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Creative beeswax used for at home and body


As a beekeeper, I learned first -hand how amazingly beeswax can be. You will find this natural substance in many of my DIY recipes for everything, from soap to lotion bars. However, beeswax does not use recipes for DIY skin care!

Why bees are incredible

Have you ever seen the inside of a honey beehive? It is incredible. Imagine a scenario in which you were at the same time:

  • Maintaining a newborn that needed constant care
  • Build a house with your own hands
  • Combating people who try to break into their house
  • Still responsible for normal cooking and cleaning

Stressed … right? However, this is a honey colony every day. In addition, everything you produce is an advantage in any way!

Everything is always fully ordered, clean and functional. Sometimes I had problems taking care of a baby, and honey bees take care of hundreds while building a house. As a former beekeeper and now watching my son takes care of his beehive, I am in constant awe about how amazing bees are.

Treasure, treasure

Honey may be the most popular product bees that create bees, but it is far from the only advantageous. (Try to use honey on your face if you haven’t done it yet.)

The word Apeheraapy Refers to the use of bee products such as honey, bees pollen, Royal Jelly, propolis and beeswax in an advantageously way. Even Honeybee poison was used therapeutically! Sounds crazy? Take a look at this video from the discovery channel that explains it.

Before I roam for hours about how cool bees are (and I was able to roam it for hours for hours!), I would like to concentrate on a specific product.

Beeswax: bees are brilliant

We usually appreciate bees for their honey, their royal jelly and other useful (and delicious) by -products. But Beeswax deserves to also have the list of bee recognition. Bees make beeswax the structure of your beehive. They secrete wax from special glands, then chew it and use it a perfect hexagon -shaped honeycomb.

From the beginning, honey bees are apparently also on board with minimalism. Their completely hexagon -shaped honeycombs offer the largest storage space with the slight amount of building materials (in this case Beeswax).

When beekeepers harvested honey, remove the cap of each cell to extract the honey. This encryption is melted and filtered to remove non-wax particles. This results in the beeswax that we use in many beauty products and DIY recipes.

Pure beeswax is one of the 7 ingredients that I buy in large quantities. I always think natural beeswax for many of my DIY products and heals. It has dozens of uses in the house.

Advantages of beeswax

Beeswax is an excellent addition to cosmetics for many reasons.

  • Beeswax creates a barrier in lotions and creams to seal moisture in the skin. This is particularly advantageous in the homemade lip balm in the dry winter months.
  • This barrier also helps protect the skin from environmental toxins and irritants.
  • In contrast to oil jelly, which is used in a variety of beauty products, beeswax will not “suffocate” the skin. Instead, it can breathe while it still offers a protective barrier.
  • Beeswax helps to thicken homemade cosmetics and lotions because it is solid at room temperature. It also has a relatively high melting point of 147 degrees Fahrenheit. This is particularly helpful for recipes with a lot of coconut oil that has a low melting point, or other oils that are liquid at room temperature.
  • Beeswax also has vitamins A, which improves skin skin hydration and promotes cell regeneration.

15+ beeswax used around the house

Melted beeswax is an incredibly versatile natural ingredient for DIY beauty and natural home products. It is a staple in my homemade natural products and in our house.

While Beeswax uses are almost endless, there are some simple ways to use them at home. If you haven’t done it yet, try Beeswax in these homemade recipes:

1. Homemade deodorant

I have been doing my own deodorant for years because it works so much better than bought in the shop. One of the ingredients I use is beeswax because it helps to form a natural protective moisture barrier. This means that it contributes to avoiding welding stains on clothing without needing harmful and unnecessary chemicals.

2. Lotion bars

I am biased, but these are the best moisturizer in the world. A perfect combination of oils, shea butter, cocoa butter and beeswax forms a solid soap bar that is used on dry skin. It helps to calm the skin to block moisture moisture and even have natural anti-wrinkle properties. I use melted wax together with oils such as olive oil or coconut oil.

3. DIY lip balm

You can produce dozens of homemade beauty products with the same simple ingredients. This recipe for lip balm uses the same ingredients as the lotion bars, but with some additional ingredients for fragrance or color. As soon as you have these basic ingredients at hand, you can make lip balm for much less than bought in the shop!

4. Beeswax candles

I broke off the fragrant candles and fresh air fresheners years ago. Most candles use soy or paraffin wax and pollute the air. We now only use beeswax candles in our house. They are also easy and fun to make themselves. They also make great homemade Christmas or birthday gifts.

Try this tutorial to make your own! If you have a wax warmer, try DIY beeswax melting it. Or you can buy pure beeswax candles here.

5. Homemade soaps

Beeswax is often added to soap recipes in order to make the finished soap more difficult and keep it longer. It should only make up to 2% of your soap recipe. More than that and your soap will start losing foam.

Try this seasoned essential oil soap.

6. Baby products

Most babies have a diaper rash at some point. I only try to use natural skin care products, but I am particularly careful with sensitive baby skin.

I use beeswax in diaper rash cream as a thickener. The wax offers a protective skin barrier and helps to stay on the skin to the other useful ingredients. In this way you can have a greater influence on removing the rash.

7. Soothed cracked paragraphs

A simple salvation of beeswax, coconut oil and magnesium is a great remedy for cracked heels. Here you can find out how to make this homemade ointment.

8. On cracked hands

I really believe that almost everything we need to remedy small complaints can be found in nature. Beeswax is a great remedy for cracked hands of garden or outdoor work. It also creates a protective barrier to avoid future damage.

I would like to add useful herbs from the garden to accelerate the relief even more. In most meters, the cooking banana grows a natural remedy for bites, stings and even sunburn. Take the recipe for the DIY gardener’s hand here.

9. Natural Healing Salve

I hold this “Boo Boo Lotion” at hand to treat scratches, stings, poison fees, bruises and other mild injuries that my children create. It works almost as well as kisses to facilitate small scratches and boo boos. The herbs I use are anti -inflammatory and skinless.

10. Cold and flu -free relief

When diseases occur, I turn to natural remedies on beeswax. Homemade natural steam breakdown helps cough and overload. It offers relief without banging oil jelly on your skin.

Frequent nose bubbles during the disease can cause the delicate skin around your nose chaos. This painful nasal-calming balm recipe combined by herbs infounded oil with beeswax and shea butter for a nutritious balm.

11. Beeswax wraps

I try to avoid disposable plastic products in the household, and this also includes plastic film. Aluminum foil is also a no-go go for grocery stores because I didn’t get out of heavy metals to my meal! You can make your own reusable food wraps with yellow beeswax. These have a “liability” that makes it a wonderful alternative to plastic film.

Not everyone has the time and interest in making their own food points. If you are, there is also wonderful beeswax -food -wrap options online.

12. creams and lotions

I have already mentioned my love for Lotionbars, but there are other ways to moisten with beeswax. Over the years I have experimented with several Lotion recipes and created various. This homemade lotion recipe is thicker and more like a body butter. Or try one of these popular recipes:

Other ways to use beeswax

  • Make your own beeswax colored pencils. My crayon recipe uses a different kind of wax that in my opinion works even better!
  • Melt beeswax with olive oil to use them as a homemade furniture polish. You can also use it to protect wooden spoons and cutting boards.
  • Style short hair with homemade beeswachen farm.

Where can I buy beeswax

Although I like things natural, I will not ask you to dig into a beehive! I like to buy beeswax pastillas or pellets because they are easy to work. It is what I grab when I need a smaller amount for lip balm and ointments.

Pastilles are not necessary for larger projects such as candles, since they can measure by weight rather than weight. You can also buy beeswax in block form, which is a little cheaper than the pastilles.

Some beeswax are bleached, so I prefer yellow beeswax. It should have a light honey scent, otherwise it is very clever (or wrong!).

Another option is to buy it locally if you are able to contact beekeepers near you. This helps to support local beekeepers (which is important!) And you can often find it relatively inexpensive.

How do you use beeswax? Share some of your favorite uses below!