Using the lotion bar 1.
How to make lotion bars without coconut oil.
For the recommended smallest amount you will need.
Rub the bar between the palms.
Creamsicle add seventy five drops of sweet orange essential oil and forty drops vanilla blended in jojoba oil.
Once melted remove from heat and let to cool for a few minutes.
Place the jar in a small saucepan of water and heat over medium heat stirring constantly until the ingredients are melted.
While melting lay out the molds and prepare freezer space for the molds.
You don t need to dry the skin completely but make sure residual water has been.
Turn off the heat.
Add 2 tablespoons 30 milliliters of aloe vera gel.
Other times the bars may feel a little tacky or sticky.
For those who prefer not to use cocoa butter shea butter can be used instead.
Both cocoa butter and shea butter have amazing skin care and soothing properties.
Then add the essential oils and whip the mixture until it becomes light.
Pour into a bowl i use my kitchen aid bowl.
Renee from made on hard lotion says greasy lotion bars have too much coconut oil and sticky bars have too much shea cocao butter.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Add in the nourishing skin oil.
Place all ingredients in a double boiler and warm until melted.
Pat the skin dry with a clean towel.
Combine all ingredients except essential oils and vitamin e in a quart size glass mason jar.
This will help make the lotion cool and soothing.
Add any essential oils and stir with a wooden skewer to distribute evenly.
Sometimes the lotion bars have a greasy or slippery feel especially in warm weather.
Place mixture in the fridge until it hardens.
Use a cleansing soap and water to wash skin then exfoliate using a loofah or another device.
In a double boiler a glass bowl over a pot filled 1 4 the way full with water over medium low heat melt the shea butter.
Remove from heat and stir in the almond oil.
Make sure that you are using plain 100 aloe vera gel without too many added ingredients.
1 4 cup aloe vera gel 1 4 cup sweet almond or avocado oil 1 tsp nourishing oil such as argan or jojoba oil 1 tsp emulsifying wax pellets 1 tsp raw shea butter 1 tsp leucidal liquid sf 5 7 drops each of other essential oils of your choosing like.
Instructions heat water in a double broiler or in a glass bowl placed over a pot filled 1 4 way with water over medium low heat.
Stir in any desired essential oils and or vitamin e.
Wash and exfoliate skin.