Make yourself up a quick batch of this foot balm to help to repair cracked heels and soften your feet. I recommend whipping up this foot balm and use it after you have soaked your feet in a Minty Tea Foot Soak. I know my poor feet are always in need of some foot balm to help soften them. Let’s make this!
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Trust me, it is heavenly. I have been in love with this recipe lately. If I am being honest, before I created this foot balm I never really used them. I would just look at my feet with a bit of disgust and think “I don’t have time for this today”.
Now I make time for this, it is important to take time for myself. Plus, I love having to test all my new creations. It is what made me fall in love with making skin care products. It’s a time for me to unleash my creativity to create beauty.
Jump to RecipeWhen and How To Use Foot Balm
You can use the foot balm whenever you would like. But, I prefer to use it before bed and after soaking my feet. It is too thick of a balm to be something that you would use during the day. It is more of a deep conditioning, help my feet out, kinda balm.
For best results, give your feet a good soaking first. Then scrub them down and get them all cleaned up. Massage the balm into your feet. I end up giving myself a few minute foot massage. (Am I the only one that does this?) Then, I put my sock on right away.
Hard Oils & Waxes
Beeswax
The beeswax in this recipe is used for a few different reasons. First, it is used as a thickener to get it to the consistency of a balm. The second reason, beeswax can help you to protect your feet by creating a barrier that seals in the moisture. (Think of lip balm). Although it creates a layer, the skin can still ‘breathe’. The last reason we use it, is for the Vitamin A, which can help to hydrate our feet.
Mango Butter
Mango butter is solid at room temperature and is firm. We use this due to it’s skin softening and moisturizing properties. Mango butter also has a melting point that is about the temperature of our skin. When you make this balm, test it. Take a small amount and hold it in your hand, it will melt almost immediately.
Lanolin Wax
Lanolin wax is the secret weapon in this foot balm! It is able to repel water from your feet and it is an occlusive. Occlusive trap moisture into the skin. If you would like to know more about what an occlusive is, check out this post.
Carrier Oils
Jojoba Oil
Jojoba oil is one of my favorite oils for anything that you are leaving on your skin, it is too expensive for anything in a wash off recipe. It is one of the fastest absorbing oils.
Grapeseed Oil
Fun fact about grapeseed oil, it is made from the grapes after they are used to make wine. I love this oil for the slip that it provides to this recipe. In a foot balm, it is important to have a good slip to the product. **This can be moved to the cool down phase as it is said to be heat sensitive.
You don’t want to have to struggle when applying the balm. We want it to be thick, but at the same time easily to put on.
Olive Oil
Olive oil is used to add some more moisturizing properties to this balm.
Cool Down
Fragrance Oil
You have a lot of flexibility on how you want to scent this foot balm. You can go with a more natural approach, by using your favorite essential oils or go for a relaxing fragrance oil.
For essential oils, I recommend a peppermint essential oil to help to relieve your sore feet. Combined with a lavender to sooth and relax you. It is an interesting combination of essential oils that will delight you.
I am going to be using Oatmeal, Milk & Honey fragrance oil. I just got this new scent in and have been excited to try it out. It smells like delicious warm oatmeal and milk, inter winded with a sweet honey and vanilla bean aroma.
Tapioca Starch
We use tapioca starch to make the balm not all greasy. Now, it is still has a little slip when you put it on, just not a greasy feeling. If you would like less slip, increase your use rate to 3-10% of the recipe.
Foot Balm Recipe To Repair Dry and Cracked Feet
Equipment
- Scale
- Double boiler
- Heat Safe Container
- Spatula
Ingredients
Heat Phase Ingredients
- .12 ounce | 6% Beeswax
- .50 ounce | 25% Mango Butter
- .08 ounce | 4% Lanolin Wax
- .12 ounce | 6% Jojoba Oil
- 1.0 ounce | 50% Grapeseed Oil
- .01 ounce | 5% Olive Oil
Cool Down Phase
- .04 ounce | 2% Fragrance Oil
- .04 ounce | 2% Tapioca Starch
Instructions
- Measure you oil phase ingredients into a heat safe container.
- Place them in a hot water bath on the stove or in a double boiler until melted. Be sure to stir frequently while they are melting.
- While this is melting, prepare an ice bath.
- Once melted remove oil phase ingredients from heat.
- Place the container with the oil phase in the ice bath and stir to cool down,
- Add cool down ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Scoop the balm into your container.