3-Ingredient Shower Gel - The Easiest Shower Gel You'll Ever Make!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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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
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Thank you for this video, I love how your videos are so straightforward and easy to try at home!! Hope you feel better soon!
My pleasure! Glad you found it easy to follow! & Thank you so much!
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.
That's a good idea! Make everything & see what sells! lol But in all seriousness, this is a very simple, easy, quick, & straightforward recipe that you cant go wrong with! Good luck with your launch!
Your recipes are amazing. I’m glad you’re doing well and feeling better.
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Thank you for sharing your recipes! I love your content and how simple and down to earth your delivery is. Luv this!!
Glad you like them!
I can’t wait to try it. Thanks so much!!!
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Thank you Dora! You always give us something beautiful and new. Glad you're feeling better. Be well.
Thank you so much!
I get soooo excited when you post
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I feel like you do! I didn't know it was this easy! I'm surely going to try this!
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Can’t wait to try this out!
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Another one to the list. Happy Holidays to you and your family. Hope your feeling better soon.
Same to you! Happy New Year (already, can you believe it)!!!!
Hey Lady, Happy Holidays to you and your family, looks good cant wait to try!!!
Same to you! Enjoy!!!!
Glad you're better Dora. I have learned so much from you. Can't wait to make.
Thanks so much 😊 Do try it! Super easy, quick, & very rewarding!
This was so easy and thank you for the shimmery swirls. So many suds🎉🎉🎉
You are so welcome!
Thank you 😊. You make it look so easy! And I have all the ingredients. Time to make shower gel 🤩
Yep! It's that time!
This is awesome I love my shower gel recipe but I am making this today it looks awesome.
Hope you enjoy
Thanks for sharing!! Glad ur feeling better!!
YW! Thank you!! Me, too!
Thanks for sharing and I hope you feel better!!
Thanks boo!
Great video!!! Glad you’re feeling better!
Me too!! lol
I love your recipes, they are amazing🙏🏾
Thanks so much 😊
I am happy you are feeling better.
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Yay!!!! Your the best!!!
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Thanks for the lecture I Appreciate, God bless you.
Tus vídeos son muy buenos,la explicación sencilla y clara, gracias! Eres un tesoro! Saludos desde Chihuahua, México.
Hi Dora, thanks so much for sharing your recipes. Hope you are all recovered now and Happy New Year:)
My pleasure & I am great now, thanks for asking! Happy New Years!!!
So cool and nice colors etc Thanks Happy New Year 😊 😀
Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!
Wow now this is beautiful. I'm glad you feel better. I wish you the best in health thank you for coming through with this. You know I like to add more to your list of bath treats lol can you make a creamy one 😉 ..
THanks so much. I just added it to my list!!!!
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! ✨🧼
Awe thanks girl! I appreciate you stopping by my little channel! lol
Wonderful recipe and I’m glad you’re feeling better I want to try this.
It's so good! Try it!
I just want you to know that you have inspired me with all your videos.
I hope you are feeling better. Thanks for sharing.
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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!
Thanks so much! I hope I live up to all the credit you give me! I'm good now, thank you for the concern. But I will be getting vaccinated & boosters & whatever else is available! lol
Love it can i change use xantam gum I stead?
Can u make one video how to make gel base? Really appreciate it
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.
Thank you for sharing. thats a great idea and I can’t wait to try it. So sorry fo hear you had the virus ,please try to keep hydrated and rest when you can.
That's all I have been doing! Going stir-crazy over here from laying down soo much! lol Yes, I have been drinking water like CRAZY! I've been insanely thirsty
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My daughter just told me about these hydration packets you put in your water. DripDrop brand hydration packs. She got hers at Walgreens and said they really help. She’s been giving them to her patients all year. May be worth a try.
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
Thanks for the tips!
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 ❣️❣️❣️
Well Happy Belated Birthday Giselle!!!!!
Awe sweetie hope you feel better real soon!! Love the video. My pkg of Guar Gum just arrived. Guess I'm now making shower gel hahahaha 🤪 Love the packaging and tools you use.
Also, wanted to ask if you ever did a separate video, with purchase links, for all the containers, tools, supplies, etc. you use?
Happy New Year!! Diane
Thanks so much Diane. I try to link everything used in the video. I haven't done a separate video, but I am always linking extra stuff when people ask. If there is a specific item that you'd like linked, just ask me!
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?
Will a normal blender or mixer work if I do not have an emulsion blender?
Thanks for sharing your recipes. You might try soap dye or mica to color your soap food coloring can dye skin, sinks and tubs.
Thanks for the tip!
Amazing
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Hi I m from PAKISTAN your video is Awesome 💯 thanks 👍
hello, which preservative is safe to add in body wash?
Was looking forward to something new! Sending healing thoughts
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What happens if you emulsify before adding all the butters and carrier oils?
What would be the recipe for bulk shower gel base ( 5kg) please
I would like to add colloidal oatmeal, honey and milk. Is that possible and in what stage?
Looks awesome & amazing as usual...I honestly will have to rewatch & get caught up with your videos once I’m not so icky & loopy....dealing with hideous corona for the last couple of weeks 🤢😞
Me too! It really does suck! Hope you feel better! I am going get vaccinated as soon as possible!!!! If you haven't, you should too! Life is too short to be this sick . I'll never get these days back that I lost!
@@CreativeBathLab thank you....I’m glad you’re much better 😊.... I’m working through it.
It’s all u can do
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
Thanks so much! I am a bit confused about the question, but I think you're asking about the sparkling gel. Sparkling gel has NOTHING in it except water & guar gum & a bit of fragrance oil. Adding anything else would make the gel cloudy. Other recipes are in the description. I hope this helps!
Love all your videos, amazing !!! I had a question 🙋🏽♀️, how many ounces does your glass bottle hold ?
Ty! Sorry idk
Can u make bigger batches?
Thanks you I’ve been looking for a Shower gel recipe ❤️❤️
Hope you like it!
وحشتيني جدا معلمتي المفضله مبدعه اليوتيوب ❤❤❤ الف الف سلامه شفاك الله وعافاك حبيتي
كان ذلك رائعًا حقًا. شكرا جزيلا لك! اتمنى ان تكون سنة رائعة عليك!
Nice what melted butter did you use?
Is deionized water okay? And when do they expire?
Can you add sugar to make it a sugar scrub?
How can I batch your shower jelly formula to make 1 gallon? Thanks
COVID can be wicked. Glad you’re healing
Thanks love
Wonderful tutorial. Do you need poly 80 for oils and color? Also will poly 8o cause separation?
TY! I didn't use any & mine came out perfect!
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
Blender will be fine. Germall plus or Optiphen.
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?
Can xanthan gum be substituted for the guar gum? I love your vids. They are so informative and easy to follow. Thank you 💐💐💐
You are so welcome & yes, absolutely. Check out the description for recipe. You have to add double the amount of xanthan gum VS guar gum, but they do the same thing!
Awesome video, can you please share the name and/or link to the preservative you used in the video please. Thank you in advance
It's the first one under "recommended items" in the description!
Oh no, Dora, I'm so very sorry. I hope you are better and back feeling amazing, Love ya
Almost Pam.... Almost back to 100% again. I am just happy to be able to stay awake for more than a few hours at a time & actually move from off the couch/bed!
Hmmmmm..i will give it a go! Easy Peasy and i got all the ingredients..Lets Play n Create..Yayeee!! You are THE BEST..FACTS!🤗🛀
Have fun!
What is the shelf life for this?
Great recipe! Really easy. Can you substitute Guar gum for Xanthum gum?
Yes you can! Fa sho! Just double the X gum
Hello miss on liquid surfactant can I use Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate?
yes
Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas beautiful girl 💜
Awe! Love you!!!! I hope you guys did, too!!!
@@CreativeBathLab Love you 🥰💜
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For the liquid surfactant, could I use cocamidopropyl betaine or would something like Dr. Bronner's be more suitable?
Literally ANY liquid surfactant will be good. So yes, coco betaine is perfectly suitable for this! I used decyl/coco glucoside because they are a lot thicker than coco betaine & castile soap.... But then again, I suppose this depends on how thin you want the shower gel to be
@@CreativeBathLab awesome thank you! I had a gallon of Coco betaine gifted to me when I made my last order to a company that went out of business and I just don't use that much in any of my current products 😂 a 32 oz bottle (what I ordered) will last me all year easily. So this will be a fun experiment!
قمة الروعة والجمال بالتوفيق
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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 dont see why not
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!!
I didn’t any separation. Lasts 6 months
Hello how are you today, im not understanding this-- Surfactant 1/2 - 3\4 of water weight, however 1/2 amount will be fine. please help
This was my first try at shower gel. For a new & updated version, please check this recipe out: ruclips.net/video/dFA0JzgFBQA/видео.html Much easier to understand!
Do I need to balance the PH if I use coco glycoside?
nothing tutorial coming soon on pH - dont miss it!
Thank you. how long does it last?
1 year
So sorry you have been sick. I'm on my second of COVID this year and I'm vaccinated. Just had a question about the shower gel and adding the butter and oil, what emulsifies it what keeps the oil in the butter from separating?
Yep, will be getting vaccinated fa sho! I have had ENOUGH! lol The ingredients are emulsified with the stick blender, nothing else is needed!!! I just went & checked on my shower gels & they are just the way I made them
@@CreativeBathLab I'm so excited to make this I'll keep you posted
when I am making my shower gel the beads sent to bottom how can I make them stay afloat?
I'm sorry, I didn't have this problem so I don't know
You don't say how much surfactant to use? How much do I use please? ❤
Hello, what kind of butter? You mean cocoa and Shea butter melted?
Read the description boo. Kokum butter melted
Does it separate after a day or two? Do you need a solubiliser? I tried making with surtactants and fo n it separated 😔
Really??? I just checked mine & it didn't separate at all!
OMG I bought gaur gum (can’t remember why🤔) now I have a use for it.
LOL, me too hahahaha
Guar gum or xanthan gum! If you watched the "make bath bombs like lush" that's probably why! lol I was excited to find another use for it!
Did you color your jojoba beads or did you get them that color
I just ordered some white ones to make custom colors. However, those were ordered like that. I was glad I got to use them because I was beginning to think I never would!
مشاء الله
Did you use mica to color the jojoba beads?
No they came like that. However, I just ordered the white ones linked & I am going to color those with liquid food colorant
@@CreativeBathLab Thank you 😊
This may be a silly question but I’m going to ask it anyway. Did you use Castile soap and a liquid surfactant? Or just one or the other? The video shows the Quinn’s Castile soap but you listed both in the ingredients. I want to be sure before making this. I sure hope you’re feeling better, sending love and healing light to
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Thank you! I added coco glucoside. Then I found the shower gel just a bit too thick, so then I demonstrated how you can thin it out with castile soap (or water, either one). But to answer your question, you don't need both! One or the other will work just as good!
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Do you use Castile soap as your surfactant or glycerin?
glycerin isnt a surfactant. I used castile soap, coco betaine, coco glucoside, or decyl glucoside. Any of these are fine
@@CreativeBathLab oh great thank you for that 😊
YW sweet girl
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?
I don't remember. I was trying to demonstrate that you can use ANY surfactant! They all essentially worked the same though; I couldn't tell the difference.
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 ❤️
That’s ok. Happy to help. I’ve never heard that. As far as I know A single surfactant isn’t any more harsh on the skin than adding 2-3 different ones (that all total the same amount as the single). Surfactants can vary in strength tho; some are more mild than others. In this recipe I tried different ones, but coco betaine is a mild surfactant that always works well.
@@CreativeBathLab thank you so much for helping out with this. Appreciate your help 😃❤️
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كل سنه وانتي طيبة سنه جميله مليئه بالحب والسعاده حبيتي 🌷🌷🌷🌷
سنوات جديده سعيده!
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Can I make these to sell to others?
Yep!