My 2-yr old was recently battling a diaper rash. After trying various (expensive!) over the counter diaper creams, with no real results. During that time I ordered what I needed to make my own, and I’ve been so pleased with it! Even my son said “No owie!” after I put it on his rashy-bum. That’s quite a compliment! 🙂
I looked around online at various recipes for diaper rash creams, such as this one and this one, and  ended up making my own end product. I bought most of the ingredients from New Directions Aromatics (they have both a US website and Canadian website) as they have very good prices, decent shipping rate, and quick delivery.
Homemade Diaper Rash Cream
2 Tbsp coconut oil
1/8 cup shea butter
1/8 oz beeswax granules
2 tsp cornstarch
5 drops vitamin E drops (or empty one capsule) (optional, good for skin)
6 drops grapefruit seed extract (optional, as preservative)
1 Tbsp zinc oxide powder
1 Tbsp witch hazel (optional, its treats inflammation and swelling)
5 drops tea tree essential oil (optional, but anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal)
5 drops lavender essential oil (optional, but anti-bacterial, and anti-viral)
Place coconut oil, beeswax, and shea butter, and cornstarch in a double boiler (or place a bowl in a hot water/boiling water pot), melt the oils on medium-low heat. Remove bowl and put on counter. Add in zinc powder, vitamin E oil, grapefruit seed extract, witch hazel, and essential oils. Using a slick blender or hand mixer, blend in well, until smooth. Pour into a jar, and let cool.
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Thanks for postng this Anne Jisca….my girls get bum rashes once in a while too and the over the counter products seem to do very little or make things worse. I think I might give this homemade version a try!
I hope it helps your girls, Tara! I bought most of the ingredients from http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.ca/ as they have very good prices, decent shipping rate, and quick delivery.
Both my kids had severe allergies as infants/toddlers and if they ate the “wrong” thing (even things they had an insensitivity to) they would get open bleeding sores on their bum. The best cream anywhere, period is Triple Paste. It’s expensive (probably 3X the cost of the regular over the counter stuff…also, in some pharmacies you have to ask the pharmacist for it, it’s not always on the shelf) but it works on just about any abrasion, scrape, etc. my kids are 7 & 9 and we still always have a tube of it in our house for occasional use.