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Make Your Own Hand Cream

Here is another really simple tutorial to help you make you own hand cream. All the ingredients are 100% natural and free from synthetic chemicals. Let's get started!
Pamper your hard-working hands with a cream rich in rosehip oil. This oil is known to heal many kinds of skin trauma, form surgical scarring to burns and even eczema. With a base of shea butter, this nourishing, enriching cream will soothe and repair dry and irritated skin.

Quantity
Recipe makes 1 x 100g/3.6fl oz pot of cream. Kit contains enaugh ingredients to make 5 pots.

Equipement needed
  • Distilled water (or boiled water)
  • 2 heat-resistant glass beakers or jars
  • Measuring spoons
  • Sugar thermometer
  • Surgical spirit or other sterilising solution to desinfect equipment
All the ingredients listed below are included in the kit. You can buy it HERE

PHASE A
75ml/2.6fl oz Distilled water
1/2 tsp Glycerin

PHASE B
2 tsp Rosehip Oil
1/2 tbsp Glyceryl Stearate
1 tsp Shea Butter
2 and 1/4 tbsp Cetyl Alcohol
3/4 tsp Stearic Acid
12 drops Vitamin E

PHASE C
24 drops Lupine Protein
24 drops Honeyquat 50
1/4 tsp Silk Protein
2 tsp Caprylic Acid Combo
8 drops Essential Oil

STEP 1 : GETTING READY - First sterilise two glass beakers. Put some surgical spirit in a spray bottle and spray the beakers inside and out. Pour the surgical spirit out and let the beakers air-dry.




STEP 2:  ADD PHASE A TO ONE HEAT RESISTANT GLASS AND PHASE B TO ANOTHER.




STEP 3: HEAT THE INGREDIENTS - Place the beakers in a saucepan and add enough water to come out 2.5cm/1 inch up the sides of the beakers. Put the pan on a gentle heat and warm until the content of the beakers are 71'C/160'F - Check the temperature with a sugar thermometer. Stir.




STEP 4: MIX THE INGREDIENTS TOHETHER - When the content of the beakers are at the desired temperature, remove the pan from the heat. Pour the Phase B ingredients into the beaker with the Phase A ingredients while stirring well. Set the empty beaker aside. Remember that the beakers will be hot so use a cloth or oven glove and handle them carefully.




STEP 5: ADD PHASE C INGREDIENTS - Using an oven glove, carefully remove the remaining beaker from the pan and stir the mixture until it becomes creamy. Leave the mixture to cool until it is 38'C/100'F - Check with a suger thermometer. Add the Phase C ingredients and stir well.




STEP 6: SCOOP THE CREAM INTO A JAR - You will find that it will thicken up a few days after making.

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