Servings: 1 pot of 50 ml
Cost: $1,50 / 1,25€
Equipment
Ingredients
Oil Phase
Water Phase
- 33 g rose petals water infusion or rose water
- 2 g horse-chestnut extract
Cooling Phase
- 0,5 ml essential oil rose geranium (optional)
- 0,25 ml vitamin E oil (tocopherol)
- 0,25 g Liquid Germall Plus Euxyl k940
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).
- 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 a rose-petals infused water at home in advance. Learn how in: Homemade Natural Face Toner with Rose Petals. Use distilled water only in it.
Water Phase
- Measure all the water phase ingredients (rose water and horse chestnut extract) into a cup
- 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 water boil.
Oil Phase
- Measure all oil ingredients (rosehip seed oil and pomegranate seed oil) 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 (< 50ºC - 122ºF) until the wax melts.
Cooling Phase
- Measure all cooling phase ingredients into a small cup.
- The essential oils are optional, and you can use just one of them, simply adjust the quantity. Vitamin E will enrich your lotion with an anti-oxidant, and is also optional. The preservative is not optional. Use the quantities as per manufacturer instructions. I use Euxyl k940 at 1% (0,5 ml).
Making your Lotion
- Measure the temperature of both the water and the oils. Make sure the rose-infused water is at a higher temperature than the oils.
- Pour the water into the oils. The mixture will immediately turn milky.
- 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.
- The mixture will become creamy but 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. Add as many teaspoon as needed but one or two 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.
Video
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