These recipes use the silicone oils dimethicone, cyclomethicone and Botanisil. For more information on these products, please visit our general information page.
Basic Lotion
This lotion has very good feel and soaks in easily.
It is a general purpose lotion that can be easily
modified for many uses. It can even be used as a massage lotion since it never becomes "draggy" as it soaks in.
Oil Phase
56 g Apricot kernel oil (AKO)
4 g Phenonip
8 g Cyclomethicone
4 g Dimethicone (low viscosity)
24 g Emulsifying wax NF
Scent - optional up to 10 ml
Water Phase
200 ml Distilled water
2 g Lactic acid
Combine the AKO, Phenonip and the silicones and mix well. Add the emulsifying wax and heat until melted. Use a microwave in short bursts at half power or a double boiler. The oil phase should be warm enough to ensure that it does not solidify when added to the water.
Combine the ingredients in the water phase while the oil phase is melting. The water phase should be warmed to around 110 to 120 F before starting the lotion. Add the oil phase to the water phase slowly while processing using a stick blender. Blend for several minutes.
Add fragrance and blend well. A stick blender is required to ensure that a good emulsion is made. Hand blending techniques do not provide enough mixing to ensure that the emulsion will not separate.
Pour into bottles while hot. The lotion will thicken as
it cools. Allow 72 hours for the lotion to thicken completely.
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Basic Shiny Hair Conditioner
This hair conditioner combines natural conditioning agents
with silicones for detangling and shine. It rinses out easily to give a clean feeling to wet hair. This hair conditioner will thicken slowly over a week as the quats rearrange themselves
and order the emulsion. The thickness can be adjusted by changing the water content.
Oil Phase
6 g Avocado oil
20 g Shea oil
30 g Apricot Kernal oil
4 g Phenonip
8 g Cyclomethicone
4 g Dimethicone (low viscosity)
24 g Emulsifying wax NF
Scent up to 10 ml - optional
Water Phase
200 ml Distilled water 4 g
Lactic acid
10 ml Soy Quat
5 ml Silk Protein
Combine the oils, Phenonip and the silicones and mix well. Add the emulsifying wax and heat until melted. Use a microwave in short bursts at half power or a double boiler. The oil
phase should be warm enough to ensure that it does not solidify when added to the water.
Combine the ingredients in the water phase while the oil phase is melting.
Add the lactic acid first followed by the soy quat and the silk protein, The water phase should be warmed to around
110 to 120 F before starting the lotion. Be careful not to
overheat the water as the quat will coagulate.
Add the oil phase to the water phase slowly while processing using a stick blender. Blend for several minutes.
Add fragrance and blend well. A stick blender is required to ensure that a good emulsion is made. Hand blending techniques do not provide enough mixing to ensure that the emulsion will not separate.
Pour into bottles while hot. The conditioner will thicken as it cools and ages. Allow up to a week for complete thickening.
Skin Protective Salve
This easy salve combines traditional ingredients with
silicones for the ultimate in skin care. Both the wax
and silicones provide a barrier against transdermal
water loss. The silicone also helps reduce the greasiness
of the salve by helping it soak in more quickly.
10 g carnauba wax
20 g Olive butter
32 g Shea oil
3 g Dimethicone
20 dropsRoman Chamomile
40 drops lavender absolute
20 drops seabuckthorn
Combine the first 4 ingredients and melt. Add the fragrance to the melted mixture. Test your salve by allowing drops to cool on a plate. Adjust the hardness using wax or oil depending upon whether you want it harder or softer. Ensure
that the melt is between 170 and 185 F before pouring to
prevent graininess. Pour into wide mouth containers. This recipe is not suitable
for stick packaging, but it can be modified to produce stick products. The amount of shea oil will need to be reduced for stick applications. You will need to determine the exact
amount for your product by experimentation.
Cool quickly to prevent crystal formation.
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Perfume Oil Spray
Dries upon contact. This spray recipe can be used with any
essential oil blend. May also be used as an after bath spray.
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- 15 ml Cyclomethicone
20 drops sandalwood
16 drops Ylang Ylang III or extra
10 drops Bergamot
Mix well and place in a pretty perfume spray bottle.
Anti-frizz Hair Polish
You only need 2 to 3 drops of this concentrated serum
to provide shine, detangling and banish frizziness. Rub a couple of drops into the hair to condition and detangle.
15 ml Botanisil
5 drops 5 fold Valencia Orange
10 drops Pink Grapefruit
3 drops Bergamot
Combine the essential oils with the silicones and package in plastic squeeze bottle with a disc cap or dropper cap.
Spray Hair Serum
A sprayable version of the Anti-frizz Hair Polish can
be made easily by dilution of the active ingredient with cyclomethicone.
95 ml Cyclomethicone
5 ml Botanisil
Fragrance up to 3 ml
Mix the silicone gum into the cyclomethicone. Package in
a spray bottle. Add fragrance if desired. Spray lightly
and massage gently into hair.
Lavender Linen Water II
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Sprinkle on sheets or other other linens and cottons to freshen. Spray on to linens before ironing.
1 teaspoon (100 drops) Bulgarian lavender essential oil
6 oz. cyclomethicone
Pour essential oils and cyclomethicone into a bottle, cap and shake.
Spray on dry linens before ironing or use as a fabric freshener (no need to iron). |
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