Posted by Les Mauvaises Herbes
Making sunscreen, an ointment, or a butter isn't difficult. But cleaning your instruments after a little DIY session can sometimes prove to be a bit arduous! Especially if the recipes contained wax and (worse) zinc oxide, two ingredients that are particularly difficult to dislodge!
Here are our foolproof tips.
CLEANING YOUR INSTRUMENTS WITHOUT PULLING YOUR HAIR OUT
- The first step, and the most important: scrape the excess butter from your instruments (bowls, Mason jars, utensils, etc.) using a silicone spatula. The goal is to remove as much residue as possible before attempting to clean the tools. Skipping this step makes cleaning much more difficult!
- If necessary, using a paper towel or a rag dedicated to this purpose, wipe down all instruments that have been in contact with the product. This step is less appreciated by die-hard zero-wasters, but it personally saves my hair.
- Place the instruments in the bottom of the sink and pour boiling water over them to dislodge the residue. Since waxes (vegetable or beeswax) melt at temperatures above 70 degrees Celsius, simple dishwater won't do the job and will only cause the wax to set.
- Once the instruments have been rinsed with boiling water, clean them one by one with dish soap!
- And there you have it, it's not rocket science.
