Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Natural body lotion is a wonderful product, and not at all difficult to make. You can customize the thickness of your lotion, and choose to make versions free of colorants or scent if you have extra sensitive skin. Or you can go all out and use essential oils to make a unique scent for your lotion that cannot be found in stores--the choice is entirely up to you. You can change the moisturizing properties of your lotion by selecting different oils for your recipe as well.

There are many different options for creating a custom natural body lotion; however, there is one crucial step that is common to all lotion making. As a lotion maker, you must ensure that your lotions do not become contaminated with microbes during the lotion making process.

The best way to ensure that your natural body lotion avoids contamination is to sanitize all equipment prior to making your products. This includes any bowls, spoons, measuring spoons and cups, mixer beaters or the non-motor end of your stick blender. In other words, ANY object that will make contact with your lotion or lotion ingredients prior to being bottled. And yes, the bottles or containers that will hold your finished product must be sterile as well.

You will also need some type of preservative for your natural body lotion since you will want its shelf life to be longer than just a few short days. It doesn't need to be anything full of chemicals; vitamin E oil and grain alcohol (aka Everclear) work very well as preservatives.

Natural body lotion has two main components, as does any lotion: oil and water. The water phase will incorporate water, and your preservative. You can also purchase commercial preservatives for lotions in many soap making specialty stores. If you decide that you would like to sell your lotions, check into your local regulations first. They may require use of a commercial preservative, and will also have strict labeling requirements that satisfy FDA regulations. The oil phase contains the oil of your choice, commonly jojoba, grapeseed, almond or olive oils along with any cocoa butter, or a like product.

The ingredient that brings all the components of natural body lotion together is an emulsifier. It keeps the oil and water components from separating back out. It can be something as simple as beeswax, or a commercial product known as "e-wax" is commonly used as well. The oil component of the lotion is slowly added to the water component, in the same manner that salad dressing is made. Voila! In just a few short minutes, you will have your own custom lotion.

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

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Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version
Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

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