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©Chris Dalziel, DIY Herbal Fellowship, 2018 All rights reserved. Copies can be made for personal use only.
©Chris Dalziel, DIY Herbal Fellowship, 2018 All rights reserved. Copies can be made for personal use only.
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.
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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
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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
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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.
1 part herb infused oil
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.
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Bath Salt Master Recipe Time: 10 minutes
4 parts Dead Sea Salt or Epsom salts
1 part herb infused oil
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
10 drops peppermint essential oil
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:
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Lip stick 1 tablespoon calendula infused oil
1 teaspoon beeswax
2 teaspoons cocoa butter
10 drops peppermint essential oil
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
10 drops peppermint essential oil
20 drops rosemary essential oil
Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle
See this post for tips on making the perfect bath bombs.
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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
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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
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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)