Essential Oil Infused Moisture Balm
Looking for a natural moisture balm that really works?
I’m so excited to share this tried and true recipe that family and friends rave about! I have been making this essential oil infused moisture balm since 2015. At least once or twice a year I make a large batch and give it as gifts to family and friends. It works so well that several friends, plus my amazing mother, contact me every few months asking if they can have another jar. Oftentimes, when I get ready to make a new batch, I invite friends over to join in the experience! It is so much fun empowering other DIY and health enthusiasts to not only learn the recipe, but also learn what each of the added essential oils do for natural skincare.
Each time I make this moisture balm, I tend to add different oils depending on the desired skin supporting properties. In the most recent batch made with Lata Lovell and friends, we chose Frankincense, Myrrh, Ylang Ylang, Geranium, Patchouli, Lavender, and Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood. Keep rereading to learn how each of these oils support skin health.
How & Where To Use This Moisture Balm
This balm works great as a deep moisturizer!
How To Soften Your Moisture Balm (for every application): You’ll realize that because of the shea butter and beeswax, the balm is rather solid and may seem hard to get out of the jar. Here’s what I do. Simply use your fingernail to dig into the balm and do a sort of backwards scooping motion with your fingertip. Then wipe your fingertip on the palm of your other hand. To soften the balm enough to easily apply, just rub your hands together and the heat from your hands causes the balm to melt into a lotion that is super easy to apply to desired areas.
Face Moisturizer: Apply as a deep moisturizer after a shower or after cleansing your face. I enjoy apply it at night before bed or after my morning shower. For use before applying makeup, give the balm about 5 minutes to soak in and then do your normal face routine.
Neck & Chest: We often forget to moisturize these areas and they are HUGE indicators of age! To prevent wrinkles, sunspots, and toughening of skin apply the balm to these areas daily for maximum moisturizing benefits.
Arms & Legs: Before grabbing your deep moisture body lotions, try this balm! It works so well to give your arms and legs a good layer of moisture that lasts all day. I enjoy applying it to my arms and legs 3 times per week. I can tall a definite difference in the hydration and moisture level on my skin.
Hand & Foot Care: Worried about dry skin, blisters, or cracked skin between your toes? Ouch! Hands, knuckles, and feet can crack from extreme weather and environmental conditions of all sorts. Apply 1-3 times throughout the course of a day for some soothing and repair. I love it on the cracks between my toes in the summer after I kayak in chaco sandals or wear hiking boots for hours.
Chapstick: Yes! It works great. Apply as needed over dry. cracked, sunburned lips or to prevent them!
Cuticle Cream: Dry and peeling cuticles and cuticle beds can be annoying and painful. My poor cuticles tend to get all gnarly after riding horses, saddling, and bathing them for a few days in a row. Or after gardening and some good ole ‘dirt therapy’. Applying 1-3 times a day to cuticles is quite miraculous.
How The Ingredients Love Your Skin
The base ingredients of organic coconut oil, organic shea butter, and organic beeswax give the moisturizing effect that soaks into the skin smoothly to provide a layer of hydration and skin protection. Adding essential oils gives this balm the extra skin supportive properties. In the most recent batch of balm that Lata Lovell and I made, we added Frankincense, Myrrh, Ylang Ylang, Geranium, Patchouli, Lavender, and Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood.
If you’re curious what each of these essential oils do for the skin, plus other health benefits, reedy through this next little section.
Essential Oil Benefits
Frankincense or Sacred Frankincense — rejuvenates, heals, combats premature aging and wrinkles.
Historically, when used as a topical skin treatment, Frankincense help in the healing process of abscesses, boils, cuts/scrapes/wounds and to reduce scarring, and stretch marks.
Frankincense will always be my first skin oil to go for because of the studying I did in Oman in 2013, along with my mother, Teri Secrest. Gary and Mary Young, the owners of Young Living Essential Oils, took us all over the country for 11 days, traveling to the Frankincense museum in Salala, Oman and driving through the wadi (desert) to many of the ancient spots where camel caravans traveled for thousands of years bringing this amazing resin to the world. Here is a photo of mother and in front of a Frankincense tree that is thought to be 700 years old.
Myrrh — rejuvenates, heals, combats premature aging and wrinkles.
Historically, when used as a topical skin treatment, Myrrh has been known to help in the healing process of abscesses, boils, blisters, cracked/chapped/dry skin, eczema/dermatitis, poison oak/poison ivy/poison sumac, skin ulcers, stretch marks, and vitiligo.
Ylang Ylang — This fragrance adds an uplifting, joyful, and romantic scent to the moisture balm.
Historically, “Ylang Ylang means “flower os flowers”. The flowers have been used to cover the beds of newlywed couples on their wedding night. Traditionally used in hair formulas to promote thick, shiny, lustrous hair.” [Essential Oil Desk Reference 6th Edition]
Watch this video by Young Living Essential Oils to learn how Ylang Ylang is sustainably grown at the Finca Botanica Farm and Distillery in Chignon (Guayaquil), Ecuador.
Geranium — has been used for centuries for regenerating and healing skin conditions such as dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, acne, vitiligo as well as fungal infections such as ringworm.
The fragrance benefits of Geranium are many. It may help release negative memories and ease nervous tension, while being balancing to the emotions, lifting the spirit, fostering peace, well-being, and hope.
Patchouli — prevents wrinkles and chapped skin, and relieves itching.
Patchouli’s scent can be relaxing, helping to bring clarity to thoughts.
Lavender — clogged pores, acne, eczema/dermatitis, psoriasis, cuts/scrapes/wounds/perineal repair, burns, blisters, scarring, stretch marks, sagging skin, abscesses and boils, chapped/cracked skin, diaper rash, itching, soothing after a bug bite.
Having visited Young Living’s Lavender Farms in Utah, Idaho and France, this amazing plant is my second favorite! Lavender has been nicknamed the “Swiss army knife of essential oils”. It is so versatile for supporting the skin, as well as enhancing a good night of sleep. It is relaxing when diffused, applied to the feet, or added to epsom salt in a warm bath.
Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood — supports the skin when used in acne treatment, helps slow and reduce wrinkles, and is helpful to apply on skin to prevent or reduce scarring.
Other uses for Sandalwood include: supports deep sleep, healthy cell regeneration, , healthy brain function, and can be grounding and stabilizing to the emotions.
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Moisture Balm Recipe
Time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
MOISTURE BALM BASE
Small Batch: makes about 24 2-ounce glass jars
2 cups (16 ounces) Organic Coconut Oil
2 cups (16 ounces/1 pound) Organic Shea Butter
2 cups (16 ounces/1 pound) Organic White or yellow Beeswax Pellets
Large Batch: makes about 48 2-ounce glass jars
4 cups (32 ounces) Organic Coconut Oil
4 cups (32 ounces/2 pounds) Organic Shea Butter
4 cups (32 ounces/2 pounds) Organic White or yellow Beeswax Pellets
ESSENTIAL OILS
Here’s a list of essential oils explained above in the blog. They are what I used for my most recent batch. However, if you are looking to add specific oils that have specific skin supporting benefits, below is a list of additional oils to consider. Generally you want 10-20 drops of your desired essential oil blend per each 2-ounce jar that you make. With these 7 oils, you would put 2-3 drops of each oil in each 2-ounce jar. Opt for using more drops if you desire extra skin support, in addition to the moisturizing affects of the base ingredients.
Frankincense
Myrrh
Ylang Ylang
Geranium
Patchouli
Lavender
Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood
Additional oils for skin support include:
Dry skin: Cedarwood, Camomile, Chamomile
Oily Skin: Clary Sage, Rosemary, Frankincense, Geranium, Neroli
Sensitive skin: Lavender Frankincense, Sandalwood
Acne-pron skin & eczema: Lemon, Purification (blend from Young Living), Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Patchouli, Myrrh
Pigmentation: Carrot Seed, Tangerine, Bergamot, Ylang Ylang, Frankincense for age spots, Geranium for ending out tone, Lemon to fight free radicals, Lavender for reducing redness.
Mature skin and slow the aging process: Rose, Myrrh, Helichrysum, Spikenard, Manuka, Lavender, Frankincense, Neroli, Carrot Seed, Clary Sage, Patchouli
INSTRUCTIONS
Use a deep frying pan or large sauce pan. Add the desired amount of coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax. Melt these Base Ingredients on medium heat and stir until they are liquid, but do not boil. Turn heat off.
Add your desired essential oils. Stir.
Using a metal soup ladle, poor the liquid mixture into jars. This mixture will expand as it cools, so do not fill jars completely. Be careful, as the jars may get hot as you are holding them.
To cool, let the jars sit at room temperature for 1-4 hours. You can also put them in the refrigerator for a faster cooling time.
Safe Storage
It is safe too store the balm at room temperature as you are using it.
Expiration Date
Look at the expiration date on your base ingredients. The balm itself will be good for as long as the “use by” date on the coconut oil, she butter, and beeswax. Essential Oils that are steam distilled do not have an expiration date and will last for many years.
Where to Buy Base Ingredients and Jars
Organic Coconut Oil — unrefined, virgin, expeller pressed
The grocery store.
Organic Shea Butter & Organic White Beeswax Pellets
Amazon
2 Ounce Glass Jars, 1/2 Ounce Stainless Steel Tins
Amazon or any store that sells canning goods
*The little 1/2 ounce stainless steel lip balm containers work nice for small travel sized use. For personal use you can always use large 4-8 ounce glass jars.
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Happy Moisturizing!
Elizabeth Rose