Sunday, January 5, 2014

Home Made Moisture Bar

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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