Australian Metric measurements used in these recipes
Vitamin E Cream Recipe

188mls sweet almond oil
28gr beeswax
59mls hot water
10 drops vitamin E oil
10 drops lavender essential oil (or fragrance of choice)

Phase #1: Gather your equipment and measure all ingredients.

Phase #2:  Melt the oil and wax together in a double saucepan (do not boil).  When wax has melted remove from heat.

Phase #3: Add hot water a little at a time stirring thoroughly with a stick blender to Phase #2 until all the water has been added.

Phase #4:  Combine Vitamin E & essential oil/s together and add to Phase #3.

Phase #5: Phase 2, 3 & 4 are now combined.  Continue mixing using the stick blender until cool (this may take a while, so be patient) or until the preferred thickness has been reached.   As the mixture cools it will thicken. 

Place in a wide mouth jar & place on lid, but not too tight while cooling.  Label product with the "date made".  Leave overnight.

This vitamin E cream is nice for rough, dry, or chapped skin and various types of complexions.  The cream should help promote healthy looking skin.  Vitamin E also helps prolong the shelf life of the product.
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Night Cream Recipe


In a 250ml jar, add 10 drops lavender essential oil.  Then add enough Virgin Coconut Oil to make up the 250mls.  Gently apply to face.

Lanolin Hand Cream Recipe

3 tablespoons beeswax
1 tablespoon lanolin (wool fat)
1/2 cup of carrier oil (e.g. almond, jojoba, olive, hazelnut oils)
1 teaspoon honey
1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate soda (baking soda)

Melt beeswax in a double saucepan - do not boil. Add Lanolin and carrier oil. Remove from heat. Add honey and bicarbonate soda (baking soda).

Mix well until all ingredients have blended.  Place in a wide neck jar.  Let cool. Apply to the body wherever the skin is the driest.

Beeswax & Lanolin Skin Cream Recipe

1/2 tablespoon beeswax
1/2 tablespoon lanolin (wool fat)
1/2 cup carrier oil (e.g. almond, avocado, olive, jojoba oils)

Melt beeswax in double saucepan (do not boil). Add carrier oil and lanolin. Mix everything together.

Optional – add a 10-15 drops of Ylang Ylang essential oil for fragrance or choose your own favourite essential oil instead.  Place into a wide mouth jar.  Let cool.
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Age Spot Remover Recipe #1

1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup Aloe Vera gel (cosmetic grade or from your own plant)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of orange juice
10-20 drops Frankincense essential oil.
5 drops each of Lavender & Tea Tree essential oils used as anti-fungal preventives (optional)
5 drops Optiphen Plus as a preservative (optional)

Blend everything together.  Place in a clean jar.  Apply at least once to twice daily (morning and night) to the areas where the age spots are.  Should see improvements (fading of spots) in around 2 weeks.  Continue using until spots disappear.  If age spots return.  Repeat.

Age Spot Remover Recipe #2

Castor Oil - applying twice daily for several months or until age spots disappear.

Age Spot Remover Recipe #3

5-10 drops Sandalwood essential oil
1 tablespoon of Olive or Almond Oil (or carrier oil of choice)

Mix together.  Place in a clean jar. Apply to aged spot area,  Leave on overnight.  Wash off in the morning. Repeat nightly for several months or until age spots disappear.
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Coffee Face Scrub Recipe

1-1/2 cups of coconut oil
1/3 cup coffee granules
Mix together.  Place in a clean jar.  Rub onto face.  Rinse off with warm water.

Sugar Face Scrub Recipe

1-1/2 cups of coconut oil
1/3 cup of raw or caster sugar
Mix together.  Place in a clean jar.  Scrub gently.  Rinse off with warm water.
 
Face Mask Recipe

1 tablespoon raw cacao powder  (can be found at the Supermarket)
2 tablespoons Virgin Coconut Oil
Mix together and spread evenly over skin.  Leave for about 5-10 minutes then rinse off in warm water.

Face/Exfoliating Wash Recipe

1 cup virgin coconut Oil
3 tablespoons course sea salt
3 tablespoons fine sea salt.
Mix together.  Place in a clean jar.  Apply to face.  Scrub gently.  Rinse off with warm water.

REMEMBER: - when making home-made products - if mould forms it's time to
discard the product and make a new batch. If it can not be eaten, do not put it on the skin.
Tips
Aloe Vera plant tips:  How to remove the gel from inside the leaves.  Remove a healthy leaf from the bottom of the plant. Then cut off a section of leaf to the size you need.  Cut off the pointy spines.  Remove the outer skin (like you were filleting a fish).  This will expose the gel inside the leaf.  Gel will be slippery and kind of sticky to handle, this is very normal.

I found using an electric hand held mixer very useful to break up the gel.  I then used the back of a desert spoon to push the gel through a sieve that had small holes to remove any lumps as this made the gel more liquid to use with my products.  This worked very well for me.

Any leftover Aloe Vera leaf - place a plastic wrap over the exposed ends, place in the refrigerator.  Should keep for a couple of weeks.

Mix up some Aloe Vera gel with orange juice or apple juice and drink it.  Do a Google search on the benefits of Aloe Vera, you might be very surprised.

Tips for Lotions and Creams
  • When mixing in the hot water, consider using an electric hand held mixer.
  • Once all the ingredients have been combined and the mixture is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into your favourite jar that has a lid.  Place the lid on (to stop a skin forming), but not to tight, as the mixture needs to totally cool.
  • When adding the essential oil, the fragrance should be to your personal liking.  You can add more or add less fragrance or perhaps you'd prefer no fragrance at all and would choose to leave it out altogether.
  • If needed, use more oil or water to make thinner and use more beeswax to make thicker.
  • Experiment with your product.  Tweak the ingredients to your personal liking.
  • These products will last several months.  Add a "date made" label to the jar.  Depending on the climatic conditions the "use by date" on the product will vary. 
  • When making a large amount of creams or lotions, place what you need in an everyday jar and place the remainder in the refrigerator.   Placing your home made product in the refrigerator will prolong the self life, especially when you are not using preservatives. When or if mould forms discard the product.
  • Preservatives: - use grapefruit extract, rosemary extract, Optiphen plus,  calendula extract.
  • Anti-bacterial: - use lavender essential oil, tea tree essential oil
  • Vitamin E - is not only an anti-oxidant, it also adds "shelf-life" to the product.
As always, do a test on the skin before using on a regular base.  If your skin has a reaction, cease using the product immediately.