Bath & Body Recipes

Body Wash #1

Courtesy of Swift at Point of Interest!

I love a beautifully scented body wash for my shower - this week it's smelling of Froot Loops, a fragrance blend invented by one of my craft group girls. It's 50% cream cheese frosting and 50% lemon curd, and I'm addicted to it!

This recipe is great for oily skin - the DLS mild (sulfosuccinate) is a great mild, degreasing surfactant!

37.5% water
15% Amphosol CG (coco betaine)
30% DLS mild
5% aloe vera
3% glycerin
3% honeyquat or polyquat 7 (some kind of cationic polymer)
2% cromoist or other hydrolyzed protein
2% panthenol
1% fragrance or essential oil
1% liquid Crothix
0.5% preservative
Colouring, if wanted

In a container, mix the surfactants together well, then add the water. (You can heat the water slightly to make it easier to mix). When the surfactants are mixed together, add the rest of the ingredients - EXCEPT THE CROTHIX - and blend well. Try not to get a ton of bubbles at the top. Let it rest until the mixture is clear of the bubbles and check the viscosity. If you are happy with it, bottle it! If you want it thicker, start at 0.5% liquid Crothix and stir well, ensuring you have blended it completely. If you still want it thicker, add another 0.5% Crothix. You can go up to 2% Crothix if you wish.

As a note, the thickness of your body wash can depend upon your choice of fragrance oils. If you choose something with a vanilla base, it may thin it out. Something with a citrus base with thicken it. Keep a record of your fragrances and viscosity so you know what to expect!

Bubble Bar Recipe

Courtesy of Louise at Soga

1/3 cup of cream of tartar (available at supermarket)
1 cup of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
1 cup of sodium laurel sulfoacetate SLSA (powdered foaming agent)

2 TBLS glycerin
3 TBLS Cocamide DEA
3 TBLS Cocamidopropyl Betaine

a few drops of water-based soap colorant or food color
any fragrance or essential oil
a mold

Makes 18 ozs.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and add the colorantand fragrance a few drops at a time until the desired shade and scent are achieved. Mix in the glycerin liquid a little at a time until the
mixture holds together in your hand.

Transfer 2 TBLS to your mold and pound until firm. If the mixture crumbles, return it to the bowl and add more glycerin, then remold.

If it holds together when unmolded, cut into chunks or slices and continue to let dry on wax paper. May take overnight or longer to harden.

Wrap in cellophane, tissue paper or store in container.

Use within a month or two – glycerin attracts moisture so they can become soggy.

To use: Drop into running bath water and enjoy the bubbles! The bubbles are better if you hold them under the running water.

Yummy Chocolate Bath Bombs

Courtesy of Tara Fotty at TaraEarth Handmade Cosmetics

2 cups baking soda
1 cup citric acid
1 cup of salts of choice
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp borax
2 tbsp cocoa butter
1/2 tsp polysorbate 20
1 - 2 tsp ethanol
1 tsp EACH Vanilla and Almond extracts

Follow normal bath bomb-making procedure. Try not to eat!

Bath Bombs by Jannie

Coutesy of Jannie at Rainbow Soap & Candle Mfg

Dry Ingredients:

1 1/4 Cups Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Citric Acid
1/4 Cup Natrasorb
1/2 Cup Corn Starch
3/4 Cup Epsom Salt

Wet Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons Everclear (95% alcohol) or Denatured Alcohol
2 Tablespoons Oil of Choice
1 1/2 Teaspoons Essential Oil or Blend of Choice
(Randi says: I added Polsorbate 20 at 5% (I weighed out the ingredients, but forgot to write it down!)

Instructions:

Mix the dry ingredients together (de-clumping as you go)
Mix the wet ingredients together
Drizzle the wet over the dry while mixing
Mold into desired shape(s)
Unmold onto wax paper or parchment paper and dry over night.

Shampoo Recipe #1 (For oily,limp hair).

Courtesy of Tara Fotty at TaraEarth Handmade Cosmetics

Modified from a Swift Recipe.

Heated Phase:

47% Rosemary Hydrosol
15% Polyglugose/Lactylate Blend
15% Bioterge AS-40
10% Cocomidopropyl Betaine
3% glycerin
2% panthenol powder

Cool down Phase:

2% Cromoist
1% Cosmocil CQ
1% Crothix
1% Polysorbate 20
0.5% White Willow Bark extract
0.5% Cedarwood EO
0.5% Clary Sage EO
0.5% Lemon EO
0.5% Rosemary EO