Organic "homemade" moisturizer (face, hands, body)

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INGREDIENTS
Organic virgin coconut oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Place coconut oil in a shallow jar that you can easily reach your hand in to
2. Use as needed on face, hands, body
3. That's all
4. No, this is not a joke.  I spent a long time searching out different options for natural moisturizers, thinking I needed some concoction of a bunch of ingredients to get something good.  Not true - coconut oil is all you need.  Since coconut oil has a higher melting point than avocado or olive oil (and also something like vitamin E oil), it is usually nicer to use.  When your house is cooler, the oil will be a solid, but even when it's not it still absorbs quickly into the skin and is not nearly as greasy as the aforementioned oils.

All natural (no petrochemicals) homemade lip balm

All natural, easy, cheap, smooth and moisturizing.  Use your old tubes/tins and never buy lip balm again.  Happy days.

INGREDIENTS
2 oz beeswax ($1.66)
5 T. + 1 t. organic coconut oil ($1.42)
1/4 c. organic olive oil ($0.67)
1 t. vitamin E oil ($0.50)
A few drops of lemon (or vanilla, or whatever you want) extract (let's say $0.15)
If you have a wood skewer or popsicle stick or something, that's good to use for stirring
You'll also need the tubes/tins/jars you're going to put the balm in
OPTIONAL: To add sun protection, include 1 T. zinc oxide (non-nano) to this recipe

Note this makes about 5.8 oz. of lip balm for $4.40, which means it's costing 11.4 cents per standard tube (which is 0.15 oz.) and you've made almost 39 tubes of lip balm!

DIRECTIONS

1. Take a shallow (cereal) bowl and line with plastic wrap (you'll pour over this)
2. Cut up beeswax into small-ish chunks
3. Put a measuring cup in a sauce pan (top photo) and fill pan up with water so it doesn't go over the top of the measuring cup and bring the water to a simmer/light boil
4. Add beeswax and allow it to melt completely
5. Add all other ingredients and stir until all are melted together
6. Hold tubes/tins over bowl lined with plastic wrap and pour from measuring cup into containers
7. Wipe the measuring cup out promptly with paper towels and wash right away with dish soap to avoid the balm hardening on it
8. Pour leftovers in a wide-mouthed jar (second photo), which you can use directly, or you can always melt this again and refill tubes
9. Let sit for a few hours to harden and you're set!