So you’ve made this wonderful lotion and now you are ready for the fun part. Giving it to your friends (or selling it to your customers)! You can’t just hand them your pyrex cup full of lotion though. You need some swanky containers with fabulous labels! Believe it or not, if you are just wanting [...]
Yesterday we formulated a recipe to make a simple lotion. I thought it turned out very nice, but it’s not very thick. It soaks in quickly, but it doesn’t glide across the skin very well. Now, I’m not saying that you couldn’t give this to your friends and they wouldn’t be amazed at your incredible [...]
(This is part five of our lotionmaking tutorial. Please start at the beginning with the introduction, and work your way up.) We are finally ready to start formulating our recipe! You will want to work in percentages so that you can duplicate it in any amount. In order to make a simple lotion, let’s start [...]
This is part four of the tutorial on making your own lotion. Please go back and read the introduction, preparation, and lotion making equipment posts before proceeding with today’s lesson, which is acquiring the ingredients you will need. There are four basic parts to a lotion recipe: liquid phase, oil phase, emulsifier (which is added [...]
If you want to learn how to make lotion from scratch, please read the introduction and preparations posts before proceeding with today’s lesson. If you are a soapmaker, you should already have most of the equipment you will need to make lotion (and even most of the ingredients). However, your equipment might look like exhibit [...]
Maybe it seems like I’m drawing this out more than necessary, but I just feel it’s important to recognize the safety issues involved with making lotion. Especially since the small, handmade toiletries industry is pretty much unregulated. Yesterday, I talked about the necessity of having your lotion preserved to prevent the nasties from growing. Today [...]
I’ve been making a lot of lotion lately, and thinking about how far I’ve come in learning this craft. I am NOT an expert by any means, but I have had quite a bit of practice. If you are thinking about trying your hand at formulating, I’ll do my best to guide you in the [...]
