Moisturizing Body Wash with Lavender & Coconut Milk
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Today, I am back with more home made body care – I am sort of hooked if you can’t tell! And since Summer is right around the bend and that means more sun, salt water and time spent outside, I am sharing a moisturizing body wash with lavender and coconut milk! Just in time to soothe stressed Summer skin!
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Make Moisturizing Body Wash with Lavender & Coconut Milk!
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 2/3 cup castille soap – I used Dr. Bronner’s unscented Baby-Mild castille soap
- 2 teaspoons vegetable glycerin
- 3 teaspoons vitamin E (or sweet almond or jojoba oil)
- 10 – 15 drops Young Living Lavender essential oil
Stir or gently whisk all ingredients together. Since I will not be ingesting this body wash, I am comfortable storing it in a small plastic bottle in my shower. This body wash is thinner than store bought shower gels or shower creams, but it lathers like a champ and smells pretty darn amazing!
Castille soap is an organic base for our body wash. Vitamin E (or sweet almond/jojoba oil) is nourishing and moisturizing. Vegetable glycerin makes the body wash bubble and lather. All of these ingredients can be found at your local pharmacy, grocery store or health food store.
Coconut milk is extracted from the meat of the coconut and is packed with vitamins. It is very nourishing. The natural fatty acids in coconut milk can soothe irritated skin, which makes it a great remedy smoothed on a sunburn. You can even use it to condition your hair! Coconut milk (not cream of coconut or coconut water) is in a can and I found it by the Asian ingredients in our local health food store.
Young Living Lavender essential oil is one of my very favorites! This essential oil is steam distilled from the flowering tops. The fragrance of lavender is calming and relaxing.
Moisturizing body wash with lavender and coconut milk is gentle, absolutely perfect after a little too much sun or for dry, thirsty skin!
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I love supporting fellow bloggers and Kristin at Live Simply has a beautiful blog with a very similar body wash recipe as well as other awesome homemade cleaning and beauty supplies 🙂
Sounds lovely. I’ve not made my own toiletries for years but you make it sound easy and look good.
looks so amazing – another great recipe for my oils!! 🙂
Mmmm, sounds heavenly! Pinning!
Yum! I think I might have to make some!
I can just imagine how amazing this smells!
Can’t wait to try this! What size jars for the lavender and orange body washes?
Looks great! I am new to making bath products and this may be a really silly question, wanted to know if this would expire/ go bad since it has coconut milk?
How long will this stay good for? Won’t the coconut milk spoil after awhile?
How long would this last before going off? Would it need to be stored in the fridge?
For your coconut lavender wash, how long does that last? Does the coconut milk stay??
I would like to know a little more details about this recipe. How much does it make? Whats the approximate cost of this body wash? And also how long is the shelf life?
In the recipe it says 2/3 Dr. Bonner’s. Is that 2/3 cup or 2/3 bottle?
Hi Jody – thanks for the great catch. It should be 2/3 cup!
Really? Not one commenter has made this recipe? It would be nice to know if this is a practical daily body wash or just a cute idea…
Totally just seeing this from Pinterest! How long will this keep for? I see you’re comfortable just leaving it in the shower
Hello i was reading the coconut milk body wash and my question is how do you suggest storing the wash until next use. will the mixture expire??
Well, got the answer the hard way….it went bad after about four days 🙁
😂 every one asked the same question n got no response. Someone asked an unrelated question and that’s the only one she saw fit to respond to😂
I am just wondering about coconut milk not being in the fridge after being opened. Does it keep and not get funky? Is there a time frame that this is good for and be thrown out?
Loved the bodywash I will have to try more of your recipes.
Sounds lovely and I’d love to try it. I’m just wondering, what is the shelf life of this body wash?
HI, thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve just made it and by mistake i used coconut milk – the one that we drink, not the canned one. Would you recommned that I store it in the fridge so it doesn’t turn bad? I live in a tropical country so it gets hot during the day in the bathroom.
Do you store yours in the fridge?
Thank you!
How long is the shelf life of the coconut body wash?
Love this recipe and can’t wait to try it! Two questions- does it need to be refrigerated with the coconut milk? Also how long does it last since coconut milk can go rancid? Thanks! I have been experimenting with body wash (castile soap- plain just hasn’t been cutting it for me) and can’t wait to try this!!
Hi there! Can’t wait to try this out! Quick question, do you know how long this wash will stay good for?
Does the coconut milk not turn rancid as it’s out of the fridge for an extended length of time?
Can you sub the coconut milk for gaots milk?
Does this have a short shelf life with the coconut milk?
Hello, I am wondering what the shelf life of this is??