Monday, August 19, 2013

Homemade lotion with coconut oil

I have been making lotions for the first time ever this summer. "Have been making" means I have done it twice before. But I love that it fits in with my new homesteady ways and also really love that it is natural and I can moisturize without chemicals.
So far I have made lip lotion and dandelion lotion.
BUT I wanted a smoother and more creamy lotion so I played around with my ingredients and came up with something that I really like.
I smathered it on my face, neck, hands, elbows all last night and couldn't be happier so I am sharing what I did.

Home made lotion with Coconut oil, Emu oil, Tamanu Oil, and white clover olive oil.




 Here are the ingredients I used. In a 1 cup measuring cup I  added about 1/2 inch of Emu oil, 1/4 inch Tamanu oil and topped the cup off with white clover infused olive oil that I have been "steeping" for about 3 weeks.


Tamanu Oil, Emu Oil, Coconut Oil, White clover infused Olive Oil, beeswax pastilles.

White Clover infused olive oil. 3 weeks old.
 I put this cup of combined oils into a pint sized canning jar. To this I added 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup beeswax pastilles. It goes into a pan of WARM water on the stove. (if you put it into already boiling water, you may explode your jar). Bring the water to a boil while stirring the oil mixture.
Once the oil mixtures gets hot enough, you get that magical moment when the beeswax starts melting and everything combines together.

Stir until you can no longer see the pastilles and then remove from heat. Let the mixture cool to room temperature and stir with a fork while it cools to make it creamier. I had used the rest of my coconut oil for this batch so I chose to pour the lotion into the empty coconut oil container. I also set the new container in a pan with cool water to rush the cooling process along. I have the patience of a flea for cooling stuff down and didn't want to walk away before it cooled and realize I didn't stir and it got too hard.
While it was still super watery, I added some mango flavoring to give it a nice smell. This would also be the point for you to add up to 3/4 teaspoon of any of your favorite essential oils or even some vitamin E oil. No more than 3/4 teaspoon combined oils, though.

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