Conditioning Body Cream

Formula;
water phase
• 60% distilled water
• 5% glycerin
• .5% allantoin

oil phase
• 6% varisoft EQ 65
• 3% cetyl alcohol
• 15% macadamia nut oil
• 3% luxglide N350
• 5% shea butter

cool down phase

• 2% honeyquat
• .5% liquid germall plus

Directions;
• combine all the ingredients in the water phase and oil phase in two separate beakers
• heat using a water bath until varisoft EQ 65 has complete melted. (varisoft is very finicky and
takes forever to melt. You might need to give the oil phase a mix or two to get it to melt
completely)
• pour the water phase into the oil phase while the oil phase is still sitting over heat
• immediately mix with an overhead mixer or immersion blender
• continuously mix until it has cooled to somewhere between 90 - 85 degrees f
• add in the cool down phase and mix one last time
• pour into your container and you are done!

PH adjusting; natural ph fell at 4.51

Benefits/Purpose of each ingredient
glycerin - humectant that draws moisture to the skin

allantoin - has moisturizing, soothing, anti-irritating properties and stimulates healthy, normal
tissue formation

varisoft EQ 65 - Emulsifier for lotions, creams, and body butters in which you want a green,
biodegradable product with a less greasy and smooth skin feel with low tackiness. It is a green,
readily biodegradable cationic or positively charged ester quat derived from stearic acid and
combined with cetearyl alcohol to act as a thickener and conditioning agent for emulsions and
hair care products. Lotions made with varisoft EQ 65 are rich and creamy with the distinctive
dry, powdery skin feel of cationic emulsifiers.

cetyl alcohol - is a thickener that brings slip and glide to our products. It gives a creamy feeling
to the product, and it’s a great emollient.
macadamia nut oil - is a lightweight oil, that is well absorbed without feeling greasy. Very
moisturizing, regenerating and softening on the skin and has anti inflammatory properties.

luxglide N350 - natural alternative to dimethicone that adds slip and glide to lotion

shea butter - lovely moisturizer that also thickens lotion

honeyquat - cationic surfactant that conditions the skin

liquid germall plus - preservative

Substitutions;
(may need to change percentages of the substitutions. substituting ingredients will change the
final feel, viscosity and over all feel and look of end product)

• glycerin - propylene glycol,1,3 propanedial, sodium lactate liquid or another humectant of

choice.
• allantoin - no sub, but you can leave out
• distilled water - hydrosol, essence water, floral water aloe vera liquid, etc.
• varisoft EQ 65 - BTMS 50
• cetyl alcohol - a different fatty alcohol like cetearyl alcohol or behenyl alcohol
• macadamia nut oil - a different carrier oil or emollient ester
• luxglide N350 - dimethicone
• shea butter - cocoa butter, mango butter, or any other butter
• honeyquat - poly suga quat L-1010P
• liquid germall plus - euxyl PE 9010, optiphen plus, etc. any water soluble broad spectrum
preservative that works in this formula