- Ingrid Hoppy
Rosehip treatment balm
Ingredients:
10g jojoba wax or beeswax
30g shea butter
2 teaspoons (10ml) sweet almond oil
3 teaspoons (15ml) jojoba or apricot kernel oil
4 teaspoons (20ml) rosehip oil
2 teaspoons (10ml) borage oil
1 teaspoon (5ml) vitamin E oil
2 drops sandalwood essential oil
3 drops rose otto essential oil
3 drops geranium essential oil
4 drops patchouli essential oil
Equipment:
Double boiler or bain marie
Spoon
Airtight 100ml jar
Instructions:
Melt the wax and shea butter in bain marie, holding the mixture over a gentle heat for 20 minutes.
Add the almond and jojoba oil and stir gently until everything is liquid.
Remove the mixture from heat and add the rosehip oil, borage oil and vitamin E oil. Stir thoroughly.
Add the essential oils and stir.
Pour into the jar and leave it to set.