Vanilla Hazelnut Lotion Bar

Lotion bars are one product that I like to keep on hand for times that I want to apply a lotion to my arms or elbows but at the same time I don’t want to have any fragrance or oils on my hands. (Like when I’m cooking!) There are several benefits to having lotion bars available and the majority of recipes for lotion bars can be slightly altered to be made into lip balms or solid perfumes.

One of my favorite uses for a lotion bar formula is actually to use the formula as a solid perfume or perfume stick. The biggest difference is the amount of fragrance used. When I make a solid perfume, I generally use between 2-15% of fragrance. For example; in Taylor’s Candy Shop Perfume Stick, she used 9% of fragrance. Right in the middle of the recommended amount and it was at what I considered to be a proper usage of fragrance. With this particular formula, I would reduce the Castor Oil by the amount of fragrance I used. This will help the formula feel less sticky.

Let’s go make a lotion bar now that I’ve made you think!

Collect needed items:

Ingredients Hydrogenated Soybean Oil Beeswax Castor Oil Cocoa Butter Isopropyl Myristate Coconut Oil Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance Oil

Equipment Scale Microwave Safe Container Spoons Pipettes Bigger Lip Balm Tubes

Recipe: (Makes 3.53 ounces or 100 grams)

Recipe in ounces: 0.7 ounces Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 0.7 ounces Coconut Oil 0.7 ounces Beeswax 0.6 ounces Castor Oil 0.6 ounces Cocoa Butter 0.2 ounces Isopropyl Myristate 0.03 ounces Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance Oil

Recipe in grams: 20 grams Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 20 grams Coconut Oil 20 grams Beeswax 17 grams Castor Oil 17 grams Cocoa Butter 5 grams Isopropyl Myristate 1 grams Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance Oil

Recipe in Percentages 20% Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 20% Coconut Oil 20% Beeswax 17% Castor Oil 17% Cocoa Butter 5% Isopropyl Myristate 1% Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance Oil

Weigh all ingredients except Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance into a microwave safe container. Heat in the microwave using short time bursts until everything is melted. Add the Vanilla Hazelnut Fragrance. Stir gently until completely mixed. Pour into containers and allow to cool completely before capping and labeling.