These are easy and fun recipes to try.  They have been tested and altered over and over and are beloved by many. 

 

Baby's Bum Balm

Great for diaper rash and helping to heal eczema:

This recipe fills 4 - 60mL twist up tubes.

4 - 60mL Twist Up Tube

40g Beeswax

35g Cocoa Butter

25g Shea Butter

30g Castor Oil

10g Olive Oil (with Calendula Oil Infused)

10g Avocado Oil

40 drops Lavender Essential Oil

8 drops Chamomile Essential Oil or a Pinch of Chamomile Extract

1 tbsp Corn Starch (Optional - makes it a bit less greasy)


  1. Measure all ingredients on a digital scale
  2. Measure beeswax in a glass measuring cup and melt in microwave for a few minutes until completely melted
  3. Measure cocoa butter and melt a few more minutes until almost melted
  4. Measure shea butter and melt a few more minutes, then stir with a metal spoon to melt the rest of the way
  5. Measure castor, olive, & avocado oils; you may need to melt a touch more (maybe 1 min.)
  6. Add the essential oils; stir well
  7. Pour in twist up tubes and let cool with no lids on.
  8. Put on lids when solid

 

Honey Facial Scrub

An amazing restoration for dry skin:

60mL Jar

1 tsp. Apricot Kernels

1 tsp. Oat Flour

Pinch of extracts (I use seaweed, rosemary, banana, green tea, chamomile, & guava fruit)

30mL Liquid Honey

30mL Vegetable Glycerin

  1. Fill the jar with your dry ingredients
  2. Add your liquid ingredients
  3. Mix well
  4. Apply a small amount to face, scrub, & rinse (don't get water in the product or it could go bad)

Bug Spray

A favourite of many:

8oz. Distilled Water

8oz. Bottle with sprayer

1/8 tsp. solubilizer (you could use polysorbate 20 or a bit of dish detergent)

Essential Oils:

25 drops Citronella

20 drops Lemongrass

20 drops Peppermint

16 drops Lavender

15 drops Eucalyptus

10 drops Thyme

  1. Put your solubilizer & essential oils in the bottle
  2. Fill with water
  3. Put on the lid and shake (shake before each use)

Lip Balm Favourites

The perfect base consists of:

26% Beeswax (healing and smells great)

37% Cocoa Butter (very moisturizing and protects from the elements)

37% Castor Oil (makes a creamy gloss)

Essential Oils or Flavour Oils

  1. Melt your beeswax in a heat safe, glass measuring cup (microwave) or in a stainless steel measuring cup over boiling water.  When liquified, add the cocoa butter and melt.  Add the castor oil and mix well.
  2. At this point you can add essential oils or flavour oils.  Don't use much (only a few drops), as your lips are vry sensitive.  Please ensure that the essential oils you use are safe to use around the lip area (some good ones are Peppermint, Lavender, and Lemon (use in small amounts, as it can be phototoxic - cause burning).
  3. Pour into lip balm tubes.  For lip tins, add more of a liquid oil (more castor or some grapeseed or almond oil).



 

Salves - Great for petroleum free jelly, healing, cold & flu salves

12.5% Beeswax (healing and smells great)

62.5% Light Carrier Oil (you can get creative and infuse herbs into your oil ahead of time)

25% Castor Oil 

Essential Oils

  1. Melt your beeswax in a heat safe, glass measuring cup (microwave) or in a stainless steel measuring cup over boiling water.  When liquified, add the other oils, melt, & mix well.  
  2. At this point you can add essential oils (you may want to let your mixture cool a bit so they don't evaporate).  
  3. Pour into jars (preferably glass).  
 


Body Butters

This recipe makes a solid body butter for twist or push up tubes.  To make a softer body butter for jars, add more liquid oils or use less beeswax.

15% Beeswax

22% Butters
63% Liquid Oils
Extracts
Essential Oils

  1.  Melt beeswax & butters.

  2. Add liquid oils and melt.
  3. Add extracts and essential oils.
  4. Pour into molds or tubes.


Bath Bombs

These are very inexpensive to make. 


1/2 cup baking soda
1/4 cup corn starch
1/4 cup citric acid (should be able to purchase at the bulk food store)
1 tsp cocoa butter or carrier oil
25-35 drops of essential oils
between 1/2 to 1 tbsp. distilled water or floral water
metal tart molds (bulk food store)
  1. Mix baking soda, corn starch, and citric acid in a glass bowl.
  2. Melt cocoa butter, add essential oils, and mix with dry ingredients (or just add the carrier oil with essential oils)
  3. Start by measuring 1/2 tbsp. of water, pour in and mix quickly so there is minimal fizzing.  You want to ingredients to stick together when pressed.  If you need more water, add a little bit at a time.
  4. Pack firmly into mold, then tap out onto wax paper or plastic wrap.  Let dry and harden.
  5. After a few hours, package.  Keep from getting damp again.

Note: Try adding dried herbs to your bath bombs.

 

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