Homemade Beeswax Lotion.
Living on a farm, and raising our own bees is a dream come true! I have always wanted to make my own health and beauty products and I am finally able to do it.
Our bee hives multiply every year, and my hubby is able to allow me to have more of the wax each time we can split a hive. I am finally getting a good supply of wax and I am able to keep my family supplied in lotions and lip balms.
I feel like I am doing something good for my skin when I use all natural products and it is so easy to make I just had to share how easy it is to make hand lotion.
Learning how to make health and beauty hand lotion is very simple and with a few easy steps you can make your own lotion as well. Even if you don’t have your own bees you can easily order beeswax and your other supplies quickly.
Homemade hand lotion ingredients:
- 1 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 cup Coconut Oil
- 1/2 cup Beeswax
- 1/2 teaspoon Vitamin E Oil
- 20 drops of your favorite pure Essential Oil
5 Easy Steps:
Step #1 – In a quart sized jar combine olive oil, coconut oil, and beeswax.
Step#2 – In a small sauce pan add 2 cups of water and then place the jar in the center of the pan. Turn the heat to medium and heat slowly until all wax in melted.
Step #3 – Once the wax is melted remove the jar from the pan.
Step #4 – Add 20 drops of your favorite essential oil and the Vitamin E oil. Stir until combined.
Step #5 – Pour into individual containers, and cool until set.
I have found that the shelf life for this recipe is about six months. It is so easy to make that I make a fresh batch a couple times a year or whenever I run out.
Please note: I have linked the ingredients to Amazon in case you would like to buy the ingredients and make your own all-natural homemade beeswax lotion. Enjoy!
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I love the idea of making homemade beauty products! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!
So do I Kate! I have a nighttime face cream I am working on this week and will post it sometime next week.
I’m gonna try your recipe. I’ve made lotion before and it was not as firm as I’d like. Thanks for the great recipe!
I love this lotion Daisy! I use it everywhere….hands, elbows, legs and feet!
Thanks for sharing this at Good Morning Mondays. I was actually looking for Christmas gifts and probably something different. We have our own bees too and I have some beeswax so I will definitely be giving this a go. Blessings
I made a batch to put in my adult girls stockings!
Tracy – thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve long wished for my own bees and goats, so I could pursue making my own products. I have sensitivities to many commercial products. I just may order up some of these supplies to make for myself and for holiday gifts.
Kim,
My hubby is very sensitive to many things and that is the main reason I started to make my own products. My daughters love a gift basket full of my homemade products every Christmas!
I love beeswax chap stick. It is so soothing on chapped lips. I am going to try this to help with my chapped winter hands. 🙂
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I love this lotion especially on my legs!
I made this yesterday and mine turned out green do to the olive oil. What am I doing wrong? Or can I use a lighter olive oil
Sally I am sure it was because of the darkness of your olive oil. It will not change the quality at all using a darker oil I have done that in the past as well and it works just the same.
How do you get the junk out of your beeswax? My papa has ton of hives but the wax is so dirty afterwards. I’d love to put that old wax to good use.
Tina,
I melt my wax with a little bit of water and then strain it through cheesecloth.