How to make a shower gel with your own hands

Modern cosmetic stores offer us such a large selection of products that it is not difficult to find the right one for different tastes and budgets. But at the same time, sometimes girls think about learning how to prepare self-care products at home. Someone wants to save money, someone to be sure of the safety of the composition. And it is simply difficult for someone to find a product that does not cause an allergic reaction.

A homemade skin cleanser has many advantages over a store-bought one. DIY shower gel is a product that suits you in all respects. Using it, you can be sure that the product will not cause you an allergic reaction.

The smell of the product will also please you. Add the essential oils and additives you like to your neutral base for the perfect body treatment. Thus, you can prepare a light invigorating gel with a pleasant refreshing aroma for your morning shower. And for the evening - create a composition of soothing scents. In addition, at home, you can make a remedy that will deal with minor problems like cellulite or skin rashes.

It is also important to mention the composition of the product. A homemade gel made from natural ingredients will have a composition that is as harmless to the skin as possible.

Well, one more argument - homemade gel will cost you much less than a product bought in a store. Even if you add various essential oils and skin-softening components to the base, the final price will still be lower than when buying its counterpart from a well-known manufacturer. In addition, you will be sure that you are paying for real-life components, and not for a big name and spectacular packaging.

There are several ways to make your own shower gel. Let's look at a few of them.

The easiest way is to just take a special base and add it with the components that you like. You can find this foundation in specialized organic cosmetics stores, or order it online. The girls leave good reviews about the "Organic Liquid Castile Soap Base". It does not need to be further diluted, just warm up to thirty degrees and mix with the rest of the components.

The next step is mixing all the ingredients. This should be done when the mass has become more homogeneous and the turbidity has gone. At this stage, add salt and lightly beat the solution. Next, you need to pour the resulting mixture into a clean and well-sanitized bottle. Before using the product, it must be given time to brew, and only after a couple of hours the gel can be applied.

It is much more economical to use baby soap for making homemade shower gel.. For one bottle of gel, you will need a bar of plain baby soap. Pay attention to the composition - it should not contain any flavors or any suspicious components. And if you have a child at home, then you can simply collect a few remnants and use them to prepare a care product.

You can supplement this base with herbs and essential oils. Also, don't forget about glycerin, which will soften your skin and make it velvety to the touch. From herbs, you should choose what suits your skin type. It can be mint, celandine or lemon balm. To prepare the gel, you need ten tablespoons of dried herbs.

Now let's move on to the cooking process itself.

• First you need to boil the herbs. Pour dry grass with clean water and put the pan with it on a slow fire. After boiling, remove the broth from the stove and let it brew for another half hour.
• After that, the liquid must be filtered so that blades of grass do not get into your gel. Now it's time to move on to the soap. Grate it and pour the resulting flakes into a container. Fill them with broth and boil everything again. This time, you need to cook until the mixture becomes homogeneous.
• When this happens, you need to add a tablespoon of glycerin and the amount of essential oil you need to the base. The more oil, the richer the flavor will be, so try not to overdo it.
• Next, you just need to let the gel cool down and pour it into a clean bottle. Remember that even if the mixture turned out to be too liquid, then you should not worry - it will thicken after it is infused.

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But it is not enough to know how to make a gel. It is also necessary to take into account the features of its storage. So you will be sure that the product will not deteriorate for a long time, and you will be able to use all the product you have prepared.

But even in such conditions, a product without preservatives will not last long. If you want the finished product to stand as long as the purchased one, then purchase a special preservative. It can be bought in the same place as the base.

Homemade shower gel gives a lot 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 aromas.