Coconut Olive Bees Wax Vitamin E Lotion

  


 “Great and marvelous are Your deeds, 
   Lord God Almighty. 
Just and true are Your ways, 
   King of the ages. 
⁴ Who will not fear You, O Lord, 
   and bring glory to Your name? 
For You alone are holy. 
All nations will come 
   and worship before You, 
for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”Rev 15

Introduction: This was the first time I made lotion and I thank God that it worked (I did not think the emulsifying step would work :) ).


Ingredients:


1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup olive oil

(note about oil choice: you can use any combination of nut, seed, olive, avocado, tallow, and coconut oils. Remember that coconut oil contains medium chain triglycerides which pass through the plasma membrane of skin cells to nourish even the insides of skin cells)

1 tbsp bees wax (this is the emulsifier; found at your local farmer's market or from an old candle)

2/3 cup water


Optional:
2 tbsp Zinc Oxide (for sunscreen spf 40)

5 drops of essential oil of your choice (e.g. lavender, lemon, rose, sandalwood, calamus, cinnamon, etc.)
contents of 7 vitamin E gel tablets (use the tip of a knife to poke a hole in the tablet and squeeze contents out; Vitamin E causes exfoliation of skin cells i.e. dead cells fall off and new ones grow)

Directions:


1. heat the oils and bees wax in a small pot on low heat while stirring until the bees wax is melted and distributed; pour into a mixing bowl and let cool


2. stir the Vitamin E into the oil


3. start beating the oil on medium speed with an egg beater while slowly pouring in the water until you have poured in all the water (when I did this, at first the water did not seem to thicken the oil, but after I had poured in about 1/3 cup water, almost instantly the mixture solidified and stayed this way while pouring the other 1/3 cup)

4. thoroughly mix in the zinc oxide and/or essential oil (optional)


5. pour into a container


A little goes a long way! I think I need to learn to make soap, shampoo, conditioner, household cleaners, etc. too!