Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Honey Cuticle Cream


Awhile back I made some lip balm based on this Honey-kissed Lip Balm recipe I found. It made a ton and I still have the Altoids container full of it so I decided to use it as a cuticle cream. It works great!

Here's my recipe (I modified the Honey.com recipe a bit since I didn't have as much beeswax and I had apricot kernel oil instead of sweet almond oil).

1.5 ounces beeswax
3 ounces apricot kernel oil
1 tablespoon honey

Melt the wax and oil in the microwave, stir in the honey, and pour into tins or other containers. When I made it there were some tiny honey globules that didn't mix in, but I made the recipe in a glass measuring cup with a spout, so I just didn't pour that part into the tins.

16 comments:

  1. brittanyApril 29, 2008 at 5:12 PM

    that is such a great idea! and great job and reusing the altoid tin! darling darling.

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  2. aubreyannieApril 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM

    awesome! and so pretty in the tins.

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  3. ThimbleannaApril 29, 2008 at 8:14 PM

    Haha. When I started reading your post, I saw the title and then the altoids tin and I briefly thought -- wow -- Altoids is making Honey Cuticle Cream??? This looks like a fun project -- thanks for sharing!

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  4. MumsyApril 30, 2008 at 5:48 AM

    This is exactly what I needed to read! I'm going to make some up as soon as possible.

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  5. meganApril 30, 2008 at 3:02 PM

    great idea. I think this a great gift idea. I also saw some little tins at Archivers at the mall.

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  6. Amanda ConleyMay 1, 2008 at 7:55 AM

    Love the balm! I bet it makes great gifts. I'll have to remember that come Christmas!

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  7. Mrs. Laura LaneMay 5, 2008 at 9:21 PM

    Excellent idea!
    Where do you find your ingredients?
    Laura

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  8. jessMay 6, 2008 at 8:11 AM

    Hi Laura...I buy the beeswax and apricot kernel oil at a health food store. I'm sure there are lots of places to buy both of them online as well.

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  9. Average Iron GirlMay 10, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    What a great gift idea! Thanks for the recipe!

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  10. Christi July 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    this is a fantastic gift idea. thank you!!

    the july giftaway is on! hope you'll enter!!

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  11. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    This is a salve, not a cream. Salves are better prepared if you double boil them.

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  12. SherryJuly 30, 2013 at 11:37 PM

    Could I use something like coconut oil instead of the apricot kernal oil do you think?

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  13. jessJuly 31, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Hi Sherry...you should be able to substitute any kind of oil for the apricot kernel oil. I think the key in the recipe is just the proportion of beeswax to oil.

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  14. KerriMay 6, 2014 at 3:08 AM

    Hi, excited to try this. Is there any particular type of honey to use or avoid?

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  15. jessMay 6, 2014 at 9:13 AM

    Thanks! I need to make some more myself. I haven't experimented a lot with different types of honey. In the past I used raw liquid honey that we bought from a friend so I'm not exactly sure what kind it was but probably clover?

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  16. KerriMay 6, 2014 at 2:11 PM

    Thanks Jess, have ordered all my items, can't wait to try it.

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