Easy Lotion Bar Recipe
These DIY Lotion Bars are great for everyone, especially those with dry or cracked skin. This recipe calls for organic ingredients, like natural oils, organic beeswax and essential oils.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 lotion bars 1x
- Category: DIY
- Method: Stovetop
Ingredients
- 1 part coconut oil (example: 4 ounces)
- 1 part organic shea butter or organic cocoa butter (example: 4 ounces)
- 1 part pure beeswax (example: 4 ounces) or carnauba wax (vegan)
- (optional) Essential Oils (lavender, frankincense, and orange essential oils are my favorite oils to use)
Instructions
- Heat coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax together in a saucepan over low heat. It helps if you break up the beeswax into small chunks because it takes a while for the wax to melt. You can also use beeswax pastilles, which will melt faster.
- Once the beeswax, coconut oil, and shea butter are melted, add essential oils. I like to use vanilla, sweet orange, and lavender. I’m sensitive to strong fragrances so I only add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 ounces of oil. Alternatively, you can make an unscented lotion bar and leave out all fragrance oils.
- Pour melted coconut oil and beeswax into lotion bar molds or muffin tins.
- Let them sit until cool. You can also place them in the refrigerator if you need to speed up the process.
This recipe will make six 2 oz bar or molds.
Notes
Find it online: https://thecoconutmama.com/coconut-oil-lotion-bar/