Other times the bars may feel a little tacky or sticky.
How to make lotion bars without coconut oil.
Place mixture in the fridge until it hardens.
For the recommended smallest amount you will need.
Make sure that you are using plain 100 aloe vera gel without too many added ingredients.
Then add the essential oils and whip the mixture until it becomes light.
Combine all ingredients except essential oils and vitamin e in a quart size glass mason jar.
Wash and exfoliate skin.
You don t need to dry the skin completely but make sure residual water has been.
Creamsicle add seventy five drops of sweet orange essential oil and forty drops vanilla blended in jojoba oil.
Remove from heat and stir in the almond oil.
While melting lay out the molds and prepare freezer space for the molds.
They also texturize lotion bars and body butters giving them more structure while still allowing them to melt when applied to the body.
In a double boiler a glass bowl over a pot filled 1 4 the way full with water over medium low heat melt the shea butter.
Use a cleansing soap and water to wash skin then exfoliate using a loofah or another device.
Place all ingredients in a double boiler and warm until melted.
Some preservatives are fine but avoid carrageenan fragrance oils parabens polysorbate 20 and retinyl palmitate.
Add 2 tablespoons 30 milliliters of aloe vera gel.
Stir in any desired essential oils and or vitamin e.
Instructions heat water in a double broiler or in a glass bowl placed over a pot filled 1 4 way with water over medium low heat.
1 4 cup aloe vera gel 1 4 cup sweet almond or avocado oil 1 tsp nourishing oil such as argan or jojoba oil 1 tsp emulsifying wax pellets 1 tsp raw shea butter 1 tsp leucidal liquid sf 5 7 drops each of other essential oils of your choosing like.
Renee from made on hard lotion says greasy lotion bars have too much coconut oil and sticky bars have too much shea cocao butter.
Turn off the heat.
Pour into a bowl i use my kitchen aid bowl.
For those who prefer not to use cocoa butter shea butter can be used instead.
Sometimes the lotion bars have a greasy or slippery feel especially in warm weather.
Once melted remove from heat and let to cool for a few minutes.
Using the lotion bar 1.
Both cocoa butter and shea butter have amazing skin care and soothing properties.
Add in the nourishing skin oil.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Pat the skin dry with a clean towel.
This will help make the lotion cool and soothing.
White chocolate peppermint add seventy to eighty five drops of peppermint essential oil though i m not typically a fan of peppermint this is my absolute favorite for lotion bars.