What Bath & Body Thing Have You Done Today?

[AliOop]

Here is a picture of the lotions in the Dollar Store jars with Amazon lotion pumps on them. I love how they turned out; the combined price of jar and pump = $3.39 (plus I end up with a cute bronze lid that could be used with small mason jars if I were to sell anything in those).

Also in this picture are some packets of foaming milk bath salt soaks, which are also going to my friend who makes the gift baskets. The ingredients are almost identical to bath bombs with added salt. Instead of pressing them into a bomb, the powder is just scooped into the packet and then heat-sealed (I use a very cheap hair straightener, which works very well for this).

These packets are only 30g. Even one packet has enough milk and salt to be very skin-soothing and softening. Still, I'll order 60-100g packets for the next time, because a large bathtub requires two packets to have a nice amount of foam.

 

[Kcryss]

For those that make the DIY Foaming Bath Butter, have you tried melting everything in the microwave rather than in a pot of water? I did just make a batch using the microwave and it seems to be fine. I was a little concerned about getting the SCI to melt with all the other ingredients, so I melted the SCI and CAPB into a paste first, then added everything else and zapped at 20 second increments until the stearic was melted.
Does everyone just mix it all together as the instructions say or do you melt the SCI first?

 

[AliOop]

For those that make the DIY Foaming Bath Butter, have you tried melting everything in the microwave rather than in a pot of water? I did just make a batch using the microwave and it seems to be fine. I was a little concerned about getting the SCI to melt with all the other ingredients, so I melted the SCI and CAPB into a paste first, then added everything else and zapped at 20 second increments until the stearic was melted.
Does everyone just mix it all together as the instructions say or do you melt the SCI first?

Yes, I always melt all my ingredients together in the microwave, except the water (which I add after everything else has melted) and the preservative (which I add when the mix has cooled enough).

The liquid surfactant (CapB in this case) will help the SCI to melt faster, so you at least want to mix those two when melting.

 

[Kcryss]

Yes, I always melt all my ingredients together in the microwave, except the water (which I add after everything else has melted) and the preservative (which I add when the mix has cooled enough).

The liquid surfactant (CapB in this case) will help the SCI to melt faster, so you at least want to mix those two when melting.

Thanks @AliOop

Ok, so the SCI melts just fine with the stearic and glycerin included with the CAPB and SCI. Glad to hear that! Lol, it took forever the way I did it with SCI/CAPB, then add everything else except the preservative. I was using 20 sec increments with the microwave, can you go higher or is that about right?

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

Here is a picture of the lotions in the Dollar Store jars with Amazon lotion pumps on them. I love how they turned out; the combined price of jar and pump = $3.39 (plus I end up with a cute bronze lid that could be used with small mason jars if I were to sell anything in those).

Also in this picture are some packets of foaming milk bath salt soaks, which are also going to my friend who makes the gift baskets. The ingredients are almost identical to bath bombs with added salt. Instead of pressing them into a bomb, the powder is just scooped into the packet and then heat-sealed (I use a very cheap hair straightener, which works very well for this).

These packets are only 30g. Even one packet has enough milk and salt to be very skin-soothing and softening. Still, I'll order 60-100g packets for the next time, because a large bathtub requires two packets to have a nice amount of foam.

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Those jars of lotion look so beautiful!