Description
Crafting your own eczema cream allows you to harness the therapeutic properties of natural ingredients, offering a gentle yet effective solution for skin relief.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup raw shea butter
- ½ cup coconut oil (optional: ¼ cup olive oil or almond oil)
- 1 tablespoon local honey
- 30 drops lavender essential oil
- 8 drops tea tree essential oil
- 5 drops geranium essential oil
- 5 drops myrrh essential oil
Instructions
- Using a double boiler or something similar, melt the shea butter and coconut oil until they’re combined.
- Add the honey and continue to stir.
- Once everything has melted and is well blended, add the lavender, geranium, myrrh and tea tree oils. Continue to blend.
- Slightly cool the ingredients so the blend will begin to thicken, but keep it soft. You can put the solution in the refrigerator for a few minutes to speed up this process but not for long. You do not want it to harden too much.
- Using your mixer (either hand-held or a stand mixer), mix for several minutes until it has a frothy appearance, eventually developing the consistency of lotion. You can achieve this by continuing to mix about every 10 minutes.
- Transfer to the mason jar or other container.
- Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator. It will stay a bit softer at room temperature which may make it easier to apply.
Notes
- You can add a 1/4 cup of olive oil or almond oil to the 1/2 cup of coconut oil if you choose, but this step is optional.
- Experiment with other healing essential oils as well.