Debbie's Face Cream

Scrub on the left, Cream on the right.

With so much junk in cosmetics these days, I came across a recipe in Rosemary Gladstar's* books for a face cream that met my criteria for something I would consider putting on my skin.  I adapted it some and here is what I do now.

I get all my ingredients at Mountain Rose Herbs.  They're a fabulous company with an amazing array of herbs, spices, oils, clays, essential oils, containers and more.

Okay, so here we go.....

Ingredients:

Ratio is 1:1 water to oils

Waters:
1 cup distilled water
1/2 cup aloe vera gel

Oils:
1 cup almond oil
1 3/8 oz. Kokum butter (This can be replaced with another specialty butter of your choice.)
1 3/4 oz. coconut oil
1 3/8 oz. beeswax (I use pastilles)
1/4 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
1/2 teaspoon Litsea essential oil (or other essential oil of your choice)

Method:

1. Bring all ingredients to room temperature.

2. Measure water and aloe vera gel into a measuring cup and set aside.

3. In a double boiler bowl over boiling water, melt the beeswax first.

4. Add Kokum butter and melt into beeswax.

5. Add coconut oil and melt into beeswax and Kokum butter.

6. Add almond oil, stirring until the mixture is clear and liquid.

7. Remove bowl from double boiler pot and pour the oils into a high speed blender container. (Bosch, Blend Tec or Vita-Mix would be best)

8. Allow oils to cool until they are room temperature and starting to get set up.
This is the only tricky part of the whole process.  The oils need to be getting solid, but not BE solid.  They still need to be able to be blended smooth.
junk
9. Add the Vitamin E and Litsea to the container.

10. Start the blender and let the oils get moving in the container.

11. Using the pouring function of the blender lid, while the blender is running, pour the water and aloe vera gel into the vortex of the blending oils.  Keep adding the water, making sure the blender is keeping up with the additions.  The contents will start turning white.  Keep adding the water until you run out.  The blender will be working at this, by now.

12. When the last of the water is added, make sure it's been incorporated into the cream and then turn off the blender.

13.Transfer the cream to small jars and put tight fitting lids on them.

Note: Sometimes the cream develops chunks of some of the oils in it.  I don't know why and have never been able to keep it from happening.  It develops over time.  Go figure!

*Please know that I don't endorse Rosemary Gladstar's New Age philosophies, etc.  She knows herbs and women's health, and I value her knowledge on that level.