We all like to make everything for baby as fresh and as pure as possible, which often means homemade. This recipe is a balm, which means it is a fragrant ointment or aromatic oil that is healing, soothing. This particular one is used to help protect baby's bottom from getting chapped or dry, and is great for softening dry skin spots on little hands and feet.
1 cup sweet almond oil
HERBS:
3 tbs. dried lavender flowers
1 tbs. dried calendula flowers
1 tbs. dried rose petals
1 tsp. dried chamomile flowers
EMOLLIENTS:
2 tbs. Vitamin E Oil
1 1/2 tsp. Jojoba Oil
4 drops lavender oil
EMULSIFIER:
8 tbs. Beeswax
Grind the herbs into a powder using a clean coffee grinder, blender, or mortar and pestle. Warm the base oil in the top of a double boiler pot; add the powdered herbs and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes to 1 hour to allow the healing properties of the herbs to fully release in the oil.
Place the emollients in a stainless steel or glass bowl. Place a paper coffee filter inside a wire strainer, hold over the bowl, and pour the warm herb oil through the strainer into the bowl.
Melt the beeswax in the top of a double boiler; add slowly to the oil and herb mixture while whisking with a whisk or eggbeater. Continue whisking until the mixture is thick and creamy.
You may use 2-4 oz sterilized baby food jars to store your balm. If you plan to store balm for 3 months or more keep refrigerated. Enjoy!!!
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