Shauna, thanks for mentioning the "Gardener's Clean" waterless hand scrub. I'll have to keep an eye for it. What I use for a hand lotion is Herbacin Kamille. I find it works really at replenishing the moisture loss. Then to help heal cuts I use Aloe Vera gel, it helps speed up how long it takes for cuts and nicks to heal. For bug spray I usually use whatever has a high concentration of deet. I did find that Watkins sells a bug repellant that is a lotion and it works well. I usually use that one on my face as it smell like body lotion. A nicer than the stench of bug spray. Oh I also have a bottle called Marigold Horse Spray made by EQyss grooming products. There is no deet or chemicals in it so I can use it on the dogs. It smells nice too and seems to last fairly long. Syreeta

I haven't made it so here's a recipe from a very reputable place. Here is a link that might be useful: Body Butter~MMS~the Sage

Here's a link to one of my old stomping grounds, you'll have to create an account to get in though (I believe, it's free). Here is a link that might be useful: The Soap Dish

Hey guys, i had the same issue mold popping up in my mixtures, i thought it was moisture in my jars so i cleaned up all my jars and used a heat gun to dry them that didn't work. I thought it might have been the Xanthian gum took that out but it didnt work. Took out all my fancy ingredients like cucmumber, bamboo and pomegranate extracts THAT DIDNT WORK 😭🤣 so i ended up giving up on whipped body butter using water and turned to making body butter without water and i just use powder to degrease the mixture so it sinks into the skin instantly... I still prefer to make whipped butter with water because it doesn't melt in high temperatures, but its too risky i ended up wasting hundreds and hundreds of dollars in product. I still have no clue of the cause of it, but the one thing i DIDNT TRY was adding more preservative, i was adding 2% to all my formulas. So ill give it one more try and try it with 6% and see what happens. 😊 This conversation thread helped me alot. Thankyou.