Winter is tough on skin: dry hands, scratchy elbows, irritated feet, chapped lips, and cracked cuticles, you need a good Healing Dry Skin Balm! This all-natural skin balm is easy to make and works great.
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My friend recently found a dozen empty lip balm tubes in her daughter’s swim bag. The clever girl had figured out that the thick balm worked magic on her dry swimmer’s skin.
Unfortunately, a dozen lip balms a week adds up!
The Natural DIY Solution
I developed this all natural, non-toxic Healing Dry Skin Balm to combat diaper rash, winter skin dry patches, swimmers rash, and any other scratchy or downright irritated body parts. It works equally well on chapped lips.
Try it for yourself and see how well this chemical free, preservative free, and fragrance free moisturizer works. If you’re looking for a naturally scented lotion alternative, try my Vanilla Cupcake Lotion Bon Bons.
Healing Dry Skin Balm Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup white beeswax pastilles
- 1/3 cup virgin coconut oil
- 1/3 cup almond oil
- 1/2 Tbsp vitamin e oil
Directions
- Place beeswax and coconut oil in a glass jar.
- Melt on high power in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating for 30 second increments until completely melted.
- Stir well between each 30 second heating interval. It should take about 2.5 minutes total to melt. (You can also place the jar in a pan of hot water over low heat and allow to melt while stirring.)
- Stir in almond and vitamin E oil, then heat for 30 more seconds.
- Pour into metal tins or a small glass jar.
- Enjoy your all natural healing balm!
Recipe Tips
This balm contains no artificial preservative (Vitamin E, an antioxidant, works as a natural preservative) make it in small batches and use it up in a few months.
Free Printable Label
Download the free printable label to make your balm beautiful! Print them on self-adhesive labels or use rubber cement to attach.
Healing Dry Skin Balm Cost
You can purchase a similar natural product at Lush for $13.95 per 1.4 ounce tin (more than $9.90 an ounce!). My recipe produces 10 ounces or three 3 oz tins for $7.30 or $0.73 an ounce. Homemade balm for the win!
(organic white beeswax pastilles $2.98, organic coconut oil $1.26, almond oil $1.56, vitamin e oil $1.50)
More All-Natural Moisturizers to Make
- Non Petroleum Jelly DIY Moisturizer is a softer balm with natural, non-toxic ingredients. It’s equally easy to make and is a great substitute for petrolium jelly!
- Vanilla Cupcake Lotion Bon Bons and Rosemary Infused Olive Oil Bon Bons are mini lotion bars that fit in the palm of your hand and moisturize naturally.
- Milk and Honey Bath Melts soothe and soften skin while you soak in the bath!
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Cindy
Hi!
I was wondering if this balm leave a greasy effect on the hand? Im looking for a balm i can use while im knitting so i dont want to have greasy yarn! :-p thank in advance!
Bren
It’s a little greasy but absorbs quickly.
Lainey
Hi Bren, I’m looking for something to use for my baby’s chapped thumb, and that’s tricky because whatever I use needs to be edible–she’s a thumb sucker. Would you use it in that way for your baby? Thanks!
Bren
I would use plain coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil, or avocado oil (look in the oil section of your grocery store for an edible oil). Both are edible and moisturize! Avocado or almond oil are all I use on my daughter’s sensitive skin, no balm necessary!
Kathy
My son is allergic to avocados. Does that mean I couldn’t use it on his dry skin?
Bren
I would swap the avocado oil with almond oil or olive oil to be safe before using it on your son.
Alli
Hi Bren – I love all your “recipes” – so glad i found your blog as i am trying to reduce chemicals as well as packaging usage in as much of my cleaning and personal care products as possible. I made this balm today and it came out as I hoped except the Vitamin E oil smells very … Vitamin-y. it overpowers the smell of the coconut oil. Is this normal in your experience or did I just get a yucky brand? Next time I make this, I’d like to leave it out. Is there something you’d recommend I try as a substitute? Thanks for any advice (and for your wonderful website!)
Bren
Alli, my vitamin e oil is basically scent free. I use this one -> Sundown Naturals Vitamin E Oil. You can try leaving the vitamin e out, but I like to use it because it gives the balm a natural preservative.
Grace
Can this be put in lip balm tubes? My elderly father loves this but won’t carry a jar or tin. I’m just wondering if it would melt being carried around in a pocket. Thanks for your help.
Bren
Yes, you can pour the mixture into a lip balm tube!
Manjinder
HI can you use a butter (Shea, cocoa, or mango, etc) instead of the coconut oil?
Bren
Yes, you could use a butter but you may have to increase the almond oil to get the same consistency. I’m sorry I can’t advise you on amounts as I’ve only made it with coconut oil.
Jen
Hi, thank you for the great recipe. For the Vitamin E oil, what is the IU?
Bren
70000 IU, hope you like the recipe!
shilpa
Can I use dried frozen strawberries in this balm. ( the same which you used in your lip balm recipe)
Bren
I’ve never tried it. Are you wanting to make a strawberry lotion?
shilpa
Yes want to make strawberry body creame. Will it work ? Adding frozen dried strawberries to this recipe
Bren
I’ve never tried it in this recipe so I can’t tell you 100% that it will work, sorry!
Mandy
HI great recipe just what I was looking for, just wondering if you can substitute the almond oil for olive or grape seed oil?
Bren
Olive oil or avocado oil work in place of almond oil. I’ve never used grape seed oil so I’m not sure on that substitution. Let me know how you like the balm!
SisJane
Would you be so kind to let me know why you chose white wax for this recipe?
Bren
You can use white or yellow, I had white on hand when creating the recipe. It also produces a colorless balm.
Alyssa
Hi, I absolutely love your site, you offer so many great recipes for a non-toxic life, I particularly like the homemade laundry and dishwashing detergents, thank you for sharing them. I have recently started my own business making and selling all natural beauty products and soy candles, I like your “Heal it all Balm” but was just wondering if you knew that coconut oil clogs your pores? A really GREAT healing oil is Hemp, hemp doesn’t clog pores at all and its great for really dry skin as well as eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis, and it is good for acne prone skin types as well.
Bren
Thanks Alyssa. You are correct that oil based products can clog pores. I like using coconut oil in this product for consistency (it’s a cream at room temperature) and it’s antibacterial properties. This cream has not caused any problems at our house, we use it for dry skin spots, dry elbows, dry heels, etc. I would probably not be the best long term facial moisturizer but I believe it is better than synthetic or petroleum based creams.
Lucie
Can you add essential oils to this recipe? i.e lavender, peppermint, tea tree?
Bren
Lucie, yes you can add essential oils. Just add the desired essential oils when you the almond and vitamin E oil.
Jennifer
My daughter has a tree nut and peanut allergy so I can’t use the almond oil. It breaks her out in hives. Is there anything that I could substitute for it?
Bren
Jennifer, you can use avocado oil, olive oil, or simply increase the amount of coconut oil. Hope this helps!
Lisa Shenk
Thanks for this recipe, my question for you, now much by weight is the beeswax? We have bees and render the wax into 2 and 4 Oz. Cakes. Thank you, Lisa
Bren
Lisa, you are so lucky to have your own bees! Good question about weight. 1/4 cup of the pellets I use weighs between 1.1 and 1.2 ounces. I hope you like the balm.
Lindsey Selucky
Could you double the recipe and use 2 oz of beeswax bars?
Bren
Yes, you can double the recipe. I would chop the beeswax and measure it in a 1/4 cup measuring cup to make sure you need the entire 2 oz. This will also make the beeswax melt faster.