How to make a refreshing micellar water

After positive feedbacks from you regarding our previous posts about micellar waters and since I know most of you are now busy creating some amazing "natural" micellar waters free of "PEG-derivatives" and other eeky ingredients, I wanted to share another formulation with you. This is a refreshing, relaxing and light formulation suitable for summer. Since I have not applied and essential oil or fragrance oils in this formulation (basically I don't use any EO or FO in micellar waters), you can use it to remove eye makeup as well as facial makeup. This is a 4-in-1 formulation working as:

• Facial cleanser
• Makeup remover
• Toner
• Moisturizer

Before I proceed, have a look at our previous posts about micellar waters:

What you need to know about micellar waters

How to make natural micellar waters: Elderflower micellar water

The procedure is quite easy. Everything is blended at room temperature. You should be care ful about the pH of the product, the preservative required/optimum pH and the stability of the product at low temperatures. The rest is easier than making your morning coffee.

Here we go:

Ingredients

Phase A

20.0%          Organic peppermint hydrosol

to 100.0%    Organic neroli hydrosol

3.0%             Vegeluron

2.0%          Plant based and organic pentylene glycol       

2.0%             Sodium lactate

2.5%             hydroglyceric extract of artichoke leaf

2.0%             hydroglyceric extract of jiaogulan

1.0%             hydrolyzed silk protein

0.5%             Panthenol

0.5%             Betain powder (this is not te betaine surfactant but trimethylglycine, a moisturizing and conditioning amino-acid)

0.5%              Na-PCA

0.1%              Allantoin

0.1%             Dermofeel PA-3

Phase B

2.0%          Decyl glucoside  

2.%               Cocamidopropyl betaine  

0.6%            Euxyl® K903

Sodium hydroxide solution to adjust the pH

Disclaimer: I've used 0.6% Preservative because all my extracts and hydrosols are already preserved. If you are using freshly prepared extracts and hydrosols, or extracts preserved with othe rpreservatives please consider the max. dedrmal dosage, the legal limitations in your country/area and the efficacy/compatibility of all preservatives used-

Procedure:

1- Blend all ingredients in phase A at room temperature. Blend completely till the powdered are dissolved.

2- Blend the preservative with the surfactants and add this slowly (avoid foam) to the rest.

3- In our case, the pH was 4.5 and we had to increase the pH to 5.2 with a few drops of 25% NaOH solution.

You shall adjust the pH according to the requirements of your preservative system.

4- Take your dipslide sample and fill in a suitable container. (Take samples for the stability check at least @ 4, 25, 40 ^oC).

It's your turn now to create some amazing micellar waters. Feel free to send us your photos and comment either per mail or to our Facebook page.

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