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Homemade gifts using essential oils

November 17, 2014 by Maureen Spell 8 Comments

Last week I had so much fun planning and hosting an essential oil Make and Take party! We learned a little about essential oils, made lip balm, vapor rub and bath salts!

DIY lip balm, bath salts, vapo rub for Christmas

With just a few key ingredients you can easily make a myriad of homemade skincare products. I try to always have beeswax, Coconut Oil and shea butter on hand– plus my essential oils. With just those ingredients I can make lip balm, foot bars/hard lotion bars, baby lotion, vapor rub and more. If you like to know the ingredients that are in your products and feel good that all the ingredients are healthy– then you’ll enjoy these 3 DIY recipes with essential oils.  Here’s what we made:

Homemade Lip Balm

Making homemade gifts using essential oils

Our Make and Take party had 3 stations– lip balm/vapor rub station, bath salt station, and learning about oils station.

homemade gifts using essential oils - lip balm

For this event we made grapefruit lip balm. Next time I want to make a batch of honey-lemon lip balm! I wrote about how to make lip balm here. After the sticks had cooled, we took washi tape and put a strip around each tube. It was a quick and easy way to add a decorative touch!

Going Chemically-Free

Homemade Bath Salts

Homemade Bath Salts

Supplies needed:

1 cup Epsom Salt
½ c. Dead Sea salt (or regular sea salt will work too)
¼ c. baking soda
5-8 drops essential oils (we picked lavender)

Mix everything together and pour into a jar with a lid. We used 4 oz. jars since these were small gifts to give. Use about 1/2 c. in a bath or foot bath and soak no longer than 15-20 min. Be sure drink water before/after pampering yourself with this beauty treatment.

Spa Bath Gift

Here’s another spa gift option

 

Homemade Vapor Rub

Homemade essential oils gifts-- vapor rub

Making lip balm, vapor rub and bath salts at our Make & Take party

Supplies needed:

1/8 c. beeswax
¼ c. olive oil
¼ c. almond oil
8 drops eucalyptus radiata essential oil
5 drops of rosemary essential oil (or lemon)
5 drops of peppermint essential oil

Double-boiler, wooden skewer, small containers.

1. Measure and place ingredients into a glass dish (I use a glass measuring cup.) Place in a double-boiler. Stir with a wooden skewer.
2. Once melted, remove from heat. Let it cool slightly before adding essential oils.
3. Add your essential oils. Stir with the skewer.
4. Pour into  2 oz containers. Let it cool before placing cap on.

Modifications:
Instead of using the oils listed above, add 8-10 drops of RC essential oil.

For young children:
You can use the following oils instead: 5 drops lavender, 5 drops lemon, 2 drop eucalyptus radiata.

Homemade gifts using essential oils

Bath salts and Lip Balm

It was great knowing exactly what went into each product! We’re moving more and more toward chemically-free living! Did you know that I have an awesome wellness community? We’re more than essential oils— we’re about helping each other get healthy in all areas of life so we can fulfill our purpose. Learn more about essential oils and our community here: Essential Oils for Wellness

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Carla says

    December 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    What a great party idea! Looks like fun 🙂

    Reply
  2. Jodi says

    December 10, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Oh!!! This looks GREAT!!! I have all my supplies finally!!! Excited to dig in and make all my own body products!!! You rock!! Thanks, Mo!

    Reply
  3. Candace says

    December 12, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    Oh I met Connie at Allume!! I love her! And would love to have a party like this…my SIL and I have been talking about having a group come and make scrub and lip balm together! We may have to try this!

    Reply
    • Maureen Spell says

      December 13, 2013 at 10:09 am

      Oh you should do it! So much fun! 🙂 Connie’s great! I’m blessed to have her nearby! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Heather says

    October 24, 2014 at 11:12 am

    Have you figured out a per person cost?

    Reply
    • Maureen Spell says

      October 26, 2014 at 9:38 pm

      No I haven’t figured that out.

      Reply
  5. Amber says

    November 17, 2014 at 10:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing, we may have to try some of these recipes!

    Reply
  6. Tricia @Hodgepodge says

    November 21, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    This is so awesome – looks like such fun – and timely for me! Thank you!

    Reply

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