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27 09, 2021

A Guide to Making Your Own Hair Mask with Beeswax

Richard2022-10-17T17:03:47+01:0027 September 2021|Hair Care|1 Comment

Want a pamper night in with something to treat your hair? Try your hand at making your own beeswax hair mask with our easy to follow recipe that will assist with preventing dryness and frizz. The beeswax helps to naturally lock in moisture making it fantastic for the scalp and hair, which in turn are given the opportunity to breathe without any synthetic substances added. Ingredients: 64g Kerawax 2555 Yellow Cosmetic Grade Beeswax 128g olive [...]

27 09, 2021

A Guide to Making Your Own Beeswax Body Lotion Bar

Richard2022-10-14T14:34:05+01:0027 September 2021|Body Care|0 Comments

Lotion bars with added beeswax are a great way to seal moisture in the skin with long-lasting results, without clogging up your pores. Beeswax assists with regulating skin regeneration enabling the skin to naturally repair. Its sweet scent will add a natural aroma to the skin by simply warming the lotion bar in the hand and applying it to the skin. It works great for dry areas of the body such as knees and elbows. [...]

27 09, 2021

A Guide to making Moisturising Hand Oil Treatment

Richard2022-10-14T14:22:49+01:0027 September 2021|Body Care|0 Comments

Our hands get exposed to a variety of conditions every day from being exposed to changes in the weather to sanitising our hands daily. Particularly the cold, winter months can cause them to feel dry and cracked. The soothing benefits of beeswax in hand moisturiser means it adds a protective layer to the skin, keeping hands feeling soft and supple. Beeswax has anti-inflammatory properties containing Vitamin A helping to protect sensitive skin as well as [...]

27 09, 2021

Natural Lip Balm Recipe with Beeswax

Richard2022-10-17T17:11:52+01:0027 September 2021|Body Care, Lip Balm|0 Comments

We love the nourishing benefits of making your own beeswax lip balm at Cosy Owl. This quick and easy natural lip balm recipe is perfect for crafting yourself at home, along with ingredients that can be chosen by you, so you know exactly what goes into a daily used product. This natural lip balm recipe contains moisturising unrefined shea butter which melts into the skin leaving a smoothing and soothing feeling, perfect for keeping dry [...]

27 09, 2021

A Guide to Making Your Own Hair Wax

Richard2023-10-16T12:29:50+01:0027 September 2021|Essential Oils, Hair Care|0 Comments

Hair wax is just one of many cosmetic applications you can make yourself by purchasing the relevant wax and various products from the Cosy Owl website. For this guide, we'll be showing you how to make your own hair wax and giving you useful information on how the properties of Beeswax helps to keep your hair nourished and in shape! Ingredients: 200g Kerawax 2555 Yellow Cosmetic Grade Beeswax 100g Refined Coconut carrier oil 100g [...]

1 06, 2021

How To Make Shimmery Body Oil!

Helen Briggs2022-03-24T10:40:15+00:001 June 2021|Body Care|0 Comments

An easy way to make a luxury moisturising product at home. As temperatures rise, you might need to hydrate your skin more. Add some shimmer to your cosmetics, make yourself the dream concoction with only 5 ingredients from Cosy Owl. What you’ll need: Sweet almond OilJojoba OilCoconut OilMica - we used bronzeFragrance - we used coconut - a 10 ml sample bottle is perfect for this.An empty glass bottle (ours is 100ml) Step by Step [...]

15 04, 2021

How to Make Body Butter/ Hand Cream

Helen Briggs2022-09-05T17:23:07+01:0015 April 2021|Body Care|0 Comments

Chances are, you are already using a branded body lotion as part of your beauty routine, maybe even several brands, but did you know that you can easily make your own body butter at home? If you are familiar with body lotions you may have noticed that they are not as effective in parts of your body that are usually more subject to dehydration: usually, the knees, elbows, feet and lower arms. And of course, [...]

15 04, 2021

How to Make Shampoo Bars At Home

Helen Briggs2022-10-17T15:54:13+01:0015 April 2021|Hair Care|0 Comments

Shampoo bars are becoming increasingly popular, not only because of compactness, which can be very useful for storing or travelling, but also because they make for an overall more aesthetically appealing item which is easy to customise and decorate. Moreover, shampoo bars tend to last much longer than liquid shampoo as it’s much easier to dose and spread into your scalp. As mentioned in our hand soap guide. Historically, people have used soap for all [...]

7 04, 2021

How to Make Hand-Made, Hand Soap!

Helen Briggs2022-03-24T10:41:29+00:007 April 2021|Soap Making|0 Comments

Did you know that the earliest soap formulas can be traced to ancient Babylon. It was a far from rudimentary alkaline solution mixed with water and cassia oils. Although we’ll have to wait a couple of a thousand years before stumbling upon the iconic soap-bar, and precisely in late 15th century Marseille, the secrets to creating soap without resorting to industrial mass production, have been available for millennia. Although soap bars can be used for [...]

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