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What Bath & Body Thing Have You Done Today?
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Thank you! It's in my cart now. Because, you know, I need one more thing to make. 
It's easy to make, though. It takes longer to gather all the ingredients than it does to make it.Thank you! It's in my cart now. Because, you know, I need one more thing to make.
Made lip balms today - first time making them. I used @DeeAnna ’s recipe (thank you for sharing!)
I made them in 3 flavors with flavor oils and essential oils. Sweet Spearmint, Sweet Pineapple and Vanilla Mint.
What does everyone use for lip balm labels? I used Avery Kraft Brown Square Labels 1" x 1".
I made them in 3 flavors with flavor oils and essential oils. Sweet Spearmint, Sweet Pineapple and Vanilla Mint.
What does everyone use for lip balm labels? I used Avery Kraft Brown Square Labels 1" x 1".
Zinc cream is great for sun burns, blisters, burns from touching hot things, as well as rashes, eczema, skin irritations of many kinds. I have been making them for 30+ years now, I do believe, since my kids were small.
Mixed with some plant infused oils which are good for skin irritations, you end up with a product that is even more effective.
Zinc also works great to prevent skin from burning while in the sun for extended periods of time. I can personally attest to this having made this for myself & my kids in the past, although I stopped using sun screens many years ago.
I'm gearing up for my last market of the season and want to have some gift packs ready to go. To that end, I've made two batches of shower steamers, with one more to come. I package them up in macaron boxes, 3 to a box. I put in one each of lemon, lavender, and eucalyptus. I ran out of eucalyptus eo but will pick some up after work one day this week.
I also made a batch of Mentho Minty Foot Scrub (based on the DIY Foaming Bath Butter base) and a batch of Avocado Mint Foot Cream, with the DIY Lotion Concentrate. They'll become part of a Foot Fetish gift basket that has 2 foot shaped pedi bombs, the scrub, the cream, and a cuticle balm, along with a pumice stone and a nail file.
I also made a batch of Mentho Minty Foot Scrub (based on the DIY Foaming Bath Butter base) and a batch of Avocado Mint Foot Cream, with the DIY Lotion Concentrate. They'll become part of a Foot Fetish gift basket that has 2 foot shaped pedi bombs, the scrub, the cream, and a cuticle balm, along with a pumice stone and a nail file.
@Misschief copied me or vicey versey. Avery labels wouldn't stick for me. Congrats! So cheap and easy to make!
I also made foaming bath salts. They’re so much easier than bath bombs. I’m probably going to crush up the remaining ones I have for bath powders.
I've reformulated my lotion bar recipe to be more like @Zing 's. His lotion bars are rock hard, and non-greasy. Possibly need a little bit more 'softness/absorbency' for the NZ climate though, so to formulate my new recipe I mirrored some of his ingredients, but kept some of my originals:
In order of quantity:
Soy Wax 30%
Mango Butter 25%
Apricot kernel oil 13%
Kokum Butter ( it's the same price as cocoa butter here now!) 12%
Fractionated Coconut Oil 8%
Meadow Foam Oil 6%
Carnauba Wax 5%
Fragracne
Vitamin E
I had two of my old bars left. The recipe is similar but instead of Mango Butter I used Shea, which I think is what's causing the greasiness, and I used the kokum butter to replace the coca butter (mainly because cocoa butter is hard to get now, and very expensive). Oh and I used to use standard CO, but I replaced it with fractionated in the new one because I think it absorbs better. Anyway - I chucked the old recipe bars into the pot and melted them down into the new recipe, otherwise they would have been wasted.
They are in the refrigerator as we speak and I can't wait to try them out!
In order of quantity:
Soy Wax 30%
Mango Butter 25%
Apricot kernel oil 13%
Kokum Butter ( it's the same price as cocoa butter here now!) 12%
Fractionated Coconut Oil 8%
Meadow Foam Oil 6%
Carnauba Wax 5%
Fragracne
Vitamin E
I had two of my old bars left. The recipe is similar but instead of Mango Butter I used Shea, which I think is what's causing the greasiness, and I used the kokum butter to replace the coca butter (mainly because cocoa butter is hard to get now, and very expensive). Oh and I used to use standard CO, but I replaced it with fractionated in the new one because I think it absorbs better. Anyway - I chucked the old recipe bars into the pot and melted them down into the new recipe, otherwise they would have been wasted.
They are in the refrigerator as we speak and I can't wait to try them out!
That sounds beautiful, Kiwi, thanks for sharing the recipe.
I got ready to mix up 2000g worth of shampoo bars for Xmas presents. I have all the ingredients in the right mixing bowls but am putting it off actually doing it because I hate dealing with SCI/SLSa. I don't have a respirator mask, so I just wear a regular one, goggles, and wind a scarf around everything on my face below the eyes, I basically look like a Tusken raider from Star Wars. It is not very comfortable.
I got ready to mix up 2000g worth of shampoo bars for Xmas presents. I have all the ingredients in the right mixing bowls but am putting it off actually doing it because I hate dealing with SCI/SLSa. I don't have a respirator mask, so I just wear a regular one, goggles, and wind a scarf around everything on my face below the eyes, I basically look like a Tusken raider from Star Wars. It is not very comfortable.
When i wear my respirator mask my dog Molly absolutely freaks out! She hates it.
Any update? I can't believe you found affordable kokum!
Am surprised you are tweaking -- I loved your lotion bar!
Interesting - I thought yours were so different to mine. Did you not find mine too greasy compared to yours? I preferred that yours had 'instant' absorbency and i was aspiring for the same in mine. I wonder how much climate affects these things?
Anyway, soooooo much nicer with the new ingredients. I think it is probably the mango butter doing the good deeds in terms of instant absorbency because I tried it straight from the container before making the bars and it does absorb so very well into the skin. And by using 25% of it, it's certainly a major contributor to the new feel of the bars. They do still seem a little greasy at first, but it instantly dissipates upon application.
And as for Kokum, well it's not so much that it's affordable, it's more that cocoa butter has become so expensive that they've become the same price, so "why not try it?' I thought.
I do think that mine absorbs quicker than yours but I still liked yours! I mostly applied yours at nighttime. I am confident that you will love mango butter and kokum. For what it's worth, my Hawai'ian friend loves my lotion bars. I worried they would would melt to a puddle but he assures me they're okay.
One of our friends ordered some whipped body wash, which I make with the DIY Bath & Body's recipe for Foaming Bath Butter. He wants six different fragrance, one tub of each for his girlfriend. That's what I'm doing today. I made the base yesterday and am making the finished product today. At this point, I'm two down, 4 to go.
This product is the only thing she can use on her very sensitive skin; every other body wash product she's used makes her itchy to the point of rashy so I'm happy to make it for her. The hardest part is trying to decide the fragrances; I know her and I know which ones she likes but to choose six?? I have it down to 2 fruity, 2 floral, and 2 hippy-ish.
This product is the only thing she can use on her very sensitive skin; every other body wash product she's used makes her itchy to the point of rashy so I'm happy to make it for her. The hardest part is trying to decide the fragrances; I know her and I know which ones she likes but to choose six?? I have it down to 2 fruity, 2 floral, and 2 hippy-ish.
@Misschief Here I thought it was bad making three different batches with three different fragrances (my bath and body thing of today). SIX of them would drive me bonky. All that washing up in between!
I'm done with those three batches except for labeling. Next up is to make a batch of lotion and split it off into two scents. Then I'm calling it a night.
All of this is to fulfill orders that were placed at our Ladies' Christmas Boutique last weekend. All products were donated and will go to scholarships for women, which makes me happy. But I'm ready to be done making donated products, so I can turn my attention to the last few gift boxes I'd like to make for family and friends.
I'm done with those three batches except for labeling. Next up is to make a batch of lotion and split it off into two scents. Then I'm calling it a night.
All of this is to fulfill orders that were placed at our Ladies' Christmas Boutique last weekend. All products were donated and will go to scholarships for women, which makes me happy. But I'm ready to be done making donated products, so I can turn my attention to the last few gift boxes I'd like to make for family and friends.
It wasn't too bad, really. I did two batches at a time... two bowls going at the same time. Since he only wanted one of each fragrance, I made a 1000 gm batch of the base, divided it into 6 equal parts. That's only 166 grams per fragrance. I even ended up with some left over for us. All told, it took about an hour. Labels will be printed tomorrow.
Sounds very efficient! I made 1000g of base and divided it 300, 300, and 400 for the three fragrances. For the lotion, I made 2000g and divided it into 1500g for a 50-50 custom mix of Lavender 40/42 EO, and Coconut Cream from BB. That blend is tied with my Sandalwood Vanilla blend for my most in-demand scents right now.
I even managed to get all the labeling done tonight, so I'm pooped. Dishes will have to wait!
Here they (the lotion bars) are in their official photo shoot:
