DIY Face Cream
Learn how to make a face cream with this how to tutorial. It is specially formulated with a focus on hydrating your skin.
Servings: 4 oz
Cost: $7
Equipment
- Scale
- Double boiler
- Immersion Blender
- Spatula
- Heat Safe Container
- Empty Jar
Ingredients
Water Phase
- 2.45 ounce | 61.25% Distilled Water
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Vitamin B3 - Niacinamide
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Provitamin B5 - D Panthenol
- 0.12 ounce | 3% Vegetable Glycerin
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Aloe Vera 10x concentrated
Oil Phase
- 0.08 ounce | 2% Cetyl Alcohol
- 0.20 ounce | 5% BTMS 50
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Mango Butter
- 0.20 ounce | 5% Olive Oil
Cool Down Phase
- 0.03 ounce | .75% Broad Spectrum Preservative
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Vitamin E
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Tea Tree Oil
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Chamomile Essential Oil
Instructions
Water Phase
- Start by weighing out all of you water phase ingredients.
- Put your distilled water to a heat safe container and set aside.
- Take your container with vegetable glycerin and add your Vitamin B3. Mix thoroughly.
- Add the Provitamin B5 and Aloe to the glycerin slurry. Then mix well.
- Add the slurry to the distilled water.
- Place on a double boiler.
Oil Phase
- Weight all of your oil phase ingredients and place in a heat safe container on a double boiler.
- After the oil phase ingredients are fully heated, remove both the oil and the water phase from the double boiler.
- Add the oil phase ingredients into the water phase. .
- Mix well with an immersion blender.
Cool Down Phase
- Check to make sure that the temperature has dropped to below 120°F.
- When it is below 120°F, add your cool down ingredients and mix well.
- Pour into a container and enjoy!
