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Choosing botanical extracts! Learn more about these gorgeous botanical extracts in our enormous botanical extracts & hydrosols section of the site, always found under the “ingredients” tab in the menu. Which water soluble or powdered botanical ingredients do I recommend? For a winter product, I want those that’ll help soothe irritated, chapped, or wind blown...

Choosing hydrosols, distillates, or floral waters! Learn more about these hydrosols, distillates, floral waters, and waters in our enormous botanical extracts & hydrosols section of the site, always found under the “ingredients” tab in the menu. If you wanted this to have a subtle hint of fragrance, a hydrosol, distillate, or floral water at 10%...

Choosing humectants! We’re moisturizing our skin by adding all kinds of lovely emollients, so let’s so we’ll add some humectants to help with hydrating our parched skin. We can add 3% glycerin, propanediol 1,3, or propylene glycol to help draw water from the atmosphere to the skin to hydrate it, so let’s do that. We...

4. Choosing the water soluble ingredients Let’s take a quick look at the formula so far!  5% isododecane, dodecane, light liquid ester, hydrocarbon, cyclomethicone, or fractionated coconut oil5% babassu oil (or substitute coconut oil or butter of choice)5% macadamia nut oil, evening primrose oil, fractionated coconut oil, or camellia oil10% rice bran oilup to 0.5%...

3. Choosing the liquid emollients! Let’s use one fast spreading emollient with one or two medium emollients to create something pretty special! I really love pumpkin seed oil in a lot of my hand and body lotions as it offers a lovely medium spreading, just slightly greasy, non-tacky, non-draggy, non-waxy skin feel that lasts on...