Everyday Balms
This recipe will show you how to make several different balms and beauty products from one base recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Beeswax about 3 heaping TBS
- 4 oz Shea Butter or Tallow about 6 TBS
- 4 oz Coconut Oil about 6 TBS
- 3 oz Olive Oil
- 2 TBS mica powder
About 15 drops of your choice of essential oil for each 4 oz. container, half the amount for a 2 oz and half again for a 1 oz.
Instructions
- Melt the beeswax, shea butter, and coconut oil together in a double boiler or small crockpot.
- Next fill your lipbalm containers, as these will not have the olive oil. If you choose to tint this with mica, you will want to do that separately and then fill the tubes. If you are using the tins, we found that we could mix the mica in the tin quickly before it hardened. We used about 1/2 tsp for a 1oz. tin.
- Step three is to pour in the olive oil, mix well and pour the melted oils into the containers.
- Lastly, put in the drops of essential oil and the mica if you are tinting it. For the large tins I use about 15 drops total. Ten of peppermint and about five of tea tree. For the smaller tins I use about half that amount. If you are tinting some of these to use for cream blush, you may want to leave out the essential oil or use one that is good for your face like orange or frankincense. Also, mix the mica in while it is still warm. We had success mixing the mica directly in the tin. We used about a tsp for a medium 2oz container. It really depends on how dark you want it. We wanted ours to be fairly subtle.
Notes
For the udder balm, we use peppermint and tea tree oils. Peppermint is supposed to be good in the prevention of mastitis, and tea tree is a good astringent.
For lip balms, I like thieves oil. My daughter uses orange oil. You can use peppermint as well, really it's whatever you like!
For lip balms, I like thieves oil. My daughter uses orange oil. You can use peppermint as well, really it's whatever you like!