Pourable Lotion
December 18th, 2006 at 11:46 am by Hope (Recipes, Toiletries)
The inspiration for this recipe comes from a wonderful and wise herbalist friend. It is the first pourable/pumpable lotion I’ve ever made. With the high water content though, it will be prone to mold. I added a couple of drops of GSE to see if that helps.
In microwave, I heated 1 cup distilled water along with a pinch of borax. (I set mine on hight power for one minute) Then I stirred to dissolve the borax. I added the following to the water/borax:
- 1 T. glycerine
- 1 T. honey
- 1 T. castor
- 2 T. stearic acid
- 4 T. emulsifying wax
- 1/2 c. oil (I used olive)
One more minute in the microwave melted the waxes for me.
I used my stand mixer to whip until creamy and cool. 
It looked quite runny until it was completely cooled.
Hope Martin said,
February 7th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Made this again today and noticed a couple of things.
First, after everything has been in the nuker for a minute, the wax DOES NOT look all melted.
Second, as soon as you give it a quick stir… not only does everything melt, it also immediately emulsifies!!! There is really no need for a mixer at all.
I did the whole operation today in a 2 cup pyrex measuring cup using a fork to stir. Gotta love that for cleanup!