Using Magnesium Oil as a Skin Moisturizer and Sunscreen

With all the many benefits offered by rubbing magnesium oil onto your body, we thought it would be a great idea to come up with a method of incorporating it into a body lotion.

After all, the cooler months are approaching, which usually brings dry, itchy skin.

This is a simple homemade lotion, and by combining magnesium with coconut oil and shea butter, it reduces the likelihood of that tingling feeling that magnesium oil has during the initial uses.

Additional uses for this lotion include acting as a sunscreen.  Being that it contains both shea butter and coconut oil, which both has a natural SPF 4 or 5, it is great as a mild sunscreen.  With the magnesium added in, it increases the ability for the skin to absorb the beneficial vitamin D from the sun. 

If you prefer other scents, feel free to add your favorite essential oil to the mix.  One important thing to mention is since this recipe contains no preservatives; it should be stored for approximately 2 months.

1 ½ tablespoons Shea Butter

¼ cup magnesium oil*

1-tablespoon Beeswax pellets or pastilles

1/8 cup unrefined coconut oil

*if you prefer to use the magnesium bath salts, this can be substituted for the magnesium oil.  Simply mix 1/4 cup magnesium crystals (or bathsalts) with 1 ½ tablespoons hot water and mix until dissolved.  Then add to the other ingredients.

Use a hand blender or mixer to incorporate all the ingredients together.  Store in a glass container.  If ingredients begin to separate, simply re-mix.

If you want a cooling lotion to relieve dry itchy skin or slight sunburn, this is absolutely safe to store in the refrigerator.

It is always so healthy and beneficial to our bodies when we opt for natural products over chemically laden ones.  Hope you enjoy the lotion!