Strawberry Body Milk - w/ Vitamin C - hydrating & healing (Exclusive)
- taralee
- Sep 29, 2023
- 4 min read
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I formulated this body milk with vitamin C and to be hydrating, moisturizing, soothing and skin healing. I added in allantoin for the soothing benefits and bisabolol for the soothing and healing benefits.
So far I am obsessed with this body milk. It turned out way better than I would have imagine. The texture, scent, and feeling it leaves on my skin is perfection! The smell reminds me of Trix yogurt and it has the consistency of gogurt (gogurts like a thinner version of yogurt.)
Formula
Phase A
60.5% Distilled Water
5% Glycerin
5% Propanediol 1,3
0.5% Allantoin
Phase B
5% Lotionpro 165
10% Caprylic Capric Triglyceride
0.2% Aristoflex AVC
1% Cetyl Alcohol
Phase C
2% DL Panthenol
5% Distilled Water
2% Strawberry Extract
0.5% liquid germall plus
1% Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C)
1% Bisabolol
1% Strawberry Shortcake Fragrance Oil
0.3% Vitamin E
600 gram Recipe
Phase A
363 grams Distilled Water
30 grams Glycerin
30 grams Propanediol 1,3
3 grams Allantoin
Phase B
30 grams Lotionpro 165
60 grams Caprylic Capric Triglyceride
1.2 grams Aristoflex AVC
6 grams Cetyl Alcohol
Phase C
12 grams DL Panthenol
30 grams Distilled Water
12 grams Strawberry Extract
3 grams liquid germall plus
6 grams Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C)
6 grams Bisabolol
6 grams Strawberry Shortcake Fragrance Oil
1.8 grams Vitamin E
Directions;
Combine all ingredients in phase A in a heat safe container.
Tare scale and write down how much phase A weighs.
Combine all ingredients in phase B in a separate heat safe container.
Fill a pan with about an inch of water and place it over your stove top on medium heat. (this is called a water bath)
Cover both phase A and phase B with foil and place in the water bath.
Heat until phase B has melted.
Once phase B has melted, remove phase A from heat and place on scale and replace any water that evaporated. Normally it's about 1 gram.
Remove phase B from heat and then pour phase A into phase B
Mix with immersion blender.
While phase A/B cools grab another container to weigh out phase C
Start phase C by mixing together the DL panthenol and distilled water first and mix together until the panthenol is dissolved.
Once panthenol has dissolved you can add in the rest of the ingredients in phase C. They will not mix together because half of them are oil soluble. So make sure the panthenol is dissolved before adding everything else in.
Once cooled to 104°F / 40°C add in the phase C ingredients and mix.
Check and adjust pH to between 4.5 - 5.5 (only add 1 drop at a time) Natural pH came to 4.7
This is optional, but I divided the body milk up into 2 parts. 1 bowl I added more body milk in and the other bowl had less body milk. I colored the one with more body milk a pink color and the one with less body milk a red color.
Then I filled my bottles by pour a bit of the red on the bottom and then adding the pink on top (see video) After it sat for a day or so it ended up having this really pretty ombre effect.
Benefits/Purpose of each ingredient
Glycerin - humectant that hydrates the skin.
Propanediol 1,3 - humectant that hydrates skin. Some people find it as a great alternative to glycerin if you find it sticky.
Allantoin - has moisturizing, soothing, anti-irritating properties and stimulates healthy, normal tissue formation
Lotionpro 165 - emulsifier that doesn't thickener (blends oil and water together)
Caprylic Capric Triglyceride - emollient ester. A light weigh oil like substance that moisturizes the skin but feels far less greasy than natural oils
Aristoflex AVC - synthetic polymer that gels water and helps stabilize the emulsion. Click on synthetic polymer to learn more about them.
Cetyl Alcohol - thickener and emollient that moisturizes the skin.
DL Panthenol - aka vitamin B5 helps hydrate the skin
Strawberry Extract - rich in vitamin c, Known for containing soothing properties, and can reduce the appearance of pores.
Vitamin E - antioxidant.
Bisabolol - "is a naturally occurring active ingredient that accelerates the healing process of skin and protects it from the effects of daily stress. Known to have anti-irritant and anti-inflammatory properties, a-bisabolol has been shown to reduce UV-induced erythema in-vivo. It has also been demonstrated in studies to enhance the dermal penetration of other ingredients, making it a truly versatile active ingredient for skin care products, especially those containing other active ingredients and cosmeceuticals. It also has natural anti-bacterial as well as anti-mycotic properties." - according to lotioncrafter.com
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C) - very stable, oil soluble vitamin C ester. "Has excellent skin penetration and as a result offers increased cell protection against UV-B. The skin cell viability is increased up to 30% when compared with l-ascorbic acid." - According to MakingCosmetics.com Commonly used as an ingredient in skin-lightening products to correct hyperpigmentation and age spots.
Substitutions;
substituting ingredients will change the final feel, viscosity, and overall effect of final product. percentages and formulating procedure may need to change with substitutions. these substitution suggestions are just suggestions and have not been tested to work.
Allantoin - no sub, but if you want to add in a soothing ingredient you could do 1-2% cucumber extract in the cool down phase
Lotionpro 165 - you can try Montanov 202 or Ritamulse SCG / Ecomulse
Caprylic Capric Triglyceride - any other oil you would like
DL Panthenol - you could use a different humectant like propylene glycol or hyaluronic acid or just leave out and replace with water.
Strawberry Extract - green tea extract of other water soluble extract of choice
Bisabolol - no sub, but you can leave out. replace with water
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C) - Vitamin C (L-ascorbyl palmitate)
Vitamin E - no sub can leave out. replace with oil.
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