This turned out great. I'd love to advise using primarily liquid surfactants, two would be sufficient and for more foam add a foam booster over a heavy amount of powdered surfactants. Additions of a small percentage of butters and a wax can add an impressive skin feel and hold the shape of your bars well. You'll find that the use of several large percentages of fatty acid thickeners/stabilizers makes the formula hard to pour into your molds. When using multiple thickeners in one formulation, a percentage of 0.5-1% of each is more than enough as they will all work together in your product alongside your emulsifier BTMS 25. You did an incredible job, please keep going! -Your fellow entrepreneur and formulator
Thank you so much for your recipe. Do we increase the percentage of stearic acid when using liquid based surfactant like sodium methyl Coco taurate? Also which of the ingredients can we reduce from if we want to introduce a plant based powder? I don't have a mold and I want to put shikaikai, so this pour recipe looks more befitting. Thank you once again
You want to replace the decyl glucoside or replace the solid surfactants? If you replace the solid surfactants with a liquid one the shampoo bar won’t be solid. You can add 2-3 grams of shikakai powder and reduce this amount from the SCI. I would not add more stearic acid, stearic acid can cause the shampoo bar to have a “draggy” feel on the hair. I made another shampoo with shikakai powder if you want to check it out: diycosmetica.com/marble-shikakai-shampoo-bar This is also a solid shampoo bar.
I made them and now I will wait 12 hours just the mixture was not as smooth as yours because it had some lumps is this normal?? Do you think the bathroom will be full of pieces?
Hi! Instead of waiting 12 hours you can put them in the fridge for 3 hours and they will solidify quickly. To get the mixture smooth you need to mix and stir while heating and let the mixture stay into the double boiler until the heat dissolved all the powders and solid ingredients. The main reason for that is the hardness of the bar you’ll get after the heating and cooling process, and also to make sure everything is combined. That been said you can still use them even if you get some lumps, but for next time make sure to stir while heating to dissolve everything.
When you add honey you should make sure to use a preservative that can preform well with honey. Don’t use too much to avoid stickiness consistency (1-3% should be enough), and add the honey when you take off the mixture from the heat since heating can cause the honey to lose its properties. And you should adjust the formula, if you add 2% honey subtract these 2% from another ingredient (the carrier oil for example).
I disagree. You have cationic surfactant, argan oil and 2 other emollients, as well as sodium lactate (humectant), not to mention the surfactants are mild and very suitable for dry and damaged hair. All the shampoo bars I see online for greasy hair contain 0 oils or cationic surfactants and usually made with SCS and SLS - harsher surfactants with stronger cleansing properties.
This is an example for a shampoo bar designed for greasy hair by Lush, you’re welcome to check the ingredient list and see the difference: www.lush.com/es/es/p/jumping-juniper-shampoo-bar-2021
@@diycosmetica I do make my own, they are approved and I am licenced to sell, which I do very successfully. but I am also of the opinion that you can always learn more and from others, which is why I am here. You don't need to be so offensive because I point out, that this formulation works best for normal to greasy hair. I am not a competitor, nor am I criticising your video.
This turned out great. I'd love to advise using primarily liquid surfactants, two would be sufficient and for more foam add a foam booster over a heavy amount of powdered surfactants. Additions of a small percentage of butters and a wax can add an impressive skin feel and hold the shape of your bars well. You'll find that the use of several large percentages of fatty acid thickeners/stabilizers makes the formula hard to pour into your molds. When using multiple thickeners in one formulation, a percentage of 0.5-1% of each is more than enough as they will all work together in your product alongside your emulsifier BTMS 25.
You did an incredible job, please keep going!
-Your fellow entrepreneur and formulator
Thank you so much 😊
I agree with you it adds more foam with the liquid surfactants.
You're most welcome.
thank you for the video, it helped me a lot ❤
Thank you so much for your recipe. Do we increase the percentage of stearic acid when using liquid based surfactant like sodium methyl Coco taurate? Also which of the ingredients can we reduce from if we want to introduce a plant based powder?
I don't have a mold and I want to put shikaikai, so this pour recipe looks more befitting.
Thank you once again
You want to replace the decyl glucoside or replace the solid surfactants?
If you replace the solid surfactants with a liquid one the shampoo bar won’t be solid.
You can add 2-3 grams of shikakai powder and reduce this amount from the SCI.
I would not add more stearic acid, stearic acid can cause the shampoo bar to have a “draggy” feel on the hair.
I made another shampoo with shikakai powder if you want to check it out:
diycosmetica.com/marble-shikakai-shampoo-bar
This is also a solid shampoo bar.
Thank you 💖💖💖
Lovely! Thank you!
Glad you like it!
Hi! Can I replace sodium cocoyl glutamate with sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate?
Excelent video, thank you very much
Glad you liked it!
Thank you so much for sharing.
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NICE. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS SO HARD FOR ME TO WATCH U MIX WITH THAT LITTLE SPOON. LOL. I NEVER BEEN TRIGGERED B4.. LOVELY COLOR TOO.
You’re right, using a silicone spatula would be easier for mixing and pouring into the mold.
Good luck
I made them and now I will wait 12 hours just the mixture was not as smooth as yours because it had some lumps is this normal?? Do you think the bathroom will be full of pieces?
Hi! Instead of waiting 12 hours you can put them in the fridge for 3 hours and they will solidify quickly.
To get the mixture smooth you need to mix and stir while heating and let the mixture stay into the double boiler until the heat dissolved all the powders and solid ingredients. The main reason for that is the hardness of the bar you’ll get after the heating and cooling process, and also to make sure everything is combined.
That been said you can still use them even if you get some lumps, but for next time make sure to stir while heating to dissolve everything.
Thank you :)
Is there any way to add honey and lemon oil to these? Like lush's shampoo bar?
When you add honey you should make sure to use a preservative that can preform well with honey. Don’t use too much to avoid stickiness consistency (1-3% should be enough), and add the honey when you take off the mixture from the heat since heating can cause the honey to lose its properties.
And you should adjust the formula, if you add 2% honey subtract these 2% from another ingredient (the carrier oil for example).
Can we use di sodium cocoyl glutamate instead of sodium cocoyl glutamate? It's in liquid form.
To replace a solid surfactant you’ll need a solid surfactant.
Please read about alternatives in the post:
diycosmetica.com/pourable-shampoo-bars
Can we just use replace sodium cocyl glutamate with more sci?
Since you can use up to 60% of SCI - you can use only this one surfactant.
@@diycosmetica many thanks
Where are the exact amounts?
diycosmetica.com/pourable-shampoo-bars
Can we use btms 50
Yes.
Has so many lumps in it
If you melt it it will be smooth.
Thank u
This is what I would call a standard shampoo bar, for deep cleansing and greasy hair, as it has no beneficial ingredients for dry or curly hair.
I disagree. You have cationic surfactant, argan oil and 2 other emollients, as well as sodium lactate (humectant), not to mention the surfactants are mild and very suitable for dry and damaged hair.
All the shampoo bars I see online for greasy hair contain 0 oils or cationic surfactants and usually made with SCS and SLS - harsher surfactants with stronger cleansing properties.
This is an example for a shampoo bar designed for greasy hair by Lush, you’re welcome to check the ingredient list and see the difference:
www.lush.com/es/es/p/jumping-juniper-shampoo-bar-2021
@@diycosmetica Disagree all you want, I know curly, sundamaged hair and I know formulations, and this is not going to be a good match.
If you know formulations why don’t you make your own formulations for your type of hair ?!
You obviously don’t need this channel.
Best of luck!
@@diycosmetica I do make my own, they are approved and I am licenced to sell, which I do very successfully. but I am also of the opinion that you can always learn more and from others, which is why I am here.
You don't need to be so offensive because I point out, that this formulation works best for normal to greasy hair. I am not a competitor, nor am I criticising your video.