VIDEO: Make your own foot cream
Making foot cream yourself doesn't have to be a laborious undertaking. Just a few natural ingredients are enough to create a nourishing cream that is specially tailored to your individual needs. You can get all the necessary ingredients in pharmacies, health food stores or natural goods stores.
Individual foot cream - the basic recipe
- Heat the oil and beeswax pellets in a small saucepan or in a water bath until the wax has completely melted.
- Take the mixture off the stove and add the aloe vera gel and essential oil and stir everything well.
- Once the ingredients are well mixed, you can pour the still hot, liquid foot cream into a clean container. A small, tightly fitting storage jar or an empty, cleaned cream jar is particularly recommended for this. The ingredients make about 100 ml, so the container should be selected accordingly large.
- Put the finished foot cream in a dark, cool place and use it when necessary.
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Foot creams for healthy feet - which oil to choose?
While beeswax, oil and aloe vera provide moisture and the necessary fat, it is the essential oil that makes your foot cream an individual one care. Because essential oils not only ensure a pleasant scent for your foot cream, they also have a healing effect. So that you can easily find the right oil for your needs, here is a small selection:
- Peppermint oil gives tired feet the desired freshness boost, it can also relieve cramps and also has an analgesic effect.
- If your feet are swollen, often cold, have cracks or inflamed areas, you can use foot cream with chamomile, rosemary and lavender oils. Lavender oil also has a calming effect and helps with athlete's foot.
- Cracked, dry ones skin and foot odor can be combated with the essential oil of orange.
- Sweaty feet benefit from foot cream with sage.
