How to Make Diaper Rash Cream With Beeswax

The red rash that babies and toddlers get as a reaction to wetness can range from mild and unnoticed by the child to severe, angry looking and painful. Diaper rash creams most often contain zinc oxide, which when slathered on the skin, acts as a barrier from excessive moisture. You can buy diaper rash creams and ointments, but you can just as easily make your own with soothing beeswax.

Things You'll Need

• Saucepan
• Heatproof glass bowl
• Measuring cup
• 3 ½ oz. olive oil
• 1 oz. beeswax
• Wooden spoon
• Oven mitts
• Whisk
• ½ oz. zinc oxide
• Glass jar with lid

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Instructions

• 1

  Fill a saucepan about halfway with water and put it on the stove to boil.

• 2

  Combine 3 ½ oz. olive oil and 1 oz. beeswax in a glass bowl that is heatproof.

• 3

  Lower the heat so that the water in the saucepan is no longer boiling but stays at a simmer. Place the glass bowl on top of the pan (or inside it if you have space).

• 4

  Stir the oil and beeswax mixture until the beeswax has melted.

• 5

  Take the oil and beeswax mixture away from the simmering water (use oven mitts to avoid burning yourself), and allow it to cool slightly.

• 6

  Use a whisk to mix in ½ oz. zinc oxide. You can find this compound in an ointment or powder form at the pharmacy.

• 7

  Store the cooled diaper rash cream in a glass jar that is fitted with a tight lid.