These are the formulations presently being tested:
Lotion No. 10a is made with meadowfoam, mineral, and jojoba oils, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, BTMS, and allantoin. Scented with Litsea Cubeba. Litsea is a refreshing, rejuvenating essential oil with a lemony aroma.
Lotion No. 11a is made with macadamia nut, hempseed, and jojoba oils, stearic acid, BTMS, and allantoin. Scented with a blend we call Musk Rose.
Lotion No. 12a is made with fractionated coconut oil, monoi butter, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, and BTMS. Scented with Monoi. Monoi oil is derived from the Tiare flower, also known as the Tahitian Gardenia.
Lotion No. 13a is made with fractionated coconut and tamanu oils, isopropyl myristate, olive squalane, stearic acid, BTMS, and allantoin. Scented with rosemary. The tamanu oil has a unique earthy smell of its own.
The Tamanu oil, used in No. 13a, is reputed to have special healing qualities, as does olive squalane. That said, all of the oils we use are chosen for some skin friendly quality.
Lotion No. 14a is made with walnut, olive, and jojoba oils, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, emulsifying wax, and allantoin. Scented with Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer essential oil).
Lotion No. 15a is made with cocoa butter, fractionated coconut and jojoba oils, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, emulsifying wax and BTMS, glycerin, sodium lactate, chamomile hydrosol, calendula extract, and allantoin. Scented with a blend of German and Roman chamomile and helichrysum essential oils.
Lotion No. 16a is made with shea butter, walnut and jojoba oils, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, emulsifying wax and BTMS, glycerin, rose hydrosol (rose water), silk amino acids, and allantoin. Scented with sandalwood essential oil.
Lotion No. 17a (samples only at this time) is made with karanja, shorea, andirobab, and nigella seed oils, isopropyl myristate, stearic acid, emulsifying wax and BTMS, glycerin, rose hydrosol (rose water), and colloidal oatmeal. Scented with rose geranium essential oil.
(Note that although we are sending this out for testing I am concerned that some may not care for the unique smell of the karanja and nigella seed oils. It may only be that I smell them because I know they are there. I won’t sell this though until we get some feedback. If you like the smell of rose, which is evident in both the rose water and the lovely Bourbon variety geranium we use, you may really like the powdery feel of the colloidal oatmeal coupled with the skin-friendly glycerin. Nigella seed (aka black cumin seed) oil is supposedly very healing, by the way, and Karanja too. – John)
- Vitamin E and a preservative/germicide is added to each lotion.
- All (at this time) have a medium consistency, neither thick nor thin, although there is some variance between them. ANY lotion we make can be thickened if desired.
