Hemp Oil Winter Lotion
Organic hemp oil goes beyond the medical world; it can also be used for making cosmetic and self-care items!
Ingredients
1 tsp dried marshmallow root
1 tsp dried calendula petals
1 tsp dried comfrey leaf
1 tsp dried chamomile flowers
180mL | 6 fl oz boiling distilled water
14g | 0.5oz Emulsimulse/Ritamulse (or other complete emulsifying wax—not beeswax!)
16g | 0.56oz shea butter
20g | 0.7oz unrefined hemp seed oil
2 tsp colloidal oatmeal
4g | 0.17oz raw honey
6g |0.21oz vegetable glycerin
1/4 tsp allantoin (optional)
5 drops lavender essential oil
Broad spectrum preservative of choice
Instructions:
1. Pour the boiling water over the marshmallow root, calendula petals, comfrey leaf, and chamomile flowers, and let them steep for 10 minutes before straining (press the herbs with the back of a spoon to extract as much water as possible). If you’ve got a nice big tea strainer for making loose leaf tea, it's recommended using it here.
2. Measure out 140mL (4.7 fl oz) of the herb water and discard the herbs.
3. Prepare a water bath by bringing about 3cm/1″ of water to a bare simmer over low to medium-low heat in a wide, flat-bottomed sauté pan.
4. Combine the emulsifying wax with the shea butter and hemp seed oil in a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup. Place the measuring cup in your prepared water bath to melt everything through.
5. While the oils are melting, weigh the 140mL (4.7 fl oz) of herb water, colloidal oatmeal, honey, vegetable glycerin, and allantoin into a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup and place that in your water bath as well. Leave everything in the water bath for about 30 minutes.
6. After about 20–30 minutes, the oil part should be completely melted. Remove the water bath from the heat, and pour the water part into the oil part. Stir with a flexible silicone spatula to incorporate.
7. Grab your immersion blender and begin blending the lotion, starting with short bursts, so the still-very-liquid lotion doesn’t whirl up and spray everywhere. Blend for about a minute, leave to cool for ten minutes, blend for another minute or two, and repeat this blend-cool-blend cycle until the outside of the glass measuring cup is barely warm to the touch, and the lotion is thick and creamy.
8. Whisk in the essential oils and your preservative, leave the lotion to cool entirely and decant the mixture to a pump-top bottle.
9. Because this cream contains water, you must include a broad-spectrum preservative to ward off microbial growth. This is non-optional. Even with a preservative, this project is likely to spoil as our kitchens are not sterile laboratories, so in the event that it does happen, and you notice any change in color, scent, or texture, chuck it out and make a fresh batch.
This recipe makes 200mL (6.7 fl oz).
Recipe adapted from: https://www.humblebeeandme.com/healing-herbal-hemp-shea-lotion/
For any of your hemp oil needs, BioSummit labs is an organic CBD online store. For more information, feel free to leave us a message.
Ingredients
1 tsp dried marshmallow root
1 tsp dried calendula petals
1 tsp dried comfrey leaf
1 tsp dried chamomile flowers
180mL | 6 fl oz boiling distilled water
14g | 0.5oz Emulsimulse/Ritamulse (or other complete emulsifying wax—not beeswax!)
16g | 0.56oz shea butter
20g | 0.7oz unrefined hemp seed oil
2 tsp colloidal oatmeal
4g | 0.17oz raw honey
6g |0.21oz vegetable glycerin
1/4 tsp allantoin (optional)
5 drops lavender essential oil
Broad spectrum preservative of choice
Instructions:
1. Pour the boiling water over the marshmallow root, calendula petals, comfrey leaf, and chamomile flowers, and let them steep for 10 minutes before straining (press the herbs with the back of a spoon to extract as much water as possible). If you’ve got a nice big tea strainer for making loose leaf tea, it's recommended using it here.
2. Measure out 140mL (4.7 fl oz) of the herb water and discard the herbs.
3. Prepare a water bath by bringing about 3cm/1″ of water to a bare simmer over low to medium-low heat in a wide, flat-bottomed sauté pan.
4. Combine the emulsifying wax with the shea butter and hemp seed oil in a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup. Place the measuring cup in your prepared water bath to melt everything through.
5. While the oils are melting, weigh the 140mL (4.7 fl oz) of herb water, colloidal oatmeal, honey, vegetable glycerin, and allantoin into a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup and place that in your water bath as well. Leave everything in the water bath for about 30 minutes.
6. After about 20–30 minutes, the oil part should be completely melted. Remove the water bath from the heat, and pour the water part into the oil part. Stir with a flexible silicone spatula to incorporate.
7. Grab your immersion blender and begin blending the lotion, starting with short bursts, so the still-very-liquid lotion doesn’t whirl up and spray everywhere. Blend for about a minute, leave to cool for ten minutes, blend for another minute or two, and repeat this blend-cool-blend cycle until the outside of the glass measuring cup is barely warm to the touch, and the lotion is thick and creamy.
8. Whisk in the essential oils and your preservative, leave the lotion to cool entirely and decant the mixture to a pump-top bottle.
9. Because this cream contains water, you must include a broad-spectrum preservative to ward off microbial growth. This is non-optional. Even with a preservative, this project is likely to spoil as our kitchens are not sterile laboratories, so in the event that it does happen, and you notice any change in color, scent, or texture, chuck it out and make a fresh batch.
This recipe makes 200mL (6.7 fl oz).
Recipe adapted from: https://www.humblebeeandme.com/healing-herbal-hemp-shea-lotion/
For any of your hemp oil needs, BioSummit labs is an organic CBD online store. For more information, feel free to leave us a message.
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