Re: Oil-Free Lotions (lots!)

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Oily Skin Lotion

1/2 cup gelatin mix (below)

1 (500 mg) vitamin C tablet, powdered

1 multi-vitamin tablet, powdered

1 tsp. glycerine

1 tsp. seaweed powder

1 aspirin tablet, powdered

1/4 tsp. alum powder

Mix until dissolved. Keep refrigerated.

Gelatin Mix

Dissolve 1 tb. unflavored gelatin powder in 1/4 cup cold water. Add 3/4 cup

boiling water and mix. Let cool before adding other ingredients.

Cornstarch Oil-Free Lotion

2 tb. glycerine

2 tb. cornstarch

1/2 cup distilled water

2 tb. rosewater

Gently heat until clear. Cool, and keep refrigerated.

A variant of the above recipe:

1/2 cup strong fennel infusion

2 tsp. arrowroot powder

2 tb. glycerine

2 tb. lavender water

Mix and stir over gentle heat until thickened.

Oil Free Gel

1 tsp. gelatin dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water

1 tb. lemon juice

1 tb. witch hazel

1 tb. glycerine

few drops essential oil

Mix and keep refrigerated.

Glycerine Lotion (from a 19th century formulary)

Mix 1 1/2 oz. water with 2 1/2 oz. alcohol. Set aside. Make an emulsion of

30 grains gum arabic and 8 fl. oz. water. Add 3 fl. oz. glycerine and 10

fl. drams quince seed mucilage. Mix in the water/alcohol solution, strain

and bottle.

1 grain= approximately a large pinch

1 dram=60 drops liquid

Skin Cream

20 parts powdered gum tragacanth

50 parts alcohol

200 parts glycerine

720 parts distilled water

10 parts essential oil (if desired)

Mix the gum and the alcohol. Add glycerine and mix until smooth. Gradually

mix water in. Let stand overnight and strain.

Glycerine Jelly

30 parts unflavored gelatine

170 parts glycerine

800 parts orange flower water

Place gelatine in 500 parts of the water and let stand overnight. Gently

warm unitl dissolved. Add glycerine and the remainder of the water.

Glycerine Jelly

1 dram tragacanth gum

2 fl. oz. glycerine

4 fl. oz. water

Dissolve the gum in the glycerine until smooth. Gradually add water and mix

well. Strain, and let stand until thickened.

Face Cream

50 grains gum tragacanth

13 fl. oz. water

2 fl. oz. glycerine

1 oz. alcohol

80 grains boric acid

Macerate the gum in water till soft, starin through muslin. Dissolve the

acid in the glycerine by aid of gentle heat, add to mucilage, then add the

alcohol.

A variant of the above recipe:

2 oz. powdered tragacanth

8 oz. glycerine

1 oz. boric acid

1 oz. powdered borax

5 oz. alcohol

48 oz. distilled water

1 oz. tinctureof benzoin

oak the gum in the water for 24 hours in a wide-mouthed bottle,

occasionally agitating it. Add the glycerine, the boric acid and the borax

dissolved in the alcohol and stir until thick. Add benzoin tincture and mix

well.

Skin Gel

3/4 cup water

1 tsp. gelatin

1 tb. witch hazel

1 tb. glycerine

1 tb. herb infusion (may omit, if desired)

Microwave gelatin and 1/4 cup of the water till dissolved. Add remaining

ingredients and refrigerate.

Quince Seed Lotion

16 grams quince seed

6 grams borax

6 grams boric acid

120 cc glycerine

120 cc alcohol

750 cc distilled water

Macerate seeds with 500 cc of the water, heated, overnight; strain.

Dissolve borax and boric acid in remainder of the water, add to the mucilage

and incorporate other ingredients.

Greaseless cream

747.5 gm water

50.75 gm borax

4.0 gm sodium carbonate

64.25 gm glycerine

Place all in a double boiler; when quite warm add 130.0 gm stearic acid, and

stir occasionally until dissolved. Add 3.5 gm powdered gum tragacanth and

stir vigorously. Let cool, stir until smooth.

Glycerine Milk

700 cc quince seed mucilage

10 gm soap, powdered

20 cc alcohol

25 gm boric acid

250 cc glycerine

1 cc oil of lavender

Dissolve soap in the alcohol and mix in quince-mucilage. Heat glycerine and

acid until dissolved, mix in mucilage; add essential oil.

Moisture Gel

Dissolve 5 tsp. gelatin powder in 2 1/4 cups hot water. Add 3 tb. glycerine

and a few drops e.o. if desired.

Vanishing Cream

4 1/3 oz. (by weight) stearic acid

2 oz. (by weight) borax

1/2 oz. (by weight) sodium bicarbonate

3 cups rosewater (or distilled water)

1/4 cup glycerine

In a double boiler, melt the stearic acid. In a second pan, heat the water

and glycerine. make a paste of the borax and the bicarbonate with a little

water and add to the water/glycerine mixture. Bring to a boil, and beat in

the melted stearic acid, simmer until thickened. Cool and add essential

oils, if desired.

Complexion Cream

1 oz. Irish moss

10 oz. distilled water

2 oz. glycerine

1 dram boric acid

1 oz. alcohol or vodka

Wash the moss in a little cold water, then boil gently in the distilled

water in a covered pan. Stain. Add glycerine and the boric acid,

previously dissolved in 1 oz. water. Let cool, add alcohol.

Oily Skin Cream

1 tsp. pectin powder

1 oz. alcohol

1/2 oz. glycerine

1 1/2 oz. rosewater

Mix the pectin with a little of the alcohol and slowly mix in the glycerine.

Add the rest of the alcohol and the rosewater. Bring to a boil and simmer

3 minutes; cool.

Cucumber Jelly

1 tsp. Irish moss

1 tsp. gum tragacanth

1 tsp. borax

1 tsp. boric acid

2 oz. glycerne

3 oz. alcohol

3 oz. cucumber juice

16 oz. distilled water, boiling

Dissolve the moss and the tragacanth in the hot water, let cool, strain.

Mix in remaining ingredients.

Cucumber Cream

1 cucumber, mashed

10 oz. distilled water

1 tb. sodium carbonate

1 tb. glycerine

2 oz. stearic acid

8 oz. witch hazel

2 tsp. tincture of benzoin

Add cucumber to the water in an enamel pot. Bring to a boil and simmer 20

minutes. Cool and strain. Add soda and glycerine. Add stearic acid.

Simmer over low heat, covered, 1 hour. Remove from heat and beat in witch

hazel and benzoin. Beat until fluffy.

Many of the above recipes were from old formularies, to be made up by

druggists. The borax, alcohol, benzoin and boric acid in some of the

recipes were for preserving the gels and creams. If desired, these can be

left out, but be sure to refrigerate your lotion!

[Guest guest]

Cat, if I left out the borax in the Vanishing Cream formula, should I put

something in place of it, as it calls for 2 ounces? What about leaving out the

alcohol? Same question. The recipes look great.

Thanks, Leanna in Alberta.

Cat wrote:

> Oily Skin Lotion

> 1/2 cup gelatin mix (below)

> 1 (500 mg) vitamin C tablet, powdered

> 1 multi-vitamin tablet, powdered

> 1 tsp. glycerine

> 1 tsp. seaweed powder

> 1 aspirin tablet, powdered

> 1/4 tsp. alum powder

> Mix until dissolved. Keep refrigerated.

>

> Gelatin Mix

> Dissolve 1 tb. unflavored gelatin powder in 1/4 cup cold water. Add 3/4 cup

> boiling water and mix. Let cool before adding other ingredients.

>

> Cornstarch Oil-Free Lotion

> 2 tb. glycerine

> 2 tb. cornstarch

> 1/2 cup distilled water

> 2 tb. rosewater

> Gently heat until clear. Cool, and keep refrigerated.

>

> A variant of the above recipe:

> 1/2 cup strong fennel infusion

> 2 tsp. arrowroot powder

> 2 tb. glycerine

> 2 tb. lavender water

> Mix and stir over gentle heat until thickened.

>

> Oil Free Gel

> 1 tsp. gelatin dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water

> 1 tb. lemon juice

> 1 tb. witch hazel

> 1 tb. glycerine

> few drops essential oil

> Mix and keep refrigerated.

>

> Glycerine Lotion (from a 19th century formulary)

> Mix 1 1/2 oz. water with 2 1/2 oz. alcohol. Set aside. Make an emulsion of

> 30 grains gum arabic and 8 fl. oz. water. Add 3 fl. oz. glycerine and 10

> fl. drams quince seed mucilage. Mix in the water/alcohol solution, strain

> and bottle.

> 1 grain= approximately a large pinch

> 1 dram=60 drops liquid

>

> Skin Cream

> 20 parts powdered gum tragacanth

> 50 parts alcohol

> 200 parts glycerine

> 720 parts distilled water

> 10 parts essential oil (if desired)

> Mix the gum and the alcohol. Add glycerine and mix until smooth. Gradually

> mix water in. Let stand overnight and strain.

>

> Glycerine Jelly

> 30 parts unflavored gelatine

> 170 parts glycerine

> 800 parts orange flower water

> Place gelatine in 500 parts of the water and let stand overnight. Gently

> warm unitl dissolved. Add glycerine and the remainder of the water.

>

> Glycerine Jelly

> 1 dram tragacanth gum

> 2 fl. oz. glycerine

> 4 fl. oz. water

> Dissolve the gum in the glycerine until smooth. Gradually add water and mix

> well. Strain, and let stand until thickened.

>

> Face Cream

> 50 grains gum tragacanth

> 13 fl. oz. water

> 2 fl. oz. glycerine

> 1 oz. alcohol

> 80 grains boric acid

> Macerate the gum in water till soft, starin through muslin. Dissolve the

> acid in the glycerine by aid of gentle heat, add to mucilage, then add the

> alcohol.

>

> A variant of the above recipe:

> 2 oz. powdered tragacanth

> 8 oz. glycerine

> 1 oz. boric acid

> 1 oz. powdered borax

> 5 oz. alcohol

> 48 oz. distilled water

> 1 oz. tinctureof benzoin

> oak the gum in the water for 24 hours in a wide-mouthed bottle,

> occasionally agitating it. Add the glycerine, the boric acid and the borax

> dissolved in the alcohol and stir until thick. Add benzoin tincture and mix

> well.

>

> Skin Gel

> 3/4 cup water

> 1 tsp. gelatin

> 1 tb. witch hazel

> 1 tb. glycerine

> 1 tb. herb infusion (may omit, if desired)

> Microwave gelatin and 1/4 cup of the water till dissolved. Add remaining

> ingredients and refrigerate.

>

> Quince Seed Lotion

> 16 grams quince seed

> 6 grams borax

> 6 grams boric acid

> 120 cc glycerine

> 120 cc alcohol

> 750 cc distilled water

> Macerate seeds with 500 cc of the water, heated, overnight; strain.

> Dissolve borax and boric acid in remainder of the water, add to the mucilage

> and incorporate other ingredients.

>

> Greaseless cream

> 747.5 gm water

> 50.75 gm borax

> 4.0 gm sodium carbonate

> 64.25 gm glycerine

> Place all in a double boiler; when quite warm add 130.0 gm stearic acid, and

> stir occasionally until dissolved. Add 3.5 gm powdered gum tragacanth and

> stir vigorously. Let cool, stir until smooth.

>

> Glycerine Milk

> 700 cc quince seed mucilage

> 10 gm soap, powdered

> 20 cc alcohol

> 25 gm boric acid

> 250 cc glycerine

> 1 cc oil of lavender

> Dissolve soap in the alcohol and mix in quince-mucilage. Heat glycerine and

> acid until dissolved, mix in mucilage; add essential oil.

>

> Moisture Gel

> Dissolve 5 tsp. gelatin powder in 2 1/4 cups hot water. Add 3 tb. glycerine

> and a few drops e.o. if desired.

>

> Vanishing Cream

> 4 1/3 oz. (by weight) stearic acid

> 2 oz. (by weight) borax

> 1/2 oz. (by weight) sodium bicarbonate

> 3 cups rosewater (or distilled water)

> 1/4 cup glycerine

> In a double boiler, melt the stearic acid. In a second pan, heat the water

> and glycerine. make a paste of the borax and the bicarbonate with a little

> water and add to the water/glycerine mixture. Bring to a boil, and beat in

> the melted stearic acid, simmer until thickened. Cool and add essential

> oils, if desired.

>

> Complexion Cream

> 1 oz. Irish moss

> 10 oz. distilled water

> 2 oz. glycerine

> 1 dram boric acid

> 1 oz. alcohol or vodka

> Wash the moss in a little cold water, then boil gently in the distilled

> water in a covered pan. Stain. Add glycerine and the boric acid,

> previously dissolved in 1 oz. water. Let cool, add alcohol.

>

> Oily Skin Cream

> 1 tsp. pectin powder

> 1 oz. alcohol

> 1/2 oz. glycerine

> 1 1/2 oz. rosewater

> Mix the pectin with a little of the alcohol and slowly mix in the glycerine.

> Add the rest of the alcohol and the rosewater. Bring to a boil and simmer

> 3 minutes; cool.

>

> Cucumber Jelly

> 1 tsp. Irish moss

> 1 tsp. gum tragacanth

> 1 tsp. borax

> 1 tsp. boric acid

> 2 oz. glycerne

> 3 oz. alcohol

> 3 oz. cucumber juice

> 16 oz. distilled water, boiling

> Dissolve the moss and the tragacanth in the hot water, let cool, strain.

> Mix in remaining ingredients.

>

> Cucumber Cream

> 1 cucumber, mashed

> 10 oz. distilled water

> 1 tb. sodium carbonate

> 1 tb. glycerine

> 2 oz. stearic acid

> 8 oz. witch hazel

> 2 tsp. tincture of benzoin

> Add cucumber to the water in an enamel pot. Bring to a boil and simmer 20

> minutes. Cool and strain. Add soda and glycerine. Add stearic acid.

> Simmer over low heat, covered, 1 hour. Remove from heat and beat in witch

> hazel and benzoin. Beat until fluffy.

>

> Many of the above recipes were from old formularies, to be made up by

> druggists. The borax, alcohol, benzoin and boric acid in some of the

> recipes were for preserving the gels and creams. If desired, these can be

> left out, but be sure to refrigerate your lotion!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello Cat ! I would like to thank you so much for posting the no grease

lotion recipes. You are a doll !

Jen in Or

Re: Oil-Free Lotions (lots!)

> Oily Skin Lotion

> 1/2 cup gelatin mix (below)

> 1 (500 mg) vitamin C tablet, powdered

> 1 multi-vitamin tablet, powdered

> 1 tsp. glycerine

> 1 tsp. seaweed powder

> 1 aspirin tablet, powdered

> 1/4 tsp. alum powder

> Mix until dissolved. Keep refrigerated.

>

> Gelatin Mix

> Dissolve 1 tb. unflavored gelatin powder in 1/4 cup cold water. Add 3/4

cup

> boiling water and mix. Let cool before adding other ingredients.

>

> Cornstarch Oil-Free Lotion

> 2 tb. glycerine

> 2 tb. cornstarch

> 1/2 cup distilled water

> 2 tb. rosewater

> Gently heat until clear. Cool, and keep refrigerated.

>

> A variant of the above recipe:

> 1/2 cup strong fennel infusion

> 2 tsp. arrowroot powder

> 2 tb. glycerine

> 2 tb. lavender water

> Mix and stir over gentle heat until thickened.

>

> Oil Free Gel

> 1 tsp. gelatin dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water

> 1 tb. lemon juice

> 1 tb. witch hazel

> 1 tb. glycerine

> few drops essential oil

> Mix and keep refrigerated.

>

> Glycerine Lotion (from a 19th century formulary)

> Mix 1 1/2 oz. water with 2 1/2 oz. alcohol. Set aside. Make an emulsion

of

> 30 grains gum arabic and 8 fl. oz. water. Add 3 fl. oz. glycerine and 10

> fl. drams quince seed mucilage. Mix in the water/alcohol solution, strain

> and bottle.

> 1 grain= approximately a large pinch

> 1 dram=60 drops liquid

>

> Skin Cream

> 20 parts powdered gum tragacanth

> 50 parts alcohol

> 200 parts glycerine

> 720 parts distilled water

> 10 parts essential oil (if desired)

> Mix the gum and the alcohol. Add glycerine and mix until smooth.

Gradually

> mix water in. Let stand overnight and strain.

>

> Glycerine Jelly

> 30 parts unflavored gelatine

> 170 parts glycerine

> 800 parts orange flower water

> Place gelatine in 500 parts of the water and let stand overnight. Gently

> warm unitl dissolved. Add glycerine and the remainder of the water.

>

> Glycerine Jelly

> 1 dram tragacanth gum

> 2 fl. oz. glycerine

> 4 fl. oz. water

> Dissolve the gum in the glycerine until smooth. Gradually add water and

mix

> well. Strain, and let stand until thickened.

>

> Face Cream

> 50 grains gum tragacanth

> 13 fl. oz. water

> 2 fl. oz. glycerine

> 1 oz. alcohol

> 80 grains boric acid

> Macerate the gum in water till soft, starin through muslin. Dissolve the

> acid in the glycerine by aid of gentle heat, add to mucilage, then add the

> alcohol.

>

> A variant of the above recipe:

> 2 oz. powdered tragacanth

> 8 oz. glycerine

> 1 oz. boric acid

> 1 oz. powdered borax

> 5 oz. alcohol

> 48 oz. distilled water

> 1 oz. tinctureof benzoin

> oak the gum in the water for 24 hours in a wide-mouthed bottle,

> occasionally agitating it. Add the glycerine, the boric acid and the

borax

> dissolved in the alcohol and stir until thick. Add benzoin tincture and

mix

> well.

>

> Skin Gel

> 3/4 cup water

> 1 tsp. gelatin

> 1 tb. witch hazel

> 1 tb. glycerine

> 1 tb. herb infusion (may omit, if desired)

> Microwave gelatin and 1/4 cup of the water till dissolved. Add remaining

> ingredients and refrigerate.

>

> Quince Seed Lotion

> 16 grams quince seed

> 6 grams borax

> 6 grams boric acid

> 120 cc glycerine

> 120 cc alcohol

> 750 cc distilled water

> Macerate seeds with 500 cc of the water, heated, overnight; strain.

> Dissolve borax and boric acid in remainder of the water, add to the

mucilage

> and incorporate other ingredients.

>

> Greaseless cream

> 747.5 gm water

> 50.75 gm borax

> 4.0 gm sodium carbonate

> 64.25 gm glycerine

> Place all in a double boiler; when quite warm add 130.0 gm stearic acid,

and

> stir occasionally until dissolved. Add 3.5 gm powdered gum tragacanth and

> stir vigorously. Let cool, stir until smooth.

>

> Glycerine Milk

> 700 cc quince seed mucilage

> 10 gm soap, powdered

> 20 cc alcohol

> 25 gm boric acid

> 250 cc glycerine

> 1 cc oil of lavender

> Dissolve soap in the alcohol and mix in quince-mucilage. Heat glycerine

and

> acid until dissolved, mix in mucilage; add essential oil.

>

> Moisture Gel

> Dissolve 5 tsp. gelatin powder in 2 1/4 cups hot water. Add 3 tb.

glycerine

> and a few drops e.o. if desired.

>

> Vanishing Cream

> 4 1/3 oz. (by weight) stearic acid

> 2 oz. (by weight) borax

> 1/2 oz. (by weight) sodium bicarbonate

> 3 cups rosewater (or distilled water)

> 1/4 cup glycerine

> In a double boiler, melt the stearic acid. In a second pan, heat the

water

> and glycerine. make a paste of the borax and the bicarbonate with a

little

> water and add to the water/glycerine mixture. Bring to a boil, and beat

in

> the melted stearic acid, simmer until thickened. Cool and add essential

> oils, if desired.

>

> Complexion Cream

> 1 oz. Irish moss

> 10 oz. distilled water

> 2 oz. glycerine

> 1 dram boric acid

> 1 oz. alcohol or vodka

> Wash the moss in a little cold water, then boil gently in the distilled

> water in a covered pan. Stain. Add glycerine and the boric acid,

> previously dissolved in 1 oz. water. Let cool, add alcohol.

>

> Oily Skin Cream

> 1 tsp. pectin powder

> 1 oz. alcohol

> 1/2 oz. glycerine

> 1 1/2 oz. rosewater

> Mix the pectin with a little of the alcohol and slowly mix in the

glycerine.

> Add the rest of the alcohol and the rosewater. Bring to a boil and simmer

> 3 minutes; cool.

>

> Cucumber Jelly

> 1 tsp. Irish moss

> 1 tsp. gum tragacanth

> 1 tsp. borax

> 1 tsp. boric acid

> 2 oz. glycerne

> 3 oz. alcohol

> 3 oz. cucumber juice

> 16 oz. distilled water, boiling

> Dissolve the moss and the tragacanth in the hot water, let cool, strain.

> Mix in remaining ingredients.

>

> Cucumber Cream

> 1 cucumber, mashed

> 10 oz. distilled water

> 1 tb. sodium carbonate

> 1 tb. glycerine

> 2 oz. stearic acid

> 8 oz. witch hazel

> 2 tsp. tincture of benzoin

> Add cucumber to the water in an enamel pot. Bring to a boil and simmer 20

> minutes. Cool and strain. Add soda and glycerine. Add stearic acid.

> Simmer over low heat, covered, 1 hour. Remove from heat and beat in witch

> hazel and benzoin. Beat until fluffy.

>

> Many of the above recipes were from old formularies, to be made up by

> druggists. The borax, alcohol, benzoin and boric acid in some of the

> recipes were for preserving the gels and creams. If desired, these can be

> left out, but be sure to refrigerate your lotion!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Leanna:

Not having made the recipe, I can't say for sure but I agree, it does sound

like a lot of borax! I am sure it was included as an emulsifier. It can be

diluted further to more of a lotion consistency with distilled water, but I

hesitate to suggest a substitute in this case.

The alcohol is there as an emulsifier as well as a preservative, but alcohol

is very drying to the skin and there are more effective preservatives. Try

reducing the amount, but not omitting it entirely. The cream will have a

shortened shelf-life, but it can be made up in smaller quantities to reduce

waste.

I am not an expert on preservatives, perhaps someone else could help?

Cat

> Cat, if I left out the borax in the Vanishing Cream formula, should I put

> something in place of it, as it calls for 2 ounces? What about leaving

out the

> alcohol? Same question. The recipes look great.

> > Vanishing Cream

> > 4 1/3 oz. (by weight) stearic acid

> > 2 oz. (by weight) borax

> > 1/2 oz. (by weight) sodium bicarbonate

> > 3 cups rosewater (or distilled water)

> > 1/4 cup glycerine

> > In a double boiler, melt the stearic acid. In a second pan, heat the

water

> > and glycerine. make a paste of the borax and the bicarbonate with a

little

> > water and add to the water/glycerine mixture. Bring to a boil, and beat

in

> > the melted stearic acid, simmer until thickened. Cool and add essential

> > oils, if desired.