How To Make Frankincense Cream

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Today we are going to make a powerful frankincense cream for the skin. Powerful because it is made not with one, but two frankincense extracts: the alcohol-based extract that we have prepared in this article, and the oil-based extract that we will discuss below.

Items Needed

Cream base — pure, raw cream with no additions
Frankincense oil extract — we will prepare it below before we make the frankincense cream
Frankincense extract — the alcohol-based extract that we have prepared here
Argan oil — it hydrates the skin
Vitamin E
Oil Color (optional) — color that mixes with oils

Units Of Measurement

The following measurements are only for the cream itself.

50 grams of cream base = 1.76 ounces
5 grams of frankincense extract, oil-based = 0.176 ounces
3 grams of argan oil = 0.105 ounces
1 gram of frankincense extract, alcohol-based = 0.035 ounces
1 gram of vitamin E = 0.035 ounces

First, let’s make the frankincense oil extract

Using a coffee grinder, grind one tablespoon of frankincense till it becomes powder
Add 100g of sweet almond oil
Store the container for 20 days in a cabinet. Shake the container every day or so
Important: after 20 days, filter it thoroughly to remove any residue completely

This is how the frankincense oil extract will look after 20 days of storage and subsequent complete filtering. It is ready to use.

Next, let’s make the frankincense Cream

In a small container, add 50 grams of cream base.
Add 5 grams of frankincense oil extract into your cream base.
Pour in 3 grams of argan oil
Add 1 gram of frankincense alcohol extract in your mixture.

Adding the frankincense oil extract into the cream base
Adding the argan oil into the mix
Adding the frankincense alcohol extract

Mix well.
Add 1 gram of vitamin E and mix.
You may add some oil color of your choice if you want. In order to do this, add some argan oil into a small container and dissolve a touch of your chosen color. This is done separately in order to avoid clumps in our cream.
Mix the color into your cream base well.

The coloring is made with an oil color powder, meaning that it is suitable for oils. Ensure that the color powder is fully dissolved in the argan oil, to avoid any clumps in the cream.