How To Make Lotion
Be it summers
or winters, most of the females love to use fragrant
lotions. It not only helps make the skin soft, but also
adds a distinctive glow to it. Amongst the main body parts
that require regular use of lotion are our hands. Since we
wash them so many times a day, they lose moisture and end
up with dry and chapped skin. In case you are concerned
about the cost of body lotion, leave your worries aside.
This is because lotion can be made easily at home, that
too at a fraction of the price it would demand in the
market. In case you want some tips for making homemade
lotion, read the ones provided in the following lines.
How to
Make Lotion
Items Needed
- Microwave
- Microwave-safe Bowls
- Essential Oil (of your choice)
- Steric Acid
- Liquid Glycerin
- Emulsifying Wax
- Water
- Borax
- Hand Blender
- Vitamin E Oil
- Color
- Fragrance
- Plastic Bottles
Instructions
- Take a microwave-safe bowl and put ¾ cup essential oil in it.
- Add 2 tsp Steric Acid, 1 tsp liquid glycerin and 1 tsp Emulsifying Wax to the oil.
- Keep the bowl in the microwave and heat it till the wax melts completely.
- Take another microwave-safe bowl and put ½ cup water in it, be it tap water, rainwater or any other water.
- Add ½ tsp Borax (the Mule Team stuff) to the water.
- Place the bowl in the microwave and heat until the mixture becomes boiling hot.
- Take out the bowl and slowly whip the oil mixture into it, with the help of a hand blender.
- Keep mixing both the mixtures, till they become fairly cool.
- If you want, you can add vitamin E oil during this time, along with a little color and some fragrance.
- After you feel that the lotion has been mixed well and is also pretty cool, pour it into plastic bottles.
Some Tips
- If you make a lotion following the instructions given above, use it within a month. In case you plan to use it over more period of time, add some preservative to it.
- Instead of water, you can also make use of green tea of water infused with herbs.