The utilization of papaya in making homemade papaya oil body lotion

Papaya are easy to get and affordable, contains many vitamins and benefits. It can be processed into skin care products, such as body lotion. Body lotion is use as daily skin care to moisturize the skin. But some body lotions are contain harmful ingredients that causing irritation. It is necessary to use natural ingredients that are safe and eco-friendly. The need for natural skin care grows by people’s awareness of healthy living and concern for the environment. Consumers prefer to use skin care with natural ingredients and less chemicals. This research was conducted to process papaya into papaya oil, make body lotion, mix papaya oil with body lotion and add fragrance. We made the papaya oil with a ratio of papaya : VCO is 1:3 and mixed 15 drops papaya oil with 250 grams of body lotion. To test the benefits and safety of papaya oil body lotion, a survey method and pH measurement are used. Body lotion was applied to respondents' hands and the majority argued that with the addition of papaya oil, the body lotion was softer, felt lighter, not sticky, and quickly absorbed into the skin. The original pH testing of body lotion is 5.61 and the pH of papaya oil body lotion is 5.59. This results show that papaya oil body lotion is safe for the skin and strategic enough to be produced and commercialized for public use.