Lotions

Weekend Wonderings: Do we need to use Vitamin E? Is the preservative and fragrance part of the 100%?

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In this post, Lotions: A basic recipe, Helga asks: 1) does lotion need vitamin E? 2) is the percentage of preservative and fragrance based on the absolute total produced with those included or of the foundation of the recipe without those?  I include Vitamin E for two reasons. The first is because it’s lovely for your...

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Creating a body butter for the colder, drier winter months

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We might not be getting snow this year, but it’s still dry outside! (The lack of snow is so bad, local mountains are calling the ski season over!) Raymond’s skin needs some serious moisturizing and hydrating, and I thought I’d make him a lovely body butter to help his skin get back to normal! If...

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How do I modify a recipe when I add or remove an ingredient?

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Let’s take a look today at altering recipes as there have been a lot of questions about this lately. (Original post can be found here…) Let’s say I have this recipe from this post: SWIFT’S BASIC HAND LOTION FORMULA69.5% water15% oil5% butter3% cetyl alcohol or stearic acid6% Polawax1% fragrance oil0.5% liquid Germall Plus Please use...

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Can we create a more natural moisturizer?

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This same person who asked if we could make an easier moisturizer, which we looked at yesterday, asked if we could make a moisturizer more natural. I hate to do it, but before we start, I must ask the question – what does it mean to be natural? I’m going to be honest here and...

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Moisturizers: What’s important in a moisturizer?

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Someone asked me if I could offer information on making easier moisturizers. The first step is to understand why we are using what we’re using in a product. What’s important in a lotion? Let’s a take a look at basic recipe, which I’ve taken from this Newbie Tuesday post. BASIC FIRST LOTION RECIPEHEATED WATER PHASE68%...

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