Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
How to make lotion bars without coconut oil.
This will help make the lotion cool and soothing.
Sometimes the lotion bars have a greasy or slippery feel especially in warm weather.
Turn off the heat.
Place the jar in a small saucepan of water and heat over medium heat stirring constantly until the ingredients are melted.
Some preservatives are fine but avoid carrageenan fragrance oils parabens polysorbate 20 and retinyl palmitate.
Renee from made on hard lotion says greasy lotion bars have too much coconut oil and sticky bars have too much shea cocao butter.
They also texturize lotion bars and body butters giving them more structure while still allowing them to melt when applied to the body.
Use a cleansing soap and water to wash skin then exfoliate using a loofah or another device.
Both cocoa butter and shea butter have amazing skin care and soothing properties.
Using the lotion bar 1.
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.
You don t need to dry the skin completely but make sure residual water has been.
While melting lay out the molds and prepare freezer space for the molds.
White chocolate peppermint add seventy to eighty five drops of peppermint essential oil though i m not typically a fan of peppermint this is my absolute favorite for lotion bars.
Combine all ingredients except essential oils and vitamin e in a quart size glass mason jar.
Creamsicle add seventy five drops of sweet orange essential oil and forty drops vanilla blended in jojoba oil.
Place mixture in the fridge until it hardens.
Then add the essential oils and whip the mixture until it becomes light.
Wash and exfoliate skin.
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.
Rub the bar between the palms.
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.
Add any essential oils and stir with a wooden skewer to distribute evenly.
Add 2 tablespoons 30 milliliters of aloe vera gel.
Add in the nourishing skin oil.
Once melted remove from heat and let to cool for a few minutes.
Pat the skin dry with a clean towel.
Pour into a bowl i use my kitchen aid bowl.
Make sure that you are using plain 100 aloe vera gel without too many added ingredients.
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.
