I wanna cry...

[Pretty n Plain]

... with EXCITEMENT I made my very first skin cream and it came out PERFECT even DH used it on his face and loved it (he gets dry flakey facial skin as well as a reaction to his silicon mask he wears all day at work).

My friend graciously sent me her recipe but I removed the Olive Oil and rice bran oil replacing them with 3 lighter oils and removed the beeswax but up'd the ewax. and put the preservative in.

I do have a question though. The cream is unscented/uncoloured, if I made a batch up for family and friends but each of them wanted a different scent how would I do that without making seperate batches, I mean hey, a woman con only use so much moisturizer lol.

 

[soapbuddy]

You can put a small batch in a ziploc bag, add the fragrance and mix well. Then snip a small corner of the bag and pipe it into containers.

 

[Pretty n Plain]

Oh that's good news, thanks for that, I was concerned maybe I would need to make up a whole batch for one fragrance. :shock:

 

[Lynnz]

I do this for work as sell lots of handcream to nurses as we wash so much our skin dries very quickly. What I do is make a master batch and pipe into containers at 150gms then using a pipette I add the fragrance to each container and mix in.
Congrats on your batch sounds like it went very well. I love to make lotions and creams and wish for a big long holiday just to play around with the many ideas that I have spinning around in my head

 

[paillo]

I do this for work as sell lots of handcream to nurses as we wash so much our skin dries very quickly. What I do is make a master batch and pipe into containers at 150gms then using a pipette I add the fragrance to each container and mix in.
Congrats on your batch sounds like it went very well. I love to make lotions and creams and wish for a big long holiday just to play around with the many ideas that I have spinning around in my head

sorry to hijack the thread, but lyn, i am glad to see you are a werewolf now too, in addition to the other things you do so masterfully i wanna be a were-panther, for any of you other true blood fans

 

[Lynnz]

[/quote]sorry to hijack the thread, but lyn, i am glad to see you are a werewolf now too, in addition to the other things you do so masterfully i wanna be a were-panther, for any of you other true blood fans

LOL just noticed the change!!!!..............Hmmmmm bit hairy for my liking ewwwwww imagine the drainpipes after showering LOL Have to say panthers are beautiful creatures
Apologies for the hijacking back to lotions

 

[Lynnz]

Gratia use a nice big bag and twist the top of the bag nice and tight just like you would a piping bag

 

[Lindy]

I buy the disposable icing bags. Weigh the amount needed, add fragrance and then seal them with a rubber band so I can mix. I then clip the end off and pipe into the bottle.

If you have a heat sealer this is a great way to sell refills to your customers custom fragranced and then shipped or dropped off.

Cheers