Jojoba Cream
© Rebecca Midkiff 2011
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Organic Jojoba Oil is great for dry skin and packed with vitamins. It will also give your cream a natural light olive green color. The maize (corn) starch is optional. I love to put it in hand creams to cut any oily feeling.
| Ingredient |
Weight in Grams |
Purpose |
| Phase 1 Oil |
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| Emulsifying Compound |
80 | Emulsifier |
| Vitamin E |
10 | Anti-oxidant |
| Jojoba Oil |
180 | Emollient/Bacteriocide |
| Naturaguard™ |
10 | Emollient/Bacteriocide |
| Phase 2 Water |
||
| Honey | 50 | Humectant |
| Deionized Water | 640 | Dilutent |
| Maize flour (optional) | 25 | Powdery Feel |
| Lactic Acid |
30 | |
| Phase 3 – Add when cool |
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| Suprapein® | 5 | Bactericide and fungicide |
Instructions
- Measure out all your Oil Phase 1 ingredients into a pot.
- Measure out all your Water Phase 2 ingredients into a pot.
- Put both pots onto the stove top and heat to 70 degrees C/160 degrees F.
- When both phases are heated pour into a single pot and mix by hand or with a high speed mixer for at least 5 minutes. Do not whip the mixture or incorporate air into it.
- When the mixture has cooled to 40 degrees C add the Suprapein.
- When completely cool put into your clean pots.
