My 1st DIY Breastmilk Lotion

I have been searching around for breastmilk lotion recipe since the day I started accumulating breastmilk in my freezer. As a beginner, I was looking for something simple and easy, and of course as natural as possible. I want something as basic and chemical-free as possible. So I stumbled upon this recipe below from this website here which seems to be simple and easy:

BREAST MILK LOTION

3 ounces of breastmilk

3 ounces oil (grapeseed oil for sensitive skin)

1 tablespoon of beeswax

a few drops of Vitamin E oil

optional: add essential oils for therapy/scent

Microwave the oil and beeswax slowly just until the beeswax melts, approximately 3 minutes.

Add the Vitamin E oil and slowly poured in the room temperature breastmilk while whisking rapidly until it thickens

(you can use an immersion blender to mix if preferred)

Pour into shallow jars or lotion tubs. It will continue to thicken as it cools. Refrigerate and use for up to 3 months.

 

Two weeks ago, I finally decided to try it out and this is what I have used for my own breastmilk recipe:

 

3 ounce of breastmilk

1.5 ounce of extra virgin coconut oil

1.5 ounce of grapeseed oil (edible type - good for cooking and also cheaper compare to the cosmetic type)

1 table spoon of beeswax pallets

1 vitamin E capsule

and I gave the essential oil a pass

 

Step 1:

Mixed coconut oil, grapeseed oil and beeswax in a double boiler (I have read somewhere that microwave is not an good option) under slow heat and wait for the beeswax to melt. It took about 10 to 15 minutes for the beeswax to melt and turned off the fire.

 

Step 2:

Broke one vitamin E capsule and dropped the vitamin E oil in. That was about 3 to 4 drops.

 

Step 3/Final step:

Poured in room temperature breastmilk and start whisking. The moment I started pouring the breastmilk the liquid started to thicken.

 

This is how it looks:

  

 

 And after cooling the lotion, I poured them into few small containers:

 

It was fast and easy up to that point but how is the texture? How does it feels like putting on my skin? Well, It feels greasy and sticky on me! And it smells just like coconut oil without the essential oil. I personally do not like the smell as well as the texture, let alone to put them on my babies' skin. I have put them in my fridge and it really thicken more in the fridge. Maybe that's why my sister and other family members do not find it greasy, but they do agree with the stickiness.

So what went wrong? Is the stickiness due to the type of oil that I have chosen? coconut oil? or grapeseed oil? Or that I shouldn't be choosing edible grapeseed oil? Is the greasiness due to too much of oil used? is my 1:1 oil to breastmilk ratio too greasy? I find the lotion too thick (feels almost like balm, which I don't mind) that may be due to too much of beeswax used, again; I don't mind that. I later did some searching online and found out that ratio as well as type of oil really do make a lot of difference.

Now what do I do with my failed lotion? They are still in my fridge and I have decided to melt them again and have my second round of DIY fun over this weekend.

Please feel free to drop me comments to share with me your experience, or tell me what went wrong or give me advices on how to improve/rescue my lotion.