My own body wash: bubbles and more bubbles!

I have been playing around making detergents. I made a hand wash, shampoo, an intimate detergent, etc... But while the recipes I made for other detergents were fantastic, I had tried a few recipes for a body wash and was never happy with either the consistency, the fact that when adding oil it kept separating and, especially, the bubbles (or mostly, the lack of such!), which for me in the shower is important!

So I came up with this recipe that I quite like. It makes loads of bubbles, the consistency was so thick I had to liquidify with panthenol and quaternium 80 -not a bad thing, since they are gentle with the skin!- and I hit it with the fraganze! So... all wins!

Here is the recipe:

• SLES ( formaldeide free ) 24 • Lauryl Glucoside 4 • Cocoglucoside & Glyceryl Oleate 2 • Disodium Cocoamphodiacetato 4 • Water to 100 (54.5) • Glicerine 3 • Silk Protein 1

• Cocomidopropyl Betaina 7 • Preservative 0.5 • Fragance and one drop of food colorant PH 5.5/6 • Quaternium 80 1

I start by pouring the SLES into a becker. I add the other surfactants and mix with a spoon. Maybe depending on the temperature the Lauryl Glucoside and the Cocoglucoside & Glyceryl Oleate, can be heated on a double boiler to make them easier to add into the mix. I haven't needed to do that so far.

Then I add the water slowly while mixing. There is no need to mix fast and indeed, it may be better to avoid it since it will create bubbles (in any case, it's not a problem if your detergent ends up being bubbly... you just need to let it sit for a few hours or even overnight, they dissapear!).

Then I add the glicerine, the protein and finally the last surfactant, that goes alwasy added at the end to set the consistency of the preparation.

I add then the preservative, the fragance (I've tried a few different ones, the last one is "Bamboo Savon", which is fresh and ideal for the summer!).

I then chek the Ph and make any modifications if needed.

Finally I add the Quaternium 80. This raw materials is a conditioner that makes the detergent gentler and helps reach the perfect consistency since it liquidifies it.

The last one I made is blue, but I change the colors often and make it pretty cause it looks great as a gift!