Lotion: How to use EVERY. LAST. DROP.
As I'm sure you've noticed, our lotion is THICK. We love it, and have no plans to change that. But, it can cause a bit of an issue when trying to use every little bit of it that comes in a bottle.
We have a couple tricks that work perfectly, and will make sure that you can enjoy every last drop.
Water Bath Method:
- Remove the pump from the bottle, and heat up some water. It doesn't need to be boiling, but needs to be quite warm!
- Take a heat safe dish and pour enough hot water to cover what lotion is left in the bottle.
- Set the bottle in the hot water, carefully. Let sit for a few minutes. Lotion is liquid when warm, so once it's liquid just pour into a jar of your choice and let cool.
Microwave Method:
- Remove the pump from your bottle of lotion and set into microwave.
- Microwave for 10-15 seconds. Take bottle out (with oven mitts, it may be hot!) and shake to see if it's turned to liquid-- lotion will be completely liquid when hot. If still solid, microwave an additional 10-15 seconds.
- Carefully remove from the microwave and pour into a jar of your choice and let cool.
Here's a video if that works better for you:
1 comment
Hi Robyn,
I finally made it to your shop. Its been on my list since 2023. I had the powerful experience of “hospicing” my mom in her home for her last four days of life. In her bathroom she had a jar of your lotion, which I used on her each of the four days in our evolving routine. I was sure that despite the morphine and the distancing, she would appreciate the touch and scent. I took the remainder of the jar home and used it as part of my grief journey after she died. I always wanted to come to your shop to get more. I went last week, taking my friend visiting from Chicago on my “dead mom errand” as we travelled from the San Juans to Seattle (where I live). We loved your shop and both indulged in a medley of products. But you didn’t have the marjoram+litsea combination that my mom had. The woman helping me said it was likely one of your experiments, so she wasn’t sure if/when you would do that again. I’m enjoying my lavender+rosemary, but if you had an inkling to bring back that marjoram+ litsea recipe, please let me know so I can buy a few items as a tribute to the special journey I got to have with my mom. Olfactory memories are so powerful. Thanks for considering this request.