Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- 4 oz. sweet almond oil
- 1 oz. beeswax
- 2 oz. water
- 10 drops Vitamin E oil
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
Step1
Step one: The first step in making body lotion is to mix your oils and water in with your emulsifying wax. This will create the base of your lotion. The emulsifying wax is what keeps the water and oils from separating. Do this by melting the oil and the wax in a double boiler.
Step2
Step two: The second step in making body lotion is to add your essential oils or fragrance oils. Essential oils will make your body lotion scented and can provide aromatherapy effects. Fragrance oils can also be used to give your lotion a nice scent.
Step3
Step three: The third step is OPTIONAL, but can add a nice touch to your lotion. I prefer the color of un-pigmented lotion, but I thought I would include this step for those of you that like a little color. in making body lotion is to add your colorants. These colorants can be from a laboratory or they can come from natural sources. If you plan on marketing your handmade skin care products as natural skin care products then you will want to use natural coloring agents like paprika, mica, or oxides.
Comments
Desula said
on 6/28/2008 This sounds so easy and wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing the information on handmade beeswax lotion.
luv2blog said
on 6/28/2008 WOW! Sounds so easy!!! 5 Stars
deepthinkin said
on 6/27/2008 Oooh, I like this! Thank you!
vikki9 said
on 6/26/2008 Sounds easy! *****
2besure said
on 6/26/2008 I did not realize how simple it was to make your own lotion. I will try this as I have dry skin.