Formulation Issue with Sugar Gel and Oil Soap

Based on your description and the product information for Sugar Gel and Oil Soap™ WW-CF, the reason your mixture became liquid instead of gelling is likely due to the mixing process not following the specific instructions for Sugar Gel, and potentially the inclusion of Oil Soap™ WW-CF.

Sugar Gel is an oil gellant that requires a small amount of water in the formula and has a specific mixing method. According to the instructions for Sugar Gel:

1. Sugar Gel must be dissolved in Glycerin and water together first.
2. This mixture (Step 1) is then heated to around 70-80°C and stirred until it becomes a creamy texture.
3. The oil you want to gel is also heated to 70-80°C.
4. The heated oil (Step 3) is slowly poured into the heated Sugar Gel mixture (Step 2) little by little while stirring or blending continuously until the gel texture is obtained.

Based on your process:

• You mixed Sugar Gel with Glycerin first and added water later. This might prevent the Sugar Gel from properly dissolving and forming the correct initial structure with water needed for gelling.
• You introduced Oil Soap™ WW-CF, which is a surfactant designed to create an oil soap that emulsifies with water. Adding this surfactant into the system where Sugar Gel is trying to create a gel structure with oil can interfere with Sugar Gel's gelling mechanism. Oil Soap™ WW-CF's function is to make oil disperse in water (turn milky), which is counterproductive to Sugar Gel's function of gelling oil in the presence of a small amount of water.

Recommendation:

If you want to create an oil gel texture using Sugar Gel, it is recommended to strictly follow the mixing instructions for Sugar Gel, using only oil, Glycerin, Sugar Gel, and a small amount of water in appropriate proportions (as per the example formula provided in the product details for Sugar Gel). Avoid adding other surfactants like Oil Soap™ WW-CF during the gel formation process with Sugar Gel.

If you need the product to have cleansing properties using Oil Soap™ WW-CF, you might need to consider a different formulation approach or gelling agent, as Sugar Gel and Oil Soap™ WW-CF have different functions and may not be directly compatible for creating the specific gel texture you intended by combining them this way.