I saw this idea somewhere on a blog hop, thought I saved it, couldn't find it again. Go figure. So, I kind of did my own thing. I didn't need a lot, it should last a while.
I used the following:
1 oz. Bees Wax
1 oz. Coconut oil
I measured on my kitchen scale and used my version of a double boiler. A sauce pan in a skillet. Oil goes in the sauce pan and sits in the skillet which has a couple of inches of water in it.
Melt together the oils and when melted add about 5 drops each of your favorite scented oils. I use lemon and lavender. Lemon is good for antiseptic and I believe so is the lavender but they both smell great together. After adding my oils I then pour my wax mixture into two foil cupcake liners. I then sat them on a saucer and put them into the fridge.
After about an hour you can take them out of the liners an I put them into a recycled plastic container to keep in the fridge.
I don't buy the bees wax from the health food store as the stuff is way over priced. I buy the toilet ring at Home Depot for like $2. It is bees wax. It isn't the cleaned up yellow version but it works the same and lasts a long time.
To use this bar, you hold it in your hand and melt a bit and then rub it in. My hands have been so dry this winter and I've gone through a ton of hand lotion and it gets stuck in my rings, this should work even better, no buildup at all.
Here's a couple of shots of the bars.
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