Natural & Stable Body Lotion Formulation

In this post, I will share how to formulate a STABLE natural body lotion. Yes, this post is a bit of shade. I will include some percentages that you can customize to suit your needs. Lotions, at their core, consist of three main ingredients: water, oil, and an emulsifier. As you know, water and oil do not mix. They need something to aid in dispersing one into another. The emulsifier we will use today is Ritamulse SCG (INCI: Glyceryl Stearate, Ceteryl Alcohol, and Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate). This emulsifier is a complete emulsifier suitable for use in a pH range of 5-7.5. The maximum oil phase allowed is 25%. It is suggested that the usage rate is 2-10%. I have found through real-time stability testing that the target should be 6% or greater. In this formulation, I will be using 6%.