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Shea Butter Balm with Castor Oil Recipe

Ingredients to Make Shea Butter Balm with Castor Oil
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Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons shea butter (can substitute with any plant butter or beeswax)
  • 2 tablespoons tallow (can substitute with any plant butter or beeswax)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons castor oil
  • 1 tablespoons rose hip seed oil
  • 1 tablespoons tamanu oil
  • ½ tablespoon black seed oil
  • 7 drops tea tree essential oil ((if acne prone))
  • 8 drops frankincense essential oil
  • 9 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions

  1. First make sure your glass jars are super clean. Either wash them with hot water and dish detergent, or run them through the dishwasher. Dry them well because water will cause bacteria to grow and spoil the product sooner. Your hands, the working surface, and all of the equipment need to also be very clean.
  2. Gently melt the shea butter and tallow in a double boiler. Alternatively use a small metallic container/pot to heat up the water to almost boiling point
  3. Turn heat off
  4. Place the butter and tallow inside a small ceramic/china/metallic bowl and place this bowl inside the pot of hot water. Stir and break up clumps with a spoon until it melts completely.
  5. Remove from pot and place on the counter. Once it cools off a bit add the carrier oils and essential oils. Stir with a spoon and then pour in two 2 oz containers.
  6. Place in the freezer for about 30 min, until it hardens. you can then store one jar in the fridge for later use, and the other one in a dark, dry place for several months.

Notes

You can totally omit the shea butter and/or tallow and swap for a beeswax, cocoa butter, mango butter, kokum, butter, murumuru. 

I recommend the tea tree essential oil for acne or yeasty prone skin and scalp. alternatively you can use 8 drops each of helichrysym, frankincense, lavender. Or rose, helichrysum, ylang-ylang. Or go full force by adding 24 drops of a single essential oil. I love turmeric for it's brightening ability. 

 

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