How To Make Lotion

Home made soaps, lotions, bath bombs, lip balms, massage oils and other products are fun to make and absolutely wonderful to use.Put the first 7 ingredients (liquid glycerin to the aloe) in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. After the 3 minutes stir themixture and then put the bowl back into the microwave. Heat on high for 1 minute. Take the container out of the microwave and check them.

This is one of the hottest things at craft shows lately.It is lotion that is solid and in a deodorant tube.This allows you to just rub it on to moisturize your skin and go!No mess, no preservatives needed, and you don’t get the oils all over you.They are really easy to make.  Just melt your ingredients and pour into the tube. After a few hours it is solid and ready to use.

Making lotion is really not as difficult as you may have thought. Certainly, it does take a knack to get it right. But once you develop a formula you really like, you will have an understanding of the way the materials work, and how far you can “tweak” them. Beginner’s luck is common, but please do not give up if your initial attempts do not yield the perfect emulsion. We will discuss lotionmaking for personal use. Of course, you can take these techniques and expand them to scale-up production, but that is not our focus.