So I'm continuing with my obsession for cosmetic making. Not because I necessarily use cosmetics (though I'm starting), but just because it's fun.
In the last few days I've made:
-A facial toner (combining homemade rose water with witch hazel) - I've no idea how a toner is supposed to work, so I can't say how well it actually works :-)
-Eye wrinkle "cream" - for this I melted together 2 Tbsp. of lanolin and 2 Tbsp. of sweet almond oil and combined it with 1/2 tsp. honey. Will it work? Only time will tell.
-Body spray - I combined 1/3 cup distilled water with 1 tsp. witch hazel and added some essential oils. As it turned out too much as now I stink of jazmin :-) It's just really hot, and I wanted something I could spray on my skin to refresh it.
-Hand cream - this was a combination of coconut oil, sweet almond oil and emulsifying wax, combined with water and essential oils. Alas, it didn't emulsify (don't know why), so it was a waste :-( It's a pity because with this heat and dryness I could really use a hand cream.
Update - Well, it seems that the reason why the hand cream did not come out is that instead of using the emulsifying wax I used the stearic acid. They do look pretty similar and I can be a real idiot. Live and learn.
What's next? I think I'll try to make a hand lotion again - and I need a foot spray as well. But that means I need to buy more spray bottles :-)
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Well, the eye oil mixture ended up making the area underneath my eyes too soft, so I stopped using it and went back to using my regular (commercial) eye cream. I'm planning to make an eye cream when I run out of this one, but most of the recipes I found ask for carrot seed oil, which is quite expensive.
Posted by Marga Lacabe | August 6, 2009 2:05 AM
Posted on August 6, 2009 02:05