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DIY turmeric cream
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Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
1
Glass
Equipment
2 pots
Sieve
2 heat resistant vessels
Cooking spoon
Milk frother
Cream jar
Ingredients
Turmeric oil extract
1
Handful
Turmeric roots
150
ml
Rapeseed oil
Turmeric cream
60
ml
Turmeric oil extract
6
g
Emulsan
2
g
Beeswax
5
g
Shea butter
60
ml
Water
10
Drop
Juniper essential oil
Instructions
Make turmeric oil
Cut the turmeric roots into small slices and put them in a small pot.
Add the oil and place the pot on the stove over low heat.
Once the oil begins to simmer, remove the pot from the heat and place it in a hot water bath for about 1 hour.
Then pour the oil through a sieve. Your oil extract is ready.
Turmeric cream make yourself
Pour the turmeric oil into a heatproof jar.
Add the emulsan, beeswax and shea butter.
The water also goes into a heat-resistant glass.
Put the glass with the water and the glass with the wax in a hot water bath.
The solid ingredients should melt.
Take both glasses out of the water bath again.
Stirring constantly, pour the water into the melted ingredients.
Put the mixture in a cold water bath and stir for two minutes with a milk frother.
Once the cream is warm to the touch, you can remove it from the water bath.
Add the essential oil, stir again and pour the cream into the jars.