Help -Milk Bath / Body Milk Recipe

[COJECO]

Hi,

I saw a bottle of milk bath / body milk in the store the other day and was wondering how to make it - it almost looks like the "lava" concept in that there was a clear liquid on the bottom of the bottle and a separated milky colored liquid in the top part of the bottle - it was very pretty but unfortunately, I didn't have time to look more into it to see the ingredients.

Any ideas how to make something like this?

I also have another question, how do you mix mica with a liquid soap base so that it doesn't all settle to the bottom of the bottle?

Thanks!

[Jadryga]

Just hazarding a guess, could it be simply an oil/water mix with no emulsifier, so the oil settles to the bottom and the water stays on top? I know it sounds fairly simple, but as far as I can tell, a lot of commercial bath products are, but with pretty packaging Could always experiment by putting some clear oil (grapeseed maybe) and milky water into a bottle and seeing what you get. Like I said though, just a guess!

For the other one, MMS sells a liquid soap base, and a suspending liquid soap base that can suspend mica, jojoba beads and stuff. I presume there's some ingredient that differentiates them... I'll take a look and see.

EDIT: Ahh, found it. Through a comparison of the suspending liquid bases MMS and Brambleberry both sell, I managed to isolate xanthan gum. It's a highly efficient viscosity modifier and suspending agent that's completely water soluble. Hope it helps!

[COJECO]

Thanks so much~ I'll try it. Yes, you're right, it sounds so basic, it's all in the packaging I guess.

I'll check out the bases as well.

Thanks again!

[Jadryga]

Oops! If there's a water/oil mix, water stays at the bottom and oil on top, not vice versa. Got that a little mixed up, but same principle applies.

[COJECO]

Yes, that's exactly how it was in the bottle that I saw. Now just to decide what type of milky liquid to use.

Thanks