Christmas prezzies

So I haven't posted on my blog for a while now. So i going to share somethings you can make for great christmas presents. Lip balm and body cream :)


Lip balm
What you will need:
Essential oil peppermint
Carrier oil almond oil
Beeswax

So first you wi need to grate the beeswax,approx. 2 tablespoons worth and you will need 2 tablespoons oil the almond oil. I mixed these in a cup and heated up slowly by placing the cup in warm water and gentle brought to the boil(this takes around 5 minutes). The beeswax will of conpleted melted after 5 minutes, I suggest you stir this ocassionally. After this i mixed in 2 drops of peppermint oil and poured in a small jar it solidified within a minute and thats it your ready to go :).

Beeswax can be bought online for around £2 for a small bar online


Body cream
What you will need:
Essential oil grapefruit
Essential oil lavender high alp
Carrier oil almond
Carrier oil olive
Vitiamin E tablet
Boiled water
Beeswax

I again added 3 tablespoons of almond oil,1 tablespoon of olive oil into a cup. Spilt the vitiamin E tablet and poured in the liquid and grated around 1 tablespoon of beewax. Add this all into the cup along with around 1\4 a cup of boiled water. I placed the cup in a pan of warm water and slowly heated stirring ocassionally- like the lip balm- this took around 8 minites for it all to melt.
I then added 3 drops of grapefruit and 10 drops of lavender and mixed all the mixture together. I poured into a small jar again and let cool.

The mixture seperated slightly at the bottom wasn't sure why but it still does wonders for dry skin :)

You could really use whatever essential oils you like I choose lavender, grapefruit and peopermint purely because of there properties and they smell yummy

So there it is 2 simple, easy and cheap ways of making something thoughtful as a christmas present.