Learning to formulate: Lotions with minimally processed ingredients continued

Yesterday we made a lotion with minimally processed ingredients, let’s make a body butter in a similar fashion. Again, I’m going to use an emulsifier and a preservative, which means I can’t have a 100% minimally processed product. But we can go for something on par with 92% minimally processed ingredients! So what ingredients do...

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Learning to formulate: Lotions with minimally processed ingredients

At least once a day, I get an e-mail from someone wanting to make a natural lotion. I tend to answer this with another question – what do you mean by natural? Infuriating, I know, answering a question with another question, but apparently that’s how I roll. After almost five years of making my own...

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Learning to formulate: Making more changes to a lotion…

So we’ve tweaked the formerly six ingredient shea, soy bean, and sesame oil lotion to the point where it’s a completely different recipe…and that’s the point of this series! To tweak recipes to make them your own, to offer the skin feel and properties you want! So let’s take a look at tweaking this recipe...

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Learning to formulate: An aside on choosing your carrier oils

If you’re reading this article from the link at Dempeaux, please do not make your own sunscreen! It is a dangerous thing to try because you have no guarantee that it will protect your skin, and this can lead to badness in the future. I will write more on this topic in the next few...

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A few points of interest for formulating…

When I use aloe vera in my creations, I mean the liquid not the gel. Or you could make your own liquid with the 99X concentrated aloe vera (don’t forget to preserve it once you’ve made it). But you definitely want to use the liquid. If you don’t want to use silicones, don’t. Use an oil in...

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