Homebrew Embro

[OperaLover]

Anyone out there try to make your own? I am thinking organic coconut oil with some essential oils like lavender, eucalyptus, mint, camphor, etc. What to use for heat? Pepper oil? Any suggestions?

[JMacII]

Do you just want to experiment, trying to make a superior product, or are you trying to save money? Seems like a lot of work to acquire the raw materials when there are so many options out there. For heat, mix in some Atomic Balm.

[wasfast]

Oleresin capsicum is the "heat" in Atomic Balm and Red Hot. You can read about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray

"Heat" varies by concentration in the things it's suspended in. After that, you can mix up whatever oils, herb, fragrances you want.

[rwsaunders]

Here's a decent recipe for you that you can make while you're busy with other canning activities in the kitchen. :cool:

http://velophoria.blogspot.com/2013/12/diy-embrocation.html

[sweet_johnny]

I spent a bunch of time trying to create my own embro with no success. I just couldn't get the right consistency and feel. Some batches were too waxy, some were too oily, some were too hard, some were too soft.

From what I spent in materials and ingredients, I probably could have bought three or more containers of the pre-made stuff.

That being said, I'd still love to see a decent, easy recipe so I could make my own.

[peanutgallery]

Gel shaving cream. Seriously

[nicrump]

in my day, before anything other than icy hot and maybe tiger balm, it was ~50:50 wintergreen isopropyl and mineral oil. adjust to taste

[christian]

You can mix Rugby .025 generic Capsaicin with the moisturizer of your choice.