A Natural Petroleum Jelly
Creating a new version of Nature's Jelly
We do currently sell this product as “Nature’s Jelly” on SoapCrafters.com. However, we do not make it ourselves. We have been purchasing it from a manufacturer who is pretty far away. It never occurred to me to make it ourselves until the other day.
Today I’m playing around with a recipe to see if I can improve upon it. Not that the product needs improving, but I just can’t help myself. I must tinker!
I’m using only bee’s wax, soy oil, and palm oil. I have it all melted and blended and I’m emulsifying it now and then as it cools. It is still too warm to have anything interesting to report.
My hope is that it will be just like Vaseline Petroleum Jelly when I’m done, but made only with oils and bee’s wax, instead of whatever the heck is in petroleum jelly. The name alone suggests some byproduct of fuel, haha.
I shall report back.
UPDATE: It is a few hours into the cooling and I’m not so sure this is going to work with the recipe I came up with. Seems to runny to me. I might have to use a tougher wax to get the job done. I dunno… still waiting until its cold.
UPDATE: Well, eh hem. If you use palm oil to make this stuff it will be solid white. Really, it should be translucent, you know? It was almost thick enough after sitting for the weekend, but I scrapped it. I need to use a liquid oil that is see through.
