Wednesday June 4th. A local Red Hat group Held a make and take class. Each of the ladies, were able to select an essential oil blend, and a floral additive to make a 4 ounce bar of melt and pour soap.
Choosing between: Rosewood w/ rose petal/ pink
Lemongrass blend w/Dried lemongrass / yellow
RosemarySpearmint Blend w/ rosemary or spearmint leaf / green
Sweet Orange w/calendula flower/orange
All the bars were fragrant and beautiful.
There second project was a simple body lotion that could be jared or bottles: (Recipe below)
this made from scratch lotion was thick rich and not to oily with fragrances to match their soaps.
I would have some pictures but some how deleted them..UUUGGG
Basic Lotion:
Mixed light oils 8 ounces
Cocoa Butter 2 ounce
Distilled water 16 ounces
Emulsifying wax 2 ounces
Fragrance
Germaben Plus .125 ounce
Mix the Emulsitying Wax, Oil and Glycerin together and heat until the wax is just barely melted.
Allow to cool to about 110 degrees. F.
Stir in room-temperature water and Essential Oils. Beat with a stick blender for 3 /30 seconds
blasts.
Pour into containers.
These ladies are always having fun, I think when I grow up I will find a group to join.
