Recreating Your Favorite Aloe Vera Gel

Welcome to MySkinRecipes! It's great that you've found a product you love and want to recreate it. Based on the ingredient list you provided and the information from our staff, it is indeed possible to formulate a similar aloe vera gel using ingredients available at myskinrecipes.

Here are the key ingredients from your list and their equivalents or commonly used alternatives available here:

• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice: You can use our Aloe Vera Extract. This extract is known for its soothing and moisturizing properties, helping to reduce irritation and hydrate the skin.
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer: This is a gelling agent. Our Pro Polymer is a suitable equivalent for creating the gel texture.
• Panthenol: Available as Panthenol (Vitamin B5). This ingredient is excellent for skin conditioning, moisturizing, and helping to heal the skin.
• Disodium EDTA: We have Disodium EDTA available. This acts as a chelating agent, helping to stabilize the formula.
• Sodium Hydroxide: This is typically used to adjust the pH of the formulation. While available as Sodium Hydroxide, you may or may not need it depending on the pH of your final mixture.
• Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Benzoic Acid: These are preservatives. We offer Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium Benzoate (a common alternative to Benzoic Acid). Using a combination of preservatives is often recommended to ensure broad-spectrum protection against microbial growth.

Formulating Your Gel

While you have the ingredient list, the original product did not specify the percentage of each ingredient. Recreating the gel will require some experimentation to determine the correct ratios to achieve the desired texture, feel, and efficacy.

• Start with a base of water and add the Pro Polymer to create the gel structure according to its usage instructions (typically a low percentage).
• Incorporate the Aloe Vera Extract and Panthenol for their skin benefits.
• Add Disodium EDTA to help with stability.
• Include the preservatives (Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate) at recommended usage rates to protect your product from contamination.
• Check the pH of your final gel and adjust with Sodium Hydroxide if necessary, although the staff noted it might not be needed.

Cost

It is not possible to provide an exact cost for making the gel. The total cost will depend on the quantity of each ingredient you purchase and the current pricing on the myskinrecipes website. You can find the specific prices for each ingredient by visiting their respective product pages.

We recommend studying basic cosmetic formulation principles, especially regarding ingredient compatibility and safe usage rates, before you begin. Starting with small test batches is always a good idea.