Lotion: Speciality ingredients

So far we’ve been making basic lotions, tweaking the ratios of the various ingredients to get what we want, but there are other ingredients you can add to lotions that will change the thickness, texture, and glidi-ness (yes, I know this isn’t a word, but it fits!) I’m making up a short list here that...

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Lotions: Body butter creams

So what makes a body butter cream different than a foot cream? We want the same thickness, but we’re going to be adding more light oils so it’s not as heavy. And let’s change the stearic acid to cetyl alcohol so we can get something more glidy. And we’re going to increase our butters to...

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Lotions: Making a cream

Now you know the basics of lotion making, let’s tweak our recipe to make a cream. What’s the difference? A cream is much thicker than a lotion due to the lower water content. A cream belongs in a pump bottle or a jar; a nice bottle with a disc cap that you have to squeeze...

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Lotions: Humectants are a girl’s best friend (updated)

Yeah, I know National Craft Month is over (sniff! sob!) but I’m having so much fun with the posts, I’m going to continue for a while longer. The mineral make up posts will be back next week (I’m thinking purples without purple?) and I’ll keep posting these tutorials until I get too busy with the...

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