Petroleum-free compositions for skin care and other applications, and methods of making same

A process for the preparation of a substantially non-aqueous, aerated composition, consisting essentially of:

• i. melting together
• 1. from about 15 wt % to about 40 wt % of a wax selected from the group consisting of animal tallow, bayberry wax, beeswax, grapefruit wax, orange peel wax, rice bran wax, sumac wax, sunflower wax, soy wax, and mixtures thereof;
• 2. from about 60 wt % to about 85 wt % of an oil selected from the group consisting of almond oil, babassu kernel oil, carrot seed oil, cashew oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, grape seed oil, hazelnut oil, linseed oil, macadamia oil, mongongo nut oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, pecan oil, pine nut oil, pistachio oil, pumpkin seed oil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil, walnut oil, and mixtures thereof;
• 3. optionally, from about 0.01 wt % to about 10 wt % vitamin E oil;
• and
• 4. optionally, from about 0.001 wt % to about 1 wt % of an essential oil;
• ii. pouring the mixture into a cooling vessel where it is cooled completely to room temperature to form hardened matter;
• iii. blending the hardened matter with a mixer to form a flowable mixture;
• and
• iv. forcing the flowable mixture through a sieve to form the aerated composition.