27/08/2024
We have been melting some bees wax today and asked ourselves what you could do with it.
These are just 50 of the many ways you can use beeswax and products made with beeswax to improve your life:
1. Lubricate door hinges.
2. Make all-natural lipstick.
3. Make fire starters out of coconut husks and beeswax.
4. Heal cuts with a salve made of olive & coconut oils, beeswax, vitamin E, and calendula, lavender, and chamomile.
5. Polish furniture with a solution of olive oil, beeswax, and lemon oil.
6. Season cast iron pans.
7. Tame flyaway hair.
8. Coat garden tools to prevent rust.
9. Polish shoes with a solution of beeswax, olive oil, and pigment.
10. Decorate your Christmas tree with molded wax ornaments.
11. Light your dinner table with smokeless beeswax candles.
12. Condition cutting boards and wooden spoons.
13. Refill tealights with beeswax.
14. Mix with pigments to make encaustic paint.
15. Lubricate screws to make them easier to screw in.
16. Keep bronze and brass items shiny.
17. Fill cracks in wood.
18. Rejuvenate old leather.
19. Coat cloth to make reusable wraps for cheese and vegetables.
20. Coat nails to prevent wood splintering.
21. Make lip balm out of shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil.
22. Soothe bug bites with a solution of tea tree oil, lavender, beeswax, and calendula oil.
23. Soften cracked skin on feet.
24. Seal jars of preserves, jams, and pickles.
25. Polish granite countertops.
26. Mix with sugar and fruit flavorings to make gummy candies.
27. Style your hair with a natural alternative to gels and pomades.
28. Polish and preserve copper pots & pans.
29. Make kid-safe, non-toxic modeling clay.
30. Apply as an acne treatment.
31. Create solid perfumes using beeswax, almond oil, essential oils, and dried flowers.
32. Make craft soaps out of olive, coconut, castor & palm oils, beeswax, honey, lye, and essential oils.
33. Treat eczema and psoriasis with a solution of beeswax, honey, and olive oil.
34. Eat it to help lower your cholesterol.
35. Put it on your pets’ feet to protect them from wear.
36. Lubricate musical instrument strings and reeds.
37. Make wooden drawers slide smoothly.
38. Condition unfinished furniture.
39. Waterproof shoes and boots.
40. Make body butter out of coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax.
41. Preserve cheese with a thin coating of beeswax.
42. Soften and style beards and moustaches.
43. Apply a coating to surfboards to improve their glide.
44. Wax fly fishing line to help it float.
45. Coat baking pans and cookie sheets to make them non-stick.
46. Make crayons out of cocoa butter, carnauba wax, beeswax, and pigments.
47. Treat diaper rash with a solution of honey, olive oil, and beeswax.
48. Wax thread to prevent tangles while sewing.
49. Chew it instead of gum.
50. Wax your legs
