I tell you, Michelle totally inspired me man! Now I’ve got some crazy idea to make my own lipbalm & moisturizer & facial masks! At least I know what’s in my products and I get to choose what ingredients I want! I can’t wait for pay to come in and I can go crazy ordering ingredients! *I do notice the excessive use of exclamation marks, but I am that excited*
Moisturizer
I want to make a very light textured moisturizer, almost like whipped butter/whipped cream. I reckon it would be a good idea because I can’t take heavy moisturizers as I’m pretty acne-prone. I got the idea from California Baby Calming Botanical Moisturizing Cream
Tentative ingredients include: shea butter, lavender essential oil, kukui nut oil. Sounds good?
I’ll be basing my recipe on this recipe I got from the GoW forum:
Ingredients:
1/3 C Best West Shea Butter
2TB GOW Avocado Oil
2TB Jojoba Oil
I put the Shea Butter into the small bowl of my standing mixer with regular beaters and whipped for about 4 minutes stopping frequently to scrape down the side of the bowl. Then I started adding the oil slowly one tablespoon at a time and continued for about 5 more minutes, again scraping frequently. For scenting I added 1/4 TSP. Vanilla Infused Oil, about 10 drops Lavender EO, 6 Drops Bergamot EO and 10 Drops Sandalwood EO, then whipped about another 1-2 Minutes. The final product is a fluffy (like soft frosting) softly scented cream. It is a bit oily after application for the first minute or two, but then my skin just drank it all in. For future batches, I might consider adding a bit of arrow root or cornstarch to lighten the formula for a less oily feel upon application.
This filled a 2 oz. jar and two generous 1 oz. jars.
Oooh it sounds interesting! Do let us know how it went, with some pictures perhaps?
Good luck!
Yeah definitely! But first, I’ll need to order the ingredients.. haha… I’m getting orders from some girls from my forum, so I’ll probably only order late next week… ETA end Jan? Can’t wait!