Beautiful Photo Friday

To go along with the "balm" theme and one of my favorite photos.

Balm

Balm -n-

1. Something comforting or soothing.
2. any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus  
3. an aromatic or fragrant ointment.

 I spent the day  yesterday making hand balms-I couldn't help but think about how the the process is a sort of balm in itself. Slowly melting beeswax and oils over the double burner-taking in the rich organic smell of beeswax (one of my favorite all time smells) is heavenly. The translucent golden elixir of melted oils is beautiful to behold and then it only gets better with the addition of a beautiful essential oil supplied by nature. The combined scent of beeswax and lavender wafting in the air as I pour the beautiful mixture carefully into each mold-it is therapeutic.

The following is a pictorial tour of the process. Enjoy!

 Beeswax and oils melting

Beautiful melted beeswax and oils ready to pour into molds

 Translucent goodness

 The liquid changes from translucent to opaque as it cools

I pop them in the freezer for just a bit to get even more firm

Getting ready to add the balms to tins and apply labels

Beautiful balms in their tins

Labels are applied and each tin is awaiting a shrink wrap seal to finish them out

It's Time to Load Up

Citrus Honey Hand Balms - 1oz. $7.00 in re-usable metal tin

A pile of fresh all natural hand balms ready to go! These all natural hand balms come in four delicious scents- Lemon Honey, Citrus Honey, Lavender Honey and Honey. Give Santa a hand by taking advantage of our $7.00 flat rate shipping.

Hand Balms are made with fabulously moisturizing and nutritive ingredients to take care of hands in urgent need of moisture and repair.Great for travel, the office or your purse. Simply warm between hands and apply to areas that need special attention-beeswax forms a protective seal to hold in moisture.These balms are also great for your lips, elbows, feet and cuticles.