Thursday 30 July 2009

Make your own Cold Cream !


The lovely Fleur de Guerre wrote a post about that most classical of creams - cold cream. This was such a staple ware in the the lives of the 1940s woman. She would use it to clean her face with or use it as a face mask in the evening. Read Fleurs post here.


For those of you vintage lovers that want to try making your own I found the below recipe. I made one little addition, some rose oil for fragrance. If any one of you ladies give it a go, please let me know how it went.


Also, if you like making your own skincare products, you might want to try the recipe for Floral Water that I posted on my other blog.


HOMEMADE COLD CREAM


1/4 teaspoon borax

1/4 cup distilled water

1/2 cup oil that is liquid at room temperature (Almond is nice)

1/2 ounce (by weight) grated beeswax ( about 2 tbs )


If possible work with glass containers as it can get a little messy.


1. Dissolve the borax in the water. Set aside.


2. Mix together the oil and beeswax.


3. Heat the oil/beeswax mix in a microwave until the beeswax is melted in and the mixture is clear. Or you can put the beeswax in a container that you then put in a pot of water. When the water starts boiling the wax will slowly melt.


4. Heat the borax/water mix in a microwave or on the stove for a minute - almost to boiling.


5. Slowly pour the borax/water mixture into the oil/beeswax mixture, using a stick blender to mix as you pour.


6. Beat very well with the stick blender until the mix is glossy white and slightly thick. If you wish you can put a few drops of essential rose oil into a little almond oil and mix in for fragrance.


7. Pour the (hot) cold cream into a jar with a lid and let it cool to room temperature.


NOTE: If you don't have a stick blender you can beat the cold cream with a whisk or in a regular blender, but the cleanup will be much more difficult.... By using glass containers and a stick blender you will be able to simply wipe most of the excess off with paper towels, then wash in hot soapy water. Cleaning plastic measuring cups, and a whisk or (worse yet) a blender of this wax-containing product is difficult and a pain in the neck....

4 comments:

A said...

Don't know if I have the guts to try this, but thanks for another great how-to

La Maligne said...

I just made a jar of Cold Cream using
this method and it is lovely! Thank you!!

pinkcupcake said...

i am definently gonna try this! i am a big fan of pond's cold cream, but the one thing that bothers me is the mineral oil in it, so im going to try this since it doesnt have mineral oil. im sure its just as good, if not better! plus, i bet its fun making it! thnks for the recipe!

Anonymous said...

This took me about 10 minutes, lucky I had the ingredients on hand. It's beautiful, thank you!