Homemade lotion

[YourRabbitGirl]

Anyone have

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.

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

Does anyone have a better recipe for a lotion? I tried the one before, seems like my skin is not compatible, I somewhat need a more neutral Ingredient. thanks!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Try my poison ivy salve. It's oily, but it soaks right in, leaves my skin feeling baby soft. You can find the recipe post # in the first post index.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

Try my poison ivy salve. It's oily, but it soaks right in, leaves my skin feeling baby soft. You can find the recipe post # in the first post index.

Thanks for sharing. we a lot of those growing around my cousins backyard. finally... someone found some good use for them.. thanks again for sharing.. we will be making our own after we gathered enough..

 

[Lazy Gardener]

I did hot infusion for my PI salve. I have some calendula blossom/olive oil that's been sitting in the cabinet since mid summer. I've not strained out the calendula. think it's still good?

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

I usually fill a pint jar 3/4 full and add oil. I can start doing half full. Some of the herbs I don't get a lot of.

I actually discovered a lot of diy lotions online... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjASegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3EskQhZBGwz6tTYbDLx0Ec
you can visit that link for some.

 

[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

That sounds nice, I hope you can share more, I'm really looking to minimize my shopping budget. I'm an avid lotion user so it will be best for me to just make my own lotion.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

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

@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?

I'm sure it's normal for it to be grainy, But I just wanna know, Can we add essential oil on some of our lotions? I really want to create one with cinnamon essence.

 

[Daisy]

Herbs are what I want to focus on, because they grow easier than most things here I'd love to make some jasmine lotion and was thinking of dumping some olive oil over a jar of blossoms, but reading this thread makes me realise I should probably try to dry the jasmine first as my every attempt to do anything with it has resulted in mould. I might have to look in the shed for something to dry it with under direct sunlight outside as it is still too humid to dry anything inside.

When using plants directly for lotions is it better to use dry or fresh? I assume dry would last longer in a lotion or soap but perhaps be grainy? I dont use many beauty products myself by would love a foot scrub and cream.

 

[Hinotori]

it sounds like you need a dehydrator. I have to use one here to dry anything with our humidity and weather.

 

[Daisy]

Thanks! I will defo try that basic foot scrub cos I have all of that on hand. Im not that into it to get new gadgets at this stage, everything is very small scale for me hehe.

What do you use to strain the plant material out? I always read about "cheesecloth" in online recipes but I have no idea what that is or where to get it! Coffee filters are prohibitively expensive here.