Light Body Lotion
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A wonderful beginners recipe loaded with skin loving ingredients, this is a great way to get started in making your own natural body lotion.

Ingredients

Makes 100gm

A - 76gm		Demineralised Water
A - 3gm		Vegetable Glycerine
B - 4gm		Olivem 1000
B - 3gm		Cetyl Alcohol
B - 5gm		Fractionated Coconut Oil
B - 4gm		Apricot Kernel Oil
B - 3gm		Grapeseed Oil
B - 0.3gm		Xanthan Gum
C - 1gm		Microcare DB Preservative
C - 0.2gm		Vitamin E - Natural Mixed Tocopherol
C - 0.5gm		Essential Oils of Choice (0.4g Lemongrass, .01g Lavender)

Equipment

2 x 200ml Beakers

1 x 40ml Beakers

Thermometer

PH Strips

Pipettes

Digital Scales

Stick Blender

Citric Acid Solution

Cosmetic Pots

Method

Make sure all equipment is clean and sterilised.
Combine ingredients in phase (A) in beaker. Heat to 70 – 75°C in double boiler.
Combine phase (B) ingredients in a separate beaker and heat to 70 - 75°C in the double boiler.
When both phases are heated to approx. 70 – 75°C, add phase (A) to phase (B) and mix under high shear with sticker blender until homogenous, smooth and glossy. Allow to cool under constant stirring.
When cooled below 40°C, add ingredients from phase (C) and mix well.
Allow to cool to 25°C. Adjust pH to between 5 – 5.5 and pour into jars.

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