Additives for masks and mud therapy

Homemade masks

Cosmetic additives are a key ingredient when making homemade face masks or body mud therapy. They are used to preserve, thicken, soften, generate foam or give consistency to our creams. These additives do not provide properties to the cosmetic, but facilitate its use and conservation. Depending on what we want to do and how we want it, we will use some additives or others.

In this section you will find a wide variety of products that are necessary ingredients to make face and body masks. For more detailed information on how to use them, in what proportions or how to add them to the mixtures you can consult the technical sheet of each of them. In addition, in our blogs you will discover ideas and tips on how to make Diy cosmetics. Most of our additives are natural, such as Agar Agar, Gum Arabic or Xanthan Gum. All three will serve to give greater consistency and thickness to your homemade beauty products. In the case of Agar agar, it also helps preserve and is a gelling agent.

In general, additives provide texture, viscosity, allow dilution, gelling, thickening ... To make face masks and body mud it is recommended to use gums, such as Xanthan, Arabica or guar gum, as they will give consistency to the mixture. With any of these ingredients you will get your mask to be more unctuous and soft. In addition, it is also very common to add vegetable liquid glycerin that acts as a platifier, providing extra moisture to our skin. Another similar alternative within cosmetic additives, although less frequent, would be to use propylene glycol or sorbitol. If we are also thinking of a mask for the face, cleansing type, we can add a small amount of sodium lauryl sulfate. In short, in this category you will find everything that will make the final texture of your mask or mud for the body improve.