This lavender hand and body cream is moisturising and luxuriant with ingredients your skin will love. Written in a format that is scalable to the quantity you wish to make to allow you to make one jar for yourself, trials and larger production runs alike.
This cream has a medium to low viscosity for daily use and great skin feel.
Ingredients
| Phase | %w/w input | Ingredient |
|---|---|---|
| A | 77.40 | Water |
| B | 5.00 | Glycerine |
| B | 0.30 | Xanthan Gum |
| C | 1.50 | Glyceryl Stearate Citrate |
| C | 5.00 | Emulsifying Wax (Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20) |
| C | 3.00 | Almond oil |
| C | 2.00 | Cocoa butter |
| C | 4.00 | Fractionated Coconut oil (Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides) |
| D | 0.90 | Euxyl PE9010 |
| D | 0.30 | Lavender essential oil (use commercial oils if desired) |
| D | 0.60 | Tocopherols - mixed |
| q.s. | pH Adjuster (see linked tutorial if you need more information around this point) |
Method
1. Measure out phase A.
2. Combine phase B to form a slurry. Add to phase A and stir thoroughly until a homogenous gel forms.
3. Heat phase A/B to 75⁰C. Combine phase C and heat to 75⁰C. Add phase C to phase A/B while stirring and mix until a smooth, glossy, homogenous emulsion forms.
4. Allow mixture to cool while gently stirring until <40⁰C. Add phase D and stir through until homogenous.
5. Allow to cool <25⁰C. Check/adjust final pH to 5 - 5.5. Product will need overnight to thicken fully, do not evaluate it on the day you make it. Cover and give a final stir the next day before pouring off.
2 comments
The glycerine is a humectant that will draw moisture to your skin, but is also a product that will allow you to add xanthan gum to your water without globs of undissolved material forming. Glycerine is needed to slurry this material to allow a smooth finish.
Hi I made this turned out good but why is it got like little glycerol in it