I want to buy some ingredients, so I’m making an overview of what I want and what I have. I went through a box of old stuff and found some ingredients, most of which are rancid..
Have
Shea butter, rancidCoco butter, a little rancid“Jojoba oil” (mostly grape, then jojoba, some vit E and also sunflower), also rancidGlycerine 150mL, possibly rancid?- Aloe vera gel 92%, still smells ok
- Essential oils:
- Tea tree 40mL
- Rosemary 40mL
- Citron 30mL
- Lavender 10mL
- Various powdered chemicals, e.g. NaOH and fertiliser ingredients
Want
Assuming 100g toothpaste tablets, 200g shampoo bar, 500 mL conditioner, 500 mL lube, 1 L wool wash, 100g deodorant, 50g beard balm
- 150g Sodium cocoyl isethianate (SCI) – for shampoo bar, wool wash
- 108g Coco betaine – for shampoo bar, detergents
- 30g Coco glucoside – for detergents
- 14.5g BTMS-50 – for beard balm & conditioner & shampoo bar
- 65g glycerin – for shampoo bar, lube, deodorant
- 50g (rehydrated) Aloe vera – for lube
- 2g beeswax – for beard balm
- 4g Triethyl citrate (TEC) – for deodorant
- 12.5g Hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) – for conditioner, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, lube
- 1.3g Vitamin E (sort-of-preservative)
- 22g Geoguard (preservative)
- 60g Calcium carbonate – for toothpaste
- 13g Xylitol – for toothpaste
- 300mg Sodium or potassium fluoride – for toothpaste
- 0.5g Citric or lactic acid
Might want:
- Potassium sorbate (preservative)
- 2.5g Panthenol – for conditioner
- Carrageenan – for shampoo bar (try more glycerin / HEC?)
- 31g Almond, argan, grapeseed oil
- 2.5g mango butter – for beard balm
- Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) – for laundry detergent