Since I have been making my own body lotion, I have also been making my own hand lotion. This recipe follows the same process, but has fewer ingredients, so it could be a good place to start if you are new to lotion-making. This formula absorbs well and doesn’t leave your hands feeling greasy.
Since we are using unrefined cocoa butter, the lotion smells like chocolate, and I haven’t added any additional fragrance (although you could if you’d like). It also includes a preservative and antioxident to keep the lotion fresh. (Make sure that all of your equipment, workspace and hands are very clean. A spray bottle of rubbing alcohol can disinfect surfaces and equipment, just spray and let it dry.) This hand lotion should store for up to 6 months.
I am using these wide-mouth ceramic pump bottles, which are easy to clean out and refill with a fresh batch of lotion when needed.
I use a scale to measure out the ingredients, so all amounts listed are in grams.
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- Kitchen Scale
- Cocoa Butter
- MCT Oil
- Emulsifying Wax
- Glycerin
- Optiphen Plus
- Vitamin E Oil
- Immersion Blender (similar)
- Pump Bottles
Cocoa Butter Hand Lotion
Ingredients
- 50g unrefined cocoa butter
- 50g MCT oil
- 50g emulsifying wax
- 355g boiled water (or distilled)
- 10g glycerin
- 5g optiphen plus (preservative)
- 5g vitamin E oil (antioxident)
Directions
- Combine cocoa butter, MCT oil, and emusifying wax in a glass measuring cup and set in a pot of water over medium heat until fully melted, stirring occasionally.
- In the meantime, in a separate measuring cup, add the water and glycerin.
- Slowly pour the cocoa butter mixture into the water mixture while stirring, and then blend with the immersion blender to fully combine and emulsify. Continue blending as the mixture cools.
- Once the mixture is warm, but not hot, add the preservative and vitamin e oil and blend to combine.
- Pour into bottles for storage. The mixture will continue to thicken as it cools. Once fully cool, add the pumps to the bottles.
Use the lotion within 6 months.
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