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Homemade Softening Cracked Heel Cream

By Maura in Natural Homemade Ideas

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If you struggle with dry feet and want a natural way to remedy your cracked heels, this cracked heel cream is the best way to moisturize and soften your dry skin. Coconut oil plus lavender and tea tree essential oils combine to make a recipe that’s not only effective but smells heavenly.

I used to have horrible, painful, cracked skin on my heels. It seemed like no matter what I did, what new product from the internet I tried, or no matter how many times I went to get a pedicure, nothing helped. 

I tried every lotion and cream on the market, including the best foot creams and even Vaseline (petroleum jelly). Nothing worked.

Everything changed for me when I tried this DIY cracked heel cream (also called foot balm or foot mask)!

If it sounds overwhelming to make your own healing foot balm, don’t worry! Not only is it incredibly simple to whip up, but it really works. Your feet will be smooth and healthy—no chemicals or expensive products necessary!

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DIY Pedicure At Home

If you haven’t done it lately, it’s time to take a few minutes and pamper yourself. I’ll show you how to make a simple homemade cracked heel cream that’s perfect for pampering worn-out, rough feet.

In fact, you can have a homemade, super inexpensive pedicure with this homemade heel cream too. Because, after all, a pedicure isn’t just about painting the toes, it’s about taking care of the entire foot.

You can use this homemade cracked heel cream both to prevent and treat dry and cracked heels. Plus, it smells amazing, too, so you’ll get some aromatherapy benefits also.

Mason jar with DIY cracked heel cream nestled in lavender

Plus, once you master this recipe, you’ll be able to make all sorts of other things. For example, this DIY homemade face cream is so moisturizing and nourishing!

Benefits Of Cracked Heel Cream Ingredients

The ingredients in this cracked heel cream are effective and affordable. More importantly, each one has its own superpower, of sorts.

  • Coconut oil is an excellent moisturizer. It also offers antifungal properties and acts as a carrier oil to help distribute the essential oils evenly throughout the foot balm. Coconut oil is semi-solid at room temperature and melts at skin temperature. It also soaks into the skin quickly.
  • Raw shea butter is a popular option for cosmetics, thanks to its high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids. It’s ultra-moisturizing and can help hydrate skin and reduce inflammation.
  • Lavender essential oil is known for its lovely smell, but did you know that it also can calm your skin while exfoliating rough patches?
  • Tea tree essential oil is antifungal and has antibacterial properties, making it the perfect way to relieve your feet.

DIY Heel Cream Supplies Needed

Ready to get started? Here’s how to easily make your own cracked heel cream and enjoy the soothing benefits.

  • 3/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup or 4 oz raw shea butter
  • 20 drops of Lavender essential oil
  • 20 drops of Tea Tree essential oil
  • Slow cooker liner
  • 8oz wide mouth mason jar for storage
ingredients for homemade cracked heel cream

How To Make This Easy Cracked Heel Cream

You’re going to be amazed at how easy it is to make this essential oil coconut oil for feet recipe! Here’s the process.

Step 1

To start making your heel cream, put your slow cooker liner in place. Then go ahead and add 3/4 cup of coconut oil to the slow cooker.

measuring cup of coconut oil

Step 2

Next, add 1/2 cup of raw shea butter.

Shea butter and coconut oil for feet

Step 3

Now it’s time to add the essential oils to your cracked heel cream. I recommend adding about 20 drops each of lavender and tea tree (melaleuca) essential oils.

Adding lavender oil to a cracked heel cream recipe

Step 4

Turn your crockpot on low and let all of the ingredients warm up and melt. You probably don’t need more than 2 hours of melting time.

Step 5

Once it is all melted, then pour the contents of the crockpot plastic liner into a glass container for storage. I chose a short, wide glass jar.

mason jar filled with melted coconut oil for feet and assorted essential oils

Step 6

Allow the cream to sit at room temperature for a few hours until it’s solid. Or put it in the freezer to speed up the cooling process.

Jar of DIY cracked heel cream made with essential oils

DIY Heel Cream Notes

I highly recommend using a crockpot liner. After I made my Easy Homemade Crockpot Peppermint Lotion, I decided that I’d never attempt to melt butter and oils for lotion-making again without using a crockpot and liner! It is the easiest way to make them and has virtually zero clean-up!

I chose the combination of lavender and tea tree essential oils for this because they’re both therapeutic for skin issues. Lavender is known to heal dry or chapped skin, and it will help it stay hydrated to avoid that dry, cracking skin.

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Tea tree oil is anti-inflammatory, easing any redness and avoiding skin infections in cracked skin. It can also help remove dry and dead skin cells on the surface that cause the dry and scaly look on your heels.

Feel free to substitute your favorite essential oils. Peppermint would be another good, soothing, and cooling oil to use in this recipe.

Whatever container you use to store your heel cream, make sure it has a wide enough mouth for your hand to reach the bottom. For example, a regular, tall mason jar would be difficult to reach into the bottom!

Aerial view of a jar of homemade cracked heel balm

How To Use Homemade Cracked Heel Cream

To use this cream, I recommend putting it on your feet each night before bed. I would even cover your feet with socks to ensure the cream soaks into your skin overnight.

If you want to maximize your pampering, I would suggest using a foot spa followed by a pedicure foot file tool or pumice stone on your heels. Then, apply your homemade foot cream.

For the best results, use your cracked heel cream on your feet daily to keep your heels smooth and soft. This will also help prevent your heel pad from drying and cracking.

This homemade coconut oil for feet would make a great homemade gift idea for the special people in your life, including friends and family. In addition, your child’s teacher may appreciate it as a special ‘thank you’ gift!

Softening Heel Cream FAQs

Here are a few questions I commonly see readers ask about making their own homemade foot balm. If you have a question you don’t see answered below, please leave it in the comments!

What causes cracks on heels?

The skin on heels can crack when it becomes thick and dry, increasing pressure under the heel and causing it to split. 

Several things can make it worse, including wearing open footwear. And one thing I learned from experience was to avoid harsh soaps and overusing liquids because they just dry skin out more. 

Can Vaseline heal cracked heels?

I know that’s something that some people claim, and maybe it even works for some. However, it did not work for me. Instead of nourishing my skin, it just created a goopy mess.

That’s why this coconut oil for feet is so effective! The coconut oil soaks into the skin and moisturizes my feet, while the essential oils work their “magic” to help any current cracks heal and prevent new ones.

Just pin it below to find the instructions later!

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Make this easy DIY cream to heal the painful dry, cracked skin on your heels.

  • Author: Tania Griffis

Ingredients

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  • 3/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup or 4 oz raw shea butter
  • 20 drops of Lavender essential oil
  • 20 drops of Tea Tree essential oil
  • Slow cooker liner
  • Wide mouth 8oz mason jar for storage

Instructions

  1. Start by putting your slow cooker liner into your slow cooker. Then add 3/4 cup of coconut oil to the slow cooker.
  2. Next, add 1/2 cup of raw shea butter.
  3. Add the essential oils to your melting coconut oil. I recommend about 20 drops each of both lavender and tea tree essential oils.
  4. Turn your crockpot on low and let all of the ingredients melt for about 2 hours.
  5. Once all the ingredients are melted and blended together, pour the mixture into a glass container to store it.
  6. Allow the cream to solidify at room temperature. Alternatively, you can put it in the freezer to speed up the cooling process.
 
 
 

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    Filed Under: Natural Homemade Ideas, Natural Living Tagged With: DIY beauty products, featured on home page, homemade, lavender essential oilPublished on September 27, 2022

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    Comments

    1. Sierra M. says

      August 4, 2018 at 6:16 pm

      I made this and followed the recipe exactly. After 24 hours the mixture had not solidified. So I put it in the fridge. It solidified, so I took it out. After being out for a few hours it’s turning to liquid again. 🤔 Please help!!! How do I get this to stay solid? What did I do wrong?

      Reply
      • J says

        August 8, 2019 at 2:06 am

        Coconut oil naturally melts and solidifies. You might be living in a location that is hot enough for the oil to melt. I’ve never tried making the cream, but I’m guessing that it’s the coconut oil that is making it melt. When it goes above a certain temperature, it’ll solidify again. It’s natural for the coconut oil to do that. If it’s just hot during the summer, try keeping in the fridge; it won’t alter the cream – or its qualit(ies) in any way.

        Reply
    2. Candice says

      February 7, 2019 at 12:49 am

      I read that heat reduces the essential oils properties greatly. Maybe better to put the oils in after cooling to room temperature

      Reply
      • Joni says

        April 25, 2019 at 2:12 pm

        I thought about the same thing when I looked at this. The flashpoint for Lavender es is 156 degrees and tea tree oil is 134 degrees. If you put these in at higher heats it will greatly reduce their benefits if not make them totally inert.

        Reply
    3. Maura says

      April 29, 2019 at 1:12 pm

      You could for sure wait a bit for the liquid to cool and use a candy thermometer – but you dont’ want to wait until room temperature or your cream will solidify and the oils will not spread throughout the lotion.

      Reply
    4. ivonne Carmona says

      July 11, 2020 at 8:00 pm

      I would like to know if I can add to the mixture like 4 or 5 teaspoons of beeswax, this will make it not to melt. I think I will add it so I don´t have to put the jar in the refrigerator everytime I see it as a liquid. I have air conditioning at home but still sometimes it will melt.

      Reply
      • Heidi says

        November 1, 2020 at 10:40 pm

        How’d it work out w the beeswax? I have some and would love to make,this but my Shea body butter liquifies easily so would love to know how this worked for you; thanks. Heidi

        Reply
      • Rocqhawk says

        December 10, 2020 at 4:04 pm

        I changed the recipe to add in White Beeswax pellets. It helped a lot. My foot balm is no longer in a liquid state. It took some trial and error but using 1/4 to 1/2 a cup does the trick.

        Reply
    5. Debbie says

      December 19, 2020 at 7:17 pm

      Does this not need a preservative?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        December 20, 2020 at 1:31 pm

        I haven’t had any issues with not using a preservative in this recipe but we do use it up within 2-3 months.

        Reply
    6. Cheryl says

      June 16, 2022 at 10:20 pm

      I made this and added 1/4 cup beeswax. The consistency is perfect.. This is easy to make and works great. My feet are so much softer already. I used the foot cheese grater and then put the heel cream on, then socks.

      Reply
    7. brenda parish says

      February 14, 2023 at 2:05 pm

      can i use peppermint oil along with my other oil.

      Reply
      • Erika says

        February 20, 2023 at 4:23 pm

        Yes, peppermint is a great oil for feet!

        Reply
    8. sherri kennedy says

      September 19, 2023 at 11:54 am

      Can you melt ingredients in a pot slowly rather than a slow cooker?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        September 26, 2023 at 1:59 pm

        Yes you can.

        Reply
    9. Beatriz Carrillo says

      September 30, 2023 at 11:16 pm

      I did try to make this Cream but after several Hours it did not solidify either. I will put in the refrigerador and hopes that it will solidify since I have made to take it on my trip overseas to take care of my cracked Heel. If the cream does not solidify I will add White Beeswax pellets as suggested. I love the smell and I am a big fan of tea tree oil and lavender. Thank you for the Recipe.

      Reply
    10. Sheri says

      October 5, 2023 at 11:14 pm

      I wish you would’ve put the part about heat making the Oils less effective in the Main recipe or give a minimum temp to heat this recipe to. That’s kind of an important piece.

      Reply

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