3 Simple DIY Lotion Bar Recipes With Beeswax

When you jump on a flight and want something easy to keep your skin soft and smooth, a lotion bar doesn’t present any problems sitting in your cabin luggage, as it’s not technically a liquid lotion. So, this DIY lotion bar recipe is one of those simple recipes that more people need to be aware of.

It’s a wonderfully moisturizing lotion bar recipe for absolutely anybody, and the recipe is easy to remember. It’s simply 1/3 beeswax 1/3 butter and 1/3 oil.

Changing The Oils & Butters

First I will show you how to change up your oils and butter, then I’ll show you how to make this with my favorite ingredients like shea butter, and coconut oil. I’ll then finish off by covering a few other variations.

Don’t be scared to experiment by using more than one oil or butter, then lacing it with a few drops of essential oil you can create a very personal and therapeutic bar.

You can make up a big batch of these bars using inexpensive oils and butters and a popular fragrance oil. Place them in the freezer and pop them out whenever there’s a birthday or gift needed.

To work out how long these bars are going to last you must look at the shelf life of the actual oil you are using (most are at least 6 months). But you can also freeze them or add a little vitamin E to further prolong the shelf life.

These are only my suggestions, you can use almost any of the natural carrier oils any of the natural butters for these bars.

Using Essential Oils

Whenever possible I use essential oils in my homemade bath products, not because I have anything against using fragrance oils; most are well priced, completely safe and come in every possible scent imaginable.

I just feel that if I’ve gone to the trouble of choosing my oils and butter to suit my skin type why not go the whole hog for maximum benefit!

Unfortunately, there are a few precautions’ when using essential oils. Firstly they don’t like daylight so you will need to keep any products that contain them in a colored container or cupboard.

Secondly, you need to make sure the containers you are using are made from a compatible material, glass, PET plastic or Aluminum jars/bottles that have been EPA (Epoxy Phenolic) lined are all suitable. You can find some nice tins on my recommended packaging & containers page.

About The Ingredients In This Bar

I LOVE White Chocolate

On any ordinary day I often dream about covering my entire body with this, so I thought why not make a DIY lotion bar recipe that lets me pretend I’m doing just that!

All jokes aside, the first bar I will show you is a wonderful moisturizing bar for absolutely anybody but is especially popular with teenage girls. 

I must say that although this will melt happily in your hands, this bar is probably the hardest of all the homemade lotion bars I make. The inclusion of cocoa butter is the reason for this, and so as not to make it too solid I threw in a bit of shea as well. Both of these butters are amazing for your skin!

The scent in this bar comes from white chocolate fragrance oil.

This delicious oil smells so much like the real things it’s unbelievable! However, this fragrance oil may be a little trickier to find over your ordinary milk chocolate fragrance oil. If this is all you can find, just go ahead and use that instead. I’ve used both and people don’t really notice the difference!