Comments on: How to Package and Label Your Handmade Lotion http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/ Real Soap. Real Faith. Real Fun! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Amy Warden http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Amy Warden Tue, 25 May 2010 17:41:40 +0000 http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/?p=1373#comment-3760 From what I understand, beeswax is not a stable emulsifier on its own. I've seen recipes that combine beeswax and borax as a system, and even those can be tricky. If you really want great results and easy lotion, I HIGHLY recommend using emulsifying wax. In fact, you could sub it straight out for the amount of beeswax you have been using, and have a really nice thick lotion. From what I understand, beeswax is not a stable emulsifier on its own. I’ve seen recipes that combine beeswax and borax as a system, and even those can be tricky. If you really want great results and easy lotion, I HIGHLY recommend using emulsifying wax. In fact, you could sub it straight out for the amount of beeswax you have been using, and have a really nice thick lotion.

]]> By: Rindle http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Rindle Tue, 25 May 2010 16:38:11 +0000 http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/?p=1373#comment-3758 Sorry if this gets posted twice. Lost connection the first time! I just wanted to thank you for the great tutorial. I also wonder if you can help me out. I had tried to make a couple batches of a recipe I had found. I would be mixing my lotion, at first just for a couple minutes, but then constantly while it cooled, and everything would look great. But as the emulsion cooled, the liquid simply came crashing out of solution. The result was about half the quantity of water being left over, and a nasty thick lotion glob floating in it. Do you know why this would have happened? .5 oz shea butter .5 oz beeswax 1 oz jojoba 6 oz water + additives and preservative Thanks so much! Rindle Sorry if this gets posted twice. Lost connection the first time!

I just wanted to thank you for the great tutorial. I also wonder if you can help me out. I had tried to make a couple batches of a recipe I had found. I would be mixing my lotion, at first just for a couple minutes, but then constantly while it cooled, and everything would look great. But as the emulsion cooled, the liquid simply came crashing out of solution. The result was about half the quantity of water being left over, and a nasty thick lotion glob floating in it. Do you know why this would have happened?

.5 oz shea butter
.5 oz beeswax
1 oz jojoba
6 oz water
+ additives and preservative

Thanks so much!

Rindle

]]> By: Midwest Mommy http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 Midwest Mommy Fri, 22 May 2009 02:35:31 +0000 http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/?p=1373#comment-1303 I got the butter! It is so smooth and smells yummy. Thank you again. I am going to write about it in a post coming up. I was wondering how you packaged it, lol. <abbr><em>Midwest Mommy’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommyFromTheMidwest/~3/qIzgAmBMaYI/sometimes-its-hard.html" rel="nofollow">Sometimes It's Hard</a></abbr></em> I got the butter! It is so smooth and smells yummy. Thank you again. I am going to write about it in a post coming up.

I was wondering how you packaged it, lol.

Midwest Mommy’s last blog post..Sometimes It’s Hard

]]> By: Amy Warden http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Amy Warden Fri, 22 May 2009 01:18:16 +0000 http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/?p=1373#comment-1302 You are welcome!! :) You are welcome!! :)

]]> By: michelle http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-package-and-label-your-handmade-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 michelle Fri, 22 May 2009 01:06:43 +0000 http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/?p=1373#comment-1301 I always wanted to have my lotion tested but didn't know where to start. Thank you for all of the helpful links!! I always wanted to have my lotion tested but didn’t know where to start. Thank you for all of the helpful links!!

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