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If body lotion is also part of your beautifying routine, you should pay close attention. We bring you a recipe for a light body lotion with a pleasant floral fragrance. The production itself is not too complicated and preparing body lotions is in fact a great way to improve your skills in creating emulsions.
The body lotion consists of water and oils, which means an emulsion is formed. For successful combining of these raw materials and thickening of the product it is necessary to use an emulsifier, in our case Olivem 1000. To obtain the delicate light green colour a mica powder was used and the fragrance was provided by a fragrance oil.
Make the production of body lotion easier with our tips and tricks, which will help you to simplify the whole production process.When heating the aqueous and oily phases, use a water bath. Make sure that the vessels are covered with aluminium foil – this prevents excessive evaporation of water and at the same time water from the bath entering the oily phase. If you have a kitchen or infrared thermometer at hand, definitely use it. It is good to combine the aqueous and oily phases when they have reached approximately the same temperature, about 70 °C. Always pour the aqueous phase into the oily phase while still in the water bath. After combining the phases, start to mix intensively with a milk frother or stick blender. During mixing, remove from the water bath and continue mixing for at least 5 minutes. Subsequently, periodically mix the blend every few minutes during cooling. As the temperature falls, the product will also thicken, so do not forget to mix regularly.Only after cooling adjust the pH of the product and add heat-sensitive substances. When adjusting the pH, add lactic acid only dropwise, mix thoroughly and check the pH. The indicated amount of lactic acid is only approximate and depends on many factors, such as batch of hydrolat, temperature, weighing accuracy, changes in the recipe and so on. Adjusting the pH to a value of 4.5–5.5 is necessary not only for better tolerance of the lotion by the skin (a pH of 4.5–5.5 represents the physiological pH of the skin), but also for the functionality of the preservative. Cosgard is most effective in acidic pH, ideally below pH 5.5. Therefore, definitely do not neglect pH adjustment and add the preservative only after the pH has been adjusted.If it happens that the blend has not combined and the aqueous and oily phases separate, make sure that both phases had the same temperature before combining. Likewise, you will only see the final viscosity of the product after cooling, so if the blend is still hot and too fluid, continue mixing with the blender – the blend will thicken as it cools. If even after cooling the blend the lotion is too fluid, check whether your emulsifier is not past its expiry date and also whether you have used Olivem 1000 (emulsifiers are not identical as regards thickening, when substituting the emulsifier a change in dosage will probably be necessary). Alternatively, you can replace the milk frother with a stick blender, as some milk frothers do not have sufficient power to form an emulsion.
Below you will learn more about the individual raw materials used for the production of the body lotion.You will also find out more about possible substitutions or changes in the recipe that you can make.
To achieve proper formation of the emulsion, high-quality raw materials are necessary. That is why it is important in cosmetic production to use demineralised or distilled water. This water has been stripped of mineral substances that could disrupt the stability of the emulsion and so on. The distilled water in the recipe can be replaced by floral hydrolats, which are also obtained by distillation but contain various valuable components from the flowers and plants from which they were distilled. Many hydrolats also have pleasant fragrances, so they can be a substitute for perfuming.
An excellent moisturising raw material for your skin is glycerine. This alcohol is well soluble in water, therefore it is suitable to add it to the aqueous phase of products. It helps to retain moisture in the skin for longer and thus intensively hydrates it. At the same time, thanks to glycerine, powder colourants and substances disperse more easily, so it is suitable to mix mica powder with glycerine first and only then add water and hydrolats.Glycerine can be omitted from the recipe and replaced with water, or you can play with its content; it is used up to 10 % of the content.
We discussed floral hydrolats and the possibility of replacing distilled water with these substances above. Floral hydrolats bring many benefits from the plants from which they are obtained to your products, and at the same time give the product a gentle fragrance. Of course, you can replace hydrolat with distilled water, or play with the ratio of water and hydrolat.In any case, any change of hydrolat in the recipe, whether of its type or proportion, will result in a change in the amount of lactic acid needed to adjust the pH. Therefore, it is always necessary to add lactic acid gradually, since individual batches of hydrolat may also differ from each other and thus influence the final pH of the product.
The colourant used to obtain the delicate greenish colour was mica powder. Mica powders are available in a wide palette of colours, so there are no limits to your imagination. You can play with the amount of mica powder used and thus achieve different colour shades. Alternatively, you can omit mica powder completely and replace it with water.
The base of the oily phase is formed by hemp oil. This oil is rich in various unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, and is therefore very suitable for different skin types. Of course, you can replace hemp oil with another vegetable oil of your choice. Hemp oil, however, has the advantage of being relatively rich in nutrients and well affordable.You can also try a mixture of different oils, or change the proportion of oil in the recipe. If you suffer from dry skin, you can increase the share of oil in the body lotion.
Another part of the recipe for the body lotion is the emulsifier. Emulsifiers are components that help to combine aqueous and oily raw materials and create an emulsion from them. Thanks to this, you obtain a beautiful creamy consistency of the body lotion. Emulsifiers also help to increase the viscosity of the product, so if you want a more fluid body lotion, reduce the proportion of emulsifier, and vice versa.Of course, individual emulsifiers differ from each other, and likewise their emulsifying and thickening capacity. Therefore, if you substitute Olivem 1000 with another emulsifier, it will probably be necessary to adjust the dosage in order to achieve the desired consistency.
To obtain a pleasant fragrance rich in flowers, fragrance oil Rose, peony and cherry blossom was used. Although it is a synthetically prepared fragrance oil, thanks to this method of preparation you can enjoy fragrances that could not be obtained in the form of essential oils. However, essential oils represent an alternative to fragrance oils, and therefore you can also use them as a replacement.Remember that both essential and fragrance oils are sensitive to heat, so add them only to a cooled product. At the same time, observe the dosage; a suitable dose for your product can be found, for example, in the IFRA standards stated for the product.
The main role of lactic acid in this product is the adjustment of pH. The advantage of lactic acid compared to citric acid is the fact that lactic acid is liquid, and thus you do not have to prepare a solution in advance, as in the case of citric acid granules.Of course, you can also adjust the pH using a solution of citric acid; again, the amount of citric acid needed will differ from that of lactic acid, so add it gradually and check the pH.
Last but not least, products containing water require a preservative. It is no different in this case. In the body lotion, Cosgard preservative was used, which is effective in acidic pH, therefore it is necessary to adjust the pH to a value of 4.5–5.5. If you want to use another preservative, choose broad-spectrum preservatives (i.e. active against yeasts, moulds and bacteria) and check the pH of the product to see whether it corresponds to the activity range of the preservative substance. If not, adjust the pH to the required value (most likely it will be necessary to lower the pH by adding an acid solution) and only then add the preservative.
As mentioned, you can experiment with homemade recipes to achieve the desired properties. However, the final result can be influenced by many factors, such as humidity, temperature, quality of raw materials or their storage. Before you use any raw material for the production of a cosmetic product, familiarise yourself with its properties, recommended dosage, storage conditions and safe handling. Each raw material can have the potential to trigger an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals, therefore before using the product we recommend finding out whether you suffer from an allergy to any of the raw materials or to the overall product, for example by a skin test. If you have very sensitive or very acne-prone skin, or if you have other skin or health problems, we recommend consulting a medical professional before applying a new product to the skin, whether it is a homemade cosmetic product, a pure raw material or a commercially available product.
We believe that if you have succeeded in making body lotion according to our procedure and have created it according to your ideas, you will not replace it. Nothing compares to natural raw materials and a composition that you know.
If you have any questions regarding the creation of body lotion or its instructions, be sure to write to us at marketing@handymade.skWe will be happy to answer you. We warmly thank Ivana Jačalová for the great instructions and the entire contribution.
Until soaping again, friends.
