- 1/4 cup sweet almond oil (You can also use olive oil or avocado oil)
- 1 cup of rose water (You can also use distilled water or aloe vera juice)
- 1 Tablespoon beeswax
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup cornstarch (Cornstarch helps to bind the lotion together, this is an optional ingredient, however if you leave it out the texture may be different)
- .5 Tablespoon honey (Also optional, I always use this because it adds a nice smell and helps to bind the ingredients together)
Instructions:
- Pour the sweet almond oil, beeswax, coconut oil and honey into a container that can be used as a double boiler (I always use a large mason jar).
- Fill a medium sized sauce pan with a few inches of water.
- Place the container into the sauce pan and bring the water to a gentle boil.
- As the ingredients start to melt, stir the ingredients together (I use a chopstick for this! You can use a popsicle stick as well)
- 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.
- Pour the heated rose water into a food processor. Turn on the food processor and slowly add the melted oil/wax mixture and corn starch while the food processor is on (I use a large bowl and a hand blender which I think is much easier to clean!)
- Use a spatula to move your new lotion into the desired container (I like mason jars for this too).
recipe source: Broke & Healthy
NIGHTTIME HOMEMADE FACE LOTION
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup almond oil (You can also use olive oil or avocado oil)
- 1/4 cup of coconut oil
- 1/4 cup beeswax
- 1 Tablespoon shea butter
- 1 Tablespoon of cocoa butter (if you don’t want to purchase both, use 2 Tablespoons of one or the other)
- Optional: 1 teaspoon of vitamin E
- Optional: essential oils, since this is a nighttime lotion I would suggest something relaxing like lavender oil
Instructions:
- Pour the ingredients into a container that can be used as a double boiler (I always use a large mason jar).
- Fill a medium sized sauce pan with a few inches of water.
- Place the container into the sauce pan and bring the water to a gentle boil.
- As the ingredients start to melt, stir them together (I use a chopstick for this! You can use a popsicle stick as well)
- Once the ingredients have melted and are fully combined, pour the ingredients into your desired container (I like mason jars for this too).
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