Dear Lotion Makers,

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Please help me. I have been making lovely lotions from oil, water, and emulsifyers. Some of them are still fine, but some, after maybe 2 weeks, are separating. They lose their creaminess and go all liquidy. Why? I blend them and blend them and blend them. I pour while they are still warm but MAN, how else can I get it into the bottles? And even if I blended it until it was totally cool, would that really keep things from separating?

Dear lotion makers, can you recommend something to use as a preservative, or whatever it is I need?

Humbly yours,
A