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DIY Herbal Gifts Work Book

Math Fun: Here’s the important measurements you need to know when

working with “parts”: You’ll come back to this. Note that all these measurements are approximations.

1 cup = 8 ounces = 225 ml = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons

½ cup = 4 ounces = 112 ml = 8 tablespoons = 24 teaspoon

¼ cup = 2 ounces = 56 ml = 4 tablespoons = 12 teaspoons

1 ounce = 28 ml = 2 tablespoons = 6 teaspoons

½ ounce = 14 ml = 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons

How much essential oil do you need? To figure out how many drops 2% essential oil is you need to know that:

20 drops of essential oil = 1ml

100 drops of essential oil = 5 ml = 1 teaspoon

1 Tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 15 ml

3 Tablespoons = 45 ml

2 % of 45 ml = .9 ml = 18 drops

Measuring Beeswax by weight

192 grams of beeswax is equal to 1 cup

96 grams of beeswax is equal to ½ cup

12 grams of beeswax is equal to 1 tablespoon of melted beeswax.

4 grams of beeswax is equal to 1 teaspoon of beeswax.


Master Recipes

Lotion Bar Master recipe Time: 20 minutes plus cooling time

Use this master recipe as the basis for lip balms, lotion bars, and other richly moisturizing gifts. This

recipe contains a 2% essential oil dilution or about 1 teaspoon of total essential oil.

1 part beeswax

1 part cocoa butter

1 part herb infused olive oil

2% essential oil

Directions:

Make a double boiler using a glass measuring cup and a saucepan.

Place the beeswax, cocoa butter, and herb infused oil in the glass measuring cup. Place the measuring

cup in the saucepan. Fill the saucepan with water half way up the side of the measuring cup.

Place the saucepan with water over medium heat. Simmer until the beeswax is melted. Remove from

the heat.

Add the essential oil to the mixture in the measuring cup. Stir to combine.

Pour into prepared silicone molds or tubes. Cool completely. Package. Label.

Salve Master Recipe 20 to 30 minutes

A salve is similar to a lotion bar but without the butter. Salve recipes are customized based on the

ambient temperatures in your area. If you live where the ambient temperature is high, you will use

more beeswax to keep the salve solid. If you live where air conditioning or colder temperatures are the

norm you’ll want to use less beeswax.

Time 15 minutes plus cooling time

Salve for warmer areas 6 parts herb infused oil

1 part beeswax


2 % essential oil (optional)

Salve for colder areas 7 parts herb infused oil

1 part beeswax

2% essential oil

Follow the directions for the lotion bar, when making salve-type recipes.

Sugar or Salt Scrub Master Recipe Time 10 minutes

2 parts sugar or salt

1 part herb infused oil

2 % essential oil (use the oil measure to determine the 2% ratio)

Mix all the ingredients into a small bowl. Transfer into a jar. Add instructions. Label


Bath Bomb Master Recipe Time: 45 minutes plus overnight drying time

4 parts baking soda

2 parts citric acid

¼ part herb infused oil

2 % essential oil

¼ part powdered herbs

¼ part starch or clay

Rubbing Alcohol in a spray bottle

¼ part chopped herbs for decoration

2% essential oils (based on oil portion)

To increase the fizziness of a bath bomb recipe the citric acid portion can be increased to 3 parts

in this master recipe. But this should only be done after you have mastered the bath bomb

technique. Increasing the citric acid can make the bath bombs more volatile, especially if your

relative humidity is high.

Bath Crush Master Recipe Time 10 minutes

Another master recipe this time for a bath crush. A bath crush is like a bath bomb but it contains Epsom

salts or Dead Sea Salts which are challenging to incorporate into bath bombs since they attract moisture

from the air.

You could also make a bath crush by crushing the bath bombs that fizz when you are making them. But

this recipe is just mixing the ingredients up.

2 parts baking soda

1 ½ parts citric acid

2 parts Epsom salts or dead sea salts.


¼ part clay

¼ part powdered starch

2 % essential oils (based on oil portion)

2 % liquid castile soap

In this recipe all ingredients are simply added to a bowl, mixed together and then packaged. Use ½ cup

per bath.


Bath Salt Master Recipe Time: 10 minutes

4 parts Dead Sea Salt or Epsom salts


½ part powdered herbs

2% essential oil (based on oil portion)

1% liquid castile soap

Lip Product Recipes

Lip scrub recipe 2 tablespoon calendula infused olive oil

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon beeswax

10 drops peppermint essential oil

1 teaspoon lip safe raspberry mica colorant (optional)

Lip Plumper In this recipe cinnamon works as a circulation stimulant and skin irritant to open capillaries in the lips

and make them appear fuller. We will only use a tiny amount of cinnamon essential oil so as not to

irritate the tender skin on the lips.

2 tablespoon cinnamon infused olive oil

1 teaspoon beeswax

2 drops cinnamon essential oil

Lip Gloss or colored lip gloss 1 tablespoon calendula infused oil

2 ½ teaspoons rose hip seed oil

½ teaspoon castor oil

1 teaspoon beeswax


1 teaspoon merlot mica (lip safe colorant)

Hint: when using mica colorant with lip products ensure that the mica colorant is lip safe. To get a more

opaque color use ¼ teaspoon titanium dioxide per recipe. Zinc oxide can also be used in place of

titanium dioxide.

Using the Lotion Bar Master recipe we are going to make a lip stick for this gift basket:


Lip stick 1 tablespoon calendula infused oil

1 teaspoon beeswax

2 teaspoons cocoa butter


¼ teaspoon titanium dioxide

1 teaspoon rose gold mica colorant (lip safe)

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Bath Bomb Recipes

Christmas Bath Bombs

2 cups baking soda

1 cup citric acid

2 tablespoons herb infused olive oil

½ cup pine needle infused olive oil

2 tablespoons powdered chlorella (for green color)

2 tablespoons tapioca starch

20 drops spruce bud essential oil

20 drops cedarwood atlas

10 drops pine needle essential oil

2 tablespoons chopped pine needles

Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle

Floral Bath Bombs Using 1 cup as the part measure

4 cups baking soda

2 cups citric acid

¼ cup herb infused olive oil

¼ cup powered hibiscus flowers

¼ cup kaolin clay

10 drops rose geranium essential oil

20 drops lavender essential oil

30 drops grapefruit essential oil


20 drops rosemary essential oil

Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle

See this post for tips on making the perfect bath bombs.

https://joybileefarm.com/rose-bath-bombs/


DIY Gifts that you can make in 10 minutes of Hands On time (Doesn’t include waiting time)

Essential oil rollers

Bath Salts

Bath Crush

Sugar Scrub

Salt Scrub

Lip scrub

Herbed salts

Herbed vinegars

Herbed oils

Tinctures

Herbal Tea blends

Herbal spice blends

Hot chocolate mixes

Tooth powder

Herbal hair rinse or hair tonic

DIY Gifts that you can make in 30 minutes of Hands On time (Doesn’t include waiting time)

Lotion Bars

Salves or balms

Ointments

Lip Balms

Lip Stick

Mineral Makeup

Herbal elixirs

Herbal Syrups

Herbal Liqueurs

Herbal bitters

Fermented relishes

Fermented kvass

Kombucha

Herbal oxymels

Herbal honey

Herbal deodorant

Herbal glycerites


DIY Gifts that you can make in 1 hour of Hands On time (Doesn’t include waiting time)

Bath bombs

Herbal cold processed Soap

Herbal Shampoo bars

Shaving soap

Dream Pillows

Heating Pads

Eye Pillows

Neck pillows

Mug rugs

Hot mats

Herbal cough drops or candy

Herbal Mead or Wine (hands on to first

racking)

These are not exhaustive lists. Use the workbook and make your own list of what you can accomplish in

the margins, keeping in mind that when you double a recipe you also need to allow more time to

complete the project. Our goal is to see you win, by having lots of completed DIY Herbal Gift Projects .

So consider the time you actually have before you begin and see each project through to completion.

You are not limited to the projects in this master class. Also peruse the other downloadable recipe

books and workbooks in the DIY Herbal Fellowship to find your inspiration.

Tips for organizing your workspace Assemble your ingredients and your recipe before you begin

Assemble your containers so that they are ready

Play your favorite music in the background to lift your spirits and make you feel energized

Put your favorite energizing essential oils in our essential oil diffuser (8 drops is all you need)

Create your labels

Place your recipe and your notebook, with a pen for notes near your work area

If your project will be messy lay down newspaper to catch spills

Make the DIY Project

Package, label, and date

Create any necessary notes with recipe modifications in your notebook

Clean up


Packaging Considerations Packaging must be clean and sanitized

It must be sized to the product

It must be appropriate to the product

Glass is best

o glass is nonreactive

o glass can be sanitized, recycled, reused

o glass is decorative

o many sizes and colors available

o tinctures, vinegars , syrup, oxymels, and infused oils are best when packaged in colored

bottles to protect the contents from light.

o Mason jars can be used with appropriate lids

Many packaging options are available on Amazon, Brambleberry, Mountain Rose, and SKS

bottles for products like lip balms, lip sticks, salves. and balms.

I recommend packaging in 1 and 2 ounce containers for salves and balms to prevent contamination of

the product by the fingers, and extend shelf life. A larger container takes longer to use up and is more

prone to spoilage.

Common Allergens to Avoid in DIY Herbal Gifting Avoid using any of these ingredients if the person you are crafting for has an allergy

Wheat or gluten – including wheat germ oil, barley malt, grain alcohol,

Eggs

Dairy

Peanuts

Tree Nuts (argan oil, almond oil, shea butter)

Soy

Beeswax and honey can trigger allergies in someone allergic to bee stings

What should be included on the label

Name of the product, even a silly name

How to use the product

What the dose is , if any

Ingredients or allergy alerts, like “contains tree nuts”. (important)

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