Friends,
This is how I make the goat milk lotion that our family uses and that I sell. So far I’ve received 100% positive reviews on this formula which I have tweaked many times to get the consistency, waxiness, absorption and most important of all, the essential oil benefits to be the best possible. I hope you enjoy it as well. Please be sure to order your essential oils from me, as they are certified pure and it is very cost effective ($35 a year) to have a wholesale account which allows you to buy at 25% off. Or, for only one bottle, you can also purchase retail here. Any questions, please contact me at 979.777.7881 by txt or phone call. To order, please visit: http://www.mydoterra.com/sweetbleats Then click on Shop at the top of the page. From there, either click on Essential Oils to browse or type in your desired oil in the Item Search box.
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The short version for after you make the first batch:
- Pour in 48 grams of Sweet Almond Oil and 28 grams of Avocado oil in sterilized container.
- Add to this 34 grams of Emulsifying Wax and 28 grams of Steric Acid. Do not mix.
- Heat above in microwave about 2 minutes, check if melted, 1 more minute if not.
- Add 34 grams of Shea Butter to the oils, break into smaller chunks for easier melting.
- While above is melting, in a separate sterilized container, pour in 410 grams of pasteurized goat’s milk and 402 grams of distilled water.
- Take temp of milk mixture and oil mixture. Heat milk slightly in micro to approximate oil mixture but do not go over 100 degrees. Adjust milk temp until both mixtures are approximately not more than 10 degrees from each other.
- Slowly pour oils into milk and mix with immersion blender until desired consistency for lotion.
- With a fork or spoon, thoroughly mix in 10 grams Phenonip if desired.
- Gently mix in your awesome doTERRA essential oils which you purchased from my website http://www.mydoterra.com/sweetbleats. Use at a rate of 3 grams per this entire batch, or 25 drops per 4 oz bottle if making different lotions with this batch.
- Bottle your lotions and enjoy or sell!
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The very wordy version for your very first time:
- Gather these tools and ingredients:
- A digital scale capable of calculating in grams (I always use grams because it is more accurate. If you aren’t able to do that you can go here for conversion: http://www.convertunits.com/from/grams/to/oz). All measurements of ingredients are done by weight, not volume.
- All of the following items should be glass, Pyrex, stainless steel, or ceramic without any chips. I do not use plastics or aluminum for fear of contamination and reacting with ingredients:
- Either a large measuring cup (2 quarts) or equally large bowl. I use the measuring cup for the benefit of the spout.
- Another large bowl which is as deep as possible to mix the entire batch using an immersion blender.
- Several small bowls or tapas dishes for the essential oils, 3 ingredients, and preservative (if using). The number of bowls will be determined by how many types of essential oils you are doing and how much you care about reusing the same dish, with a minimum of about 4-5. These could be cereal bowls or smaller.
- About 6 each spoons and forks.
- These can be plastic: funnel that fits inside of the bottles you will be using, a couple ladles.
- Immersion blender and thermometer.
- If you do not have a microwave, you will need to use a large stainless steel saucepan in place of the large measuring cup above.
- Also have these ingredients handy but do NOT measure yet: Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Emulsifying Wax, Shea Butter, Steric Acid, Distilled Water, Pasturized Goat’s milk, your essential oils, Phenonip as preservative if you are using– (if you know that you will refrigerate and use lotion within a couple weeks with your family and friends, you may not want to add. I always add because I make so many different ones and I want mine to last at least 3 months.)
- You will also need the bottles or containers you will use in your final bottling. I use 4 oz bottles with a flip top lid.
- Now you need to make your area very clean, including wiping down counters with an antibacterial solution. I use a homemade essential oil solution. Please ask to take a free class with me on how to make household cleaners if you are interested. Then you will need to sterilize all of the above equipment. I use bleach for this according to manufacture’s direction. Do not use a laundry detergent bleach that has any other ingredients in it. I have a Clorox concentrated one, so I measure out 1/2 cup bleach per gallon of water for my sink. So, I use 2 cups of bleach to the 4 gallons of water I put in my sink. Your bleach may not be concentrated and you may need 1 cup per gallon. Please read your label. I do this in my stainless steel sink, but anything you have big enough will work. You will need to sterilize all items from 1-7 in the above list, including the part of the immersion blender and thermometer that comes in contact with the lotion. Your tools should soak in this solution for at least 5 minutes. I just keep all in it until ready to use, then I rinse with water and dry with paper towels right when I need them.
- Now you are ready to begin mixing your ingredients in your sterilized, rinsed and dried containers, one at a time.
- Place your 8-cup or container on your digital scale. After it tells you the weight, press your tare button so it goes back to zero. If you don’t have this option, then write down the weight so that you can subtract it to obtain the net weight. Now slowly pour in 48 grams of Sweet Almond Oil.
- Now you can hit tare again, but if you went a little over or under, I do not do that. You will now add 28 grams of Avocado Oil. If you went 1 or 2 grams over before, make it up here. The total of these two oils should be 76 grams. If you went over more than that, you will need to use either your sterilized ladle or a spoon to remove some of it. I would throw the overage out now unless you will immediately be doing another batch, rather than contaminate the oils in original containers. If you used a ladle or spoon, it will need to be cleaned and sterilized again if you plan to use it again.
- Take above container off your scale. Put a small bowl or tapas dish on your scale and hit tare button or write down the number to subtract later. Measure out 28 grams of Steric acid. Put this in the oils you previously measured. Do not mix.
- You can use this same container again as long as you got all the steric acid off of it. Measure out 34 grams of Emulsifying Wax and add to the above oils. Do not mix.
- Now put this container in your microwave for approximately 2 minutes. Check to see if the wax has melted. If not, put on 1 additional minute. If you do not have a microwave, carefully heat this solution on your stove top until the wax melts and then remove promptly from heat.
- Once entire solution is completely clear, add 34 grams of Shea butter to it. You may want to break up into smaller chunks so that it melts quicker. Don’t stir or else stir slowly and gently so that you do not incorporate air.
- While the Shea butter is melting, take the other of your large containers and put on your scale and select tare weight as before. Now measure out 410 grams of pasteurized milk. We drink our milk raw (fresh), but since I want this to last for months un-refrigerated, I pasteurize this milk. To this milk, add an another 402 grams of distilled water. Our milk is from Nigerian Dwarf goats which have a high fat content. For other breeds, you may want to adjust this milk/water ratio slightly. You could also use liquid milk from any other animal, but I would NOT use ultra-pasteurized store bought milk. That extreme pasteurization kills the beneficial bacteria and vitamins in the milk. As an aside, I pasteurize by heating my milk to 165 degrees for 15 seconds and then immediately cool by placing the container in an ice bath. Alternatively, you can heat to 145 degrees for 30 minutes and then cool. You want to bring up to temperature slowly and cool down quickly. I’ve read that my method is the gentlest for keeping the benefits of the milk. Previously I had used the other method for yogurt and ice cream and that works fine, too.
- Now take the temperature of both the oils and the milk solutions. Depending on how long its been since you’ve taken from the micro and pasteurization, one may be hotter than the other. If you are using the preservative, do not go to next step until they have cooled down somewhat. Phenonip cannot be used in a solution over 200 degrees, although neither should be anywhere near this warm. I allow both to get down to around 100 degrees. You probably will need to heat the milk/water mixture in the micro a little, a minute at a time, unless you just finished pasteurizing it. Try to get both mixtures within about 10 degrees of each other, but do not heat the oils again. Please remember that if you stir either one you need to use sterilized spoons.
- Now, very slowly, put your immersion blender in your milk mixture. Tilt slightly to allow any trapped air to escape and submerge to the bottom of your container. Turn on to the slowest speed. Hold it in your non-dominant hand. With your dominant hand, pick up your oil mixture and very slowly drizzle into the milk. Release and pulse the immersion blender without lifting it so that you do not over-mix. Continue mixing until it just begins to thicken. It should resemble how you would like your final lotion to be in consistency, but somewhat more watery. The longer and faster you mix, the thicker it will get. It will be a nice hand cream if you over-mix, but you will have a difficult time getting into the bottles.
- Now with a fork or a whisk, slowly but very thoroughly, mix in 10 grams of Phenonip. This is a preservative. If you do not want to use it, you will just have a shorter shelf life. I would also keep the lotion in a fridge if you don’t use a preservative. I always use it myself because I have a dozen or so lotions going depending on my needs and mood. According to the manufacturer, you should have about 1/2 of 1% to 1% of this per the total of all the other ingredients.
- You are now done with your immersion blender. Next you will mix your essential oils into this lotion. Personally, I make lotions with a whole lot of different essential oils because each one has different health benefits and scents. If that is what you are doing, then again you will measure out the amount of lotions that will fit in your desired containers. I use 4 oz bottles which is about 114 grams. I go a little more to about 115 just so that the bottles look more full. For this amount, I add 25 drops of essential oils. Feel free to add more or less. I sell my lotions and did quite a bit of marketing requesting feedback with varying amounts of essential oils, and this is the desired amount for the majority of customers. However, I make mine custom and either add or subtract to suit. Some oils, like Eucalyptus, are much stronger in scent than others. But for the benefits of the oils, I do not go lower than 25 drops per bottle for myself. If you are making your whole batch using one oil, then you can save a lot of time by adding an oil one time to the whole batch instead of measuring it out per bottle. Just mix in 3 grams of essential oil for this entire batch.
- Please remember to order your essential oils from me, as they are certified pure and it is very inexpensive ($35 a year) to have a wholesale account which allows you to buy at 25% off. Or, for only one bottle, you can also purchase retail here. Any questions, please contact me at 979.777.7881 by txt or phone call. To order, please visit: http://www.mydoterra.com/sweetbleats Then click on Shop at the top of the page. From there, either click on Essential Oils to browse or type in your desired oil in the Item Search box.
- Now you are ready to bottle. Place your funnel into the top of your first bottle. Using a spoon or ladle, pour the lotion in. Repeat until you run out of lotion. Then label your bottles and remember to include the essential oil you used and the date you bottled.
- Now enjoy or sell! Congrats!
- There are several ways to take a free class from me on using essential oils. The most popular is on Facebook. To do that, please do a friend request to me on Facebook to Linda Fath. Note that there is no “i” in my last name. It is Fath, not Faith. Then just send me a message that you would like to be invited to my next class. My classes are private, so this is the only way I can invite you. If you are not on Facebook, I’m happy to also help you via email, txt, or phone call. Or, if you are local, in person. My phone number is 979.777.7881 and my email is Linda@HouseAndHorses.com. (the house is singular and the horses are plural) I hold classes on many aspects of using essential oils including for personal health/mood benefits, for men, for pets, for cleaning your home, and for business opportunities should you decide to get that involved. These are just samples of the classes and you can also win free oils during the class. Remember the classes are free and you can very easily log out at any time if you aren’t interested. It’s just like reading posts from your friends on Facebook. The difference is that I’m on during the entire class and have about 20-30 posts that I put up on a special site called an Event. Then I answer your questions in the comment part. I stay on this event until I run out of questions to answer. Then I give away gifts and notify the recipient that day or the following after I tally everything up. You win oils both by a drawing and by asking questions. I usually leave the slides (posts) up for a few days for those who cannot attend live.
- To purchase the Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Emulsifying Wax, Shea Butter and Steric Acid, you could buy local from a soap making store or online. I buy online at Brambleberry.com. Please be sure to order your essential oils from me, though, as they are certified pure and it is very inexpensive ($35 a year) to have a wholesale account which allows you to buy at 25% off. Or, for only one bottle, you can also purchase retail here. It is important that they are certified pure because otherwise you won’t know what fillers or pesticides, etc, may be in the oils. They don’t have to tell you on the label. Our lotions do say on the bottle that they are certified pure and to say that they must be. Any questions, please contact me at 979.777.7881 by txt or phone call. To order, please visit: http://www.mydoterra.com/sweetbleats Then click on Shop at the top of the page. From there, either click on Essential Oils to browse or type in your desired oil in the Item Search box.
- Thank you so much! Linda Fath,
- Owner of Sweet Bleats Nigerian Dwarfs Farm.
- Linda@HouseAndHorses.com
- 979.777.7881 (Cell)
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