Which one was castille used?
Question do you think I could make a honey and oatmeal shower gel this way? By using all the ingredients and then adding honey, oatmeal powder and preservative?
I'm very excited about trying this recipe. My daughter really loves her shower gel, as do I. One question. I didn't see in the video how much it makes. I added the ml for the liquid ingredients, but I don't know how much, if any, volume that blender adds.
I love your recipes, they are amazing🙏🏾
Love it can i change use xantam gum I stead?
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Is deionized water okay? And when do they expire?
I would like to add colloidal oatmeal, honey and milk. Is that possible and in what stage?
Will a normal blender or mixer work if I do not have an emulsion blender?
Thank you for your great videos. I do have a question it's probably a stupid question but on the shower gel, if after everything is mixed and done, would I be able to add more water if it ended up too thick?
Nice what melted butter did you use?
Question lol In the gel base you showed in the beginning of the video it doesn’t have surfactant correct? You only add that once you’ve add any oils and fragrances at the very end correct when making your own recipe?
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