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Hi All.

I'm new here & have been following the forum for a few weeks.

I made my first batch of lotion on 2/10. I was very diligent in washing all my utensils and the lotion bottles in a 5% bleach water solution. I added a preservative (Optiphen) and made sure the lotion was completely cool before putting the cap on. I have been using the lotion for days now.

On 2/15, I noticed some condensation on the inside shoulders of my lotion bottle (I gave the other 5 bottles away). The smell, texture, color all look fine to me. There is no seperation that I can see. The bottle is a 4oz clear PET bottle with rounded shoulders.

I don't know if this is because I've got it on a table next to a mini-wine refrigerator and a lamp, causing the lotion to heat up very slightly, then cool down at night, or if it's something with the lotion?

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Michele

Hmmm. Never had that before. I am suprised and would like to hear why from someone.

Bruce

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I'm not sure. When I make my lotion in gallon bottles, they stay open in my fridge til they are completely cool. Is it possible that yours got too cool and started to condense at room temp?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I got a lotion from Avon like two weeks ago and it has condensation too, the lotion smells and feels good, I have it in the bathroom, but I never had condensation on any kind of lotions before, sorry I can't help you with that, I just wanted to let you know that even the big companies have this kind of problem.

Thank you for the responses.

I spoke to everyone I gave lotion to and no one else has noticed the condensation. I'm hoping by using just a little more than .5% Optiphen will keep the lotion from going bad if indeed all the bottles start to have the same issue.

Michele

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I'm not so sure why that happens also...I did notice once when I made a 2 pound batch of lotion that I poured lotion into a 4 oz bottle and the condensation formed afterwards...I waited about 10 minutes to pour into more 4 oz bottles but didn't see any condensation on those bottles...

I'm thinking pouring too hot can be the culprit?

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