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| Handmade Baby Lotion |
After about three months of using the Jojoba Oil & Shea Butter Lotion that i made for my baby (7 months old) who had very flaky dry skin (especially buttocks area) , I'm ready to venture to a lighter lotion for her. The jojoba Oil lotion i made was really good for her and i can happily say that her skin is as soft as a newborn baby, almost 100% cleared from the dry skin flakes.
Light Baby Lotion: How To Make
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| Handmade Baby Lotion |
After about three months of using the Jojoba Oil & Shea Butter Lotion that i made for my baby (7 months old) who had very flaky dry skin (especially buttocks area) , I'm ready to venture to a lighter lotion for her. The jojoba Oil lotion i made was really good for her and i can happily say that her skin is as soft as a newborn baby, almost 100% cleared from the dry skin flakes.
Many have asked me if they could use vitamin E as preservatives instead of those synthetically manufactured preservatives (DMDM Hydantoin as sold in Soap Lab) in their body product and again ill have to stress this NO!. If you have not read on why do we need to use preservatives in our body product please click the link here.
So what exactly is Vitamin E then?
Well besides its awesome benefits in skin care (photo protection, anti-inflammotory, anti-agin, wound healing etc), it is also a very powerful antioxidant that can be used in skin care to ensure longer stability.
If its not a Preservative, How does it work as stability?
Though Vit E is not a preservative, it is as mentioned a very powerful antioxidant. Oil, as you can read in this chemistry of oil post here, is a very beautiful alien looking chemical strucure called the triglycerides. Different oils have gt different structures and those oil that has double bonds or triple bonds are more easily being attacked by free radicals, causing it to get oxidised. The more double bond there are in a oil structure, the more easily it gets rancid. This is where Vitamin E comes in. It basically becomes the shield that protects this double bond from being attacked by these free radicals, resulting in longer duration before it gets rancid and ultimately spoilt your product (it will stink once it gets rancid).
Example of oil with a lot of double bonds is grape seed oil (shelf life 3-6 months) as compared to Canola Oil (shelf life more than 2 years). Take a look at the triglyceride structure below. Do you see the structure it has this extra 'line'? Well thats a double bond. Notice that grape seed oil has got so many more double bonds than canola oil. These are the reason why grape seed oil are easily broken down and goes rancid fast. Because its structure is that weak as compared to canola oil.
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| Grape Seed Oil Structure |
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| Canola Oil Structure |
So how much of vitamin E should i put for preventing rancidity?
It all depends on the concentration of the Vitamin E you purchased. The more concentrated it is the lesser you have to put. Generally its about 1-2% if you get your Vitamin E from Soap Lab.
If I use Vitamin E, do i still need to use preservatives?
Yes. Please click here to read about preservatives.
Thank you so much for reading this post. If you like what you read please help us to share this post. By doing so you are letting us know that you like what you read and this will encourage us to create more post such as this. It excites us when more people read it and knowing our effort is not gone to waste. Click Share below now:-)
If you are one of those who wants to understand why certain ingredients is in your skincare/cosmetics, learn how to make and formulate your own cosmetic line, do contact us for our next workshop.
Chemistry Class: Antioxidant Vitamin E (alpha-Tacopherols)
Many have asked me if they could use vitamin E as preservatives instead of those synthetically manufactured preservatives (DMDM Hydantoin as sold in Soap Lab) in their body product and again ill have to stress this NO!. If you have not read on why do we need to use preservatives in our body product please click the link here.
So what exactly is Vitamin E then?
Well besides its awesome benefits in skin care (photo protection, anti-inflammotory, anti-agin, wound healing etc), it is also a very powerful antioxidant that can be used in skin care to ensure longer stability.
If its not a Preservative, How does it work as stability?
Though Vit E is not a preservative, it is as mentioned a very powerful antioxidant. Oil, as you can read in this chemistry of oil post here, is a very beautiful alien looking chemical strucure called the triglycerides. Different oils have gt different structures and those oil that has double bonds or triple bonds are more easily being attacked by free radicals, causing it to get oxidised. The more double bond there are in a oil structure, the more easily it gets rancid. This is where Vitamin E comes in. It basically becomes the shield that protects this double bond from being attacked by these free radicals, resulting in longer duration before it gets rancid and ultimately spoilt your product (it will stink once it gets rancid).
Example of oil with a lot of double bonds is grape seed oil (shelf life 3-6 months) as compared to Canola Oil (shelf life more than 2 years). Take a look at the triglyceride structure below. Do you see the structure it has this extra 'line'? Well thats a double bond. Notice that grape seed oil has got so many more double bonds than canola oil. These are the reason why grape seed oil are easily broken down and goes rancid fast. Because its structure is that weak as compared to canola oil.
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| Grape Seed Oil Structure |
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| Canola Oil Structure |
So how much of vitamin E should i put for preventing rancidity?
It all depends on the concentration of the Vitamin E you purchased. The more concentrated it is the lesser you have to put. Generally its about 1-2% if you get your Vitamin E from Soap Lab.
If I use Vitamin E, do i still need to use preservatives?
Yes. Please click here to read about preservatives.
Thank you so much for reading this post. If you like what you read please help us to share this post. By doing so you are letting us know that you like what you read and this will encourage us to create more post such as this. It excites us when more people read it and knowing our effort is not gone to waste. Click Share below now:-)
If you are one of those who wants to understand why certain ingredients is in your skincare/cosmetics, learn how to make and formulate your own cosmetic line, do contact us for our next workshop.
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| Molecule of Stearic Acid |
In today's Chemistry Class we will be talking about stearic acid. Many time i get questions on what certain ingredient is and why its use etc so I've decided to update the chemistry of all these ingredients frequently on this blog:-) I hope you readers enjoy this particular section. I know chemistry is boring, but you need to know what you are using and why to produce a quality product and thats why I'm here to guide you:-)
So anyways back to stearic acid if you have not come across it before; This is one of the ingredient we used in our Lotion making tutorial here.
Chemistry Class: Stearic Acid (An Introduction)
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| Molecule of Stearic Acid |
In today's Chemistry Class we will be talking about stearic acid. Many time i get questions on what certain ingredient is and why its use etc so I've decided to update the chemistry of all these ingredients frequently on this blog:-) I hope you readers enjoy this particular section. I know chemistry is boring, but you need to know what you are using and why to produce a quality product and thats why I'm here to guide you:-)
So anyways back to stearic acid if you have not come across it before; This is one of the ingredient we used in our Lotion making tutorial here.
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