Making Beeswax Hand Creams

[@gladysma308]

Just tried: Body cream 1 oz beeswax to 8 oz grapeseed oil, 10 capsules of vitamin E. Good result.

[@jeffruffing2316]

Thanks! I made my first batch of board butter for my hand made cutting boards. My GF suggested to make lip balm and hand cream. I did A LOT of KZbin surfing and stumbled onto your channel. Thank you for making a simple thing simple to understand. A lot of these channels make it so confusing. I can take your small math and scale it up for a larger production. Thanks!

[@jordansupport1923]

The only thing missing was seeing the consistency of the cream after it cooled, how greasy it appeared on the skin and how quickly it was absorbed.

[@gladysma308]

Thank you. DIY lip balm, 1 oz beeswax + 4 oz oil, hand/body lotion 1 oz beeswax + 6 oz oil. This video demo: 2 oz beeswax, melt in a double boiler; add in 6 oz each of olive oil, vegetable oil, some coconut oil or extract to make aroma, empty the contents of 5 capsules of vitamin E to extend the shelving period to 9 months without turning rancid. 10:24 DONT OVER HEAT THE MIXTURE. Packing: Pour in small containers (if essential oil is used, better in airtight glass containers).

[@gladysma308]

Good result from Body cream 1 oz beeswax to 8 oz grapeseed oil, 10 capsules of vitamin E.

[@SalafiOnyx]

Love love the video. I am an orthodox muslim and in Islam we have a "chapter" in the Quran called THE BEE "And your Lord inspired to the bee, 'Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct. Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you].' There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought." (Quran 16:68-69)

[@mariamountain6718]

This is beautiful and honest work and care for nature. 🌸 🐝 Thank you for sharing this with us 🙏🕊

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

So nice of you

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Indeed 7 to one.

[@mq181]

Wonderful! Except that I'd like to use almond oil instead of the veg oil! Great work you are doing! Thank you for sharing! I will be including this hand cream in my home business products!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Yes! Much better... but even this recipe is a quality product.

[@browpetj]

Wax for jackets with tree oils like turpentine is also a good process (but may be cost prohibitive for dangerous goods shipping rules in the west). Soaps are also very interesting and valuable using beeswax as a fat source.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

So many things to make!

[@teecee3143]

why didn't you test the hand cream on your hands - I was waiting to see how it worked on the skin

[@nokieng6502]

Vitamin E benefits negated if heated above 170 F. might want to let mixture cool before adding.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Great point! I try to only let it get just above melting point of wax by cooling down with the oil.

[@eviehankins8223]

Can you use honey in this recipe? Like a tablespoon for the scent but also the anti-inflamatory and anti-microbial benefits an natural preservative effects? I i am allergic to many essential oils and my mom is allergic to coconut- so i was contemplating honey. Lol thoughts?

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

wd make it sticky i wd think, plus u wd attract every bee for miles ....

[@melissascoloringandmulti-taski]

I love watching this video. Please make newer lipbalm and hand cream videos.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Thanks I will do in the Fall

[@ME_MeAndMyBees]

Pure Essential Oils # also have Natural Preservative capabilities on these Creams and Balms too. Eg, Rosemary, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, etc... . # Read up on the properties of any essential oil, if using it in Lip Balm : may be taken in, in an application to the lips... (.... Aka absorbed in an oral capacity !) [Not all essential oils can be eaten ! Eg Wintergreen... so read up on any Toxicity they have before use.] 😱 Hope this helps. 🤗 Happy Beekeeping 2021. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Thanks

[@SalafiOnyx]

So no need to add preservatives if I add eucalyptus oil for example ?

[@BeeOutdoors]

Could you use sunflower seed oil to replace the use of commercial vitamin e? I mean it’s a natural plant and high in vitamin e

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Not a chemist but sounds logical

[@BeeOutdoors]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer I’m just a outdoorsman and looking in to making some natural hand creams, I looked in to this and it seems to have a high content of vitamin e. As I been watching quite a few of your videos I though I best ask you for your opinion. Thanks

[@mahakjiwnani]

Use wheat germ oil its high in viatamin e as compared to sunflower oil ​@@BeeOutdoors

[@tobytails4650]

I would use organic ingredients and essential oil NOT extract.....and where did you get the label maker?

[@marioscharalambous6402]

yes the advice from my vitamine E supplier was to use under 40 degrees centigrate, but checking online you are right .....it is much more resistant to heat than . MY MISTAKE...BIG SORRY!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

No necessary always open to suggestions.

[@seanlawless-d3x]

Hi Peter do you make beewax soap

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Not yet.

[@akhtarbegum1219]

Vegetable oil as hand cream.....oh my God........olive and vit e was enough. I got the idea though.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

My first batches with just olive oil came out green! (before I new much about oils) that put me off so I cut it wil veg oil and liked the results. Having said that I plan to up my game.

[@fhollhuber1622]

Better with propolis?

[@eyetok_alot]

if you heat up the oil and beeswax from the beginning? doesn't it prevent the wax from going from fluid to solid every time? plus a better heat transfer when oil is already in the tin can ?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

yes

[@MasterArmedforces]

I've seen products on Amazon which are made from beeswax to help athletes with their sticky hand grip, do you happen to know any DIY beeswax concoctions I can make here at home as a cheaper solution? Thank you

[@debbieventimiglia2216]

Where can I find soft beeswax, pure. I make body bars and butters with the same wax I see you have, and cocoa butter raw, Shea butter raw and grapeseed oil, but the wax is too hard. What happened to the beeswax that smells like honey and is very soft? Thankyou in advance

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Beeswax is hard when it is cold could be that what you had seen before/recall as soft wax was not in fact pure and had been cut with oils????

[@sanjay9905]

Great video!! Thank you for sharing. I followed your instructions and now finding there is some water in the jar I keep the cream? Is this normal or have I done something wrong?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Maybe you pot leaks? or boiling too vigorously?

[@lindamorgan3082]

Heat the oils then pour into wax.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Good idea.

[@АнастасияКовша]

Thanks for video. I want try to do same. Can you write recipe in grams, please?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Ok next time

[@jasonwashburn8886]

What size is your hand creams

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

2oz

[@ضدمجهول-ت3ر]

ممكن اسم كريم العسل اش هوا

[@vitaifill2093]

Do bees wax ever loose moisture ? how much moisture can beeswax absorb ?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Good question! It certainly becomes brittle but I don't know if this can be reversed.

[@browpetj]

Moisturising creams don't really add moisture, they stop moisture from leaving the skin by replacing skin oils that are not being made for some metabolic reason, dehydration of the body or are being stripped away more quickly than the body can replace them. Sebum (body oil) production naturally wains in winter becasue it is produced with sweat. Sweat production is generally modulated by ambient temperature. Winter, people generally sweat less. Drying of skin increases. Also cold air holds less moisture and humidity can be much lower. So evaporation from the skin can be quite high (especially in dry heated houses). Washing natural skin oils away in summer can do the same thing ofcourse. Solvents like water or oils can strip sebum away (handling fuel oils, engine oils or even petting oily animals or frequent washing of the skin). Drying soaps and detergents based on oxalic acids and the like (coconut oils or lab made fats in washing powers etc...) are particularly effective at solubilising our natural oils and washing them away. Any water in skin moisturiser formulations quickly evapourates from the skin leaving the fats and the various actives behind. The fats create a barrier that stops moisture leaving the skin (or wounds). The body can then more effectively maintain the required water concentration for effective healing or immunity. Dry skin as we experience it is partly an immune function. These creams stop excessive slothing off of skin (dry skin) which is a natural upregulation of skin turnover to stop infection. This organ uses this if it can't maintain moisture levels or if it is irreparably damaged (burns, UV or otherwise). For wound healing, the skin must work to maintain an abnormally high water concentration (edema or inflammation). The concentration affects the movement of immune cells, waste and repair processes. So slowing down moisture loss by applying a hydrophobic barrier (fats/hydrocarbons/oils) is an effective way of giving our biology an easier time. But it is our biology that is doing the lions share of the work. Genius biology really. We can only hope to give it a helping hand. If it fails completely, none of these creams will work. This is what happens with rampant infections (bacterial, fungal or viral notmally), exema or autoimmune stuff.

[@browpetj]

A clear oil or wax contains hardly any water. Karl fischer analysis for water in oil in a clear, bright oil of good purity frequently comes back at

[@anilpopli9184]

Thanks for explaining so well the functioning of chemical and biological processes । I am not an industrial chemist or a biologist but , your descriptions are appealing। Tnanks ​@@browpetj

[@tuhc5144]

Hello, Do I have to use some special kind of beeswax or just normal beeswax.Because in my country there is something called virgin beeswax and its very clean.Thank you for your time. Much greetings

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

For any cosmetic I would use the cleanest wax I can I don't think that "virgin" beeswax is a defined grade but I may be mistaken.

[@collegeguy14]

You think the virgin wax they asked about is just capping wax. Wasn’t ever brood frame wax?

[@lavenderbridges]

Peter … do you print your own labels or do you find it smarter to order from another company? If from another company, which company do you use?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

For my fairly basic quality labeling I print all my own.

[@jeaninemeasheaw7210]

Hi I love what your doing with the wax. I am new in bee keeping. I was wondering where you got your lip balm tubes & hand cram jars. Love your video`s and ideals. Thank you for sharing.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Betterbee or Amazon

[@burntbeansoup]

Is there a way to keep beeswax creamy without oil?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

appart from keeping it warm or adding sole other solvent I dont think so

[@rosieotalora2106]

What size jars do you use?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

For the hand cream, 2oz

[@rosieotalora2106]

@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer Thank you. I'm looking forward to your online class at Ellsworth Adult Ed.

[@lee22822]

Can you use hog leaf lard in substitution for the oils?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I do not know.

[@ericshipplett3517]

Where did you get your containers.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Betterbee

[@lindalodovice2068]

Where do you get containers and size thank you wonderfulvideo

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I order from betterbee

[@skibaerle]

Greetings from Germany

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Hello there!

[@rickmartin9823]

Show us the end product!!!!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

next time

[@maggiefollett636]

Why did you add coconut oil?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I think it was an oil based coconut essence to make it smell nice.

[@Crewdog77]

Have you ever used real or imitation Vanilla extract for cooking as a scent? nice video thank you!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Yes both are great.

[@browpetj]

Great video. Very good quantification of the work that the bees do. It seems they do the lions share of the energy expenditure. Even the heat energy used to render their wax is nothing in comparison. Wow! Truly a monumental effort by them. The argument for saving their biology the expenditure of making new combs was clearly laid out here. Very well thought out video. People with this gentleman's experience might overlook this. But for us non-bee people, very good info here. I guess the cost of wax depends on scale here. However, we don't need too many honey bees and intensive bee farming to drive the cost of wax down is arguably just as bad as intensively farming anything. It is great that this gentleman keeps the cost of this hard earned resource as it should be. IMO, bees wax should never become a commodity. It is too much strain on ecosystems that way.

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Thanks.

[@lee22822]

One more question… instead of using an actual essential oil extract, can you use a Hydrosol water for scent and will it work efficiently?

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I do not know

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

Great idea but DONT use vegetable oil as its usually corn oil or even worse, canola oil! corn is a gmo item and canola is dreadful for the human body, as most seed oils are. Use cold pressed organic olive oil.

[@AbbeyOnAtkins]

I’m so saddened that you’re using that crappy vegetable oil in your beautiful, highest quality beeswax! Please consider switching to cold pressed almond oil or even 100% olive oil!

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

I change as I learn.

[@thisismyname7284]

Vegetable oil is an amazing moisturizer. You can use expensive virgin olive oil and end up with a “crappy” hand cream, because of the chemistry between the triglycerides in virgin olive oil and vegetable oil are different. So, vegetable oil is the better option- chemically speaking. BTW, I make soaps, lip balm, shampoo bars, candles, and kitchen cleaning products. All of my products are made with math and chemistry before the “marketing” is considered.

[@kristinep_xo5758]

@@thisismyname7284 - Why is Vegetable Oil better than Almond Oil…?

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

Looking at the longevity of oils it looks like almond is very quick to spoil, you'd be better off using canola or olive oil.

[@CrazyIvan865]

​@@thisismyname7284except vegetable oil really isn't that great. Better alternatives that don't spoil easily would be coconut oil and lard. A small portion of beef tallow could be used, but tallow spoils or rancidifies faster. And that's just the "cheap" natural oils. There's also coco butter, Shae butter, palm kernel oil, emu oil, etc.

[@lilithhowardwilliams5503]

💗

[@eng.knowledgeseeker]

I wish you wouldn’t put vegetables oil in ,not healthy at all

[@nonimammatt4310]

what else would you suggest

[@cheeseymcsmeg4802]

​@nonimammatt4310 olive oil or coconut oil is better alternative

[@karmafrazier582]

​@@nonimammatt4310 I would suggest using oils naturally high in vitamin E, C or A and other good properties... Would make it so you don't need to use those vitamin E capsules

[@thomasleon1430]

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[@terrysmith5868]

I only use ingredients that I could consume like the ones in this recipe.

[@ShadowReverb]

That’s very cheap I suppose you should make it $15 each

[@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer]

Maybe this year.

[@alexvids9232]

Vegetable oil? Thats so gross. Use coco, olive, avocado, jojoba, almond etc. I make my own skin care and turn a high profit as well.

[@nameundefinedname5307]

how much profit?