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Baby Lotion Recipe

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This recipe was taken from mymerrymessylife.com blog with a couple of modifications. We substituted arrowroot powder in place of the zinc oxide powder. As mentioned in a previous post, the zinc oxide powder may have some toxicity. We also melted all of the ingredients in the jars instead of in a double boiler. The author of mymerrymessylife suggested web sites to purchase the ingredients. We  have omitted them here.
Baby Lotion:
1 cup shea butter
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup almond oil
1 1/2 tablespoons beeswax
1 tablespoon arrow root powder
Optional: 1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin or pure aloe-vera (optional for added skin protection)
Optional – 10 drops of lavender or other essential oil of choice for fragrance

1. Place all of the ingredients into a glass jar or container.

2. Place the glass container into a pot that has simmering water. (Make sure that the level of the water is not higher than the level of the ingredients in the glass container. Also, make sure that the container will not allow the water to splash inside with the ingredients.) We used a pint jar.

3. When all the ingredients have melted together, remove from the boiling water pan.

4. Stir the ingredients to make sure it is completely mixed and allow the containers to cool and the lotion to set.

(This lotion is not pour-able, but more the consistency of a lotion bar.)

A tiny bit of this lotion will go a long way. It also will take some extra time to completely rub into the skin. It leaves your skin very silky. We like it!! A Hippy Weekend Success!!

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Diaper Rash Cream Recipe

20140202-051218.jpg As every mom knows, diaper rash is one of the things that must be treated and you always worry about the toxicity of the ingredients used in some of the most popular commercial remedies.. This is the recipe we used during our Hippy Weekend.

1 cup organic, raw unrefined shea butter
1/2 cup organic, raw coconut oil
1 tbsp. pastilles (beeswax)
3 tbsp. arrow root powder
2 tbsp. vegetable glycerin

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1. Using a double boiler method, melt the shea butter, coconut oil and beeswax together. This takes less than five minutes.
2. Remove these from the double boiler and add the arrow root powder and glycerin.
3. Using a mixer, beat the mixture for 5 minutes.

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4. Pour the mixture into your containers and allow it to set. Ours took about 2 to 3 hours before it was completely set. This will be a stiff cream consistency.

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(We found that using a pint jar might be a way to store the cream. but it was not an efficient way to access the cream. The wide mouth 1/2 pint jar was much easier to use.)

This recipe is mostly taken from the blog, mymerrymessylife.com. However, we modified the recipe listed on this blog by substituting arrow root powder in place of the zinc oxide powder. After researching the zinc oxide ingredient, my daughter in law found that it has been thought to contain some toxicity.