You can make your own body wash for eczema at home. All you need are the right ingredients and the right recipe, and I guarantee it will help with the itching, the flaking and the dry skin. Ditch the store brands with ingredients you can’t even pronounce and try this easy DIY. Your skin will thank you!
But, if eczema isn’t your affliction, and you have acne instead ⏤ be sure to check out my foaming face wash for acne-prone skin!
Best ingredients for eczema relief
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Liquid castile soap
- All-natural and plant-based
- Non-toxic
- Gentle, yet effective
Coconut oil
- A great moisturizer
- Has antibacterial, anti-fungal and antimicrobial properties
- Provides soothing relief and may speed healing
Raw honey
- Has anti-viral, anti-fungal and antibacterial properties
- Helps to heal skin conditions
- Contains antioxidants and is very moisturizing
Vitamin E oil
- Very nourishing and softening
- Rejuvenates and restores dehydrated skin
- Acts as a cleansing agent
Lavender essential oil
- Soothing for skin irritations
- Reduces skin imperfections
- Has calming and relaxing properties
Melaleuca (Tea tree) essential oil
- Is antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiseptic and antiviral
- Speeds up the healing of wounds
- Reduces itching and swelling
Air-tight container
- I repurposed a glass bottle for my best body wash for eczema
- Reusing containers is an easy way to be eco-friendly and lower your plastic usage
- Store-bought versions are packaged in plastic, they will eventually require recycling. This creates a never-ending cycle. Break the cycle by re-using glass!
How to make
- Add 1/4 cup of coconut oil to your mixing bowl
- Followed by 2/3 cup of liquid castile soap and 1/4 cup of raw honey
- Use a fork to combine
- Next, add 1 tsp of Vitamin E oil
- Add 7 drops of Lavender and 5 drops of Melaleuca (Tea tree) essential oils
- Give it a final stir
- Transfer to your air-tight container. Use a funnel if necessary.
- Add the cap to your air-tight container
- All done!
How to use
- Use as you would any store-bought body wash
- Keep the lid tight between use to retain shelf life
- Speaking of which, this body wash will keep for 6 months
- This recipe is meant to be thick, so you only need a little bit at a time.
- Note: Adding water will drastically reduce it’s shelf-life!
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11 comments
Hello! First time to your site 🙂
This recipe looks great – as I live in Wisconsin, I’m wondering if using fractionated coconut oil would work ok in lieu of regular coconut oil?
Hi Shae, Welcome! Thanks for checking out the site 😊 You can totally substitute fractionated coconut oil for regular coconut oil. Just know that fractionated coconut oil doesn’t have the bacteria-fighting antimicrobial properties that are in regular coconut oil. The raw honey still has these properties though, so your body wash may just be less effective. Hope this helps!
To Shae and anyone else living in a cold climate: I used an immersion blender once I’d broken the coconut oil down a bit with a fork. Worked like a charm. I really like the recipe.
I have all these ingredients on hand so I will definitely be using for my son and hopefully it works 🤞🏾. Do you happen to have recipes for eczema cream/lotion as well? Guess I could look on your site and find out huh. Lol anyways thanks for this!
How long is the shelf life?