One of the best products for protecting or healing dry skin is a lotion bar. A lotion bar is simply normal lotion that remains solid at room temperature but rubs effortlessly onto your hands or other parts of your body.
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While you can buy lotion bars at the store to stock up on, it’s also a good idea to learn how to make your own so you can be more self-sufficient. While lotion bars are definitely not critical for your survival, they can still be a nice item to make your life a little easier.
As this video by Common Sense Home explains, here is how to make DIY Lotion Bars.
Start by gathering these ingredients:
- Cocoa Butter
- Beeswax
- Coconut Oil or Olive Oil (your choice)
- Molds (your shape of choice)
- Pot
- Spoon
Once you have gathered those materials, follow these steps to make your lotion bar:
- Place the oil, cocoa butter, and beeswax together in a pot.
- Place the pot over a low flame or on the ‘keep warm’ setting of your stove.
- Use a spoon to mix the ingredients together as they melt.
- Once the mixture is melted, you can pour it into your molds while it is still warm.
- Allow the mixture to cool down before you remove it from the molds; alternatively, you can cool them down for ten to fifteen minutes in the refrigerator (you do not need to continue refrigerating after the bars are done).
And that’s it! You now have solid DIY lotion bars that will be just like the normal lotion bars you can buy at the store.
To see how it’s done, check out the video by Common Sense Home below.
Thank you for this; looks super easy. I just looked up how to do it with essential oils. It looks like you use about 15 drops after the stuff is all melted, but not while it is too hot (or too cool). then you put your drops in and stir, then pour in the molds. I never use lotions, but this actually looks like something I would use, can be made with really good ingredients, and will be nice to use. (By the way! I was wondering about shea butter. According to the other video, you can substitute shea butter for the cocoa butter. (I’m thinking maybe try half and half?). This lady (Laurie Neverman) has a homestead and she does newsletters, which I am signed up for.