With pregnancy has come an increased desire to write again. But between going back to work full-time and step-momming as hard as I can, I have little time for the perfect photo shoot and the perfect setting to write. Writing a blog post used to be a three-hour therapeutic thing for me. But if I keep waiting for that perfect three-hour window to open up, I’m never going to scratch this writing itch.
So here I am with a very imperfect photo of some very perfect lotion.
I stumbled upon this lotion recipe within a week of seeing two pink lines. I’ve never been a routine lotion applier and knew I needed to get in the habit before I started to show {stretch!}. I chose this recipe over others because of simplicity – it only has three ingredients, two of which were already in my pantry. The other, beeswax, was cheap and easy to order.
I waited until polishing off an entire jar and making a second batch to share my thoughts. And my thoughts are that I love everything about this lotion, specifically:
- It takes less than 10 minutes to make.
- It not only keeps my body super hydrated, but I’ve been using it on my extra dry preggo face.
- It’s made with good ingredients.
- It’s a good product for my husband’s sensitive, eczema skin.
- It allows me to play with different essential oil combos.
- It’s CHEAP!
I’ve scented my lotion with bergamot and grapefruit essential oils, which are both on this list of safe essential oils for use during pregnancy. I’m looking forward to trying lemon and lavender in my next batch.
Below are links to lotion ingredients as well as the bulk of the products that I use on a daily basis. Please feel free to add links to your favorite natural/pregnancy safe products in the comments below!
While the links below are Amazon affiliate links, I purchase everything on this list with my own dollars and have no affiliation with any of these brands.
