This face lotion recipe with colloidal oat protein has a particularly silky feeling. Very smooth and moisturizing, it sooths and conditions your skin. This lotion is adequate for all types of skin, especially dry and irritated skin, due to the oat calming, anti-inflammatory and hydrating properties.Difficulty: EasyWeight: 50g
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).
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)
Make the water infusion with green tea (2/3 of a cup of leaves or 3 tea bags for 1 cup of water), if you are using the herbal water infusion. Learn how in: Homemade Natural Face Toner with Rose Petals. Use distilled water only in it and replace the rose petals with green tea..
Water Phase
Measure the water phase ingredients into a cup.
Heat the water ingredients in low heat to around 60ºC. No need to let the water boil, you will have to wait to cool down. You can benefit from the heat of making the water infusion.
Oil Phase
Measure all oil ingredients (the oils and the emulsifying wax) into the double boiler
Place the double boiler over a pan with water (bagne-marie) and heat the oils and emulsifying wax in low heat until the wax melts
Cooling Phase
Measure all cooling phase ingredients into a small cup. Mix the colloidal oat powder with the liquid ingredients. Avoid lumps.
The preservative is not an optional ingredient. Use the quantities as per manufacturer instructions. I use Euxyl k940 at 1% (0,5 ml for 50ml of lotion).
Making your Lotion
Measure the temperature of both the water and the oils. Make sure the water is at a higher temperature than the oils. If needed, reheat the water a bit.
Pour the water into the oils. The mixture will immediately turn milky. Distilled water will turn the lotion into a white color. Herbal infusion will give a cream/brown color to the lotion.
Blend the mixture well with a milk frother. If you find lumps in the mixture (bits of wax, for example), heat it a little more (on low heat), and use the milk frother to dissolve the lumps.
The mixture will become creamy but still runny.
Wait till the mixture is around 50ºC or a little lower (122ºF). Then pour the cooling phase ingredients and mix well with a spoon or the milk frother.
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. One teaspoon should be enough.
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. This lotion feels very silky due to the oat powder.