Body butter

Body butter is a fairly simple product to make at home.  It does take time however.  For this recipe, you will need 4oz. Shea butter, 2oz. Coconut oil, and 1oz. Coffee infused almond oil, plus 10 drops of coffee essential oil (optional).  Note that this is a very soft body butter, it melts on contact.  For a harder product, use cocoa butter in place of part or all of the Shea butter.

Step 1. Weigh Shea butter & coconut oil and place in heat proof glass bowl

Step 2. Melt the butter and oil in the oven at 250deg

Step 3. Allow the butter and oil to cool until it becomes opaque.  This can be done in the freezer for a few minutes or on a frozen rice pack as shown below.

Step 4. When it is starting to turn opaque, add the coffee infused almond oil and whip

Step 5. Keep whipping, if you need to put it back in the freezer for a few minutes, do so.

Step 6. Once the body butter starts to look like a whipped frosting, add the essential oil

Step 7. Once it is forming stiff peaks, it is ready to package.

Step 8. Package in a sterilized jar.  Close tightly and label.  Use within 6 months.

Inhalers

Aromatherapy inhalers are a great way to use aromatherapy in crowded places or around children while reducing the exposure to those around you and intensifying the experience for yourself.

While room diffusers are wonderful and are very useful to set the mood or combat an illness which is making its rounds through the family, the inhaler is personal.  It can be filled with essential oils for a particular individual for a particular need.

In our family, we use a blend of ginger and fennel EO in a personal inhaler to combat motion sickness.  Similarly, for an upcoming international trip, I am formulating inhaler blends to use during flight to assist with jet-lag and travel anxiety.

To use a personal inhaler, simply add the desired essential oils to the wick, insert the wick into the inhaler and close the inhaler.  When using, remove the cap, inhale deeply through the nose for a few minutes, then cap and store the inhaler.  They are small, portable, and personal.  Make sure you label your blends as well, and given the proximity to the nose and mouth, it is wise to label each inhaler with the initials of the individual using it.