Lotion Bar Recipe
This Lotion Bar Recipe is made with three basic ingredients you can easily create for your own dry skin need and make a great gift too.
Yield: 6
Equipment
- Old pot
- Glass measuring cup
- Wood skewer or plastic spoon
- Silicone molds
Materials
- 1 cup beeswax pellets ~ 8 ounces
- 1/2 cup shea butter
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 30 drops essential oil (like lavender or geranium) optional
Instructions
- Place some water in an old saucepan. Just a few inches to heat the measuring cup.
- Set a large glass measuring cup in the water.
- Add the beeswax, shea butter, and coconut into the measuring cup.
- Bring the water to a boil and melt all the ingredients, stirring with the skewer or spoon.
- Once all the ingredients are melted remove the measuring cup and let sit for about a minute before adding any fragrance.
- Pour the liquid blend into silicone molds.
- After several hours or overnight remove the lotion bars from the mold and wrap in parchment or place in bags.
Notes
If you want to add fragrance to the lotion bars you can add essential oils or fragrance oil blends to the lotion bars before pouring. Fragrance oils tend to be stronger so you may need less. However, the strength of the scent is subjective so you may want to experiment a little.
I used coconut oil because it has a long shelf life, but you can use other carrier oils such as jojoba, olive or sweet almond oil, if that's what you have on hand.
You can also substitute the shea butter with cocoa butter or mango butter.
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