Merrid

Mine wasn't anything so pretty - I tried some clay mask recipes from Sydney Essential Oil Company and some nice hand cream recipes from Aussie Soap Supplies (one used dimethicone & cyclomethicone which I'd not tried before; the other used olive oil derivatives - including the emulsifiers). I'd take a picture but they all went!

The tips on the cupcakes were great, thanks!

I'd just get some barrier cream for before starting to work (and after every time he washes his hands) - they usually have some kind of silicon-based oil that sits on the surface of the skin and helps stop moisture loss. For at home, anything with shea butter or cocoa butter should help - both have softening and moisturising properties.

I learnt on a very simple recipe of:

5g cocoa butter

5g beeswax

18g oil (any vegetable kind)

Makes about 4x10g pots.

It's a nice recipe, but may not work with all flavourings. I usually add mica powders for a bit of shimmer & colour, a flavour of some kind and liquid stevia for sweetness.

For your recipe, I would use mostly olive oil and not much vitamin E - that's usually added in small quantities (5-10%) as an antioxidant.

You will probably need 20% wax to make this firm enough, since you are not using a hard butter - why not experiment with these quantities and see how it goes?