Amanda zaremba

I love making cosmetics that is benificial to your skin. I have been formulating diffrent kinds of cosmetics and toletries for several years. I want to share some recipes for begginer to advanced formulations (recipes). I'm also a mom of three children fom 8 months to 10 years, so you can imagine how extremly busy my life can be!Thanx for these special moments. I also sell some toletries and creams on my Etsy store.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/crave1984

THE BASICS OF LOTION MAKING:

Here I will give you some starting tips on making LOTIONS, BODY MILKS AND CREAMS.

BASIC LOTION RECIPE:

WATER PHASE:

70% Water

OIL PHASE:

15% Oil

5% Butter (Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter)

3% Cetyl Alcohol

5% Emulsifier (Polawax)

COOL DOWN PHASE:

1% Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil

1% Perservative

1% Preservative

Heat the water phase by using a double broiler and heat the oil phase into a different double broiler holding the temperature for 20 minutes at 70C. When the water phase and the oil phase reach 70C try to keep the heat stable and hold it there for 20 minutes. If you go to high you will burn all the good stuff like antioxidants and vitamins, but if the heat is to low it may not kill off all the bacteria and you could have things growing, and you don't want that especially if your going to sell your lotions. Then you add the water phase to the oil phase and blend it with a stick blender until its emulsified, and place the lotion into jars or containers of your choice. Do not cap until the lotion is room temperature. Date it and stick it in the fridge.

AMANDA'S BODY CREAM

This cream is a light cream for all body areas!

WATER PHASE:

68% Water

OIL PHASE:

20% Oil-Almond Oil is nice.

7% Butter (Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter)

3% Stearic Acid

COOL DOWN PHASE:

1% Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil

1% Perservative

Please repeat the steps above.