12 Days of Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas + Recipes!! (2024)

Materials

• 1 cup Mango Butter or any Butter
• 1 cup Coconut Oil, Fractionated Coconut Oil or any Balanced oil
• 100 drops essential oil / blend (options in Notes section)
• 1 tbs Passionfruit Seed Oil
• 20 drops Benzoin Essential Oil

Tools

• 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup
• Stand Mixer or Electric Beater
• Mixing bowl
• Metal stirring element
• Saucepan
• Heat Source
• Kitchen Scale

Instructions

1. Measure out your ingredients by weight with a scale
2. Fill a saucepan ¼ of the way with water and set on the stove to heat
3. Put Butter and Oil into the Pyrex and place into the pot of water
4. Allow to heat and stir gently until mostly melted and the butter is super-soft.
5. Remove the pan from the heat and pull out the Pyrex
6. Pour into the Mixer Bowl and allow to cool for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally
7. Use whatever mixer you are going to use and whip for 5 minutes.
8. Place bowl into the fridge and let it solidify until it is opaque and mostly solid
9. Add essential oils and whip again for another 1.5 minutes and then pour into containers and cap.

Notes

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• Fractionated Coconut Oil
• Maracuja Oil, Passion Fruit Seed Oil

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 2 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 2 drops Neroli Essential Oil
• 4 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 1 drop Patchouli Essential Oil
• 3 drops Benzoin Essential Oil
• Sweet Almond or Jojoba Carrier Oil
• High Proof Vodka for Spray

Instructions

ROLL-ON DIRECTIONS

1. Blend all drops into a 10 ml bottle and fill with jojoba or sweet almond oil for an oil based perfume roll-on.

PERFUME SPRAY DIRECTIONS

1. Blend into a 10 ml sprayer bottle and fill with grape/corn/wheat high proof vodka for an eau de toilette.

2. Shake gently.

Let sit for at least a week to marry the aromas together.

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  Mini Fine Mist Clear 10ml Atomizer Glass Bottle

• 10 ml Roll-on Bottles

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  Essential Oils

• Jojoba Oil
• Almond Oil

Materials

• 1 cup Himalayan Salt
• 1 cup Dead Sea Salt
• 1 tbs Baking Soda
• 20 drops Roman Chamomile EO
• 10 drops Frankincense EO
• 20 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 10 drops Patchouli Essential Oil
• 15 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 3 tbsp Lavender or Rose Petals
• ¼ cup Coconut Milk Powder

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix together Himalayan Salt and Dead Sea Salt until fully combined.
2. Add essential oils and mix until thoroughly combined.
3. If adding flower petals or milk powder, do so now and mix thoroughly.
4. Sprinkle salt with Baking soda and mix in.
5. Bottle or jar salts. I got the heart shaped jars at Hobby Lobby.

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  Organic Rose Petals

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• BASE INGREDIENTS
• 2 tsp Sweet Almond Oil
• 2 tsp Fractionated Coconut Oil
• 2 tsp Hemp Seed Oil
• Choose one of the following essential oil blends:
• URBAN NIGHTS RANCH BLEND
• 2 drops Lime Essential Oil
• 4 drops Patchouli Essential Oil
• 3 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• RAMBLIN RANCH BLEND
• 3 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• 4 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
• 1 drop Eucalyptus Essential Oil
• 3 drops Lavender Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Blend the carrier oils together into a 1 oz bottle.
2. Add your choice of essential oil blends: Urban Nights or Ramblin Ranch blend.
3. Shake gently.
4. Let sit overnight before use.

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• Hemp Seed Oil

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 3 drops Benzoin Essential Oil
• 3 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
• 4 drops Lime Essential Oil
• 1 drop Lavender Essential Oil
• 3 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
• Sweet Almond or Jojoba Carrier Oil
• High Proof Vodka for Spray

Instructions

ROLL-ON DIRECTIONS:

1. Blend all drops into a 10 ml bottle and fill with jojoba or sweet almond oil for an oil based perfume roll-on.

COLOGNE SPRAY DIRECTIONS:

1. Blend into a 10 ml sprayer bottle and fill with grape/corn/wheat high proof vodka for an eau de toilette.
2. Shake gently.

Let sit for at least a week to marry the aromas together.

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• 10 ml Roll-on Bottles

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  Mini Fine Mist Clear 10ml Atomizer Glass Bottle

• Almond Oil
• Jojoba Oil

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 1 cup Organic Brown Sugar
• ¼ cup Sweet Almond Oil
• ½ cup Fractionated Coconut Oil
• 1 tbs Red Raspberry Seed Oil
• 2 tbs Apricot Kernel Oil- wow factor
• 10 drops Rose Geranium Essential Oil
• 20 drops Lime Essential Oil
• 20 drops Neroli Essential Oil
• 1 tsp Vitamin E oil (optional)

Instructions

1. Blend together all carrier oils with essential oil blend.
2. Slowly stir oil into sugar until incorporated well.
3. Optionally, mix in food processor for a finer texture.

Notes

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• Red Raspberry Seed Oil
• Apricot Kernel Oil

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• ⅓ cup Cocoa Butter
• ¼ cup Jojoba Oil
• ¼ cup Coconut Oil
• ¼ cup Beeswax
• 1 tsp Red Raspberry Seed Oil
• Silicone baking/candy mold
• 80 drops essential oil / blend (see 2 choices below)
• DRY/SENSITIVE SKIN BLEND
• 50 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
• 30 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 20 drops Rose Geranium Essential Oil
• WOODLAND ADVENTURE BLEND
• 30 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
• 20 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 20 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• 10 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Measure out your ingredients and let come to room temperature.
2. Cut butter up into dime sized pieces, if butter is discs, cut in half.
3. Fill a saucepan ¼ of the way with water and set on the stove to heat
4. Put wax into Pyrex and place into the pot of water to melt completely.
5. Add in liquid oils and stir until just melted again. Add the butter and stir until just melted again. Remove the pan from the heat and pull out the Pyrex
6. Allow to start to cool, stirring intermittently until mixture just begins to look opaque.
7. Mix in essential oil and pour into mold.
8. Allow to sit in mold overnight before removing.

Notes

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 1 cup Shea Butter
• 1 ½ tbs Grapeseed Oil
• 15-20 drops Lavender Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Fill a small pot ¼ the way with water. Bring it to a boil and put a small glass bowl in the pot to act as a double boiler.
2. Lower the temperature of the burner. Add your shea butter and grapeseed oil.
3. Once you melt the shea butter, let the mixture cool. It may take a few hours at room temperature.
4. Once the mixture is opaque and the consistency of thin pudding it's time to whip.
5. Add your essential oils.
6. The lotion should take less than 5 minutes to whip up. If you feel like you're getting nowhere, let it cool a little longer.

Notes

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 2 cups Pink Himalayan Salt
• Blender/food processor (optional)
• ½ cup Sweet Almond Oil
• ½ cup Coconut Oil
• 100 drops Essential Oil Blend (Choose from the 2 options below)
• INVIGORATING OIL BLEND
• 30 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
• 50 drops Lime Essential Oil
• 10 drops Geranium Essential Oil
• SWEET DREAMS OIL BLEND
• 50 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 30 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 20 drops Benzoin Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Mix essential oils together with the carrier oils.
2. Mix the salt with the oil mixture.
3. Optionally combine all into a food processor and pulse until combined smooth for a more gentle-on-skin scrub.

Notes

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• Almond Oil
• Fractionated Coconut Oil

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 4 tbsp Witch Hazel
• 3 tbsp Aloe Leaf liquid/juice/gel
• 1 tbsp Glycerin - draws in moisture
• Essential oil / blend (Choose one below)
• ESSENTIAL OIL BLENDS
• 12 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
• 5 drops Benzoin Essential Oil
• or
• 2 drops Lime Essential Oil
• 5 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 2 drops Patchouli Essential Oil
• 3 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Mix witch hazel and aloe leaf and glycerin into a 2 oz bottle.
2. Shake well for several minutes.
3. Add essential oil blend and gently shake bottle.
4. Let sit overnight before use.

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• 2 cups light brown sugar/organic white sugar
• ½ cup Fractionated Coconut Oil
• ¼ cup Shea Butter
• ½ cup Hemp Seed Oil
• 1 tbs Rosehip seed oil
• 1 tbs + 1 tsp raw honey
• 20 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
• 40 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 30 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• 10 drops Roman Chamomile Essential Oil
• 1 tsp Vitamin E Oil
• 2 tsp Hibiscus Powder for color (optional)

Instructions

1. Mix together all the liquid ingredients except essential oils and set aside.
2. Cut shea butter up into dime-sized chunks.
3. Add sugar to food processor.
4. Drop in the bits of butter all over the top of the sugar.
5. Add on the top and pulse until butter is mostly combined.
6. Pour in ⅓ the oil mix.
7. Pulse together.
8. Finally add in the rest of the oil and turn processor on high for 3 minutes (product will get warm and extra oily and that’s okay!
9. Pour into a glass bowl and let sit 5 minutes.
10. Add in the essential oils and mix well by hand. Scoop into containers.

Notes

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  Hibiscus Powder

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  Essential Oils

Materials

• ¾ cup Cocoa Butter or any harder butter
• ¼ cup Shea Butter or any softer butter
• Silicone baking/candy mold
• 1 tsp Hemp Seed Oil
• 4 tbs mixed dried herbs (rose petals, lavender, calendula, orange peel)
• 50 drops Essential Oil Blend (choose one from below)
• SWEETEST SOAK BLEND
• 20 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• 10 drops Benzoin Essential Oil
• 20 drops Patchouli Essential Oil
• FORGET SORE BLEND
• 10 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
• 10 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
• 20 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 10 drops Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Measure out your ingredients and let come to room temperature.
2. Cut butter up into dime sized pieces, if butter is discs, cut in half.
3. Fill a saucepan ¼ of the way with water and set on the stove to heat
4. Put butter into Pyrex and place into the pot of water.
5. Stir butter as it melts until JUST melted.
6. Remove the pan from the heat and pull out the Pyrex
7. Allow to start to cool, stirring intermittently until mixture just begins to look opaque. If adding wow-factor herbs, add now.
8. Mix in essential oil and pour into mold.
9. For an extra pretty option, press extra of the herbs lightly into the top of the melts once they have a pudding-like consistency.

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