I made some balm today with
55g beef tallow
42g petrolatum
1.5g camphor
1.5g menthol
1g eucalyptus essential oil
Trying to recreate the medicated chapstick that works great for chapped lips. Though it more closely resembles Vicks 😂
Discussion
What a grand idea! 💡
Melt it down in a small pot, make sure the additives are dissolved, and pour. That's it. Seems like the petrolatum does the heavy lifting in giving it a good hardness. Maybe I could adjust the proportions depending on how I want it.
Keep the recipes coming. I just swapped my whole house over to natural products 👍
I'm just a guy trying things out to avoid industrial waste 😅
0 waste is great, it pairs perfectly with the concept of going all natural as well. Highly recommend- tons of endocrine disruptors in products we use from day to day, tons of waste.
You can basically make everything you need with a handful of products and essential oils, it’s pretty cool
💯 it's fascinating how weird modern products are once you figure out how the originals are made.
Like, I make my own soap and now I don't buy cleaning products. Baking soda and vinegar can clean anything. And all you need for laundry is washing soda and oxygen bleach. Spritz a bit of vinegar into the dryer instead of a dryer sheet. So many little things like that.
Even cleaning a bathroom and shower with a spray bottle of vinegar becomes a 5-minute task if you do it weekly, which is so easy since it takes so little time!
It's like, life was easy, but fiat made it hard. I'm kinda miffed about that.
It’s a weird mindset where you’re made to think you simply cannot accomplish a task without buying something to do it.
It’s definitely like that in the art world as well. It’s all in your intentionality when drawing or painting something, not whether your pen or pencil has the latest OS on it.
Yeah man I’ve got a wicked little recipe for laundry detergent. Washing soda, baking soda, epsom salts, sea salt and then vinegar for a pre soak. Essential oils mixed in
Tooth paste is a work in progress but - coconut oil, baking soda, peppermint oil, clove oil and a touch of hydrogen peroxide
Countertop cleaner/cleaner - vinegar, some lemon juice, water, Castile soap
Don’t make my own soap yet but I’ve switched over to extra virgin olive oil bar soap & Castile soap
Deodorant & dishwasher powder are the next projects
Literally feel cleaner than ever too, pretty crazy
Ditch the petroleum. Luckily I don’t experience chapped lips however one thing that’s natural and works well for this is Lansinoh Lanolon organic nipple balm/cream. I bet you could re-create it without the sunflower seed oil as well.
