Homemade hand cream

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¼ cup Stearic acid (powder)
12 ounces Glycerin
½ ounce Strong ammonia (28% or stronger) (1 Tbsp.)
½ teaspoon Borax powder (99% pure)
½ teaspoon Paraffin wax; grated
16 ounces Warm water; (2 c.)
Perfume and color to suit**

Directions

**I use 2 teaspoons of perfumed body lotion and 1 to 2 drops of red food color. Put stearic acid, glycerin and wax in a "crock" on low heat, until all is well melted. Then add the ½ ounce of ammonia and stir fast with a wooden spoon (this will look a little milky). Have Borax dissolved in warm water; add, stir and immediately start beating (on low speed). Take off stove and beat until it looks like whipped cream. When cool, add perfume and color. Note: Use no metal (plastic measures or glass are fine).

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 238 by "Diane Geary" <diane@...> on Nov 10, 1997

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