Homemade lotion

[baymule]

Walmart has cheesecloth here in the craft department. If you can't find it, perhaps you could find it online and order it?

 

[Daisy]

Ah a craft store! I had been looking in supermarkets, there is no walmart here. Next time I go to town I will look in the craft store thanks. Postal delivery is hit and miss, not much will post to my location or po box and what does is expensive.

 

[Britesea]

old cloth diapers work great. All the lint's been laundered out ages ago

 

[sumi]

I used a mole remover on the big one on my cheek a week ago. I started this lotion on it after day 3 when the mole fell off. 3 days later and the skin on the cheek was fully healed. It actually surprised me how fast it healed.

Please tell me about this?

 

[Hinotori]

The mole remover? It was Haloderm Mole and Skin Tag remover. Ordered it off Amazon. Not sure if you can get it where you are.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

Homemade emulsifier wax
80% beeswax
10% borax
10% liquid lecithin

Melt wax then add lecithin and borax. Stir until well mixed.
Must be made fresh. Does not keep


Lotion
2 parts liquid oil
1 part solid oil
1 part emulsifier wax
4-6 parts water, herbal infusion, aloe vera juice, or other water liquid
1 drop rosemary essential oil per 110 milliliters (4 oz) total liquid
1 milliliter vitamin E oil per 240 milliliters (8 oz) total liquid

All items must be at the temp to keep beeswax melted while mixing. I used mason jars in pans of low simmering water.

Heat liquid oil. Add solid oil until melted. Mix well. Add emulsifier. Add Vit E and rosemary oil. Using mixer, slowly add water until it comes together at consistency a bit more liquid than desired. Will thicken as it cools.

Pour into containers.


My too thick batch has 3 cups of water. I used a very strong calendula infusion. I used almond and olive oils that I oil extracted calendula and comfrey in ahead of time. I used a teaspoon of castor oil in my liquid oil mix.

Have you tried whipping it with a hand mixer for a luscious body butter?

 

[Hinotori]

Have you tried whipping it with a hand mixer for a luscious body butter?

The mixer whips it. It's liquid until cool. It doesn't react the same as body butter because of the water.
I make body butter for mom.

 

[Hinotori]

@Hinotori , I freeze my Jewel weed/plantain lotion. It freezes very well. Older jars that have been left at room temp get granular. But, I notice that the grainy bits do dissolve after contact with warm skin. Any comments on the way some lotions get grainy or even have crystals in them with age, and what might be done to prevent it?

Im not sure. Moms had that issue with crystals in her body butter.

I still have one jar of lotion that's a year old in the freezer. It's extra thick and is the only thing that helps with the contact dermatitis I get if I use earbuds.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

Anyone have any good lotion recipes?

I tried one tonight.

So the lotion recipe I found is a bit different than most of the store ones. More oily, but I can actually use this unlike the body butter. The added water helps put a thinner layer that actually soaks into my skin.

I can smell the shea butter in it, but it's covered enough that the lotion doesn't fully smell like old dolls. I don't mind this so much. Next batch I'll add some scent oil. The rosemary oil doesn't cover it enough. Maybe some citrus.

Calendula tisane, calendula and comfrey extracted in almond and olive oil, cocoa butter, shea butter, beeswax mixed with borax and lecithin as an emulsifier, lanolin, jojoba oil, castor oil, rosemary essential oil, vitamin E, tea tree oil

Only took me 4 hours to make it. Sigh.

Going to stick one container in the freezer to see what that does to it. Shelf life is only 6 months, so if freezing doesn't harm it, that will extend it much longer

Homemade Lotion Ingredients

1. 1/2 cup almond oil or jojoba oil (or any other liquid oil)
2. 1/4 cup coconut oil.
3. 1/4 cup beeswax.
4. 1 tsp vitamin E oil (optional)
5. 2 TBSP shea butter or cocoa butter (optional)
6. essential oils, vanilla extract, or other natural extracts to suit your preference (optional)

And to add more up... Everything in this recipe is pretty much optional

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

That would be a body butter or balm. Lotions are emulsions of water and oil. Oil to water ratio differentiates between lotions and creams. Butters are still good things and very helpful.

My skin doesn't do well with butters. Too much oil for my type. That's why I'd been searching high and low for actual lotion recipes.

Mom has very dry skin so I make her body butter. Well technically I guess I make her salves as I infuse herbs in the oils I use. It's done wonders for her. It's also helped my young niece who carries a small container with her for the patches she gets that no doctor prescribed or OTC product helped at all. It's not a cure but she's at the age where she started being body conscious and the patches not being visible made her happy.

The lotion I messed up that doesn't have enough water turned out to be wonderful. Ive been trying to recreate it. It works on my eczema flare ups like nothing else. It cleared up the thick dry patches on Moms elbows that she's had since high school. I think she almost cried over that. She does have to keep applying it so it didn't cure it, just dealt with symptoms. Needless to say, the last few jars are hidden in our freezers.

Homemade Lotion Ingredients

1. 1/2 cup almond oil or jojoba oil (or any other liquid oil)
2. 1/4 cup coconut oil.
3. 1/4 cup beeswax.
4. 1 tsp vitamin E oil (optional)
5. 2 TBSP shea butter or cocoa butter (optional)
6. essential oils, vanilla extract, or other natural extracts to suit your preference (optional)

Everything it is optional in duration depends on what consistency you need..