Make Beeswax Balms & Salves in the Comfort of Your Kitchen
Making beeswax products, like natural lips balms, healing hand salves, mustache wax or wood polish might feel like a complex, overwhelming process if you've never done it before.
Like many others, if you've stumbled upon this guide, it's most likely because you already have an interest in doing something crafty with wax comb that you've rendered (if you are a beekeeper) or with beeswax that you've purchased (if you're like everyone else).
We're here to tell you that it's NOT difficult. Continue reading to see what we mean.
Gain Access to This How-to Video
It took our beekeepers many trial runs over several years to figure out the perfect beeswax balm recipe and selling at a lot of farmer's markets to determine what buyers really want most. For example, should you use coconut oil, avocado oil, or extra virgin olive oil in a beeswax salve recipe with shea butter? We've heard from happy customers that the simple beeswax ointments we've produced have helped with eczema and some have even used it as a sort of psoriasis cream.
But, if you're reading this, there's most likely no reason to remind you of the benefits of beeswax as a natural protectant that soothes skin.
After entering your name & email below, here's what you'll learn in the informative 19-minute video:
- At what temperature to keep the wax when melting it to ensure you don't discolor the wax or destroy it completely
- Tricks on how to render wax in a way that makes it easy to break apart and measure
- What is propolis and how do you pulverize and infuse it into olive oil
- Getting the right liquid-to-solid ingredient ratio for the best product
- Types of tins or containers to use with your finished product to impress your friends and family
Learn to Make Beeswax Balms & Salves Like a Pro Now!
(When you watch the video, you'll have an "Ah-ha!" moment)
Beepods "Bee Better Butter" Background
People have been using ingredients gathered from the hive as long as they’ve been beekeeping. Elements from the hive can be used in both health and beauty products. Beepods is dedicated to natural beekeeping methods utilizing all the products from the bees in a caring and mutually beneficial practice. Nothing goes to waste.
To that end, we make our Bee Better Butter from the wax, honey, and propolis collected from our urban hives located all over Milwaukee. All the other ingredients are organic, naturally rendered, and sourced as close to home as possible. The other ingredients we use were gathered with specific aims in mind- they are not set in stone. We encourage you to experiment with oils and butters you may have at home. Make it your own!
The tools and methods we employ to produce these items are simple and manual… but as with the Beepod, chosen for aesthetics, efficiency and functionality first, with cost considerations to follow. You should be able to replicate these results with items in your home kitchen, without having to purchase extra equipment. The exception would be having a kitchen thermometer, which are inexpensive and easy to come by.
Our goal is to have you get started experimenting in your own kitchen - that’s how we got started!