RE: sigh frustrated (lotion)

[Guest guest]

Hey Josh,

 

Just to give you some ideas to play with here is a link to some recipes

that use ALL kinds of systems (from e-way to beeswax/boric acid to

liquid lecithin) http://thelibrary.luxurylane.com/recipefiles/lotion.htm

 

I found that old " light massage lotion base " recipe I had told you about

- the one with just oil water and liquid lecithin ...

 

one to two parts oil of choice,

one part liquid lecithin

and

two parts distilled water.

 

Warm the oil and lecithin together, warm the water separately, put the

warm oil in a mixer (or use a stick blender) and drizzle the warm water

into the oil phase slowly while mixing till emulsified. It was a light

thin lotion, meant to be used unscented or have a tiny bit of EO's added

to it for doing massages where an oily feel wasn't desired.

 

As for cleaning stick blenders, just stick it in a container of hot

soapy water and turn it on <grinz>*lol*

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Joshua Alexander

 

 

Heya :-)

 

The funny part is that I eventually want to be able to do this stuff

*without* beeswax <laugh> And I don't know if, say, bayberry wax will

have the same emulsifying properties.

 

There are lots of natural thickeners used in food, like agar, pectin,

arabic gum, etc. I wonder how those would work. I was reading that

bentonite clay may also be helpful.

 

Actually, the really frustrating part is cleaning up afterward

<laugh> I'm afraid to get a stick blender... how the devil do you

clean it? Tonight's recipe would NOT rinse off, it had to be wiped

with a very soapy sponge. Twas very tenacious.

 

I'll look forward to reading those recipes when you find them :-)

 

Best,

Josh

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Wow, Chris... equal parts oil and lecithin. You know, that was my

suspicion based on a couple attempts at various things with

lecithin... that it only emulsifies a small proportion... which seems

to contradict what I've read about it, e.g. keeping it to 3% or less,

but maybe those folks were using other emulsifiers as well.

 

>one to two parts oil of choice,

>one part liquid lecithin

>and

>two parts distilled water.

>