Natural Hand Soap
Keep your hands clean with this Natural Hand Soap!
This formulation features REWOTERIC® AM 2 C NM which is a concentrated, mild amphoteric surfactant for hair and skin cleansing formulations that is easy to handle and preservative-free. This ingredient exhibits good foaming properties, even in the presence of oil or soap. It is a very good wetting agent and lime soap dispersing agent. It exhibits high resistance to hard water and foams very well even when using salt water.
TEGO Betain C 60 is the highest concentrated and preservative-free Betaine. It exhibits good mildness and best purity and is biodegradable with a low content of byproducts.
Phase | Trade Name | INCI Name | % w / w |
TO | Toilet | 75.7 | |
Hydroxypropyl Guar | 0.5 | ||
Xanthan Gum | 0.5 | ||
Butylene Glycol | 2.0 | ||
Water (Aqua) and Citric Acid | qs | ||
TEGO® Betain C 60 | Cocamidopropyl Betaine | 10.0 | |
REWOTERIC® AM 2 C NM | Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate | 10.0 | |
Verstatil® PE | Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin | 1.0 | |
Water (Aqua) and Citric Acid | qs | ||
Fragrance | 0.3 |
Procedure for Natural Hand Soap
- Add water and begin mixing with a vortex.
- Premix Hydroxypropyl Guar and Xanthan Gum with Butylene Glycol and slowly sift into the water. Once incorporated, slow down the mixing to about 100-150 rpm and mix for 15 minutes.
- Add citric acid to adjust pH to about 4-4.5 (batch should clear if it hasn’t already).
- Slowly add ingredients 6-8 one by one. Mix well and make sure the batch is is crystal clear.
- Adjust pH to 5.0 – 7.0