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Natural Varicose Veins Cream Recipe

This cream recipe doesn't pretend to be a replacement for any sort of medicin.
However, studies show that horse-chestnut extract has properties that help relieve symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency and treat varicose veins.
Menthol has local anesthetic and counterirritant properties which helps with itching.
With the combined properties of horse-chestnut and menthol, this body lotion can help you relieve more serious symptoms or reduce varicose veins. At worse, it will simply keep your skin soothed, fresh and hydrated with natural ingredients.
Difficulty: Easy
Weight: 50g
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Method: Emulsion
Cosmetic: Lotion
Servings: 1 pot of 50 ml
Author: Sofia Matias
Cost: $0,5 / 0,4€ (price without pot)

Ingredients

Oil Phase

Water Phase

Cooling Phase

Instructions

Preparations

  • Learn the basics of making lotions in How To Make An Emulsion For Skincare or watch the video above. They don't have a recipe, but show generic steps of how to make a lotion (emulsion).
    white emulsion -a body lotion made with rose petals infused water, vegetable oils and rose scent
  • Disinfect all your equipment before starting. You can boil some of your equipment (like the double boiler, glass cups, spoons), and use a solution of 1 liter of water with 1/2 cup of bleach, for items that are not heat-resistant (like the milk frother, plastic cups or the lotion containers)
    Disinfect-equipment

Water Phase

  • Measure all the water phase ingredients - aloe vera, water - into a cup
    aloe vera gel
  • Heat the water ingredients in low heat to around 50ºC - 122ºF. You can use the microwave but the best is to heat in bagne-marie. Do not let the aloe vera to heat above 60ºC - 140ºF.
    heat-water-phase

Oil Phase

  • Measure all oil phase ingredients into the double boiler
    measure-cooling-phase
  • Place the double boiler over a pan with water (bagne-marie) and let emulsifying wax melt in low heat.
    NOTE: menthol crystals may irritate your eyes or nose if you inhale its vapors. Use a mask or be careful to not expose yourself to the oil phase vapors.
    heat-oil-phase

Cooling Phase

  • Measure all cooling phase ingredients into a small cup.
    NOTE: The preservative is not optional. Use the quantities as per manufacturer instructions. I use Euxyl k940 at 1%.
    cooling-phase-ingredients

Making your Lotion

  • Measure the temperature of both the water and the oils. Make sure the aloe vera is at a higher temperature than the oils (around 50ºC - 122ºF).
    measuring-temperature-oils-and-water
  • Pour the water into the oils. The mixture will immediately turn milky.
    add-water-to-oils
  • Blend the mixture well with a milk frother. If you find lumps in the mixture, heat it a little more (on low heat), and use the milk frother to dissolve the lumps.
    blending-the-lotion-with-milk-frother
  • The mixture will become creamy but runny.
    lotion-texture
  • When the mixture is around 50ºC (122ºF) or lower, pour the cooling phase ingredients and mix well with a spoon or the milk frother.
    add cooling phase ingredients

Finishing your Lotion

  • It's time to measure your lotion pH. It should be around 5.5 (5-6). Add one teaspoon of citric acid dissolved in water (you can also use lemon juice) if pH is too high, or a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in water if pH is too low. Add as many teaspoon as needed but one or two should be enough.
    measuring-pH-with-test-paper
  • Pour your lotion into an airless pump bottle. You can also use a tin container, but the pump bottle protects your lotion against oxidation, dirt contamination or getting in contact with your fingers.
    tin can of natural homemade face lotion

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