Make Your Own Face Lotion: Recipe #1

I've lost count of the number of times I have thanked my husband for my Blentech blender. It rocks out! I am always looking for new things to try and this week it was face cream. Over the years I have used Aveda, Arbonne, Oil of Olay, and more. Well, a household spending freeze sent me back to Oil of Olay. Well I bought some the other day and after using it twice I tossed it. The smell was just too much. So I started looking for recipes to make my own and this is the one I tried, with some modifications. It's nice, but I think I will continue experimenting and researching other "goodies" to add to the potion.

TIP: When whipping this stuff up: As you slowly, but not too slowly, add the oil -- don't whip it for too long. As soon as you get a nice white cream, STOP. If you crank up the speed and blend longer some "break down" occurs and it's starts going back to an oil and water consistency.

Ingredients for making Face Cream

• 1 cup Grape Seed Oil
• ¼ cup Virgin Coconut Oil
• 1 tsp. Lanolin (I used 1 T shea butter instead of an animal product)
  
• ½ oz. grated Beeswax
• 2/3 cup Distilled Water
• ½ cup. Aloe Vera Gel or Juice
• I added a couple of ounces of Rose Hip Seed oil
  
• Vitamin E at least 10,000 IU
• Vitamin A at least 150,000 IU
• 2 drops Essential Oil of your choice
• Clean Cream or Lotion Jars

Procedure

• Before you begin making your face cream, ensure that all the ingredients are at room temperature.
• The first step is to mix the grape seed oil, coconut oil, lanolin and beeswax and put them in the top pan of the double boiler. Apply low heat to the boiler and heat the mixture until the mixture has melted.
• Once melted, take it out from the pan and pour it in a glass measuring cup. Allow it to cool until it reaches room temperature.
• Now, put the distilled water, aloe vera, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and essential oil in a mixer. Make sure that you blend them at the highest speed. While you blend them, drip the above made oil mixture into the mixer.
• The lotion would start getting thicker and the mixer would get slow in speed. Turn off the mixer when you reach this stage. The face cream is ready!
  Pour the cream in fresh cream or lotion jar and store them in a cool place. If you do not intend to use the cream for a few weeks, you can as well put the jar in the refrigerator.