Smells Like Green Spirit

All this reading about toxic chemicals in makeups and body products has got me on a quest..for the best, healthiest natural homemade lotions, cosmetics, and home products.

This recipe was the first homemade lotion I’ve made.

“Orange Lotion”

Pros: easy, all natural, common household/kitchen items, very moisturizing
Cons: weird texture, weirdly separates

I got this recipe from stretcher.com, a website chock full of tips about saving money doing the things we do, and the person who posted this said it came from a book called The Natural Forumla Book for Home and Yard by Rodale Press, edited by Dan Wallace.

Orange Lotion Recipe

1/2 oz Cocoa Butter, melted
1 oz Olive Oil, warmed
1 oz Orange Juice
2 drops essential oil (Orange Flower if possible)
Mix all ingredients together in blender until light and fluffy. (I used a hand mixer)

The recipe also included a vague reference to rose water and vegetable glycerine, both of which I added a half ounce for good measure.

I got all my ingredients from Whole Foods, but you could probably get them cheaper somewhere else.

My Review

While the ingredients were warmed, the consistency was a little thicker than orange juice, but once the ingredients cooled, everything separated, and it was pretty weird. It looked like scrambled eggs in orange juice (I eventually just poured the liquid out and kept the solid):

The lotion made my hands feel a tiny bit sticky at first, but on my body it feels great.
The wonderful thing about this lotion is that the ingredients were so natural and easy!

Day 2 of using the lotion:
Since I’m keeping the lotion in the fridge, the cocoa butter sort of hardened, but once you run it in your hand for a minute, it liquifies and spreads nicely.

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