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Minty Cocoa Lip Balm .20 oz beeswax .25 oz cocoa butter .15 oz shea butter .40 oz sweet almond oil 2 drops of vitamin E Oil 10 drops peppermint EO Melt oils and beeswax in a glass container in the microwave slowly in burst, do not overheat. Add essential oil and use droppers to fill lip balm tubes. This recipe fills approximately 10 tubes. The cocoa, undeodorized gives a rich chocolate scent and the peppermint makes it a patty! How to create your own lip balm recipe: 20% Beeswax 25% Oil (solid at room temperature - Cocoa Butter, Palm Kernal Oil, etc.) 15% Oil (soft at room temperature - Coconut Oil, Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Palm Oil, etc.) 40% Oil (liquid at room temperature - Olive Oil, Almond Oil, Sunflower Oil, etc.) Vitamin E preserves your lip balm and adds "shelf life" to your product. Just a few drops! Flavor: You can add just a few drops of food safe flavor oils, peppermint essential oil, etc.
Lavender Face Cream This is a thick and rich cream. A very high end face cream. You can substitute the oils for a more economical cream. Water Phase: 171.8 g water (distilled) Oil Phase: 10.5 g stearic acid 13.3 g e-wax 10.5 g babassu oil 10.5 g borage oil 10.5 g evening primrose oil 20.6 g shea butter Preservative Phase: 7.3 g glycerine 2.55 g phenonip 1 tsp cornstarch 1/2 tsp lavender EO (essential oil) Weigh water, stearic acid, ewax, babassu oil, borage oil, evening primrose oil and shea butter into microwave safe bowl. Heat until oils, waxes and butter have completely melted. Lower your stick blender into bowl and mix until you have a white, creamy emulsion that will resemble warm milk. Let this cool slightly, then carefully add glycerine, phenonip, cornstarch and lavender essential oil. Pour into a clean gallon size zip lock bag, seal top, snip corner and pipe into attractive 2 oz. jars.
Salt Scrub (can substitute salt with sugar) This salt scrub rocks! (Makes about 4 1/3 cups) 130 grams (2/3 cup) Shea Butter (melted) 90 grams (1 cup) Stearic Acid 200 grams (1 cup) Fractionated Coconut Oil 60 grams (1/3 cup) Jojoba Oil 15 grams (2 tbs. + 1 tsp.) Polysorbate 20 Fragrance Oil (to your liking) 500 grams (1 cup) Salts (Sea, Epsom, Dead, Spa, etc.) Heat Shea butter, Stearic acid, jojoba oil and fractionated coconut oil until melted. Remove from heat. Stir continuously until mixture begins to solidify. Blend with hand mixer (cake batter type) ~ Add salts and continue to mix. I sometimes place the pot into a container of cold water to speed up the cool-down process, but continue to stir/mix as it is cooling. When mixture is cool (less than 50C/122F), add Fragrance oil and Polysorbate 20. *Please note: The salts are not calculated as part of the formulation. They are added at a 1/1 ratio (by weight) to the formulation, which in this case would be 500grams or approximately 1 cup.
Shea & Mango Body Butter (Makes about 10 oz.) 6 oz. Refined/Unrefined Shea Butter or Mango Butter 1 ½ oz. Olive Oil 1 ½ oz. Jojoba Oil 1 oz. Babassu Oil 1 tsp. Vitamin E Oil 1-2 tsp. Coconut Fo (to your liking) Place Shea Butter in a microwave-safe bowl and heat just until melted. Add Olive Oil, Jojoba Oil, and Emu and heat just until mixed and translucent. Add Vitamin E Oil and blend with stick blender. Let cool for about 10 minutes, and then place in freezer for approximately 5-10 minutes. Blend again for a few minutes and place again in freezer for another 5-10 minutes. When mixture begins to thicken, blend your Fragrance Oil in and pour into clean sterilized containers. *This recipe does NOT require preservative. This recipe will make a body butter with the consistency of tub margarine. Olive oil is used because of its ability to reduce the effects of sunburn. (credit: by Jennifer Kott)
Massage Oil (Makes approximately 16 oz.) 8 oz. Fractionated Coconut Oil 8 oz. Jojoba Oil Coconut Fragrance Oil Combine Fractionated Coconut Oil and Jojoba Oil. Scent to your liking. Note: Since fractionated coconut oil and jojoba do NOT go rancid, there is no need to add an anti-oxidant such as Vitamin E Oil. (credit: by Jennifer Kott)
Lotion Bars (Makes (6) 1 oz. Lotion bars) 1 ½ oz beeswax 1 oz cocoa butter (I like the un-deodorized in this recipe) 1 ½ oz Shea butter (you can use Shea or Mango Butter) 2 oz jojoba oil (you can use almond, etc.) ¼ tsp. Vitamin E Oil Coconut FO Place all ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and heat until melted, let cool slightly, stir in fragrance oil and pour into your containers. I like to use the deodorant push ups. Note: This recipe offers a “rather firm, not too soft” lotion bar.
Scrumptious Hand and Body Cream Water Phase: 35oz water (distilled) Oil Phase: 2.3oz Sunflower Oil 2.3oz Macadamia Nut Oil 2.3oz Grapeseed Oil 2.3oz E-Wax NF .9oz Stearic Preservative Phase: .5oz Phenopip 15 drops T-50 Vit. E Fragrance Oil to liking Weigh water, sunflower oil, macadamia nut oil, grapeseed oil, ewax and stearic acid into microwave safe bowl. Heat until oils and waxes have completely melted. Lower the bottom of your stick blender into the bowl of melted ingredients and mix until you have a white, creamy emulsion that will resemble warm milk. Let this cool slightly, then carefully add glycerine, phenonip, cornstarch and lavender essential oil. Pour into a clean gallon size zip lock bag, seal top, snip corner and pipe into attractive 2 oz. jars. (credit: by Robin Wood)
Scented Goddess Stones These are a lot of fun to make and they scent a lingerie drawer for months! A nice wedding favor idea or to add to gift baskets! In a glass bowl combine: 1/2 c. flour 1/4 c. table salt 1/4 T. alum Mix dry ingredients with a mixer. Add: 1 T. essential oil or FO 1/3 c. boiling water. For colored dough, blend in food coloring until desired shade. I also added some herbs (rose petals, calendula, lavender buds work well). You may have to add a little more flour. Once dough has reached the consistency of clay you can either form small "stones" with it, or make a "snake" of the clay and cut 1/4" slices. Smooth the slices a bit and then stamp with a soap stamp or rubber stamp. Place on waxed paper or brown paper and let air dry. You can use other recipes that do not contain alum. I tried one that contained cornstarch instead. However, these did not dry very fast. I ended up putting them in the microwave at 10 second bursts to speed the drying time. (credit: by Melinda Solly-Bryan)
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