Some Easy Lotion/Cream Recipes

Question: Whats the difference between a lotion and a cream? Answer: The amount of water/aloe that you use. Thats the only difference.
Question: How to clean jars or bottles? Answer: soak in hot water and a little bleach. Don't boil bottles. Most of them will crinkle up or just warp. You can also clean them out with alcohol. Let them dry then before filling with your lotion.
NOTE: Shea butter must not get to hot. Your resulting lotion will appear grainy. So I'd melt all other ingredients then add the Shea after its cooled alittle. Nothing worse then grainy lotion!!

Recipe #1

Most ingredients you can find at the grocery store. You may ask," why borax?" It's because it allows the oils and water to mix.

Most Basic Cream

1/4 cup distilled(bottled) water or Aloe juice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 teaspoon borax powder (20 muleteam)
3 Tablespoons beeswax, grated (packed)
1/2 Cup of any oil (olive works fine)
20 drops essential oil of choice

first: heat water, extract and borax until borax is dissolved. This can be done on the stove or in the microwave.
Second: Melt oils and wax together in seperate container. I suggest a small saucepan for this. Don't get it to hot.
You can pull it off stove when it is almost melted and stir till it finishes melting.

Then mix the two containers together and whisk, whisk, whisk. It really works better if you have a stick mixer. Put into clean jar(s) or bottle(s) and enjoy.
This makes a lovely cream and is a good project for older children.

Recipe #2

To make this you will most likely have to mail order or buy on the internet the items you'll need. Good places to do this are

http://www.the-sage.com and

http://www.brambleberry.com
You can purchase bottles and jars from these places as well as soap making supplies.

Fancy Cream or Lotion

13-24 Ounces of Flilterd water or Aloe Juice
(depending on if you want a cream or lotion)
2 oz glycerine
1 oz emulsifying wax
1/8 oz of germaban II
2.5 oz hard oil (Mango, cocoa, Shea)
3 oz. liquid oil(sunflower,olive,avocado,hemp,almond or combination of )
1/2 oz stearic acid
1 tsp. of essential oil or fragrance oil

Melt all together (Microwave 3 minutes) and whisk or stick mix till well blended. Pour into clean jars or bottles.
Thickens as it cools.

Extras to add can be:
1 teaspoon silk powder
1/3 cup cornstarch
Vit E or C

Recipe 3

Lotion Bars Recipe

3 oz hard oil(Mango, cocoabutter, Shea)
3 oz soft oil(olive, almond, hemp, avocado etc)
3 oz beeswax (grated or pellet form)
10 drops of scent

Melt all together mix and pour into mold. Can be any kind of mold. Old ice cube trays..candy molds..soap molds. I like to put mine in push up or roll up deodorant tubes.

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