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Lotions, Body Butters and Creams
Abbreviations: q.s. -quantity sufficient
Moisturising Spray on Lotion 1 - Voted VERY EASY
Ingredients:
1 Litre Aqueous cream From fun with Soap (Contains vit. e & Lanolin)
250 ml Liquid glycerine
1 tablespoon ceto stearyl alchohol
2.5 Litres Hot Deionised water
In a big pot, gently warm up the aqueous cream.
Add the glycerine and while stirring gently warm the glycerine and add the ceto stearyl alcohol.
Add the hot water and mix well with a whisk.
Remove the pot from the stove and until the mixture is cooled keep whisking. Have rest periods inbetween. If you feel you want the mixture even thinner once cooled... Place the pot back on the stove and warm the mixture up. You can now add more hot water and blend well.
All ingredients from available from fun with soap.
Moisturising spray on lotion 2 - Makes 1 kg
Ingredients - A
Deionised water 865g carrier
Glycerine 15g humectant
Ingredients - B
Emulsifying wax 15g Emulsifier
Cetearyl alcohol 5g Bodyfying agent
Sweet Almond oil 100g Emollient
Fragrance, dye , and preservative q.s. (quantity sufficient)
In a large pot or microwavable jug prepare water by adding deionised water and glycerine.
Begin to mix. Heat the water and glycerine together until very hot but not boiling.
In a seperate pot or microwavable container, prepare oil phase by adding emulsifying wax, sweet almond, cetearyl alcohol and heat to below boiling point. In other words very hot but not boiling or burning.
Slowly add B ingredients to the A ingredients. Stir continuously until you end up with a thin creamy lotion.
Your can replace the sweet almond oil with any of the other oils e.g. technical oil, grapeseed
Oil.
If using a preservative like Kemaben...use 0.06% to the volume of your product.
Cool to ambient temperature
Add preservative, dye and fragrance.
Spray on and smooth into skin.
Bedwash/sponge bath/ Baby bath cream
Makes 2 litres
This makes a lovely low foam cream wash. Great for bathing
the elderly and babies.
Decant into squeeze bottles.
90g emulsifying sls chunks
150g petroleum jelly
1.9 litres hot deionised water
0.06% kemaben preservative optional
Fragrance optional
Melt emulsifying sls chunks and petroleum jelly together over low heat on stove.
Combine with hot water and commence blending immediately.
Blend until cooled. Add preservative, blend and decant.
Evening Face Cream for mature dry skin
Makes 1 Litre
45g Emulsifying wax
30g cocoa butter
40g Shea butter
1 Teaspoon evening primrose oil.
1 Teaspoon Wheatgerm oil.
900ml Hot water (de-ionised)
· Melt the Emulsifying wax together with the oils gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water with the oils in a separate sterile container.
· Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods in between. Decant into small containers. Apply in the evenings.
· Provides collagen & elasticity with vitamins A ,E & D
Cucumber Daily Moisturiser For normal to combination skin
Makes 800g
45g Emulsiying wax
2 Tablespoons Sweet almond oil
1 Tablespoon Grapeseed Oil
1 teaspoon wheatgerm Oil
10ml Cucumber extract
700ml Hot water. (De-ionised)
· Melt the Emulsifying wax together with the oils gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water with the oils in a separate sterile container.
Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods in between.
· Add Cucumber extract.
Decant into small containers.
This makes a lovely light day cream that wont leave your skin feeling greasy.
Rose Cleansing Cream
Makes 1.5 Litres
90g Emulsifying wax
50ml Sweet Almond Oil
50ml Castor Oil
50 ml Vitamin E oil
100ml Pure Rose water (warmed)
1.3 Litres Hot water (De-ionised)
· Melt the Emulsifying wax together with the oils gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water and Rose water with the oils in a separate sterile container.
Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods in between. Decant into small containers. Apply to face mornings & evenings after washing. Wipe off with warm water and a final warm water rinse.
Aqueous Cream
90g Emulsifying wax
150g White Petroleium Jelly or white technical oil
Preservative – optional
1.9 Litres Hot water
· Melt the emulsifying wax together with the oils gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water with the oils in a separate sterile container.
Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods in between. Decant into small containers.
Body Butter -
Kits Available with pre- measured ingredients for your convenience
90g Emulsifying wax
75g Cocoa butter
75g Shea butter
q.s.Fragrance & Dye
Preservative optional
1.2 Litres hot water.
· Melt the emulsifying wax together with the butters gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water with the butters in a separate sterile container.
Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods in between. Add fragrance, Dye and preservative mix well. Decant into small containers
This makes a fabulous thick and enriched body butter…
Macadamia Body butter
Macadamia nut oil is a great oil used in cosmetics to combat ageing skin.
90g Emulsifying wax wax
100g Macadadamia nut oil
50g cocoa butter
1 Litre Hot de-ionised water
Melt the oils, butter and wax together ...GENTLY.
Combine the hot water with the Oil solution.
Blend well until cooled. Rest periods in between.
Hand & Body Lotion with Tea tree essential oil
Makes 2 litres
100g emulsifying wax
50ml vitamin e oil
100ml shea butter
1750 ml Hot water
Preservative – optional
5 ml Tea tree essential oil
Fragrance & Dye
· Melt the emulsifying wax together with the butter & oil gently on low heat over the stove or in the microwave. Do not allow it to burn. Stirring in between.
· Combine the hot water with the butters in a separate sterile container.
· Start Blending immediately. Blend until cooled with rest periods inbetween. Add fragrance, Tea Tree, Dye and preservative mix well. Decant into small containers.
Notes For Creams. Lotions and Body Butters
Always use the cleanest water available. Ensure your utensils and mixing bowls and apparatus are always sterile.
De-ionised water is water that has been purified via the reverse osmosis method. It is cost effective and expands the shelf life of your products.
The option of using a preservative such as Kemaben (paraben) is available from fun with soap.
For products made for yourself in small batches it is not necessary to use parabens for a preservative.
Wheatgerm oil is a natural Preservative so you could use this as an alternative.
If you don’t have access to clean water you can purchase hikers drops or tablets from outdoor /camping stores to purify your water. Steri tab works quite well.
Ensure the water is very hot…not rapidly boiling but hot.
Tips for decanting lotions, creams and body butters
Place a plastic bag in a large bowl. Scoop the cream into the bag. Tie a knot at the top of the bag.
Snip a tiny hole at the corner of the bag and squeeze the cream in the containers or bottles. For thinner creams and lotions use a large syringe.
