Make Your Own Shower Gel

Make Your Own Shower Gel

Making your own shampoos at home can do wonders for the appearance and health of your hair and scalp. So, what about the rest of your body? For that, you can make your own shower gel at home and use them for taking long, relaxing baths. Like shampoos, commercial shower gels also contain some materials that are harmful for your skin.

You can avoid the problems most people face by following the recipes provided in this chapter and making shower gels at home. The great thing is that there are several scents you can opt for. Here are five of the best:

Create you own simple shower gel

To get started with making shower gel at home, here is a basic recipe you can try first.

Ingredients:

• 1 standard soap bar
• 1 cup distilled water

Instructions:

1. Cut or grate the soap bar into small pieces or flakes. The pieces should be small enough that they get dissolved easily.
2. Pour the distilled water into a saucepan and throw in the soap bar flakes.
3. Bring the water to a boil and continue to simmer till the soap melts completely.
4. Stir the water till the soap and water form a smooth gel-like mixture.
5. Transfer to a mixing bowl and let cool.
6. Pour the mixture into a bottle and use when necessary.

Pear

The basic recipe for making shower gel remains pretty much the same. The main difference is in the fragrance. Here is the recipe for pear shower gel.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup distilled water
• 1 tablespoon glycerin
• 1 bar unscented glycerin soap
• ½ cup pear juice
• 3 drops lemon essential oil
• 5 drops pear fragrance oil

Instructions:

The process remains the same as that for making basic shower gel. The only difference is that you have to mix the oils, juice and glycerin into the mixture once it has been prepared. You can also substitute pear with apple if you prefer the smell of apples over pears.

Strawberry & Lemon

This is an interesting combination you will surely not find in any commercially available shower gel: Strawberry & Lemon.

Ingredients:

• 3 large frozen Strawberries
• 1 tablespoon Aloe Vera Gel
• ½ tablespoon unscented natural Liquid Soap
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 5 drops Strawberry Fragrance Oil
• 8 drops Lemon Essential Oil

Instructions:

1. Thaw the frozen strawberries till they soften. Toss into a blender and puree till smooth.
2. Transfer the pureed strawberries into a bowl and combine with salt.
3. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well.

You should use the shower gel right away.

Orange

This one is a different recipe as it doesn’t require you to use soap.

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon Cane Sugar
• 1 cup Distilled Water
• 8 drops Essential Lemon Oil
• 2 tablespoons Glycerin
• 2 drops Orange Food Coloring
• 1 tablespoon Jojoba Oil
• 4 tablespoons Aloe Vera Gel
• 1 teaspoon Arrowroot

Instructions:

1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well together until they are smooth.
2. Add the food coloring and stir well.
3. Transfer the gel into a squeeze bottle and use within a day.

You can use grapefruit, lemon or lime in place of orange.

 

Vanilla Rose

Vanilla rose shower gel is surprisingly easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 1 unscented natural Soap Bar
• 1 cup Distilled Water
• 10 drops Vanilla Extract
• 8 drops Rose Essential Oil

Instructions:

1. Follow the instructions for basic shower gel.
2. Add the extract and oil to the gel and mix well.

Your vanilla rose shower gel is ready!

 

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