homemade: shower soap gel

2009 was a big year for me in terms of creating some awareness about food. I ate a lot of organic foods and until November, from spring on I pretty much ate most of my food from local sources. It was great. I lots 10 pounds, felt better than I had in years, and got a lot of joy working with the local farmers market and growers in Vancouver.

2009 ended with a huge epiphany that I was spending, sometimes premium dollar on healthy eats and real foods, yet I was buying ultra-chemically filled bottles of shampoo & conditioner (l’oreal) and shower gel (axe!). I was putting nature in, and then exposing my skin to lots of extra chemical additives that I didn’t really need.

A little over a year ago I had switched from years of using pretty nasty stuff on my hair to using 99% pure aloe vera gel. It was time to source some healthier soap. First try is something that Shal found out about…dissolved Ivory soap bars into a shower gel. The ivory soap used is their classic bar with no perfumes, lotions, or other additives.

After letting the bars sit in water for over a day, the water started to form a gel-like consistency. There is a photo set below of the creation. I’m going to go hop in the shower and come back with a review.
Click here to see the photo set.

Big thanks to Shira for mentioning something on her visit.