Ingredients
- ½ cup cocoa or shea butter (preferably unrefined)
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup aloe vera gel
- 2 tbsp (⅛ cup) vegetable glycerine (optional)
- 2 tsp of your favorite tincture
- Any fragrant essential oil (optional)
Find your local Ethos Dispensary to pick your favorite tincture
Materials
- Double boiler
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Spoon
- Spatula
- Handmixer or blender
Recipe
- Measure all ingredients before beginning.
- Fill the bottom of a double boiler with an inch or two of water. If you do not have a double boiler, simply place a heat-proof bowl on top of a traditional cooking pot.
- Warm water over low to medium heat. Add the shea butter and coconut oil to the top of the double boiler.
- Gently melt the shea butter and coconut oil until there are no lumps, stirring frequently to combine the oils and prevent scorching.
- Once melted, turn off the heat and remove oils from atop the water. Transfer to a glass blender or heat-safe bowl.
- Allow the oil mixture to cool for at least one full hour, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula if needed.
- Add aloe vera gel, vegetable glycerin, your desired amount of essential oil, and your desired amount of tincture.
- Use a hand mixer or blender to emulsify all ingredients and create a whipped consistency.
Tips & Tricks
- Cookies may appear to be soft and undone, but they will set as they cool.
- If the texture of the cream appears rough/gritty, try whipping the lotion longer OR adding additional vegetable glycerin in one tablespoon increments at a time until desired texture is reached
- If you find the lotion is too thick, additional aloe vera gel may help.
- If the lotion seems too thin, re-melt the shea butter and coconut oil, allow it to cool and blend one tablespoon at a time.
Dosing Guide
Step 1: Convert the amount of lotion from cups to milliliters
- (amount of cups) x (0.236588 liters) x (1000 milliliters)
Step 2: Figure out how many milligrams of THC are in each milligram of lotion
- (grams per milliliter of THC added X total milliliters added) / (total milliliters from Step 1)
Step 3: Convert milliliters to teaspoons
- (Answer from Step 2) x (5 milliliters per teaspoon)
This final number gives you an estimate of the THC in a teaspoon sized serving of the DIY cream.
This recipe is a modification to a CBD cream recipe published by Herb: https://herb.co/guides/cbd-lotion-recipe-make-cbd-cream-at-home/
