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Conditioning Body Cream

Updated: May 13, 2022


I know just a couple weeks ago I said that Vanilla Body Gel was my favorite body moisturizer ever, well I guess I lied, because this is my favorite body moisturizer ever! This is such a thick lotion and I always thought I hated thick lotions. As long as you make them right, they are amazing! This body cream is super thick, but it's not heavy on the skin. It doesn't leave a greasy residue, oiliness, a tacky texture, non of that! It rubs into the skin faster than any other lotion I've ever made too.


Formula;

water phase

oil phase

cool down phase

Directions;

  • combine all the ingredients in the water phase and oil phase in two separate beakers

  • heat using a water bath until varisoft EQ 65 has complete melted. (varisoft is very finicky and takes forever to melt. You might need to give the oil phase a mix or two to get it to melt completely)

  • pour the water phase into the oil phase while the oil phase is still sitting over heat

  • immediately mix with an overhead mixer or immersion blender

  • continuously mix until it has cooled to somewhere between 90 - 85 degrees f

  • add in the cool down phase and mix one last time

  • pour into your container and you are done!

PH adjusting; natural ph fell at 4.51 (I forgot to mention this in the video)


Benefits/Purpose of each ingredient

  • glycerin - humectant that draws moisture to the skin

  • allantoin - has moisturizing, soothing, anti-irritating properties and stimulates healthy, normal tissue formation

  • varisoft EQ 65 - Emulsifier for lotions, creams, and body butters in which you want a green, biodegradable product with a less greasy and smooth skin feel with low tackiness. It is a green, readily biodegradable cationic or positively charged ester quat derived from stearic acid and combined with cetearyl alcohol to act as a thickener and conditioning agent for emulsions and hair care products. Lotions made with varisoft EQ 65 are rich and creamy with the distinctive dry, powdery skin feel of cationic emulsifiers.

  • cetyl alcohol - is a thickener that brings slip and glide to our products. It gives a creamy feeling to the product, and it’s a great emollient.

  • macadamia nut oil - is a lightweight oil, that is well absorbed without feeling greasy. Very moisturizing, regenerating and softening on the skin and has anti inflammatory properties.

  • luxglide N350 - natural alternative to dimethicone that adds slip and glide to lotion

  • shea butter - lovely moisturizer that also thickens lotion

  • honeyquat - cationic surfactant that conditions the skin

  • liquid germall plus - preservative


Substitutions;

(may need to change percentages of the substitutions. substituting ingredients will change the final feel, viscosity and over all feel and look of end product)

  • glycerin - propylene glycol,1,3 propanedial, sodium lactate liquid or another humectant of choice.

  • allantoin - no sub, but you can leave out

  • distilled water - hydrosol, essence water, floral water aloe vera liquid, etc.

  • varisoft EQ 65 - BTMS 50

  • cetyl alcohol - a different fatty alcohol like cetearyl alcohol or behenyl alcohol

  • macadamia nut oil - a different carrier oil or emollient ester

  • luxglide N350 - dimethicone

  • shea butter - cocoa butter, mango butter, or any other butter

  • honeyquat - poly suga quat L-1010P

  • liquid germall plus - euxyl PE 9010, optiphen plus, etc. any water soluble broad spectrum preservative that works in this formula




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