A little while ago I had someone ask for some help formulating a stiff but non-greasy hand cream for her husband. He had been using a “No Crack” Super Hand Cream that he loved, but he had just ran out. He begged her to see if she could make something for him.
I helped her formulate this recipe. She wrote back to say that both she and her husband use, and love, it! Try this hand cream out on your significant other and see if that honey-do list doesn’t become a little shorter. Come join me in the kitchen to whip up this Honey-Do Super Hand Cream.
SUPPLIES
Ingredients Emulsifying Wax |
EquipmentScale |
RECIPE
Percentages
5% Emulsifying Wax
5% Stearic Acid
5% Beeswax
5% Cocoa Butter
15% Coconut Oil
2% Lanolin
3% Vitamin E
2% Glycerin
57% Water
1% Optiphen
Recipe in Grams10 grams Emulsifying Wax |
Recipe in Ounces.35 ounces Emulsifying Wax |
INSTRUCTIONS
Weigh everything except the Optiphen into a microwave safe container. Heat gently until liquid. Blend well. Allow to cool stirring occasionally. Once the solution is below 120 degrees Fahrenheit, add the preservative. Stir well. Pour into jars. Enjoy!
NOTES
The first time I made this hand cream, I put it in a bottle. Whoops. It wasn’t exactly my most brilliant idea of the day. This hand cream is SUPER thick. You can hold the bottle upside down as long as you would like, and it will not move. Thank goodness the bottle is flexible, because you have to squeeze the bottle to get it out. I highly recommend that you put this cream in a jar. You will save yourself a heartache and a headache.
Finished Cream
Weighing Emulsifying Wax
Weighing Stearic Acid
Weighing Beeswax
Weighing Cocoa Butter
Weighing Coconut Oil
Weighing Lanolin, Vitamin E, and Glycerin
Weighing Water
Heated Lotion
Mixing Lotion
Adding Optiphen
Pouring Lotion into Jars
Honey-Do Super Hand Cream,
Thank you very much Taylor for this recipe! I have been wondering lately if it was possible to add beeswax to a cream which already used e-wax. Thanks for answering my question for me. Your cream look very nice. Changing the coconut oil for shea butter, it would make a wonderful and rich butter belly cream for my future mommy & baby line.
Thanks!
Julie ^_^
I am already drooling all over my keyboard!! This is a must-do for tonight!!!!
Again, excellent recipe 🙂 I have tweaked it a little (chamomile tea instead of water, polawax &cetearyl alcohol instead of ewax and stearic, amyris balsamifera EO). I LOVE IT ! I am on the countryside right now, and I just made a second batch for the week I will spend here in the cold weather 🙂 Thanks for a great idea!!!
Hi Taylor
Do you know what the shelf life is of your hand cream?
Thank you.
Katrinia
Hi Katrinia,
If you do batch testing for preservative efficacy, we’d expect that formulation to last 12 months once opened. Thanks for asking!
~Denise