Lotions

Modifying the six ingredient evening primrose, oat, and chamomile body butter – water phase

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As much as I’ve been enjoying the six ingredient lotions, let’s take a moment to look at how you could modify the lotions to include more ingredients that you love. We’ll use yesterday’s six ingredient evening primrose, oat, and chamomile body butter as our starting recipe. EVENING PRIMROSE, OATS,  & CHAMOMILE HAND AND BODY LOTIONHEATED WATER...

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Heating & holding revisited…

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I know I mentioned this only a short while ago in the Why did my lotion fail? Heating and holding post, but I’m getting so many questions about heating and holding this week, I thought it would be a good idea to remind you how important this process is to making emulsified products, including lotions...

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Six ingredient lotions: Evening primrose, oats & chamomile hand and body lotion

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What six ingredient lotion could we make specifically for dry skin? What things could we include to make sure that dry skin is getting all the hydration and moisturization it can? Because dry skin suffers from lower hydration levels and an impaired barrier mechanism, we need humectants to draw water to our skin and occlusives...

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Six ingredient lotion: Kukui nut & babassu oil with Ritamulse SCG (updated)

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Let’s take another look at a six ingredient lotion we could make! We’ve already made a rice bran oil & mango butter body butter and a rice bran oil & mango butter body lotion…what should we do next? What’s a six ingredient lotion? It’s one that contains six ingredients not including the water, preservative, and...

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Six ingredient lotion: Kukui nut & babassu oil with Polawax or e-wax (updated)

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Yesterday we took a look at how to make a six ingredient lotion with kukui nut & babassu oil with Ritamulse SCG. Today, let’s modify that recipe for those of you with Polawax or e-wax. Recipes made with Ritamulse SCG tend to be thicker than those made with Polawax or e-wax, and a lot thicker...

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