Healing Herbal Hemp and Shea Hand And Body Lotion

Looking for a nourishing body lotion with simple ingredients that give your skin an extra boost these days?

Look no further because this hemp seed hand and body lotion has it all: simple ingredients, straightforward process of making, and a creamy result that feeds the skin goodies, leaving it soft and smooth!

Let’s get whippy!

In the spirit of our nourishing Shea & Hemp Series, we’re whipping another gorgeously creamy recipe that leaves the skin soft. It’s a proper moisturizer I can’t seem to get enough of. You don’t need any new fancy ingredients for this recipe as you’ve already used them to make other recipes from the series, but I’ll say a few words about the ingredients below anyhow.

If you’re new to the blog, here are the other recipes from the series so far:

• Lemongrass Lip Balm
• Hemp Oil Cleanser
• Shea and Hemp Creamy Cleansing Balm

Beginning with his hemp oil body lotion, we’re heading into slightly more advanced DIY waters as some of the recipes will include the heating and emulsifying process.

But don’t let that scare you away! We’re still using simple ingredients and not too many of them either. I wanted to keep the recipe simple and effective, so that anyone can give it a go. If you’ve been DIYing skincare at home but haven’t had a chance to make a real lotion, this recipe is a great way to get started!

My skin loves it and I do as well, especially for its creamy and uplifting properties. Apart from that it’s also

Vegan-friendly

Relatively easy to make

Creamy and nourishing

Lemongrass-y

Moisturizing

Skin-softening

Resembles frosting!

How to make hemp and shea lotion for body?

The recipe for this body lotion is pretty basic and a simple one to pull off. Simply follow the procedure and you’ll surely whip up a thick creamy fragrant goodness that’ll keep your skin nourished and smooth during the next couple of months! For more info, you can have a look at this detailed post on how to make a lotion at home.

Here’s how we make homemade hemp body lotion: weigh water-based ingredients in one beaker. In the other beaker, weigh oil-based ingredients (see recipe below for more details).

Pop them both in a water bath for about 20 minutes until the oil phase has completely melted.

Next, remove both beakers from the pot and wipe them with a clean cloth. Pour water mixture into the oil mixture and stir well with a spatula.

Prepare your immersion blender, stick it into the concoction and begin blending for a couple of minutes. You’ll already notice a faint scent from the chamomiles here, it smells soothingly and gently calming!

Then, leave your mixture to cool down. In about 5-10 minutes you should notice it thicken up and already get the right creamy consistency.

Lastly, we’ll add hemp and essential oils, with our preservative being the last ingredient on the list.

After you’re done stirring and mixing, you can transform your freshly made hemp body lotion into a clean container!

Hemp seed oil lotion recipe: new ingredients

So far, we’ve worked with all the ingredients on the list, apart from three:

• Distilled water: a base for water-phase
• Vegetable glycerin: a moisturizer, vegetable glycerine helps to attract and lock moisture into the skin. You can substitute it with another moisturizer if you want, but we’re using glycerine because I started out with it, and it’s affordable and easily accessible. What’s more, glycerin helps to soften the skin and smooth the complexion.
• Cosgard or Geogard 221 is a preservative, which is a must in all water-based products. Without the preservative, this recipe would have a shelf-life of a day or two. Also, it’d begin to grow bacteria, mold, and other nasties you don’t want in a creamy fragrant hand and body lotion. You can use a different preservative (Liquid Germall plus would work too) but make sure you’re using a broad-spectrum preservative.

As written below, the recipe makes about 128g of lotion and I store it in a 160g container.

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