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I am older and my hands are constantly dry and chapped from running inside the yard and cleansing. I had been looking to make a hand and foot treatment the usage of bees wax. I was amazed to no longer discover any online recipes. I did discover a salon who made their own bees wax components with honey so I notion I might attempt creating a recipe including honey.This instructable is the procedure I went thru to make a system for a bees wax remedy for arms and toes. Let's make a recipe             step 1 

    

                                                                                                                                        This recipe is the ultimate of 4 that I made. I adjusted the recipe for a thinner consistency so it'll be simpler to alter in step with your choice. All of the recipes I made moisturized my palms and became very good except for the thickness of the primary one.

Ingredients for two cups of hand or foot wax :

1/four cup Raw filtered bees wax
1 1/4 Cups Organic Coconut oil Room temperature is satisfactory whilst the use of coconut oil.
 1/8 Cup Organic Jojoba oil
 1/eight Cup Shea butter room temperature
1/four Cup natural uncooked organic honey
 Essential oil if desired
2 Capsules nutrition E oil
Sugar scrub for laundry arms
The equipment listing does not display pics of the whole lot; this turned into an experiment and I brought to the list as I found out I wanted greater equipment.Use antique utensils because possibilities are you may not be capable of use them except for melting wax or wax associated initiatives.

Tools:

Very critical you must have a double broiler or a machine find it irresistible to make this recipe, because wax will ignite and motive a critical fireplace if not dealt with properly.Please do now not depart the stove or hot wax unattended so long as the wax may be very hot.

Old double broiler or make one like I did the use of a metal bowl and an vintage sauce pan.

Thin rubber gloves If you may be the usage of the new treatment

Thin fabric gloves if you'll be the usage of the recent remedy Tin foil if the use of a big piece of wax

Old spoon, dipper, tongs for eliminating huge pieces of wax like mine if you do not want to melt the whole piece, strainer,extra bowl is wanted if you want to pressure the wax, funnel, hot pad,large towel to shield desk,hand towel, old worn sheet for spills and straining wax if wanted.

Paper towels if you have them.

Sterilized glass extensive mouth Mason jars.I don't suggest plastic

Scissors to reduce vitamin E pills non-compulsory

Cheese grater helps for melting smaller portions of wax, mine was an awful lot too large to use a grater

step2

 

Disclaimer: i'm no longer an expert on making a remedy for my palms using bees wax, in fact this is my first try. i'm sharing my private experience of creating a hand wax treatment that labored for me; by means of the manner, the wax is a good deal hotter than you watched and it is able to or won't be the safest manner to make this recipe. It wishes to chill a tad bit extra earlier than applying it in your fingers. hot wax may be very risky and can reason extreme burns. Please be secure and studies before making this recipe.

My first formula one element wax to a combination of honey, jojoba oil, and a pair of capsules of diet E oil. After making it I did now not reap the consistency that I needed to make a hand wax that became similar to the paraffin wax salons use.

I found out that the wax set up too fast earlier than it cooled enough to paste my hand into it and that i noticed it was pretty sticky.I went lower back to the net and determined a link where a lady that experimented mixing coconut oil with bees wax here ; I needed I had determined this earlier due to the fact I had already melted my wax and brought the honey, jojoba oil, and vitamin E oil.

I wanted to acquire a creamy texture that could be heated in a sauce pan and no longer leave a wax residue and could lightly coat the hands or feet like paraffin wax. I re- melted one of the bins and brought more jojoba oil,honey, and brought Shea butter and Coconut oil. It became lots better however become nonetheless a little too thick so I endured to tweak numerous jars till i used to be close to the combination I wanted. I made the closing recipe from scratch in place of including to the prevailing jars but the honey settled to the bottom again and that i don't know why. It may not count number due to the fact this combination will be heated for a warm hand treatment besides.

a bit bit of honey settled to the lowest of the primary and 2nd batches. I had one batch that was clean however the ingredients have been omitted. i'm thinking why the primary couple of combinations separated slightly and one failed to.

the good news is; in case you make a mistake you can remelt the combination and make modifications due to the fact the recipe could be very forgiving.

step 3

Adding the elements to the melted wax goes pretty speedy and as soon as the combination is stirred you don't have lengthy earlier than it cools enough to dip your fingers into the aggregate, so your gloves want to be accessible. It enables to have another person helping with this procedure.

Set up a piece station with the whole lot you need.

Method:

Start heating the water.

Oil the metal or glass bowl with salad oil, Pam, or jojoba oil the usage of a paper towel.


Method:

Place the wax into the broiler till it's miles completely melted.

Add the coconut oil and Shea butter and allow aggregate to soften.

Remove the bowl the usage of a hot pad.

Allow to cool till combination is cool enough to touch without problems.

Incorporate ingredients:

Add the oils and crucial oils to the cool aggregate.

Mix very well.

While the mixture is hot I decided to attempt out the system. If you won't be doing this then pass in advance and pour the mixture into the jars following the instructions in step 9. Even even though the pix show that is thick it worked on my dry arms very well.My ultimate batch had a touch creamier texture like a salve.The remaining four photos on this institution suggests the ultimate formula I made and it's miles close to a paraffin wax.If it is too thin you can upload a small amount of wax to thicken it up. It could be plenty simpler to thicken it if the mixture is just too skinny than too thick.By the manner the coconut oil and honey odor so right~

Method:

Wash fingers the usage of sugar scrub.

Rinse and dry arms.

Oil fingers with jojoba oil.

Remember this mixture has a tendency to be a tad bit hotter as soon as it is implemented to the skin.

Dip palms into the aggregate and permit the wax shape and dip your fingers a pair extra instances permitting the wax to coat the fingers or feet.

Put the rubber gloves over the hands. Use a plastic bag for the ft and the foot socks over the plastic bag.

Put at the cotton gloves.

Relax for an hour or longer.

Method:

Carefully cast off your gloves and throw them away.

You will note how clean your arms are, thanks to the oil used earlier than dipping into the wax.

Wipe the excess oil and wax the use of a paper towel.

Wash arms with cleaning soap and water and rinse and dry. Repeat if necessary.

Method:

Allow the mixture to chill for a couple of hours; this could come up with an amazing idea how it will set up.

Add extra oil or wax to the aggregate if you do not like the consistency.

Reheat mixture till it has re- melted.

Allow to cool earlier than pouring into glass bins however watch it closely so you can still pour it right into a field so it will appear to be a finished product and not using a lumps.

I do not know for certain however I assume this combination will preserve for more than one months earlier than going horrific. It has honey and nutrition E oil and these are known to keep at room temperature.However I would keep it inside the refrigerator if you will be the usage of the coconut oil due to the fact on my bottle it says to refrigerate after establishing.

This recipe is first rate for those who are touchy to paraffin wax. My arms sense so notable~ Honey and wax are a wonderful combination for dry fingers and toes and the brought oils definitely make it a tremendous hand and foot treatment. I am very glad with the results and will be making this once more tweaking the recipe on every occasion. I will make any other recipe without the honey for normal use. I desire you provide the wax a strive. This time of the 12 months ants may be a problem so it is a superb idea to make certain no wax is on the outside of the bottle.

I desire to thank participants for making instructables the nice location to hang around at the internet~ Thanks for stopping by and do have a incredible week~