Orange Butter Lip Balm
This has been one of our most popular promotional lip balms! We are often asked if we brought this lip balm to events, conferences and even business meetings.
This...
Humectant Comparison in Lotion, Honey
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Today is the last day of our humectant comparison tests. To review the testing process, I am using the Granny’s Lotion recipe as my testing recipe. Tomorrow, I will test all of the lotions to discover my favorite humectant!
Today we are making the test batch with Honey. As a humectant, Honey is a natural humectant and will help the skin retain moisture. I decided to test the humectant directly on my skin to add more notes about the feeling on my skin. Honey is thick, viscous and straw colored in appearance. Rubbing the Honey into my skin was very difficult to do. I felt like I was rubbing a thick and sticky salve on to my hand. The sticky feeling increased, but did not go away. After washing my hands, my skin felt soft. Let’s head off to try out the recipe using Honey as our humectant! Collect needed items:
Recipe: (Makes 4.2 ounces or 120 grams)
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 Cooled lotion on my finger.  Weighed ingredients before melting.  Honey sticking on my hand. |
Weigh all ingredients except the additives (Liquid Germall Plus and Fragrance) into a microwave safe container. Heat in the microwave using short time bursts until everything is melted. Blend the ingredients to a smooth, creamy consistency using the immersion blender. Add the additives once the temperature drops to approximately 120° F in the mixing bucket. Stir gently until completely mixed. Pour into containers and allow to cool completely before labeling.
Basic Bar Soap
This recipe is the basic recipe that we use to test fragrances, colors or other additives.
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