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...

2. Choosing a solid oil or butter For the custard, I decided to use some of my favourite emollients, including babassu oil, which will increase viscosity in the container at room temperature while melting on our skin at body temperature to give us a wonderful, silky, non-greasy, slightly occlusive layer, something we’ll feel on our...