DIY Body Wash Recipe
Learn how to make your own body wash from scratch with this step by step recipe. It can feel a little intimidating the first time you make it, but you will soon realize how easy it is.
Servings: 4 Ounces
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Heat Safe Container
- Spatula
- Double boiler
- Small mixing bowl
- Bottle to store the body wash
- Mason jar (to hold up container)
- Silicone funnel
Ingredients
Phase A
- 0.24 ounce | 6% Vegetable Glycerin
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Xanthan Gum
Phase B
- 2.68 ounce | 67% Distilled Water
- 0.40 ounce | 10% Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (SLSA)
- 0.24 ounce | 6% Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Decyl Glucoside
Phase C
- 0.16 ounce | 4% Fragrance Oil
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Broad Spectrum Preservative
Instructions
Phase A
- In a small bowl, mix together the vegetable glycerin and xanthan gum.
- Set the slurry off to the side for now.
Phase B
- Mix together your three surfactants: SLSA, cocamidopropyl betaine and decyl glucoside.
- It is going to make a thick surfactant paste.
- Add your vegetable glycerin and xanthan gum slurry to the surfactant paste you just made. Then mix well.
- Add your distilled water. You are going to want to mix it just a little bit, more so to just get the surfactant paste off the bottom of the container.
- Place on a double boiler.
Phase C
- After you remove your body wash from the double boiler, you are going to want to add your fragrance oil and broad spectrum preservative. Mix well.
- Add your mica powder and mix until it is fully combined and no mica clumps remain.
- Pour into your bottle and enjoy!
Notes
As always, be sure to follow the manufacturer's recommendation on the materials you are using. You can always add or take away from the distilled water to keep your formula at 100%.