Jessica and I went to the store to shop shoes, when at the counter there was a cute pretty little tin with a lotion bar in it sitting there batting it’s eyes at me. It looked new, not totally smothered with OP germs, so I indulged. OooOOooh, it smelled heavenly and felt the same on my skin. I wanted some. It was so expensive. I wanted some. It was so expensive, I looked at Jess…I just couldn’t do it. I flipped over the expensive chic lotion bar made with all-organic ingredients and copied the ingredients down in my head. The first four ingredients were oil, beeswax, butter and oil. Not exactly Einstein’s brainchild.
I came home and decided to wing it …
I eyeballed >1/4 C of beeswax…
1/4 C of organic coconut oil…
3/4 teaspoon organic fake vanilla EO scented oil…
4 drops grapeseed oil as preservative (optional)
Melted it all in a double boiler…
Poured said mixture in environmentally friendly recycled yogurt cup and…
Tada! Less than an hour after coming home I have my very own hand lotion bar! It smells dreeeeamy and my dog keeps wanting to lick my hands. Ewe, ewe, ewe.
My daughters looooove it! Isn’t she beautiful?! I can’t believe how old my little Emma looks here! All lotion bars feel a little greasy, as does mine at first, adding shea butter would help. After 2 minutes my hands were dry to where I could write with a pen, not bad. The moisturized(not greasy) feeling lasted for a couple hours if I stayed out of the dishwater.
Jessie loves it for her elbows and knees, Emma uses it on her hands and Gracie and Elijah on their chubby legs and arms after their bathes.
2 comments:
Jeff feel in love with a bees wax lotion bar when he took my ring in to get cleaned. He went out and bought one right away. Nice to know I could make one myself if I wanted.
Mrs. Jardinski I love how you see something that you ABSOLUTELY love, then go home and make it within that same afternoon!!! :)
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