My home made solid moisturiser - The making

So one thing I never told you is that I make my own hand made beauty products. Surprising I know!

As a hobby since I was 17, I made my own hand made lip balms, lip glosses, gels, clay masks and the list goes on. I've recently been working on my hand made moisturising bars which are all purpose (and by the way makes an awesome cuticle oil).

A solid moisturising bar looks like a bar of soap and is even moulded like one but the difference is that when you apply it on your skin it turns into an absorbent moistening cream with an oily texture. They come in handy when you want something to take with you in your handbag or your luggage if you're travelling (and worried about the luggage weight limit at the airport) because it's so light to carry and you get more product with less packaging (depending what it comes in). My solid moisturisers will be wrapped in film because I feel that it allows people to benefit from the product without any heavy packaging and gives them the flexibility to carry it wherever they wish such as in their purse, car or even something that doesn't take much space at home.     

The good bit 

I've been experimenting with how I present my moisturising bar and I chose to paint it with some natural cosmetic colour powder which I mix with some shea butter to form my "paint" but before I show you that I decided to take some snaps of how it looks like before I painted it. 

I placed my lotion bar on a plate so that I have a flat surface to paint on. To make this I mixed equal parts of coconut oil with Shea butter and poured it into a mould which turned out to be a heart shape formed with roses.

Above you can see a close up from the bottom and you can see the roses better. In the picture below I tried to take a picture from above but the heart shape doesn't have a dip at the bottom.

This was the final result of what happened when I painted over it. I was expecting the paint to go over it smoothly but it turned out messier than I thought. It didn't quite take the shape I was hoping for but next time I'll try a different approach. 

Thanks for reading my short blog I hope you liked seeing the making of one of my creations. When I make my other products I'll blog about that too so keep your eyes peeled for that and if you want to see more of me be sure to subscribe to my channel on YouTube. 

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P.S. Check out my latest video below where I show you a quick tour of the Ciate Nail Lab for all you nail polish enthusiasts :D 

Bye for now :)

Love Nina xXxx