D'Lightful Creations

Thanks everyone for replying. Angela

Thank you 3bees~1 flower! I totally forgot about theherbarie, thank you for reminding me

Anne, As mentioned in the OP, the preservative is not added, it will be once we get the recipe perfect As for the stearic acid, I know its components and what it derives from, I just know several of my friends who turn their nose up if its added in. Im not opposed to using either, and just did not want to steer to far off the recipe, but do know that we can not continue making crappy batch after batch. Ideally, I would love to see this recipe work, with a silky feel, not thick, not thin, not greasy LOL I know, I assume perfection in everything, I am a capricorn *wink*

Thank you all for your advice! Im leary of adding the e-wax and stearic acid to this recipe because I want to keep it as natural as possible. We will definatly tweak, and more than likely tweak some more *wink* and hopefully it will work out. Ang and Mal

Hi everyone, my name is Angela. This is my first post, but I have been reading/lurking for awhile. My husband and I have found a new hobby in soap making. I have made a batch of sugar scrub, which turned out great, so we decided to try lotions. After 6 failed batches, we come you with recipe in hand, to see if any guru's can find the problem. We know there isnt any preservative in the recipe, but will be added in the next batch (any natural preservative suggestions?) We chose this recipe because they are natural ingredients. The first 2 batches were not this recipe, but the last 4 have been, and this is what we have gotten, A BIG OILY, GREASY MESS!! This last time we added about 100 more grams of water, and of course it was runny. But mainly, its just heavy, oil, greasy, messy. HELP??? OIL PHASE: 325 g olive oil 50 g Sweet Almod oil 25 g castor oil 40 jojoba oil 10 g cocoa butter 75 g beeswax WATER PHASE: 443.5 g distilled water (tonight to "cut down the greasy feeling" we added another 100 g, nd too runn) 10 g borax 15 g glycerin 6 g frangrance oil Which of the oils should we cut down to, and by how much? We tried a lotion calculator, but no luck..... THANK YOU for anyone who might could help us tweak this recipe... Angela and Malcom