Wow! I was super excited seeing how this lotion came to be that I wanted to share my experience in making it. It turned out better than I imagined; creamy and feels divine on the skin.
I remember watching a video many months ago on the making of goat´s milk lotion but I wasn´t in my lotion phase at the time and left it at that since I was more into soaping. Now that I have too much soap and am taking a breather, I started looking into lotions. Today I came across the same video by Susie at
http://www.oursimplefarm.com
I watched the video twice to make sure I had it clear of what to do. I had just about everything I needed so I used the lotion calculator http://www.sbwave.com/lotion/ to come up with a comparable recipe to make 500 ml worth of lotion.
25 grams e-wax
20 grams stearic acid
35 grams sweet almond oil
25 grams shea butter
20 grams avocado oil
184 grams goat´s milk
184 grams bottled water (I didn´t have distilled water)
4 grams Sharomix preservative
5 grams rose fragrance oil
1 gram Vitamin E
I weighed out the oils, the stearic acid and e-wax into a heat-proof glass container; the goat´s milk and water goes into another container. My scale only has whole numbers for the grams so they are not as accurate as I would like.
Each glass container gets heated through in a hot water bath before combining their contents together. I made sure all of the stearic acid and shea butter has melted.
Once it´s warm to the touch, I added the scent, preservative and Vitamin E oil.
At first I hand mixed it and then used the stick blender to make sure everything stays emulsified and to also "fluff" the batter into the creamiest of creams.
A very straight forward recipe and the result is a sublime cream for face or body!
Update:
The lotion thickened up even further the following day, so the pump didn´t work as well. It would be better in a cream jar or tub. I like a thinner lotion; will make the next batch with more water or reduce the e-wax since I am partial to the pump bottles so I won´t risk contaminating the lotion.
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