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Homemade lavender moisturiser – recipe

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I decided I would make another moisturiser to go with my dandelion one. A nighttime one of lavender, chamomile and coconut I thought would be nice. Very simple to make.

32g shea butter

1 tbsp lavender infused in olive oil

1/2 tbsp chamomile infused in coconut oil

1/2 tbsp lavender infused in coconut

10 drops of lavender essential oil

Melt ingredients together in a double boiler, adding the oil at the end when all melted. Pour into a glass dish, and set in fridge for 6-8 hours. It may go a bit soft again in warm weather, but then sets again. (It’s important to set in the fridge first otherwise the mix can separate.

Here is the recipe for the Dandelion Moisturiser if you would like that one too.

And my recipe for homemade salve as well – Dandelion salve

(c) K Wicks

Homemade bath bombs recipe

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It’s incredibly easy and makes me wonder why I didn’t try making my own a long time now. But no matter, I know now. So, in case anyone else may like to try, here is is super simple recipe. I did need to buy in things to make it, but they aren’t that expensive for what you get and they go a long way.

128g – Baking Soda / Bicarbonate of soda

64g – Cornstarch / Cornflour

64g – Epsom salts

64g – Citric acid

3/4 tbs water

1 tbs essential oils – whichever ones you like, depends on if you want to wake up, relax, destress…

1 tbs jojoba oil / coconut oil

And some food colouring if you would like it to have colour.

  • Apart from the citric acid, mix all the dry ingredients together with a whisk.
  • Get a small jar or container with a lid and pour in the water, oils and colour and shake well.
  • Pour the liquid into the dry mix and use your hand to combine, then add the citric acid.
  • The texture should feel something like wet sand.
  • Mash the mixture into moulds tightly (i used silicone muffin mould), push in as much as possible.
  • Immediately loosen from the moulds onto wax paper/tray so they can dry for a couple of days.
  • Then store in a box for use.

(c) K Wicks

New dandelion salve

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Decided to try another one, this time using the dandelion and rosemary infused olive oil.

Here is my first Dandelion Salve

And the lavender infused coconut oil. Adding in essential oils now I have them, orange and lavender for this one.

32g dandelion olive oil

12g shea butter

10g beeswax

1 tbs coconut oil

10 drops of each essential oil

Melt together in double boiler, add essential oils in after all combined, then pour into containers.

(c) K Wicks

Homemade dandelion moisturiser – recipe

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On a bit of a mish for making things. Decided to go for moisturiser, having never really liked shop bought I tend to avoid it, but with making my own flower oils now, thought why not.

Only 4 ingredients. And a nice glass pot I found on ebay for not very much!

32g Shea Butter

1 tbsp dandelion infused oil

1 tbsp coconut oil

10 drop of essential oil – I’m pretty sure more than 10 hurtled out of the bottle, but it seemed ok.

(I chose orange essential oil for this one having bought a small selection last week).

Melt together in a double boiler and stir in the essential oil after, then pour into the glass jar and put in the fridge to set overnight (or for 6-8 hours), apparently setting it in the fridge bit is important, as it prevents is separating when it softens.

It does go quite soft once out of the fridge, but can be kept at room temperature and they say lasts for around 6 months. A small amount go a long way.

(c) K Wicks

Dandelion salve

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In the quest for learning to make things yourself, I decided to make use of herbs and flowers. A dandelion salve seemed a good choice as we now have an abundance of them popping up. Make sure to always leave enough for the bees. It’s been a cold start to the season and the early ones and other pollinators will need them. Note – don’t pick dandelions that have been sprayed with pesticides, or that are exposed to domestic animals, or kerbside.

They need to be dried, for a day or so (and good to leave them outside for a little while after picking to let any bugs escape). Then put then in a jar and cover with olive oil (or any carrier oil of choice), to infuse for a week or two. Shake lightly every day and put on a sunny sill if available.

Then drain the oil through some cheesecloth to get all the bits out.

Add beeswax, the oil, a small bit of shea butter and essential oils if you want, melt together until the wax is dissolved using a double boiler.

Then pour into containers. Leave to set for half an hour, job done.

I actually put a bit of homemade lavender coconut oil in as well for some extra aroma as I don’t have any essential oils. Also have some rosemary and dandelion infusing currently so will see how that combo turns out next week.

This recipe was

42.2g dandelion infused olive oil

14.8g beeswax

9.2g shea butter

2.5 tps of lavender infused coconut oil

It can be tinkered with and adapted as necessary they say, but it’s a start. YouTube vids are good for tips and techniques as well.

(c) K Wicks