Lotion Bars

I LOVE to make most of the products we use around the house - it's shocking how easy it is to make body scrubs, deodorant, lotions, facial cleansers, household cleaning supplies, etc. 
One of my absolute favorite items are Lotion Bars and it's funny because I hadn't thought about them in a while until my friend Niki gave some of the ones she made (shown above) for Christmas!
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I can't even properly articulate how much I looooove these bars.  I get a lot of compliments on how soft my skin is which sounds a lot more "Buffalo Bill'esque a la Silence of the Lambs" than I intended, but I do. 

The thing is, I don't have soft skin - I have really DRY skin since moving to Colorado.  I use A LOT of lotions and potions to keep my skin in great shape.  That said, Lotion Bars make it so incredibly easy to not look like you're a human / lizard hybrid.  

I have no idea what Niki used in her magical lotion bars but you can start making your own with a handful of ingredients.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup Coconut Oil
2. 1 cup Shea Butter (this is what I use for lotion bars and in my deodorant recipe) you could use cocoa butter as well
3. 1 cup beeswax
4. Essential Oils (I use Doterra Religiously)  Ones I like for lotions: Lavender, Peppermint, & Lemon

Directions:

1. Measure Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, and Beeswax in large glass jar.  I use mason jars.
2. Place jar in saucepan - I usually do about 1/4 way up the jar as you don't want water spilling into the mixture so keep it low enough it doesn't boil into it.
3. Once completely melted - Let rest off the heat for a few mins.
4. Add essential oils and stir.
5. Pour mixture into silicone mold.  
6. Let mixture harden two to three hours. Store until ready to use.

You'll absolutely LOVE these - they are so easy and it blows my mind these fell off my radar - Thanks Niki!!

Additional Tips & Tricks:

• You can actually pour these into empty deodorant containers that you can buy online
• I actually ran out of shea butter once and just used the Coconut Oil and Beeswax
• I have also added oatmeal to the bottom of the mold before pouring in the mixture to make it a bit more exfoliating. 

• You can do so much with this base recipe, it's really hard to mess it up.  By swapping out a few ingredients you can have a deodorant bar!  It's very cool to make things for yourself and your friends & family where 1. you can pronounce everything in the product and 2. everything is natural and chemical free.  

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