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These beeswax lotion bars are easy to make and smell amazing! They make your hands feel great without being greasy.
I had found a recipe for homemade lotion bars a while back and made a batch. Unfortunately, they made my hands feel greasy and they took a while to absorb. I think it was the coconut oil. Since then, I’ve been searching for lotion bar recipes without coconut oil, to no avail!
I first tried using lotion bars last summer. I bought a cute bar that came in its own tin in a yarn shop in Alberta. Those lotion bars were smooth and creamy, and they nicely moisturized my hands for knitting. Surprisingly, they only had two ingredients: soy wax and shea butter. I used that as a starting point for these lotion bars, which use beeswax. Beeswax is very hard, so these bars will keep their shape and not get soft at room temperature. To use, just gently rub them in your hands; your body heat will start to melt them and leave a light coating on your hands.
I like to use shea butter instead of coconut oil because it’s rich and creamy without being greasy. I keep a little dish with a lotion bar on it on a table next to my knitting chair. That way, I can moisturize whenever I need to! I haven’t found that residue from my hands affects the yarn in any way. If anything, it might moisturize my wool yarns!
As I used the golden, unrefined beeswax, my lotion bars have a beautiful honey colour and delicious scent. However, if you prefer plain, just use the white refined beeswax. We get most of our supplies from New Directions Aromatics in Mississauga, but I’ve also used shea butter from hair supply stores and that works great too!
This recipe makes nine bars, each about two tablespoons. Feel free to make larger ones if you have larger moulds. I also listed the ingredient quantities in grams because I had a hard time measuring volumes of soft shea butter and hard chunks of beeswax in my measuring cups. The weight measurements will give you more accurate quantities and more consistent results.
Beeswax Lotion Bars
Equipment
- double boiler
Materials
- 150 grams beeswax
- 100 grams shea butter
Instructions
- If the beeswax is in a block, grate it or chop it into small pieces.
- Place the beeswax and shea butter in the top of a double boiler. Heat over simmering water until melted. Mix with a spoon to blend them, being careful not to burn yourself.
- Carefully pour the melted mixture into moulds. Let sit at room temperature for 20-30 minutes or until they are cool and set.
- Pop the lotion bars out of the moulds and put in a pretty package!
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This sounds like a wonderful recipe! I’ll have to give it a try! I love lotion bars, but sometimes they do feel a little greasy. And it’s good to know that they don’t affect the yarn. I crochet and feel like I need to moisturize my hands more often.
These look wonderful and sound amazing! I would love to try them. #MMBC
These sounds just lovely. I like the idea of lotion bars but never thought about making my own.
Those look wonderful. I have been looking for a small gift for the teachers I work with at a small Montessori school. We’ve all been off work since March because of the quarantine and will be back in our classrooms at the end of June. That’s when I want to give them all a little something. This is a great idea!
The soaps look so yummy ? . I love handmade soap. In here mostly coconut oil based. I must check if there is someone sells beeswax based soap ?.
These aren’t soaps, they’re lotion bars! I’m not a soap expert so you’ll have to check to see if beeswax is a good ingredient in soaps 🙂
These are amazing. I luv them? I’d luv to invite you to share it with us over at Charming Homes and Gardens Wednesday – Sunday https://www.dabblinganddecorating.com/single-post/2020/03/31/Charming-Homes-Gardens-Wednesday-Link-Party
Your molds are gorgeous! This looks so luxurious!
They are so pretty too! Your Beeswax Lotion Bars would make a lovely gift. Thank you for sharing with the Hearth and Soul Link Party and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Community. Take care and have a lovely weekend.
This sounds like the perfect recipe since I also do not like lotion bars that make your hands feel greasy. Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s, you are being featured on my blog Tuesday evening.
Love this, I’ll be sharing it on my blog, Facebook and Twitter when the next To Grandma’s house we go link party starts. Thanks for sharing with us!
Oh my, I need these! They sound the perfect solution for dry skin, too. And they look so pretty! Thanks for sharing and linking up.
Shelbee
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I’m always using something to keep my hands soft. I’m going to make some of these lotion bars — they sound fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing at our link party on Grandma Ideas. I’m going to feature this at our link party that starts tomorrow night.
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I love these! They are so pretty. This post is featured on today’s link party!
Shelbee
http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com
I love these!!They would make beautiful gifts, too!!
Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!!
Mollie
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They look great, thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
Wow, these beeswax lotion bars look awesome. Congratulations, you are being featured on Over The Moon Linky Party. I hope you stop by. https://www.eclecticredbarn.com/2020/06/over-moon-linky-party.html
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Bev
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Has anyone tried this with mango butter instead of Shea butter?
They look lovely but are too hard. I will remedy and add more shea butter and some vitamin E oil.
Hi Carol – depending on the season you make them, the outside temperature will hardness/softness will be affected. The bars will be harder in the winter and softer in the summer.