Rosehip & Honey Anti-Aging Eye Treatment
This easy to make anti-aging eye treatment is perfect for dabbing around your eyes, on laugh lines, or other wrinkle prone spots. It also makes a great nighttime hand cream!
Servings 3 ounces
Equipment
- heatproof jar, or empty tin can, for melting
- small saucepan with several inches of water
- small 4-ounce jar for storing
- fork, for stirring
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp apricot kernel oil (or sweet almond, or other oil)
- 2 tbsp beeswax pastilles, or grated beeswax
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbsp rosehip seed oil
- 3 drops lavender essential oil (optional)
- see preservative note below
Instructions
- Combine the beeswax and apricot kernel oil in the heatproof jar or empty tin can.
- Set the jar, or can, down into a saucepan containing several inches of water.
- Place the pan over a medium burner to indirectly melt the beeswax. Keep a close eye while the oil/wax heats.
- Once melted, remove from heat and cool briefly.
- If adding a preservative (Phytocide Elderberry OS), do so now.
- Add the honey and stir briskly for one full minute.
- Add the rosehip seed oil, and lavender essential oil, if using.
- Stir thoroughly, and allow the mixture to sit until it starts to thicken.
- Stir, stir, stir some more as it cools! The mixture will turn creamy and opaque. You must stir the honey in thoroughly, to keep it from beading out.
- Spoon into a glass jar. Store in a cool place and use within 3 months.
Notes
If you’d like to add a preservative to this product, I suggest Phytocide Elderberry OS – an ECOCERT & COSMOS approved preservative that’s derived from elderberries & can be used in oil soluble natural and organic cosmetics. (Salves, balms, scrubs, etc.) For this recipe: add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon elderberry preservative to the melted oils and wax, after removing from the heat. (More info on natural and organic preservatives can be found in my article: 10 Natural Preservative for Homemade Skin Care.)