Lotions and Potions

I've been searching for recipes for body lotions as I was nearing the end of my current plastic encased product.  There are lots of recipes to choose from out there, but my criteria is simple...easy!

I wanted to limit the ingredients and choose a recipe that had ingredients that I could use for multiple products because, quite honestly...the costs were adding up.  Once you start down the road of Essential Oils...ooh la la!  So here it is - I will bold the choices that I made - but there are options with how you make it. 

Place close attention to Step #5 - make sure to warm up your rose water, distilled water or aloe vera juice.  I didn't do this well enough and the melted part of my lotion hardened pretty quick midstream. :(  My lotion therefore has lumps that might not be there if you follow the instructions correctly!  However, I can say that it is extremely effective and keeps my hands and body better moisturized than my store bought plastic encased brand.  My yield was 2 small mason jars and I would call it more of a body butter than a lotion, but it works well!  Cost was about $9 and yes I would make it again. 

Less Oily Homemade Lotion
Ingredients:
• 1 cup rose water (You can also use distilled water or aloe vera juice)
• 1/2 cup beeswax
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup jojoba (You can also use sweet almond oil, olive oil or avocado oil)
• 1 tsp vitamin E oil (Optional)
• Essential oils ( I chose Frankincense and Sweet Orange) 

Instructions:

1. Pour the beeswax, coconut oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E and essential oils into a container that can be used as a double boiler (I always use a large mason jar).
2. Fill a medium sized sauce pan with a few inches of water.
3. Place the container into the sauce pan and bring the water to a gentle boil.
4. As the ingredients start to melt, stir them together (I use a chopstick for this! You can use a popsicle stick as well).
5. Warm up the rose water. I do this in another jar in the same sauce pan. You want these to be right around the same temperature.
6. Pour the heated rose water and melted oil/wax mixture into a food processor (I use a large bowl and a hand blender which I think is far easier to clean!)
7. Let this cool until it starts to harden (usually about 20 minutes).
8. Blend the ingredients to combine!
9. Use a spatula to move your new lotion into your desired container (I like mason jars for this too!)

Recipe source: Delicious Obsessions

April 3, 2020 - Update - it's a great lotion, I would make again and pay closer attention to the heated rose water part and I think I probably didn't whip it long enough.  But it is not a pump'able lotion!