How to Make Lotion Bars
Homemade lotion bars are easy to make and are a great way to soothe dry, winter skin.
Ingredients
- 3 oz. beeswax
- 3 oz. coconut oil
- 3 oz. shea butter or cooca butter
Instructions
- Weigh out 3 oz. beeswax, 3 oz. coconut oil, and 3 oz. shea or cocoa butter and place in a pyrex container. Alternatively, if you don't have a scale, measure out 1/3 cup beeswax, 1/3 cup coconut oil, and 1/3 cup shea butter.
- Add about 2" water to a saucepan and place the pyrex container in the saucepan. Be sure that the water will not splash into the pyrex container. Set this make-shift double boiler over medium heat. As the mixture melts, stir occasionally. The coconut oil will be the first to melt and the beeswax will be the last.
- When all the ingredients are almost melted, remove the saucepan and pyrex container from the heat and continue to stir to melt the remaining beeswax pellets. Then add your essential oils and stir one last time. I use a little less than half a teaspoon (about 30-50 drops) of my essential oil.
- Immediately pour the melted mixture into your molds. The bars will set up pretty fast so try to work quickly. If the mixture hardens before you are finished pouring, set it back in the saucepan on the stove and stir until it melts again.
- Let harden about an hour and pop out of the molds. If they aren't coming out easily, place in the freezer for 10 minutes and try again.Your lotion bars are done!
Notes
It is easiest to clean up the pyrex and your spoon while everything is still warm. Using a paper towel, wipe out the pyrex measuring cup and spoon and then wash in warm soapy water or you can wash them in the dishwasher.
This recipe is very scalable. If you only want a couple of bars, you can use 1 oz. of each ingredient, using only 10-12 drops of essential oil.
Here are some scent combinations you might like to try:
- Chocolate Peppermint-use cocoa butter instead of shea butter and use peppermint essential oil
- Coconut Lime-use unrefined coconut oil (It will smell like coconuts.) instead of refined coconut oil and use lime essential oil
- Lavender-use lavender essential oil
- Orange spice-use 20 drops of orange essential oil, 8 drops of cinnamon leaf essential oil, and 4 drops of clove essential oil.