| How to Make Your Own Diaper Cream Aug 5th 2012, 03:00 Here are basic instructions on how to make your own diaper salve which is very non-allergenic. With a couple of extra ingredients, it's the ideal preventative and treatment for a yeast-rash. Sometimes this stuff is affectionately called "butt grease" since it keeps diaper areas healthy and running well! Edit Ingredients Method 1 - Pure beeswax (can be obtained from health food markets)
- Cold-pressed olive oil (heat expelled oil tends to contain extra chemicals)
- Garlic, fresh or grated.(optional)
- Tea tree oil
Method 2 - Cold pressed olive oil
- Tea tree oil (also known as ti-tree oil) (optional)
- Pure beeswax
- A tiny splash of milk
- Heat some water in a small pot on the stove until it is hot but not boiling. Place some kind of a spacer (a small steam basket) in the bottom of the pot. Put the glass jar on top to check the water level. The water level should reach about half way up the jar.
- Grate the beeswax until you have a pile equivalent to about 1/2 cup to 1 cup. (You may not need the full amount depending on how thick you like your "butt grease." You might prefer to make it on the on the soft-side for ease of application.)
- Pour about 1 cup of olive oil into the jar and place into the hot water to warm it.
- As the oil warms, sprinkle in some of the beeswax and stir. Slowly add in more beeswax and continue to stir until all the wax has liquefied.
- Remove the jar carefully with oven mitts or canning tongs. Now you have your basic salve. If you do not wish to make a yeast rash salve, leave it to cool.
- If you would like to make a salve for a yeast rash, add 1 clove of garlic (crushed and minced, or pureed if possible) or 1/8 teaspoon of powdered garlic. Then add 1/8 teaspoon of tea tree oil and leave to cool.
- Use this homemade cream on the baby's diaper area regularly, or in case of yeast rash, use the herbal salve liberally at every diaper change.
Method 2 - Place a saucepan onto the heat and add a little water.
- Boil the water until warm.
- Tip the olive oil into a jar and place in the warm water.
- As the olive oil warms, unscrew the lid and pour in a little milk.
- Stir gently.
- Once greenish grey and silky, quickly grate up the beeswax into a pile of about three quarters of a cup.
- Add to the jar and stir.
- Once thickened and of a golden green color, splash in the tea tree oil (optional).
- Stir until well blended.
- Quickly take off of heat.
- While cooling, stir occasionally to create a softer, smoother cream.
- Don't let the mixture get too hot––the idea is to melt the wax and oil together, not to cook it!
- Stirring the mixture periodically as it cools will result in a creamier texture, while leaving it alone will cause it to set more firm.
- If you don't get the results you want the first time, you can always re-heat it the same way and add wax to firm it up or oil to smooth it down.
- The milk in the second option will create a smoother, silkier cream. only use if your baby is not allergic.
Edit Warnings - Tea tree oil on its own can be extremely irritating to baby's skin. However, this salve seems to buffer tea tree oil's stinging properties, so don't be afraid to use the herbal salve on even a newborn baby.
Edit Things You'll Need - Medium sized "mason"-type jar
- Something long and thin to stir with (a chopstick works well for this)
- Small saucepan
- Small spacer to hold the jar off the bottom of the pan (like a small steamer basket)
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