Homemade Lotion Recipe

Homemade lotion formulas are easy as they are about melting a few natural ingredients and mixing them at high temperatures. Once the base of the lotion is ready, you will simply have to add a few drops of fragrance or essential oils and then pour the lotion into dainty bottles and let the lotion cool. The lotion will cool and thicken in a few hours and will be ready to use. You can also make multiple lotions and store them in multicolored bottles. We will now see some easy lotion recipes that can be made at home.

Natural Lotion Recipes

The recipes mentioned below are made using natural ingredients and not any of the synthetic ingredients which are often mentioned in a number of recipes. With these recipes, you will get started with the art of making lotion at home. Once you have mastered the art, you can have your own permutation and combination and come up with your own recipe and not turn to commercial skin creams and lotion.

Lotion Recipe for Dry Skin
With this recipe, you can make an excellent lotion for hands which have become dry either due to the weather or any other reason. According to me, this is the best lotion for dry skin.

Ingredients

• Almond Oil ¾ cup
• Cocoa Butter 1/3 cup
• Lanolin 1 teaspoon
• Beeswax (grated) ½ oz
• Rosewater 2/3 cup
• Aloe Vera Gel 1/3 cup
• Rose Oil 2 drops
• Vitamin E Capsule 1

Method

• Melt almond oil, cocoa butter, lanolin and beeswax over low heat.
• Let it cool to room temperature.
• In a bowl, mix rosewater, aloe vera gel, rose oil and contents of the Vitamin E capsule.
• Add the rosewater mixture to the almond oil mixture and whip together until the lotion resembles butter cream frosting.
• Store in a covered container.

Lotion Recipe for Oily Skin
Often you will come across lotions for dry skin. But very rarely will you come across recipes for oily skin. Here is one of the recipe.

Ingredients

• Gelatin Mix Liquid ½ cup
• Vitamin C Tablet (500 mg) 1
• Multi-Vitamin Tablet 1
• Glycerin 1 teaspoon
• Seaweed 1 teaspoon
• Alum ¼ teaspoon

Method

• In a blender, blend together gelatin mix liquid, vitamin C tablet, multi-vitamin tablet, glycerin and seaweed.
• Add alum, after the other ingredients have blended well.
• Blend again and store in an air tight container.

Kids' Lotion Recipe
Children's skin can be sensitive and can react to chemicals present in commercially made lotions and creams. Hence, it is better to use homemade lotions which are moisturizing and gentle on the skin.

Ingredients

• Beeswax Pellets 2 oz
• Olive Oil 1 oz
• Aloe Vera Gel 1 oz
• Distilled Water ½ oz
• Lavender Essential Oil 10 drops

Method

• Place beeswax pellets into an empty coffee can and place the coffee can in the top portion of the double boiler.
• Fill the bottom of the boiler half full of water and heat it over medium heat so that the beeswax melts slowly.
• In a separate pot, heat olive oil over medium heat, but do not boil the oil.
• The temperature of beeswax and olive oil will have to be the same.
• Then pour both beeswax and olive oil into a blender, add aloe vera gel, distilled water and lavender essential oil and blend for about 5 minutes.
• Pour the lotion into a glass jar and let it cool completely.
• Close the jar with its lid and store it in the refrigerator.
• You will have to store the lotion in the refrigerator as it does not have chemical preservatives.

These are some basic lotion recipes that you can try out at home. You can make use of these recipes and add more ingredients to come up with your own unique lotion formula.