Bath and Body
Creamy Body Wash
Apr
Creating a creamy body wash at home is a wonderful way to pamper your skin.
Method
Measure your water phase ingredients: water, glycerine, xanthan gum, oats, decyl glucoside and cocobetaine; and your oil phase: shea butter, olive emulsifier and cetyl alcohol.
Mix xanthan gum & glycerine together and set aside. Leave for 20 minutes.
Prepare the water phase by separately adding the colloidal oats to the water and mix thoroughly, followed by adding the surfactants
Lastly, add the xanthan gum mixture and stir well.
For oil phase, add shea butter & emulsifying waxes.
Gently heat the oil & water phase on a low heat using a bain-marie or double boiler.
Pour the oil into the water phase and blend thoroughly
As the mixture cools, use an immersion blender in short bursts to prevent over-blending
Once the body wash is creamy and thickened, add the preservative and any essential oils
Test the pH of the body wash by using either pH strips or a meter. Use citric acid to adjust to your desired pH (I recommend between 5 – 7)
Decant into a suitable container, either a pump or squeeze bottle.
