BODY CREAM PRODUCTION

The skin being the largest organ in the body needs proper care and attention. And body cream has served well in the protection and nourishing of the body against the abrasive condition of our environments.

The use of body cream, lotions and other skin care products in maintaining, repairing damage skins, enhancing the look and appearance of the skin can never be over exaggerated.

Knowing what kind of body cream to use for your type of body skin; light skin, chocolate skin or fair complexion or how you can make your own natural body cream can be of good health benefit to you.

The knowledge of the body cream production process or body lotion can transform you into a mega millionaire if you plan to follow it as a dream. My dear, believe me, you can make a living producing your very own quality natural body cream brands into the striving market. No joke!

PLANTS AND MACHINERY USED FOR BODY CREAM PRODUCTION

Cosmetic making machine, body cream production line

IMPORTANCE OF BODY CREAM

Even though many creams in the stores have been an alternative for body cream, still body cream is still in high demand all over the world because:

1. It doesn’t cause skin reaction
2. It is used to prevent inflammation caused by heat generated from prolonged used of diapers
3. It is used in the laboratory to prevent air from entering specimen hence, it is used for sealing cover slip
4. It is used to keep the body warm during cold season
5. It is used as a lubricant
6. It is a water repellant
7. It is used to prevent cracked heels, lips, and skin
8. It is used as polish to polish surfaces such as shoes and bags
9. It is used to prevent rusting of metal surfaces
10. It is used to prevent split ends in hair.

BODY CREAM MAKING MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT

1. Heater
2. Thermometer
3. Stirrer
4. Mixing chamber
5. Weighing Scale

BODY CREAM PRODUCTION MATERIALS AND QUANTITY

1. Methy Paraben                                 5 mls
2. Emulsifying wax (crude)                 3 mls
3. Propylparabe Stearic-acid                0.2 grams
4. Propylene glycol                              3 mls
5. Water                                                81 mls
6. Cetyl Alcohol                                   3 grams
7. Colourant                                         To taste
8. Mineral Oil                                      0.1 grams
9. Fragrance                                         As desired
10. Jelly                                                 5 grams

BODY CREAM PRODUCTION MAKING PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES

1. Mix no 1-5 together in a heating chamber
2. Heat until the mixture reaches around 75 0 C
3. Also mix no 6-8 together in a heating chamber
4. Turn on the heat, until the mix is at about 75 0 C
5. Mix both phase with continuous stirring, turn off the heat
6. Add perfume and colour as desired, when the temperature drops to about 40⁰C.
7. Package ready for the market.

ALTERNATIVE METHODS

• Get a pot and pour the 30 Cl of Paraffin oil or mineral oil into it.
• Add 1 kg of the petroleum jelly and stir it properly.
• Then add 1 tablespoonful of the Lanolin substance and heat it moderately on fire (you can use a kerosene stove, gas cooker, firewood, oven or an electric heater) in order to dissolve it properly and proportionately. The more paraffin oil you add, the more you lose the thickness of your product becomes. So beware of this so as not to produce a sub-standard Vaseline on the long run.
• As soon as the melting and mixing process has been completed, remove pot from heat leave for a few seconds to enable the heat of the mixture cool down a little bit. Then, go on and add your industrial perfume according to your desired fragrance which will easily catch the attention of people to buy them.
• Now, stir the mixture thoroughly so that the components can properly mix up with each other.
• Then pour the mixture into your branded containers. Allow it to cool inside the containers for a few minutes and then, you have just produced your Vaseline

SAMPLES OF THE PRODUCED BODY CREAM