Friends, I want to share a very simple and really great, but rare recipe — liquid soap based on sugar and honey.
A common question people who first see sugar soap ask — doesn't skin get sticky? Of course not! Sugar soap does not have much foam, but it lathers perfectly, and washes off with water.
This product is intended for washing normal and oily skin. Sugar soap cleanses face effectively, prevents inflammation, not overdrying skin, leaving a very comfortable feeling. After all, sugar and honey are hyper-moisturizers for skin (simple sugars are a part of natural moisturizing factor, they are able to hold water inside the stratum corneum of the epidermis). As for honey benefits for skin in general, you can write a separate article, but in this product we are most interested in its ability to moisturize, deep cleansing of pores and antibacterial properties.
This recipe is not unique. According to the same "sugar" principle well-known A-Nox Sugar Soap by Holy Land for oily and problem skin is made. Well, we will make a very simple and budget-friendly analogue. You will need no more than an hour.
So, the recipe involves the following ingredients:
1. sugar — 25%
2. liquid honey — 30%
3. soap base, preferably transparent — 10%
4. lactic acid (or citric acid solution) — 0,5%
5. propolis extract, or royal jelly, or any water-soluble asset of your choice (optional) — 1-3%
6. water — up to 100%
Equipment:
1. heat-resistant glasses;
2. scale;
3. sticks or spoons for stirring;
4. pipette;
5. water bath (saucepan or bowl with water on low heat).
The first point, of course, is the antiseptic treatment of the workplace and tools. Cleanliness is the key to health, especially if we prepare the product without preservatives.
Preparation begins with weighing sugar in a heat-resistant glass, according to the recipe we need 25%. I cook 200 g of sugar soap, so I need 50 g of sugar.
By the way, if you do not have scales, this product can be prepared without them. The recipe allows free variations, so you can safely measure the components, for example, with tablespoons.
Add a few drops of lactic acid, or citric acid solution to sugar. Acid is needed for sugar not to get crystallized, and mildly acidic environment for skin is useful. Especially if skin has inflammation and acne. For 100 grams of soap you will need 5-6 drops of acid, not more (or 0.5 g).
Then pour water into sugar (for 200 g of soap you need 70 g of water).
If desired, you can replace part of water with any hydrolase to your taste (about a third). Only then reduce the amount of acid in the previous step by a couple of drops as the hydrolases themselves have weak acid reaction.
Put to dissolve in a water bath, stirring occasionally.
While sugar turns into a concentrated syrup, weigh the soap base, according to the recipe it is 10%. So, for 200 g of soap, you need 20 g of the base.
Friends, if you are fond of preparing cosmetics, and you have liquid surfactants, it is possible (and even desirable) to use them. For example, 3% decyl glucoside, and 5% of cocamidopropylbetaine. Then it is better to add 2% of glycerine. In total, it will still give you 10%.
Well, I'll show you how to prepare such a product, using a ready-made soap base, which already contains several surfactants and glycerine.
As soon as sugar has completely dissolved in water, remove the glass from the bath, and put the soap base on the vacant place to melt.
Chill the resulting sugar syrup to 40-50 C. Put 30% of honey in it, gradually stirring. Adding honey, the solution will acquire a more saturated colour and viscosity. The final colour and density of the sugar soap mainly depends on what kind of honey you use.
Well, pour melted soap base into the solution and mix everything thoroughly.
The product is almost ready! Now it is liquid, has syrup consistency, but do not worry. After complete cooling, it will become thicker, and a day after cooking it will turn into a full-fledged thick cleansing gel.
To maintain the "honey" theme, you can add to sugar soap extract of propolis, or royal jelly. In general, you can add any water-soluble asset. If you add Liposinol hydro, you will have sugar soap with vitamins. If you add yoghurt, you will have milk and honey soap, with additional emollient properties, in addition improve the characteristics of foaming.
I will add glycerine extract of propolis, known for its anti-inflammatory and healing effects.
Well, if you do not have any assets, the soap will already turn out fine.
The resulting product can be ennobled with a few drops of your favorite essential oil or cosmetic fragrance. Sugar soap itself does not have any smell.
Sugar soap does not need preservative, as in fact, it is a concentrated syrup, in which microorganisms will not survive. But if you really want, you can add 0.5% of any cosmetic preservative (Saronix, Asgard, Auxil etc.)
The cooled liquid can be poured into bottles. Foaming bottle is not suitable for sugar soap as it is too thick. Choose a bottle with a disk-top or flip-top. Leave the soap to infuse for a day.
You can occasionally shake, checking thickness. In a rather thickened soap bubbles do not rise for a long time.
The next day after cooking the soap will get this consistency:
That's all, a simple and effective cleanser is ready! Lather a little in your palms and apply it on your wet face, then rinse with water.
Sugar soap can be stored at room temperature. I have a bottle on the bathroom shelf, it hasn't changed after 1.5-2. Besides, it never stays longer :).
In the same way you can prepare sugar-honey shower gel. In this case I recommend to reduce the content of honey by 5-7%, and the amount of soap base (or surfactants) should be increased accordingly.