Homemade Lard Moisturizer

Homemade Lard Moisturizer

After reading about using lard as an ancient face moisturizer, I came up with this face cream made with lard. Some reports on the net state that lard was the only product able to soothe and hydrate skin with conditions like eczema or psoriasis.

Especially indicated for dry skin, as it is a potent moisturizer, this cream is adequate for most types of skin, even sensitive, except oily or acne-prone.

Made with handmade lard, and enriched with promegranate seed oil, vitamin E oil and soothing lavender essential oil, this cream comes as a radical alternative, when anything else as failed to soothe and hydrate your skin.

Difficulty: Easy

Weight: 40g

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Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 10

Method: Oil-based Product

Cosmetic: Lotion

Servings: pot of 40 ml

Author: Sofia Matias

Cost: $0,95 / 0,8€ (price without pot)

Equipment

Ingredients

35 g lard handmade lard
5 g pomegranate seed oil or rosehip seed oil
1,2 ml essential oil lavender (optional)
0,2 ml Liquid Germall Plus or Euxyl k940 (1%)
0,5 ml vitamin E oil (tocopherol)

Instructions

Preparations

Disinfect all your equipment before starting. You can boil some of your equipment (like glass cups, spoons), and use a solution of 1 liter of water with 1/2 cup of bleach, for items that are not heat-resistant (like plastic cups, pipettes or the cream containers)

Making Cream

Measure all the ingredients into a bowl, finish with the essential oil.
For each ingredient you measure, mix the cream with a spoon.
Pour your cream into a tin container. A pump bottle protects more your cream against oxidation, dirt contamination or getting in contact with your fingers. However, it has a thick consistency, and it might clog your lotion pump bottle.

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