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Almond Milk Daily Moisturizer
This is the section's everyday face cream, built at a small enough batch size to justify frequent remaking rather than long storage.
- Prep
- 20 Minutes
Natural Beauty Recipes · Almond Milk
What you need
Ingredients
- Phase A (Aqueous Phase)
- 2 tbsp (30 mL / 30g) Fresh Unsweetened Almond Milk
- Phase B (Lipid Phase)
- 1 tbsp (15 mL / 14g) Sweet Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis)
- 1 tsp (4g) Beeswax Pellets
Method
Instructions
- Combine sweet almond oil and beeswax pellets in a heatproof beaker over a double boiler until wax melts (approximately 65°C).
- Warm fresh almond milk to matching temperature (approximately 65°C) in a separate beaker.
- Pour almond milk slowly into the melted oil phase while whisking rapidly with a mini hand blender.
- Continue whisking continuously as the emulsion cools into a smooth cream.
- Spoon into a sanitized glass jar.
- APPLICATION
- Smooth a pea-sized amount over clean face and neck every morning. Follow with sun protection.
From The Big Book of Milk & Garden Beauty: 156 Natural Recipes for Skin & Hair Using Alternative Milks & Everyday Pantry Ingredients by Aunesty Janssen
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