How to Make Vanilla Infused Jojoba

Making your own vanilla infused jojoba is easy!

Add about a half of an ounce of vanilla oleoresin (1 tablespoon) to a gallon of jojoba (3.75 litres). After about two weeks, your jojoba will be infused with the rich aroma of the vanilla.

You can let this oleoresin sit in the gallon until you finish using the jojoba. I've refilled that same gallon jug with more jojoba, and the vanilla continues to do its magic!

If you don't have the oleoresin, you can use about 10 fresh vanilla bean pods.  Carefully cut the beans open lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. The internal content of the beans is what you’ll infuse in the jojoba, and you'll need to replace it every time you want to make a fresh bottle. After the two weeks of infusing, strain to remove the seeds.

Soothing Vanilla and Citrus Lip Balm

• 1 oz (28 gm) Beeswax (Cera alba)

• 1 oz (30 ml) Vanilla-infused jojoba wax (Simmondsia chinensis)

• 2 oz (56 gm) Coconut oil (Cocos nucifera)

• 10 drops distilled Lime Oil (Citrus aurantifolia)

• 5 drops Sweet Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis)

• 24 Lip balm tubes (the size is about 5 ml)

• Lip balm tray

Directions

1. Melt the beeswax and vanilla jojoba in a double boiler. (For a double boiler, try a Pyrex measuring cup rested in a soup pot filled halfway with water.)

2. Once melted, add the coconut oil.

3. Once melted, take off the stove and add the lime and orange essential oils.

4. Stir and pour immediately (or use a pipette or dropper) into lip balm tubes (this is easiest if you have a lip balm tray for holding the tubes while you pour).

This recipe makes about 24 sticks if you use a 5 ml size tube. How many tubes you fill will vary according to how high you fill them, and how exact you (and your scale) are when you weigh your ingredients.

Skin-Soothing Vanilla and Lavender Salt Scrub

• 3 oz (84 gm) Salts (I like 2 oz/56 gm of pink Himalayan salts mixed with 1 oz/28 gm of Epsom salts)

• 3 oz (90 ml) Vanilla Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)

• 1 oz (28 gm) Dried Organic Lavender Flowers

• 15 drops Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)

• 4 oz (120 ml) jar

Directions

1. Grind all the salts and the lavender flowers in a small coffee grinder until they are a fine texture. (I have a separate grinder reserved for making body products, as coffee tasting like vanilla and lavender can be a bummer first thing in the morning!)

2. Add the vanilla jojoba to the salt and stir.

3. Add your essential oils and mix.

I recommend making a fresh batch of salt scrub every few weeks.