How to Make a Basic DIY Lotion (from scratch!) // Humblebee & Me

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Make it Up: The Essential Guide to DIY Makeup and Skin Care
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:49 The parts of lotion
02:06 Making starts
04:48 Packaging—how big your container should be, types of packaging to use
06:46 Combining the phases
07:38 Preservative chat
08:41 Blending starts
12:42 Adding cool down phase
14:22 Packaging it up
15:30 Bloopers & outtakes

MORE LOTION VIDEOS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cZgaY9j7fMBbplMeSL…
MORE LOTION RECIPES: humblebeeandme.com/how-to-make-lotion/ + humblebeeandme.com/face-recipes/how-to-make-fac…

Making your own lotion is super easy! You can use the recipe in the video or another one from humblebeeandme.com/how-to-make-lotion/ —the process is the same :)

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THE FORMULA IN THE VIDEO

Heated water phase
73g | 2.5oz water (at one point I say both 73g and 75g—it's 73g!)
2g | 0.07oz honey or vegetable glycerin

Heated oil phase
5g | 0.17oz shea butter
14g | 0.49oz sunflower oil
6g | 0.21oz complete emulsifying wax (Ritamulse SCG, Polawax, BTMS-50, BTMS-25, or Emulsifying Wax NF)

Cool down phase
Broad-spectrum preservative, as required (learn more at humblebeeandme.com/faqs/what-preservative-shoul…). I used 0.5g (0.5%) Liquid Germall Plus (INCI: Propylene Glycol, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate).

8 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops peru balsam essential oil
(You can use different essential oils if you want, have fun with it!)

EMULSIFYING WAXES YOU CAN USE

Emulsimulse/Ritamulse SCG INCI: Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, and Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
Polawax INCI: Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-150 Stearate, Polysorbate 60, and Steareth-20
BTMS-50 INCI: Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol
E-Wax NF INCI: Cetostearyl Alcohol and Polysorbate 60

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU USE BEESWAX/SOY WAX/CANDELILLA WAX/CARNAUBA WAX INSTEAD OF EMULSIFYING WAX IN THIS RECIPE
youtube.com/watch?v=La5697ngb8M

PRODUCTS USED

Glass Prep Bowls
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NorPro Jar/Icing Spatula
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2-cup Pyrex Measuring Cups
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Milk frother (it looks like the one I used is discontinued)
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120mL/4oz Pump-Top Bottle
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120mL/4oz Mason Jars
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HumanGear GoToob
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(you can fill two 2oz tubes or have a bit of leftover lotion if you use a 3oz)

For ingredients, check out humblebeeandme.com/resources/ for a list of places to shop all over the world, or:

Shea butter
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Sunflower oil
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Emulsifying Wax NF
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ON PRESERVATIVES

What preservative should I use? How much of it should I add?
humblebeeandme.com/faqs/what-preservative-shoul…

Some common myths & misconceptions about preservatives
humblebeeandme.com/faqs/common-myths-misconcept…

MUSIC

Daily Beetle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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