{"id":8356,"date":"2012-06-15T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2015-05-25T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:09:33","slug":"you-know-its-time-to-make-more-lotion-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/you-know-its-time-to-make-more-lotion-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know It’s Time to Make More Lotion When…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Hubby goes to Walmart and comes back with this:<\/p>\n

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-gasp-<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, it’s horrifying – I completely agree! I’ve been unmotivated to make lotion when I had so much SOAP to make. Soap is my passion, after all. But now I couldn’t ignore the need any longer. Along with the usual Stress Relief and Grapefruit Parfait lotions that I’ve had in stock for several months now, I wanted to make some test batches with the fruit essences that I purchased last month. I haven’t mass produced these yet, as I’d like to get some opinions from my local farmer’s market customers first. <\/p>\n

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Lotions made with fruit essences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first one is called Cherry Orange Tea-Cake. I used black cherry essence in place of the distilled water and added some orange and almond essential oils. The fruit essence is straight-up fruit, so I felt that it needed something to sweeten it up a bit.<\/p>\n

The second one is simply Fruit Essence – made with black cherry, concord grape, and green apple fruit essences in place of the water. I didn’t add any other fragrance to this one. It’s like a straight-up fruit juice!<\/p>\n

While I was at it, I decided to try a couple more fragrances. <\/p>\n

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Lavender Lemon is now back in stock!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also made a Rosewood lotion scented with a blend of rosewood, geranium, and ylang ylang essential oils – very similar to the blend from the discontinued Dead Sea Spa Facial Bars. It’s just a bit too strong, however, so I’m going to have to make another batch of lotion to dilute it. I’m thinking a little dab of patchouli would also improve it. <\/p>\n

Stress Relief, Grapefruit Parfait, and Lavender Lemon Hand & Body Lotions are now available at Greatcakessoapworks.com<\/a>. They are all made with a large portion of aloe vera juice (great for after sun), and scented with essential oils for the most natural moisturizing experience for your dry skin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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