Mama's Guide: 10 Creative Uses of Beeswax for Home

You must have heard about the various health benefits of honey and why you need to use the same regularly, in lieu of sugar? Well, guess what—the beeswax comes with various benefits and uses as well. For starters, it comes with a honey scent interspersed with the beeswax which helps to make it all the more attractive. Check out some of the top creative ways by which you can get the most out of beeswax.

• Lip Balm: All you need is some beeswax, along with some essential oils and liquids, and you should be able to prepare your own lip balm. This can come quite handy especially if you happen to reside in locations where the temperature often drops to freezing, and a lip balm, prepared with beeswax, can well prevent chapped lips. Just Google Wood wax NZ and you should be able to check out the various local vendors that can help you get some premium beeswax.
• Prevent Rust: Beeswax can come quite handy as it can help prevent your various hand tools from rusting. Just rub some beeswax on your various hand implements regularly or you can always prep a lotion with beeswax, and rub it on the same. It can also help prevent wooden implements from developing wear and tear. Just search online for Leather care products NZ and you should see beeswax listed right at the top.
• Leather Protection: You can also use Beeswax to coat your leather products and ensure that they are soft and supple and do not harden or develop cracks as a result of prolonged storage. You can also use beeswax to waterproof your leather products so that they do not get damaged by rain, sleet or snow. Additionally, you can also use it for your leather upholstery to provide them with a nice finish.
• Waxed Threads: Waxed threads are just ordinary threads coated with beeswax and you can use it to stitch various handicrafts and even leather goods.
• Nails and Screws: This is something that is not known to many but once you coat your nails and screws, and then hammer them, you will find that they no longer splinter the wood.
• Lubricant: If you have doors, windows, and even drawers that often stick and are hard to remove, then all you need to do is coat them with some beeswax and they should be able to slide out or open easily.
• Crayons: You can also make some wonderful crayons with beeswax; they tend to last longer and are often much better than the regular crayons.
• Waterproofing Shoes: You can also use some beeswax to waterproof your shoes; all you need to do is to melt some beeswax and then apply the same to your shoes and now, you should be able to wear the same out in rain, without having to worry about your shoes any longer.
• Hair Enrichment: You can use beeswax to enrich your hair and even moisten your dry scalp. All you need to do is to use beeswax with coconut oil and wait for it to cool down before you use the same on your head. You can also use it on your mustache and this should enable you to sport on a luxuriant growth in some time.
• Candles: Beeswax candles have been in use ever since the first candles were invented. What makes the beeswax candles more preferable to the traditional grease and fat candles is that they tend to give out a pleasant aroma, suck all the toxins out of the air and help make a room smell better. The process to create beeswax candles is quite simple and all you need happens to essential oils, wicks along with the required ingredient, beeswax.

These are some of the creative ways that you can use beeswax; you can purchase your beeswax in blocks from local vendors and use it as needed. The good news is that beeswax is not going to spoil and should last you for a long time. And furthermore, they come with a nice scent which should help make them more attractive. There are myriad ways that you can use your beeswax, ranging from furniture polish to candles—so check it out.