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diy hand cream

How To Make Hand Cream For Dry Skin

Use this homemade hand cream recipe with cocoa butter and nourishing oils to heal and restore painfully dry and cracked skin.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Course: DIY Skincare
Cuisine: N/A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Yield (adjustable): 100 Grams (approx)
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Ingredients:

Water Phase

Oil Phase

Cooldown Phase

Equipment:

Instructions:

Water Phase

  • Weigh the distilled water into a heat safe beaker.
    68 grams Distilled Water
    Weigh the distilled water into a heat safe beaker.
  • Weigh the glycerin into a separate beaker, and add the xanthan gum. Stir to create a slurry before adding to the distilled water.
    5 grams Glycerine, 0.25 grams Xanthan Gum
    Weigh the glycerin into a separate beaker, and add the xanthan gum. Stir to create a slurry before adding to the distilled water.

Oil Phase

  • In a separate heat safe beaker, weigh the cocoa butter, emulsifying wax and the almond oil. Stir to combine.
    5 grams Cocoa Butter, 5 grams Sweet Almond Oil, 11 grams Ritamulse SCG
    In a separate heat safe beaker, weigh the cocoa butter, emulsifying wax and the almond oil. Stir to combine.
  • Place both of the beakers into a water bath. A water bath is made by adding a couple of inches of water into a shallow sauce pan, place the sauce pan onto a low heat and bring it to a low simmer, place the beakers in to the sauce pan and wait for the wax, oil and butter to melt and the water/ glycerin to heat through.
    Place both of the beakers into a water bath
  • Once the oils have melted remove both of the beakers from the water and pour the water into the oils.
    pour the water into the oils.
  • Use a spatula or mini mixer to blend the water and oil phases together. Stir briskly for the first few minutes, then continue stirring more slowly until the cream begins to cool and thicken.
    Use a mini mixer to blend the water and oil phases together.

Cool Down 

  • Once the cream has cooled to below 40c (104f) we can add the cooldown ingredients, the preservative and essential oil, stir well to make sure they have been fully disbursed within the cream.
    1 gram Preservative, 0.75 drops Roman Chamomile Essential Oil
    add the cooldown ingredients
  • Transfer the cream into a suitable container, label with a name and date. As some emulsifying waxes can take a few hours to fully thicken, I usually give the cream 24 hours before using.
    1 4 oz PET Plastic Bottle
    Transfer the cream into a suitable container.

Notes:

You could elevate the cream by adding a few extras
  • Vitamin E for healing.
  • Extract like calendula or seaweed can take the cream to the next level. 
  • Use a hydrosol (flower water) rather plain distilled water.
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