Why Is My Homemade Lotion Separating. If the butter melts or semi-melts and then cools too slowly the fatty acids solidify at different rates and start to crystallize. But doesnt stay that way.
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If the butter melts or semi-melts and then cools too slowly the fatty acids solidify at different rates and start to crystallize. It also makes a nice homemade gift idea and its a cute way to re-use those glass yogurt pots. If it separates then something else is the cause.
A few days later oil and water has separated and I have to shake.
The most common cause of a cream or lotion separating is that emulsion was not maintained during the cooling stage. Our three choices for preservatives in lotion. Those grains are parts or molecules of your butter that cooled off faster than the rest. If the lotion does stay together then add back small amounts of aloe in the next batch to see if it stays stable.
