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My best friend shows off her exciting foot operation. When the bandages came off, we realized she needed something pretty intense for her feet! We saw the differences between a hand lotion and body lotion, now let’s make a foot lotion! We’ll base it on the body lotion from the other day. We can keep...
So yesterday we took a look at how to make a winter time body lotion for my weather exposed skin – let’s take a look at another skin concern? What about aging, really dry skin in the winter? What are the goals for something like this? You’ll want lots of oily oils. As we age,...
So what’s the big difference between a body and a hand lotion. Body lotion you put on your body…well, you get the idea. There are no huge differences between a body lotion and a hand lotion if you just look at the formula. We’re still using oil, water, emulsifier, and preservative in pretty much the...
Let’s say you’re looking for an “all natural” lotion. What exactly does this mean? You cannot have a 100% natural lotion because everything we use has been processed in some way. So perhaps we can define it as a lotion created using minimally processed ingredients? I have to use preservative, emulsifier, and thickeners, so right...
So we’ve made three hand lotions over the last three days – one for summer time fun, one for winter time moisturizing, and a less greasy winter time hand lotion. We didn’t make huge changes, but what we did alter was just enough to make each lotion feel different. I think I’ve said it before...