How to make a shower gel with your own hands
Modern cosmetic stores offer us such a large selection of products that it is easy to fit a suitable one for a different taste and budget. But at the same time, girls sometimes think about how to learn how to prepare personal care products at home. Someone wants to save money, someone to be confident in the safety of the composition. And it is just difficult for someone to pick up a product that does not cause an allergic reaction.
If you are interested in the question of how to make a shower gel with your own hands, then the answer to it you can find in this article.
The benefits of natural products
A homemade skin cleanser has many advantages over the store. Handmade shower gel is a product that suits you in all respects. Using it you can be sure that the tool will not cause you an allergic reaction.
The smell of the product will also be a pleasure to please you. Add exactly those essential oils and additives that you like to the neutral base and get the perfect body care product. This way you can prepare for the morning shower a light invigorating gel with a pleasant refreshing scent. And for the evening - to create a composition of soothing smells. In addition, at home, you can make a tool that will deal with minor problems such as cellulite or skin rashes.
It is also important to mention the composition of the product. The homemade gel, created from natural ingredients, the composition will be the most harmless to the skin.
Homemade gel can also be used on baby skin. It will gently clean the surface of the body and make it smooth, well-groomed and velvety.
Well, another argument - homemade gel will cost you much cheaper than the product purchased in the store. Even if you add various essential oils and skin softening components to the base, the final price will still be lower than when you buy its counterpart from a reputable manufacturer. In addition, you will be sure that you pay for the real components, and not for the big name and spectacular packaging.
In general, homemade shower gel is a great option for a whole family. You can cook it according to individual requests and even please some of your friends with such a nice gift.
Cooking methods
There are several ways to prepare your own shower gel. Let's look at a few of them.
From the base
The easiest way is to simply take a special foundation and add it with those components that you like. It is possible to find this basis in specialized stores of organic cosmetics, or to order online. Good reviews girls leave about the basis of "Organic Liquid Castile Soap Base". It does not need to be further diluted, just warm up to thirty degrees and mix with the other components.
To prepare a good gel, in addition to this basis, you will need another tablespoon of avocado oil, rock salt and a few drops of ether. When the base warms up, you can add all the oils in it so that they reveal their flavor.
The next stage is mixing all the components. This should be done when the mass has become more homogeneous and the turbidity has gone. At this stage, add salt and gently whisk the solution. Next, you need to pour the resulting mixture into a clean and well-disinfected bottle.Before you use the product, it must be allowed to infuse, and only after a couple of hours the gel can be applied.
From soap
It is much more economical to use baby soap for making homemade shower gel. For one bottle of gel, you will need a piece of simple baby soap. Pay attention to the composition - it should not have any flavors or any suspicious components. And if you have a child at home, you can simply collect a few remnants and use them to prepare your care product.
It is possible to supplement such a basis with herbs and essential oils. Also do not forget about glycerin, which will soften your skin and make it velvety to the touch. Herbs should choose what suits your skin type. It can be mint, celandine or melissa. To prepare the gel, you need ten tablespoons of dried herbs.
Essential oils choose at your discretion. Here it is necessary to pay attention not only to the effect that these additives give, but also to the smell. If the aroma is too harsh or unpleasant, then you still will not use the product, even if it suits you perfectly by its properties.
We now turn to the cooking process itself.
- First you need to boil herbs. Fill the dry grass with clean water and put the pan with it on a slow fire. After boiling, remove the decoction from the stove and let it brew for another half hour.
- After that, the liquid must be filtered so that no blades of grass get into your gel. Next, it's time to go to the soap. Grate it on a grater and pour the resulting flakes into a container. Pour them with broth and again boil everything. This time it is necessary to boil until the mixture becomes homogeneous.
- When this happens, you need to add a tablespoon of glycerin and the amount of essential oil you need. The more oil, the richer the aroma will be, so try not to overdo it.
- Next you just need to let the gel cool and pour it into a clean bottle. Remember that even if the mixture turned out to be too liquid, you should not worry - it will thicken after insisting.
As you can see, both recipes are very simple, so you can try to do the preparation of cosmetics at home.
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Storage features
But it is not enough to know how to make a gel. It is also necessary to take into account the peculiarities of its storage. So you will be sure that the product will not spoil for a long time, and you will be able to use all the means you have prepared.
First of all, pour the gel into glass bottles with dense dark walls. Keep them in a cool place where direct sunlight does not fall.
But even in such conditions, the means without preservatives will not last for a long time. If you want the finished product to stand as long as the purchased product, then purchase a special preservative. It can be bought in the same place as the base.
Homemade shower gel gives plenty of room for experimentation.. Add your favorite oils or perfumes to the base, change the recipe, experiment and surprise yourself and your loved ones with new delicious flavors.
