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Home-made Coconut Lotion Bars




Source of Recipe


by Katie


List of 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


Recipe



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.

The great thing about lotion bars is that you can customize them to your own preference. Here are a few ideas or I’d love to hear yours!

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