Indie Lee DIY Lavender Winter Hand Salve Recipe

This time of year is the worst for hands and our skin as a whole. The air is cold and the heaters in homes and buildings are so drying to our skin. Dry, chapped leather like skin is no fun! Thankfully there is help! From our friends at Indie Lee, the DIY queen, we have a recipe for a home made salve that can save your dry hands!

IT will help you keep your hands silky and smooth when you whip up this simple DIY using some beautiful natural ingredients. Avocado oil is a great source of natural hydration, while the beeswax ensures a non-greasy formula that dries quickly and leaves hands looking great. The lavender-infused oil gives this salve a deliciously soothing scent that you won’t mind slathering all over your hands (it’s great for cracked heels and elbows too)!

Do your skin a favor and give this recipe a try.

Indie Lee DIY Lavender Winter Hand Salve:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup dried Lavender flowers
5 drops lavender essential oil
2 tablespoons beeswax pastilles (or grated beeswax)
1/2 cup avocado oil (can also use olive oil or apricot kernel oil)

Instructions:

Pour avocado oil and lavender flowers into glass measuring cup or saucepan and heat slowly over lower heat. Once mixture is warm, remove from heat and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. This will allow the lavender oil to infuse.

Once this has had time to sit, pour the mixture into a glass cup or bowl through a cheesecloth or fine strainer to remove the majority of the lavender flowers. Next you can create your own double boiler by placing a few inches of water in a saucepan and place the cup containing the oil into the pan of water. Warm this slowly over low heat until the water simmers. While you wait for the water to simmer, add the lavender essential oil and beeswax to your oil.

Let this mixture sit in the simmering water and stir until the beeswax has melted completely. Next pour this into a pretty jar or container, allow it to cool, and voila! You have your own all-natural hand salve that can keep your skin soft for up to six months!