Make Your Own Homemade Coconut Lotion Bars

Learn how to make your own natural coconut lotion bars. Check out the article we found over at Health Impact News.

Coconut Oil‘s nourishing properties make it an excellent skin lotion and homemade lotion bars make it even easier to apply. Lotion bars are very moisturizing and incredibly easy to make with only a few ingredients. No liquid ingredients are used so no emulsifying or preservatives are needed.

Uses for Lotion Bars:

I often give lotion bars as gifts since they can be easily customized with essential oils or natural scents. They are completely natural and safe on babies and children. The coconut oil and shea butter create a natural SPF of about 5, which make them ideal for outdoor activities.

My personal favorite uses for lotion bars are:

• To soften and protect dry skin
• During pregnancy to prevent stretch marks
• On sensitive baby skin to help sooth diaper rash or eczema

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Coconut Oil
• 1/2 cup Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter
• 2/3 cup Beeswax Pastilles or grated beeswax
• Optional: 1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
• Optional: Essential Oils for scent

How to Make:

When I first started making this recipe I used a double boiler and blender before I realized that there was a much easier way that didn’t require excessive dishes. Here’s the easy way (my blender thanks you!):

Combine ingredients in a quart size or larger glass mason jar or reused glass jar. Fill a medium size saucepan with a couple inches of water and place on a burner over medium high heat. I recommend putting a lid on the jar to prevent water from getting in as this ruins the lotion bars.

Bring the water to a simmer and stir or shake the contents of the jar until completely melted. This should take about ten minutes. Quickly pour into whatever molds you are using. I highly recommend silicon muffin cups or molds if you have them because they are so easy to clean. Regular muffin tins or even small glass jars also work. You can even use small jelly-size glass jars if you want to keep the lotion bar in the jar for travel or to give as a gift. This recipe will make approximately 6 lotion bars if using muffin cups or small jars.

Leave in molds for at least 4 hours or overnight (preferable) and carefully pop out of molds. I wrap in cellophane bags and tie with burlap and twine for gifts.

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