All-Natural Rose Face Cream
This rose face cream harnesses the healing power of roses, making your skin feel as smooth as a petal.
Supplies
Aqueous Phase Ingredients
- 70 g distilled water
- 40 g rose water
- 7 g aloe vera gel
Oil Phase Ingredients
- 20 g sweet almond oil
- 20 g macadamia nut oil
- 10 g cocoa butter
- 8 g BTMS 25
- 8 g cetyl alcohol
Cool Phase Ingredients
- 8 g leucidal
- 4 g panthenol (Vitamin B5)
- 3 g honey
- 10 drops rose essential oil (optional as this is a very expensive ingredient)
- 2 g rosehip seed oil
Instructions
- Sterilize all equipment and your workspace with alcohol. Do not skip this step!
- Use a kitchen scale and weigh out all the oil ingredients. Place in a heatproof container.
- Weigh all your water ingredients in another heatproof container.
- With a double boiler, heat both your oil and water ingredients separately until they are 160 degrees. Keep them at 160 degrees for twenty minutes to kill off any bacteria.
- Place the oil ingredients then the water ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer to combine until they thicken.
- When the ingredients have reached 80 degrees, add in the cool phase ingredients. Don’t add them any earlier or the ingredients will break down.
- Continue mixing until the lotion is thick and fluffy. Place in a sterilized container.