Tuesday 8 January 2013

Home Made Lotion

Lotions are best to reduce the dryness of skin.Now you can make your own lotion at home so that you may know what ingredients are used in your lotion and you can use lotion without any hesitation.

Things needed are:-

  • Water 1-1/4 cup (296 ml)
  • Glycerin 1/4 cup (59 ml)
  • Olive , Almond or Coconut Oils 1/4 cup (59 ml)
  • Essential Oils 1-2 Drops
  • Emulsifying wax 1/4 cup (56.7 gram)

Pots required are:-

  1. Sauce Pan
  2. Plastic Bottles or Canning jars
  3. Measuring Glass Cup

To prepare follow these steps one by one:

  1. Place a half full sauce pan of water on stove and set it on slow fame so that a hot water bath  is created to melt ingredients
  2. pour Olive, Almond or Coconut Oil in a measuring cup
  3. Add Emulsifying Wax
  4. Put measuring cup on hot water to melt both oil and wax
  5. Boil Water in a kettle 
  6. Take measuring cup out of water bath.
  7. Add Essential oil.
  8. Pour boiling water into melted wax mixture.
  9. Add glycerin.
  10. Pour this mixture in a plastic bottle or in canning jar.
  11. Allow mixture to cool down leaving bottle open for over night.
  12. Place lid on jar in morning and label it.

(This lotion can be stored for 1 month atleast )

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