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Hydrating hand wash
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Hydrating Hand Wash

Learn step by step how to make your own hydrating hand wash with a few simple ingredients. You will be surprised just how simple it is to make.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Keyword: hand wash, hydrating, Soap
Servings: 10 ounces
Cost: $5

Equipment

  • Scale
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spatula

Ingredients

Phase A

  • 6.55 ounce | 65.45% Distilled Water
  • 0.40 ounce | 4% Vegetable Glycerin

Phase B

  • 0.50 ounce | 5% Avocado Oil
  • 0.17 ounce | 1.7% Xanthan Gum

Phase C

  • 1.00 ounce | 10% Coco Glucoside
  • 1.00 ounce | 10% Caprylyl Capryl Glocoside
  • 0.24 ounce | 2.35% Pink Grapefruit and Citrus Fragrance OIl
  • 0.15 punce | 1.5% Optiphen Plus

Instructions

  • Weigh out all of your ingredients.
  • Mix the avocado oil with the xanthan gum. You want to make sure you mix this very well. Set aside.
  • Grab a mixing container. Add the coco glucoside and caprylyl capryl glucoside to the mixing container.
  • Add the avocado and xanthan gum slurry to the surfactacts.
  • Mix well.
  • Add fragrance oil and mix again.
  • Add the distilled water and vegetable glycerin mixture to the surfactant mixture.
  • Mix well. Note, that this is going to start thickening up very quickly.
  • Add the preservative and mix it in well.
  • Place the hydrating hand wash into a piping bag. (Or you can use a baggie and cut a corner out).
  • Pipe the hand wash into your container.
  • Place the lid on and enjoy.