I finally managed to find some free time to get my ingredients the other day. The shop carried most of the items I wanted except for Aloe Vera gel (so I ended up just cutting the leaves off my plant for it).
(The lady who worked there was hopeless though, which ended up with me going back 4 times to finally get exactly what it was that I needed. She kept ignoring me and when she did finally focus her attention, she was just plain rude and couldn’t answer any of my questions. I don’t know why shops hire people like these)
I had to work around the volume of the recipe because I did not have enough aloe vera. I do not have a digital scale either so unfortunately, the measurements aren’t exactly the most accurate.
I first cut up my aloe vera leaves to try and get the gel into a cup. Then I added some evening primrose oil into the mixture (I will add vitamin E in the future as it supposedly acts as a preservative. late note: I just found out that it does not act as a preservative but as an antioxidant). Aloe Vera is shite to work with as it is so slimy. I didn’t have much either so I had to be careful not to waste any. The effort needed to get this done makes me think it may be worthwhile just to buy it, if it didn’t cost so much!
After I got as much of the gel out as I possibly could, I realised that it had too much texture in it for a smooth lotion. Instead of microwaving it, I thought a better idea would be to blend it to as fine a consistency as possible.
Then, I melted the shea butter, coconut oil and beeswax in a double boiler. I then turned off the fire, and slowly added the almond oil by stirring it in.
I then transferred my aloe gel mix into a pyrex glass. I had my hand mixer ready and slowly poured the shea butter mixture into the aloe mix while mixing it.
I realised, however, that I should have waited for the whole mixture to cool down before I added my fragrance oil. But well, we’re talking about small volumes here so I don’t think that made too much of a difference. I will need to keep that in mind for the future though.
I also realised that I should have taken pictures so you can see each stage better but honestly, after the aloe vera effort, the last thing I wanted was to touch my iphone or camera.
But anyway, here is the end product 
The consistency is a bit more watery than I would have liked but I read that it will thicken as it gets cooler.
I tried some on my skin before putting them in the jars and initially, it felt abit greasy but after rubbing it in, my skin felt pretty smooth and soft. I’m testing the product on myself first as I have quite a sensitive skin. Once I know for sure that there are no allergic reactions, I can then start sharing it with friends and family
ps. After the cream had time to cool down, I applied some on my skin but realised there were lil lumps in the mixture. I then melted it down again and started whipping (mixing at very high speed) it instead. After a few minutes, the consistency was much better and I ended up with this (in natural light):
and this is what it looks like close up (under warm lighting):
It is much smoother and easier to apply. I will have a go for a couple more days to get a better idea whether to stick with the ingredients or change it abit. I do find that it is abit greasy when applied and takes a while to absorb so I may need to work on that. I may add in abit more shea butter as well next time. I think for this recipe, I only used about 10% shea butter. I may increase that abit, and lessen my almond oil.
Right now, I can smell the tea rose on my skin and it smells pretty good 
