Lotion Trial

Today is the lotion trial day (it started at 11, so im hiding out in the blog)

So of course before even starting or attempting to make the lotion
http://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com/2015/06/why-did-my-lotion-fail-emulsifiers.html
I am also hiding out daydreaming and reading swiftcraftymonkeys blog posts on lotions.

Point of Interest!: Lotions: A basic recipe

Point of Interest!: The argument for heating & holding lotions

Point of Interest!: If you're new to lotion making...

Point of Interest!: When lotions go wrong!

also the whole desk needs to be cleared and cleaned and so does the kitchen stove area etc, so actually i was looking up buying a hotplate so of course the first store i hoped to find one was studio brilliantine

but what about a gas burner with mini stand

anyway so im clearing the desk and have been trying to get my motivation back after getting chased and traumatized by the landlord steve.
its pretty shit. i freakin hate the guy. ok anyway im trying to not be traumatized but that doesnt diminish the severity of his assault toward me in my own "home"
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ok its 4:24
finally have distilled water
all the soaps are probably rotting now from contamination and tap water

specially the cannabis soap i gave away at the free event
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i think the lotion failed
i will update again

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its kind of waxy
so i guess i should go to shoppers and get some glyserine

wow heating and holding was intense and difficult over the stove

im tired

and my lotion might be partially candle wax.

so i dont know if the lotion is good? im not sure what the one wax really is? i bought it from the woman up by finch. so far.
it seems fine on my dry leg
but it looks waxy/shiny on my hands/ palms/ fingertips

it doesnt really do the waxy effect

its got
shea butter
pumpkin seed oil
hemp seed oil
mct oil
aloe vera
water
cetearyl alcohol and polysorbate 60 or emulsifying wax nf
the weird unknown wax might be cetyl and stearyl alcohols ?
trace essential oils
iodine (99% Diazolidinyl Urea (DU) and 1% Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate -germall plus)

so im going to try again tomorrow i guess it needs to be bottled up should have done it sooner.

woah its really great on my leg. if i add green coffee oil is it a cellulite lotion?

 

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so im pretty excited about it

i wanted to make a skin brightening lotion but ill try the other emulsifying wax and a stronger concentration of the aloe vera powder first. maybe different oils too. i wanted a sunflower one so my skin barrier function improves. ive been getting ash dry skin when i forget to put lotion on :(

just a plain lotion with a runnier texture? lotionpro 165 tomorrow plus water phase thickener (i have rice bran, arrowroot powder, and guar gum) (i have no idea what im doing)

and these need to sit around for ages before i give one to someone, what if it separates?

if i give it to a friend, my friend will tell me, but what if i give it to a stranger and they don't tell me but tell everyone else how awful my lotion was?