Description
Amigel solution is a pre-made gel base using Amigel, a type of sclerotium gum. Sclerotium gum is a unique gelling agent derived from the yeast Sclerotium rolfsii grown on a glucose sugar culture. Known as a polysaccharide gel (meaning “many sugars”), Amigel has a high capacity to absorb water and will accept a large amount of additional ingredients.
We offer our prepared Amigel at a 2% concentration in distilled water, with the addition of Glycerine and Ecocert approved preservatives.
With prepared Amigel, you can add up to an additional 25% of oily ingredients to create a stable, cream-like preparation. This means that you can fully customise the preparation you desire. Hence, you can add any essential oil or blend, pure vegetable oil, essential fatty acid oils, herbal infused oils, vitamins and so on.
Amigel can also be diluted to an almost water-like consistency. At a concentration of only 0.2% (that would be one part Amigel to nine parts water), up to 10% of additional ingredients can be added, to create a sprayable or pumpable preparation.
Or, you can create a pumpable ‘serum’ preparation (treatment serums are very expensive cosmetic products) by using a 1% concentration of Amigel (this would be one part Amigel to one part water).
In making your own creams and lotions, Amigel can be added to help stabilise and emulsify oily ingredients, and gives a beautiful “skin feel” to your creams as well. Amigel is totally non-toxic, non-allergenic and as gelled water, very hydrating for the skin.
You will need to preserve your final formulation.
This product is intended for external use only.
