How to Make Breastmilk Lotion In Thirty Minutes (2 Genius Methods)

How to Make Breastmilk Lotion (2 Genius Methods)

As a nursing mom, one of the things you might struggle with is that of inadequate breastmilk supply. However, as your breast milk starts to increase, either aided or unaided, you’ll find you have an excess of breastmilk on your hands.

At this time, you can either donate to moms in need who are, for one reason or the other, unable to produce breast milk of their own or do the next best thing, which is to produce diy breastmilk lotion.

Diy breastmilk lotions are gaining in popularity for two main reasons:

• Besides being a great way to prevent wastage.
• They are also one of the best diy lotions with lots of beneficial nutrients.
• Making your own breast milk lotion saves you the time and cost of having to search for a good lotion for your baby’s sensitive skin.

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Is Breast Milk Good to Rub on Skin?

One of the reasons people shy away from trying the diy breastmilk lotion for their skin is for fear it could cause more harm than good.

This fear is logical, considering breast milk is traditionally known as food (and who would want to apply a not-so-popular food item on their skin).

However, this fear couldn’t be farther from the truth as the diy breastmilk lotion recipe is one of the safest and best lotions there is. Beyond being natural, it also comes with some of the best nutrients to nourish and feed your skin.

Here are some of the nutrients you can find in breastmilk:

Breast milk is mainly composed of water, lipids, proteins, fats, vitamins,  and carbohydrates. It also has antioxidant and antibacterial properties great for helping combat most types of skin blemishes like itchy skin, eczema, and acne.

The oleic property of milk also makes it effective for dry skin, leaving the skin moisturized and supple. 

Beyond this, the palmitic acid, a saturated fatty acid in breast milk, also works as a great moisturizer.

Other non-conventional uses of breast milk include:

• To clear baggy eyes from inadequate sleep.
• Helps fight acne in babies.
• Helps manage ear infections in babies.
• Clears blocked tear ducts in babies.
• Frozen breast milk made into popsicles is an effective relief for teething pain and swollen gum.
• Treats sore throat from cold in babies.
• To treat nappy rash.
• Brings relief from bites and stings
• Helps manage cradle cap and psoriasis.
• Brings relief from sunburn.
• Helps heal cracked and sore nipples.

How to Make Breastmilk Lotion

This breastmilk lotion recipe is quite straightforward and is one that you can make in under a few minutes.

Ingredients

• 100 ml of fresh breast milk
• 3 to 4 drops of vitamin E oil
• 100 mo grapeseed oil
• 1 tablespoon beeswax 
• 3 to 4 drops of lavender essential oil or any essential oil of your choice.

Directions

1. Place beeswax in a heat-resistant bowl and melt using a microwave set on low. This should take two to three minutes.
2. Add in vitamin E oil and slowly pour in the breast milk, whisking rapidly as you do.
3. This breastmilk lotion recipe is quite easy and the lotion should start to emulsify and thicken at this point, more as you leave it to cool.

How to Make Breastmilk Lotion with Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is a great ingredient option for your breast milk lotion. This breastmilk lotion recipe offers a few added benefits like 

• Deeply moisturizing your baby’s skin.
• It contains antioxidants, which help fortify your baby’s skin.
• It serves as a protective barrier, shielding your baby’s skin from environmental toxins.
• It brings soothing relief from skin irritants.

Ingredients

• 100 ml of fresh breast milk
• 3 to 4 drops of vitamin E oil
• 2 to 3 drops of extra virgin coconut oil
• 100 mo grapeseed oil
• 1 tablespoon beeswax 
• 3 to 4 drops of lavender essential oil or any essential oil of your choice.

Directions

• Melt your beeswax on low heat, add in the oils, including the essential oil, and then slowly pour in the breast milk.

Can I Make Breastmilk Lotion Without Beeswax

Other ingredients in your breastmilk lotion recipe might be easy to get, except beeswax. 

Can I make breastmilk lotion without beeswax then?

Beeswax is an important part of lotion-making as it performs the function of emulsification (solidifying the cream). 

However, whether this ingredient isn’t readily available, or you just want to skip it,  there are great alternatives to beeswax which do similar, if not the same function.

You could substitute beeswax for shea butter and aloe vera to get the same result. 

This means that during the first step of your lotion making, you place your shea butter in a pan and melt this instead.

How Long is Breast Milk Lotion Good For?

Breastmilk lotion remains good for up to three months, which means you don’t have to whip up a new one every single time.

It stays best stored in the refrigerator, as it could go bad quickly when stored at room temperature.

While this diy breastmilk lotion comes with many known benefits, the only downside to switching to this is having to wait several minutes for it to cool each time you want to use it. 

Also, you want to keep this lotion away from light as the beeswax ingredient tends to become discolored when placed under light.

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