Solid hand cream as a gift idea

(corresponds to the filling of a praline mold).

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. beeswax pastilles
4 tbsp. cocoa butter chips
1 tablespoon almond oil
2 tablespoons shea butter
5 drops of essential oil - optional/of choice e.g. orange.

Things to know about solid hand cream
This natural cosmetic is simply rubbed between the hands. The heat of the hand causes it to melt and cream in the process. It leaves a caring greasy film on the hands. If this is uncomfortable for you, apply the hand cream before going to bed.

Heat the beeswax pastilles, the cocoa butter chips together with the almond oil in a water bath until everything is well melted. Add shea butter and let it melt as well. Finally, add essential oil and mix everything together. Now you need to act quickly.

Immediately pour the liquid mixture into the silicone mold without waiting. This will prevent unsightly bubbles from forming in the homemade hand cream chocolates. After about an hour, the individual pieces can be removed from the mold and placed in the gift box.

While the creame is setting, you can use the time to decorate the gift box.

First cut a piece of kraft paper to the size of the box base. This will later be used as inlay paper to line the box.

You will need one long and two short paper strips: strips for the divider grid


Bend the strips to the height of the box and glue the walls together. You have now made solid partitions from Paper . Use a cutter knife to cut the long partition in half after a third of its length. Cut the two short partitions in half exactly in the middle. Now insert the short parts into the long one to create a grid. If necessary, fix the joints with handicraft glue and align the walls parallel to each other.

Use a piece of decorative natural paper as a box insert (Caution! This Paper should not be too small, as it will later be sealed above the paper grid with a sticker).
Place the previously cut sheet of kraft paper over the natural paper in the bottom of the box and then place the paper grid in the box.

As soon as the hand cream chocolates are in the box, place the overhanging natural paper over the grid and seal it with a sticker.

Finally, you can decorate the lid as you wish with nature- & kraft paper, stamps and bows.