Crockpot Lotion Bars

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I have been seeing these lotion bars for a while now and am very intrigued. All the recipes asked to melt the flammable beeswax in a double broiler. Ever since I tried to make haystacks in my 20's and exploded a double broiler and butter scotch chips all over my mothers ceiling I have not been a fan of them.

So I thought lets just try the CROCKPOT! 

Some times I amaze myself with my genius!

The reason I wanted to make these is that I suffer from psoriasis. It is not pretty and the one reason you rarely will see my hands in tutorials. When the weather changes every year it gets worse. I have tried every cream, salve, prescription med and it makes it a little better but I will always have it. The only time it has ever completely gone away was when I lived in California and the 2 times I was pregnant. It will always be a nagging companion but I wanted something natural and emollient as I have found the thicker the better but walking around in Aquaphor all day is not possible.

So here are the ingredients I used (you can also add scent but I did not for me as sometimes it will aggravate instead of help)

You have:

1 lb. of Beeswax that I bought at Michaels Craft Store it was located in the candle making isle and cost around $17 ( you can find it cheaper online but I am impatient)

1 Jar of Pure Shea Butter which I bought at Walmart they also have scented ones which would be nice this was $4.99

1 Jar of Pure Coconut Oil I bought this at Kroger it was less than $5

10 Vitamin E capsules

And don't forget these Crockpot Liners so you are not trying to clean dried wax off your pot! Makes the clean up effortless.

You will need to use a scale to measure, I used my weight watchers scale and make sure you put in even parts of Wax, Butter and Oil, then prick your Vit E capsules with a straight pin and squeeze them in.

Turn the Crockpot on High and wait about 1 hour or more

Check every so often, the oil and butter will melt first the beeswax takes a little longer

Eventually you will have this liquid gold!

There are many things you can use as a mold like silicone pans, muffin pans, soap molds, Velveeta box lined in plastic wrap, ice cube trays etc. I used muffin pans lined with muffin papers because my pans are old and you will notice the crud in the pics even though I tried to fog some of it. I used a gravy ladle and filled them 1/2 full it made 48 bars

Put them into the fridge and in just about 10-20 min they will be solid.

Here is the pretty pic you can Pin :) (hint hint)

(you will note on these the little brown specks, I wanted to experiment on the last tray so I through in a little vanilla flavoring for smell...it started bubbling with all the other ingredients which was cool to watch and it worked!)

So when you need a little lotion you just grab one of these babies and rub it in your hands or rub on your skin, the heat from your body will warm it up.

Here are some variations you can do on these:

• You can use cocoa butter instead of shea butter
• you can use any essential oil like lavender oil or your favorite scent to perk em up
• You can use a combo of oils or other oils instead of coconut like olive oil if you want

This project has really made me want to try to make my own soap. I hope you enjoy it and these would make great gifts put in cellophane bags from the dollar store!They come out to about 50 cents a bar and I can already say they are awesome.

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