How to Make Your Own Natural Shower Gel with Essential Oils?

Posted by Julie Comptoir Beauté & Santé on May 21, 2024
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Making Your Own Shower Gel with Essential Oils: A Natural and Ecological Alternative

The current trend is the search for more natural and environmentally friendly products. Industrial cosmetics are often loaded with chemicals that can be harmful to our skin and health. Making your own shower gel or soap from a neutral cleansing base and essential oils is an ideal solution to avoid these chemicals. It is a more economical, ecological and respectful alternative to your skin. Here's how to do it:

Ingredients and Materials Needed

  • Neutral cleansing base with olive oil (like Ceven'Arômes Cristal Base)
  • Essential oils of your choice (lavender, eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, etc.)
  • Bottle with pump for mixing
  • Teaspoon for measuring essential oils

Manufacturing Steps

  1. Choose your Cleansing Base

    • Use a neutral cleansing base, such as Cristal Base with olive oil. This primer is specially designed to be gentle on the skin and can be enriched with essential oils according to your preferences.

  2. Add the Essential Oils

    • For a 250 ml bottle of cleansing base, add between 0.5 and 2% essential oils. This represents approximately 10 to 40 drops of essential oils per 100 ml of base. For a 250 ml bottle, this corresponds to approximately 25 to 50 drops.
    • Choose your essential oils according to their properties: lavender for its soothing properties, peppermint for a feeling of freshness, eucalyptus for its antiseptic properties, etc.

  3. Mix the Ingredients

    • Pour the neutral cleansing base into a clean bottle.
    • Add the drops of essential oils.
    • Close the bottle and shake gently to mix the ingredients well. Make sure the essential oils are well distributed throughout the base.

  4. Personalize your Shower Gel

    • You can also add some dried flowers (like rose petals or lavender flowers) for an extra decorative and aromatic effect.
    • Let the mixture sit for a few hours so that the essential oils blend well with the cleansing base.

Benefits of Making Your Own Shower Gel

  1. Avoid Chemicals

    • By making your own shower gel, you avoid parabens, sulfates and other chemical additives present in most industrial cosmetics.

  2. Economic

    • Once you've invested in the basic ingredients, making your own shower gel is much more economical than buying high-end store-bought products.

  3. Ecological

    • By using natural and biodegradable products, you reduce your ecological footprint. Neutral cleansing bases and essential oils are environmentally friendly.

  4. Customizable

    • You can personalize your shower gel according to your specific preferences and needs, choosing the essential oils that suit you best.

Conclusion

Making your own shower gel with essential oils is a healthy, economical and ecological alternative to industrial products. With natural and biodegradable ingredients, you take care of your skin while respecting the environment. In addition, this approach allows you to create a personalized product adapted to your tastes and needs. Try this method and enjoy the benefits of a natural beauty routine that respects your body and the planet.

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