Body Lotion Recipes

Finding Body Lotion Recipes

Generally, body lotion is made by combining an emulsifying wax with water and oil. There are many different body lotion recipes available online, most of which can be customized to fit your own preferences. Here are a few you might want to try:

• Cinnamon body lotion
• Mint body lotion
• Rosewater and glycerin lotion
• Jasmine lotion
• Body bronzing lotion
• Elbow and knee lotion
• Aloe Vera body lotion
• Coca butter body lotion
• Beeswax body lotion
• Granny’s favorite lotion

If you’re interested in learning how to make soap, lip balm, bath bombs, and other types of homemade toiletries in addition to body lotion, you may also want to check out the following books:

• Natural Beauty at Home: More Than 250 Easy to Use Recipes for Body, Bath, and Hair by Janice Cox
• How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics: Face Masks, Hair Rinses, & Body Lotions: Recipes for Natural Beauty by Gill Farrer-Halls
• Making Aromatherapy Creams and Lotions: 101 Natural Formulas to Revitalize & Nourish Your Skin by Donna Maria
• Good Gifts from the Home: Oils, Lotions, and Other Luxuries by Kelly Reno

As you’re searching for body lotion recipes, you may come across several recipes for body cream. Although many people use the terms body lotion and body cream interchangeably, these products are different. Body lotion is generally lighter, while creams are heavier and typically designed for use on very dry skin.

Adding Scent to Your Lotion

Although you can make unscented lotion, most body lotion recipes will call for some type of fragrance. However, it is important that you understand the difference between recipes that use essential oils and those which use fragrance oils.

Essential oils are made by extracting various essences from the seeds, bark, berries, and roots of a particular plant. They are highly concentrated. For example, it takes almost 30 rose petals to create one drop of rose oil.

In comparison, fragrance oils are made with synthetic substances. They are typically much cheaper than essential oils, since they merely smell nice and don’t offer the aromatherapy benefits of essential oils. Fragrance oils are often used in candle making, but not all oils are safe for use on the skin. Read the label carefully before adding any fragrance oil to your body lotion recipes.

Buying Supplies for Making Body Lotion

If you’re having trouble finding the supplies you need for your body lotion recipes, check out the following websites:

• Brambleberry
• The Sage
• Herbal Accents
• The Scent Shack
• The Soap Dish

Additional Information

If you’re interested in learning more about how to make your own body lotions, check out the following helpful articles:

• Lotion Making
• Homemade Lotions
• Lotion Tutorial