Name: Homemade Shower Gel Recipe
Prep time: 1 min
Total time: 1 min
Yield: 1 Bottle
Ingredients: 1 cup of unscented shampoo; 1/2 cup water; 1 1/2 tablespoons salt; 12 -15 drops fragrance oil (I like to add vanilla extract.); food coloring (optional)

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ingredients

1 cup of unscented shampoo
¹⁄₂ cup water
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons salt
12 -15 drops fragrance oil (I like to add vanilla extract.)
food coloring (optional)

directions

Mix the shampoo and water together first then add the salt and fragrance.
I usually only add the food coloring if I am giving this as a gift.

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review by minidoxiesmom

6/6/2011

You can easily make this gel thicker by adding powdered pectin. Add a tablespoon or so, mix well, and let sit for a couple of hours. I make mine in an old dishwashing liquid bottle, dispense a small amount into a pretty squeeze bottle for the shower, and store the rest in the refrigerator.

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review by broodofburts

12/7/2007

It was really too thin. It looked like it was going to set as a gel, but when we added the fragrance oil it got really thin really quickly. We'll keep trying but the first results were disappionting.

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review by Sully7

2/17/2005

I made this with the store brand baby Hair and Body Wash, so it is very gentle. I also added lime essential oil, since it has antibacterial properties and smells awesome! It'll wake you up in the morning! This gel is as rich as the stuff you would get in a high end store but alot cheaper and I think even better because of the "no tears" baby wash!!! I use this for all my hand washing soap, too. I don't have to worry about the kids eyes or skin either! Best of all I just mix it up in the pump bottle it came in, so I don't have to search around for a pump bottle! Awesome idea, JustaQT! Keep 'em coming!!!

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review by Goldens4

2/8/2005

I love it, thanks. I used Bay Rum so hubby would use it too. This is a keeper.

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review by Popme123

8/10/2004

Sorry, but didn't like this gel at all...it was too watery and even tried another batch without water and still tooooooooooooooo thin.

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