I love the beeswax body butter in a jar, but I thought it might be nice to have it in a bar — like a bar of soap, but a beeswax body butter in a bar. (That’s a tongue twister.) It works well, just smooth it over your body. For this recipe, I used less olive oil, so it’s less oily and provides a great barrier on your skin and holds it’s shape as a bar. I love the smell of it — this time I didn’t use any scent, I just let the smell of the beeswax come through. I also used shea butter, which is great for your skin.
Here’s the recipe for homemade beeswax body butter bar:
What you need: Extra light Olive oil, beeswax, and shea butter.
- 1/2 cup extra light olive oil
- 1/2 cup beeswax
- 1/2 cup shea butter
- Essential Oil: Lavendar or Lemon or Peppermint
- Plastic soap molds
- Glass Mason jar (wide mouth, 16 oz)
- Saucepan
Put all the ingredients in the glass jar. Set the glass jar in a saucepan of water, heat until everything is melted. Stir, pour into molds. Chill to set.
Homemade Beeswax Body Butter Bar
- 1/2 cup extra light olive oil
- 1/2 cup beeswax
- 1/2 cup shea butter
- plastic soap molds
- canning jar
- saucepan
- Place all the ingredients in a canning jar.
- Fill a saucepan with water about half way up.
- Set the canning jar with the ingredients in the water.
- Put the pan over the stove and heat on medium until all the ingredients melt. You may want to stir it.
- Remove jar from pan, pour into the soap molds.
- Let sit on the counter until firm.
- Turn the molds over and gently push the bars out.
- If you want a scent, add it to the oil mixture before you pout it into the molds.
Beeswax Body Butter Bar
