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Lavender hand cream provides a slightly scented, soothing balm for tired gardeners' hands that get the roughest treatment during the cold winter months.
The Lavender oil used here adds a very slight perfume and is also a powerful healer and antiseptic in its own right. The white wax is bleached bees' wax, once upon a time bleached outdoors in the sun, and is sometimes available as granules which dissolve faster than a large block. If you can only get a block of wax then grate it on the coarse blades of a food grater or shred slivers off the block with a sharp knife. Gently warm the blade under hot water to make slicing easier. Coconut oil is extracted from the dried flesh of the coconut and has been used for centuries in preparations to moisturize and condition the skin and hair. Almond oil is one of the oldest known cosmetics and is a very light but effective oil which has no scent of almonds. It is still used today in many commercial cosmetics. The amounts needed in this recipe are measured in spoons so that you can choose the size of spoon according to how much you want to make.

Ingredients
4 spoons sweet almond oil,
4 spoons coconut oil,
3 spoons white wax,
6 spoons glycerine,
Lavender essential oil (about 6 drops if tablespoons are used to measure)
Put the almond oil, coconut oil and white wax in a double saucepan or basin over a pan of hot water and gently dissolve them. Stir the mixture to blend it together and when everything has melted add the glycerine drop by drop. Take it off the heat and stir until creamy. Finally add drops of lavender oil and mix well. Put into pots and leave to set in cool dark place.

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