Lotions

Six ingredient lotions: Rice bran & mango butter body butter

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Yesterday we took a look at a six ingredient lotion with rice bran oil and mango butter. Today we’ll take a look at another six ingredient recipe we could make using the basic lotion recipe. BASIC LOTION RECIPEHEATED WATER PHASE68.5% water HEATED OIL PHASE24% oil6% emulsifier (BTMS or Polawax) COOL DOWN PHASE1% fragrance or essential...

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Six ingredient lotions: Rice bran & mango butter body lotion

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Marina’s recent experiment with changing just one ingredient in a lotion to see what it does inspired me to bring back the six ingredient lotion challenge! What’s a six ingredient lotion? It’s one that contains six ingredients not including the water, preservative, and fragrance or essential oil. It helps us get back to the basics...

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How to make a successful lotion!

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Don’t be scared of lotion making! Yes, failure is a possibility, but if you start with a good recipe, use enough of an appropriate emulsifier, and follow good manufacturing processes, it’s almost a guarantee you’ll create an awesome lotion that won’t separate. Remember that a good lotion requires three things to emulsify – heat, mixing,...

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Why did my lotion fail? Water in oil recipes

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As I mentioned at the start of this series, the lotions we make are oil-in-water recipes, meaning that the oil is floating in globules inside the water phase. We can also make water-in-oil recipes, meaning that the water is floating in globules inside the oil phase. For these kinds of lotions, we require different emulsifiers....

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Why did my lotion fail? Optiphen

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Optiphen – INCI: Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol – is, unfortunately, a bit of a pain in the bum when it comes to lotion making. Yep, it’s another reason your lotion could fail. As a note, I’m hearing that Optiphen Plus (INCI: Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Sorbic Acid) and Optiphen ND (INCI: Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid) are curdling...

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