During winter January = Cold Air = Dry Hands & Lips.  Come on, I’m sure this week you’ve been reaching for your favorite hand cream.  Have you ever stopped to think about how many chemicals are in our lotions? It’s easy to make your own health and beauty creams. The easiest way to beat chapped anything is with coconut oil.

Solid at room temperature coconut oil makes the perfect body cream for dry skin. It’s high in Vitamin’s E, K and iron.  Simply lather coconut oil onto skin where extra moisture is needed.  Click this link to learn more about the health benefits of coconut oil as they are numerous.

Coconut Lip Balm - 3 Ingredients

2 tsp of Beeswax –graded to help it melt
1 tsp of Coconut oil – this is actually solid at room temperature
4-5 drops of coconut essence.

Instructions

Melt the first 2 ingredients in a double boiler or microwave. Then stir in the coconut essence.  Before it all cools pour in to a fun container and allow to set. Containers can be bought just about anywhere, Michaels, Wal-mart, Zellers, maybe reuse some from around your home. Old makeup containers are great, i.e lipstick or eye shadow containers. Just make sure they are clean and dry.  In no time it is ready to use. Voila you just made your own lip balm, how fun was that?  Watch out chapped lips.