How to Make Lotion Without Cocoa Butter

If you have sensitive skin, severe allergies or a serious skin condition like eczema, then buying commercial lotions is sometimes harmful to your skin. With all the chemicals, scents and extracts in drug store lotions, you may find yourself forced to turn to expensive natural or prescription skin creams. There is another way. Making your own lotion involves only a few simple, inexpensive ingredients, and you have complete control over what does and does not come in contact with your skin. Read on to learn how to make lotion with cocoa butter.

Things You'll Need

• 1 cup distilled water
• 1 cup oil (olive, almond, jojoba, soy, avocado or your choice)
• 2 tbs. liquid lecithin

Instructions

1. Blend the water, oil, lecithin and any other ingredients in a blender until the mixture is smooth, creamy and completely combined. The resulting mixture should be firm, but if you prefer it thinner, just add additional distilled water for a lighter lotion.

2. Add essential oils for a pleasant scent and specific nutritional value or steep herbs in the water before adding the oil to customize this basic recipe.

3. Target mature or wrinkled skin by adding geranium oil from the site Webvitamins. Or, to help protect your skin from the effects of aging, try adding a few drops of Vitamin E oil from websites like Vitacost.

4. Shake the lotion well before each use.

5. Store the lotion in airtight bottles in a cool place or, if you live in an especially hot climate, keep your lotion in the refrigerator.

Tips & Warnings

• Liquid lecithin is both inexpensive and easy to buy through online pharmacies such as eVitamins. ;See link in Resources.

• You can mix oils if you want to create your own special nutritional blend. You aren't restricted to simply using one.

Resources

• Get liquid lecithin.
• Vitamin E oil
• Geranium oil