Ok, there are lots of recipes out there and If its the first time you are making a hand salve, do consider spending a bit of time reading and learning what the different oils do, and if you want to add in scents, or colors or other extra’s..
This is as plain as you can get, it is a bit oily going on, but it soaks in wonderfully, so this is something you put on in the evening or at coffee time, when you have the ability to let your hands sit for a few min to let it do its thing, but on the other hand, you can pronouce all the ingredents and point in fact, other then the beeswax, you could even eat them 🙂
Coconut oil, The best Quality olive oil you have in the house, raw honey and beeswax.. that’s it folks.. now if you don’t want to use a handheld blender, don’t add the honey, you will not beat it in by hand (unless you are alot more strong arm then me), over a very low gentle heat melt them together, I have seen some folks do it in a bowl with hot water, I have seen some that use the microwave, but for me, I just do it over very low heat on the stove in a steel pot.. once its all melted and mixed together, pour into a clean glass jar and allow to set, I do stir it a bit at the beginning but once it cools, I tend to let it alone and let it do its own thing.. some things say stir and whip it the whole time it cools, if effects the end result by letting it be more fluffy, less solid but having it fairly solid does not bother me any..




I like the look of the consistency. How much of each ingredient do you use?
I used half a cup of coconut oil, half a cup of very good quality oil olive, 2 oz of beeswax and one heaping tsp of local raw honey..
Hey FarmGal, been thinking about this trouble with mixing thing…
Do you think it might help to melt the wax first… then add the oils and add in the honey at the very end?
OR while the wax is liquefying, combine the honey and olive oil?
Might this bee; ) easier if using liquid honey?
Going to give it a go (and I’ll get back to you: )
I melted the wax into the oils maybe on the honey and olive oil but it split out, and liquid honey might indeed help as mine was spoonable.. but I did heat up with the rest to melt in.. it just takes the whipping to make it go creamy together.. let me know what you figure out.
Thank You!!