Today, I'm making another batch of my newest product, Skin Rescue 911. This researched, formulated and tested recipe took 17 tries before it was exactly what I wanted. It starts as two sanitized and filled stainless steel bowls...one with distilled water and the water-soluble ingredients and one with the plant oils, plant botanicals, plant butters and additional things like esters and emulsifiers. Both are brought up to a temperature high enough to melt the ingredients and then they are brought into this huge stainless steel bowl and mixed with a big emulsion blender. Poof, the magic happens and everything is molecularly bound together. And, it's so thick that the spatula sticks straight up in it :) Once it cools, the preservative and essential oils are added and it is emulsion blended for the final time. It's ready to be hand-scooped into the jars, each of which are weighed for precise measurement.
![handmade body butter for dry skin](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0330/6805/6620/files/1_480x480.jpg?v=1707860257)
The jars are filled (20 at a time!) and the product cools to room temperature before the sealing disks and lids are all hand-applied.
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Yup, the labels are all hand-applied as well and then a tamper-resistant band is placed around the lid and jar and we are ready to put the inventory into the online website!
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Tadaa! Looking pretty and ready to go out to someone who could use a little help with their winter skin dryness!
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Very cool to see the process. I knew you did lots of formulation. Across those 17 times, about how many months did it take?