Lotion bars, that simple?
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I made that exact recipe and I found it to be a bit draggy on my skin from the beeswax. So I ended up adding some avocado oil, everything at equal parts and made the bar a bit softer to handle. I poured mine into the little dollar store containers. I had some tins as well that people loved but I didn’t like I couldn’t pop the bar out and had to dip my fingers in. The push-up tubes worked great as well but I found a bit big to stick in my pocket and purse.
MKLonestar
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I add 2 Tbsp non-nano Zinc Oxide to mine to make sunscreen bars. The Zinc Oxide is not added until after the butters and oils are melted and removed from the heat and then it is stirred in with the fragrance making sure to get it's all well incorporated. I then pour it all into individual silicone molds until hardened and then put in individual 3 oz containers. This sunscreen lotion bar also works great in the lotion bar tubes.
That's great but I would never sell anything as sunscreen. My insurance would probably void my policy. I don't think I'd trust it for personal use even. Not worth the risk since I can't test how much sun it will screen.
MKLonestar
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No, I would NEVER sell as sunscreen. My husband uses it as sunscreen since he burns so easily and has had no burning since he started using it. I started making it specifically for him because we spent so much time at the coast and I didn't want him to continue to use the commercial sunscreens due to all the ingredients I knew nothing about. Now that we live at the coast, these bars get a lot of use and I feel more confident about what is going on his skin and soaking into his pores.
Honestly, it would be nice if the FDA and our insurance companies would let us sell these as sunscreen, but I fully understand their points, so I would never put myself in a position to be in violation of either one. I haven't even shared them with family or friends.
Fargood
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I live in North Dakota in a very rural area; thusly, I have access to about a bazillion pounds of beeswax. I started making lotion bars just to try to get rid of the 50+ pounds of beeswax I have on hand. I have tested three different recipes and I've found the hard part is getting the ratio right for consistency. And, I also *hate* the smell of cocoa butter, so the first two batches I had to give away because of the smell. I'm still trying to get it right and still haven't gotten it perfect. If I perfect the recipe, I'll definitely share it.
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I've never gotten around to making them. It's on my to do list when my lotion stash gets low. (I need an intervention. I hoard soap and lotion. Seriously, I have a enough of both for the next decade...) I didn't have any regular customers interested in them, so they will be a personal use item only.
Hey @Fargood where in ND are you? I'm in NE South Dakota.
MKLonestar
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amd, how many of us do this?, probably a ton! I not only hoard my own soaps and lotions, but I buy from others and hoard theirs! My husband was laughing at me when we packed to move and made a wise crack that between what I have kept of what I have made and what I have bought from others, I have enough to stock a couple homeless shelters for a couple of months. This doesn't even include all those soaps, lotions, and shampoos from hotels that I have collected over the years! I am seriously glad to know that I am not the only one who hoards this stuff. Oh, and I have a 5lb loaf of soap waiting to be cut!
Fargood
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@MKLonestar glad I'm not alone! My husband thinks there's something wrong with me. Two of my soaper friends think that I've lost my mind. I know there are a few members who complain that family or friends will buy them other people's soap for gifts, but I get excited when people give me soap. "What's different about this soap? What's in it? Will I like it? Will my customers like it?" Or just to get fragrances that I love but my customers wouldn't buy. I sorted out my stoap stash, there were several that had gone bad, including some of my own that I had been saving for the day that I would finally get my own blog so that I could post pictures of what bad soap looks like. Right now I have two boxes, one with my soaps and the other with other people's soaps, and one plastic bin (not pictured) that I've moved to the bathroom as the "next in line".
@Fargood Oh yes! you are up north aways! I'm in Watertown, SD but my husband and I go to Fargo quite a few times a year (I was kind of hoping your username was representative of where you live Fargo-od, lol). I have one soaping friend in Fargo, so it would be fun to add to our little group.
@Fargood Oh yes! you are up north aways! I'm in Watertown, SD but my husband and I go to Fargo quite a few times a year (I was kind of hoping your username was representative of where you live Fargo-od, lol). I have one soaping friend in Fargo, so it would be fun to add to our little group.
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