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Watermelon Mint Hand & Body Lotion

by Marie | Mar 12, 2020 | Lotion, Projects with Videos | 12 comments

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This powder-pink Watermelon Mint Hand & Body Lotion is a bit of a departure from the heavier
designed-for-winter lotions I’ve shared lately (I might be dreaming about warmer weather!). It’s
lightweight, with gorgeous slip and fast dry-down, and it’s pump-bottle friendly. The scent is a soft
and fresh blend of peppermint and watermelon that lingers lightly on the skin. I’ve also kept this
lotion more on the natural side of things, using a new-to-the-blog natural silicone alternative and
one of my favourite ECOCERT emulsifying waxes. Let’s dive in!
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In order to keep this lotion pumpable, I’ve kept the oil phase fairly small, at 20%. Lotions need to be
on the thinner side to work well in a pump-top bottle—thicker ones will often do well for a while,
but as you empty the bottle it’ll eventually stop pumping out, leaving a lot of lotion in the bottom of
the bottle with a hollow core where the pump tube was. A 20% oil phase doesn’t guarantee a pump-
friendly lotion, though. I’ve used mostly liquid oils, kept the thickener percentage low, and I’ve also
taken advantage of something our preservative (Optiphen™ Plus) does. Optiphen™ Plus tends to
thin emulsions, and I’ve used that to our advantage to keep this lotion pumpable. If you decide to
use a different preservative keep that in mind!

 
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Our oil phase is mostly lightweight watermelon oil, with a bit of additional thickening from silky-
powdery cetyl alcohol and some added slip and emolliency from daikon seed extract. This is the
daikon seed extract’s first appearance on the blog, though I’ve had it for a while now. It’s a
lightweight natural emollient made from daikon radish seeds—Ariane and Cheryl introduced me to
it—and it’s sometimes called a natural silicone alternative. It’s really lightweight and slippy—if you
don’t have it you can easily swap it out (see the substitutions list at the end of the post), but if you
prefer to keep your creations more on the natural side of things I think you’ll enjoy having daikon
seed extract in your DIY pantry. I’ve selected Ritamulse SCG as our emulsifier, though you could
easily use a different emulsifying wax if you don’t have it. Ritamulse SCG has a really lovely,
lightweight, powdery skin feel that I’ve loved ever since I first used it years ago.

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I’ve kept the water phase pretty simple with just three ingredients. It’s mostly distilled water, with a
good dose of peppermint hydrosol for a soft, minty scent, and some moisturizing sodium lactate. I
initially thought I’d let the peppermint hydrosol be the sole scent in this lotion, but after I blended in
the cool-down phase I realized it needed a bit of a fruity hit. For that, I included a wee bit (0.1%) of a
watermelon fragrance oil. The soft mint and fruity notes mingle beautifully, creating a softly scented
lotion that is fresh and pleasant (and not at all candy-like). The fragrance is optional; (see the
substitutions list at the end of the post), but I love how the mint and melon mingle (say that 10x
fast!).
A touch of pink mica gives this lotion its colour. I had a bit of on-theme fun with the labelling, putting
the pink lotion in a translucent bottle and then using a black permanent marker to draw little
“seeds” all over the bottle for that black-seeds-on-pink watermelon-y look.
The finished lotion is deeply moisturizing, with a great balance between slip and dry-down time—it
moves for long enough to easily spread it across the skin, but sinks in fast enough not to feel greasy.
The scent is fresh, clean, and subtle, and I’m in love with how this lotion makes my skin feel. If you
love a lightweight, fast-absorbing lotion I think you’ll love this one. Happy making!

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Watermelon Mint Lotion

Heated water phase

43.2g | 43.2% distilled water

30g | 30% peppermint hydrosol

5g | 5% sodium lactate

Heated oil phase

5g | 5% Ritamulse SCG (USA / Canada)

10g | 10% watermelon oil

2g | 2% cetyl alcohol

3g | 3% daikon seed extract

Cool down phase

0.5g | 0.5% pink mica

0.1g | 0.1% Vitamin E MT-50 (USA / Canada)

1.1g | 1.1% Optiphen™ Plus (USA / Canada)

0.1g | 0.1% watermelon fragrance oil

Prepare a water bath by bringing about 3cm/1″ of water to a bare simmer over
low to medium-low heat in a wide, flat-bottomed sauté pan.

Weigh the heated water phase into a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup.
Weigh the entire lot (measuring cup + ingredients) and note that weight for use
later. Weigh the heated oil phase into a second heat-resistant glass measuring
cup. Place both measuring cups in your prepared water bath to melt everything
through.

After about 20–30 minutes the oil part should be completely melted and the
water part should be thoroughly dissolved. Remove the water bath from the
heat and weigh the water phase. Add enough hot distilled water to the heated
water phase to bring the weight back up to what it was before heating, and
then pour the water part into the oil part. Stir with a flexible silicone spatula to
incorporate.

Grab your immersion blender and begin blending the lotion, starting with short
bursts so the still-very-liquid lotion doesn’t whirl up and spray everywhere.
Blend for about a minute, leave to cool for ten, blend for another minute or
two, and repeat this blend-cool-blend cycle until the outside of the glass
measuring cup is barely warm to the touch and the lotion is thick and creamy.

When the lotion is cool it’s time to incorporate our cool down ingredients.
Because cool down ingredients are typically present at very low amounts you’ll
need to use an accurate scale—preferably one accurate to 0.01g. As these more
accurate scales tend to have fairly low (100–200g) maximum weights you won’t
be able to put the entire batch of lotion on that scale without blowing it out. So
—grab a smaller dish. Add a scoop or two of lotion, and then weigh the cool
down ingredients into that, using the more accurate scale. Stir to thoroughly
incorporate, and then stir all of that back into the master batch of lotion. Doing
it this way minimizes the amount of cool down ingredients lost to the secondary
container.

Once the cool-down phase has been incorporated you can package up the
lotion! I used a funnel to fill a 120mL (4 fl oz) bottle with a pump-top (you could
also use a large syringe to fill the bottle). Enjoy!

When made as written the pH of this lotion is aound 4–5, which works for both our
skin and our preservative (Optiphen™ Plus works best below 6). If you make any
changes I highly recommend testing the pH of the lotion and adjusting it if needed.

Shelf Life & Storage

Because this lotion contains water, you must include a broad-spectrum preservative
to ward off microbial growth. This is non-optional. Even with a preservative, this
project may eventually spoil as our kitchens are not sterile laboratories, so in the
event you notice any change in colour, scent, or texture, chuck it out and make a
fresh batch.

SUBSTITUTION
S
As always, be aware that making substitutions will change the final product. While
these swaps won’t break the recipe, you will get a different final product than I did.
As I’ve provided this recipe in percentages as well as grams you can easily
calculate it to any size using a simple spreadsheet as I’ve explained in this
post. As written in grams this recipe will make 100g.
To learn more about the ingredients used in this recipe, including why they’re
included and what you can substitute them with, please visit the Humblebee
& Me Encyclopedia. It doesn’t have everything in it yet, but there’s lots of
good information there! If I have not given a specific substitution
suggestion in this list (Ritamulse SCG, watermelon seed oil, cetyl
alcohol, sodium lactate)  please look up the ingredient in the
encyclopedia before asking.
You can use peppermint essential oil instead of hydrosol; simply replace the
hydrosol with 29.5% distilled water and add 0.5% peppermint essential oil to
the cool down phase.
You could use dimethicone 350, a natural dimethicone alternative like
LuxGlide 350, or a liquid oil of choice instead of daikon seed extract. I think
Neossance® Hemisqualane would be a great alternative!
The pink mica is optional; you can replace it with more water to remove the
colour, or use 0.01% red dye or carmine and 0.49% distilled water.
You can replace the watermelon fragrance oil with more distilled water or a
different fragrance or essential oil you think will pair well with peppermint.
If you’re like to use a different preservative, please review this page.
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The watermelon oil was gifted by Mystic Moments. The
pink mica was gifted by YellowBee.

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Adi on March 12, 2020 at 12:35 pm
I think there is some sort of typo in the recipe:

1. it does not come to 100%

2. optiphen seems to be at a percentage too high….

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Author Comment
Marie on March 12, 2020 at 1:20 pm

I just double-checked; I get 100% when I add everything up, and the usage rate for
Optiphen Plus is 0.75–1.5%, so 1.1% is well within the suggested range

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Adi on March 12, 2020 at 2:30 pm

ummm… about the 100% – you are right!! I am so sorry, I managed to leave the
mica out and it didn’t add up…

Re the Optiphen – it’s strange because it’s supposed to be limited to 1% tops…

Perhaps it’s a matter of different country rules? I know that here we use the EU
limitations as a rule…..

Anyway – thank you!! I made a little adjustments due to the preservative, but it
is a beautiful lotion and I love its feeling!!!

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Marie on March 13, 2020 at 6:23 pm

Do you have some sources you could share re: the Optiphen Plus
limit? I haven’t been able to find anything—the manufacturer states
it is EU compliant but does have a general asterisk noting “For
country-specific details, please contact your technical service
representative.” I know phenoxyethanol is limited to 1% in the EU,
but Optiphen Plus is only 52.25% phenoxyethanol, which leaves
plenty of room to use it at 1.5% (that would be 0.78%
phenoxyethanol in the overall formulation) Thank you! And I’m
glad to hear you’re loving the lotion!

Heli on March 28, 2020 at 8:13 am

I made it and its the best body lotion I have done so far. I replaced peppermint hydrosol to witch
hazel hydrosol and daikon seed extract to isopropyl myristate. After blending I got nice fluffy foam,
very fast adsorbing and nongreasy lotion. Love it, thank you so much!

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Marie on March 31, 2020 at 9:06 am

Hoooray! I am so thrilled that you love it Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy
making

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Anjali on July 15, 2020 at 3:34 am

Wondering if water melon oil is heat sensitive and is best added during cool down phase instead of
heated oil phase…wanted to check with you if that’s true.

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Author Comment
Marie on July 15, 2020 at 3:20 pm

I’m not concerned about heating it at ~70°C for 20 minutes, and at 10%, including it in
the cool down phase will almost certainly cause the emulsion to fail.

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Nayyely on May 18, 2021 at 12:05 pm
is there a way to omit the peppermint all together? I just want a fun fruity watermelon scent.

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Author Comment
Marie on May 19, 2021 at 11:43 am

Just replace the peppermint hydrosol with more water

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Shannon B on May 25, 2021 at 7:26 pm

Hi Marie! Thanks for this wonderful site! I’m so excited to have found it!!!

I am looking for a lotion that provides good slip for hand and foot massage, but is fairly easy for a
beginner. Is this a good candidate or would you suggest another?

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Author Comment
Marie on May 26, 2021 at 7:48 am

Hey Shannon! Honestly, I wouldn’t choose a lotion for this purpose—I find the water
content means they dry out on the faster side and never work quite as well as
something without water. I love this and this for massage Happy making!

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