Ingredients
- 15g Avocado oil
- 10g Wheatgerm oil
- 1g Vitamin E oil
- 15g Emulsifying Wax NF
- 45g Rose water (Amazon)
- 15g Spring water
- 1g Preservative (optional)
- 3 drops Frankincense essential oil
- 4 drops Rose essential oil (or Rosewood)
- 1 Cosmetic Jar
Preparation
Step 1
Important: Adding Preservative
When the diy face cream below states to add the preservative, you will notice I give a choice of when to add it. When buying your preservative the packaging should always give a guideline of when it can be added along with a maximum temperature limit. Most good preservatives can now be added at cool down phase, this is my preferred method as it eliminates the chance of overheating and destroying it.But always check the recommended usage guide before buying it. Unless otherwise stated all of these homemade face creams keep for up to 4 weeks without preservative, and 12 months with preservative added.
Method:
Step 1. Use your small digital scales to carefully weigh out all the oils (excluding essential oils) and Emulsifying Wax into a heatproof container.
To begin making the diy face cream carefully weigh out all the oils
Step 2. Place the waters into a separate heatproof container, you can actually add the preservative to the water at this point but as there’s a chance it could easily overheat, I prefer to add it later at cool down phase.
Place the waters into a separate heatproof container
Step 3. Place both containers into a pan of simmering water; use 2 separate ones if you can’t fit both containers in. You need to keep the jars off of the bottom of the pan to help protect the oils from the direct heat. I use the top part of a stacking steamer placed in a larger pan and this works great.
Place both containers into a pan of simmering water
But you can also use trays in the bottom like this (just be sure to make them stable) or you can use a double boiler.
stand both jugs in the water
Step 4. Once the Emulsifying Wax has melted remove both containers from the pan then combine the waters and oils together, mix it for at least 3 minutes.
Once the wax has melted remove both containers from the pan
Combine the waters and oils together, mix it for at least 3 minutes.
Step 5. Continue to stir at regular intervals until the cream cools to below 45C. Use your infrared thermometer gun to test this.
Continue to stir at regular intervals until the cream cools to below 45C.
using an infrared gun to test temperature when making diy face cream step
Step 6. If you are using a preservative and haven’t added it earlier, now is the best time. The easiest way to add this is by placing the cream container onto the digital scales (.0000 of a gram scales are best) press the tare button (resets it to zero) then add the 1 gram with a dropper or small spoon.
If you are using a preservative and haven’t added it earlier, now is the best time
Step 7. If separation occurs in cool down phase (step 5) place the container back into the pan of simmering water until melted, remove from the heat then continue stirring until cool.
Step 8. As your mixture starts to thicken add your essential oils, stir well and spoon into a clean jar.
As your mixture starts to thicken add your essential oils, stir well and spoon into a clean jar.
diy face cream