Hand cream with sage and honey.

"What remains on the fingers"

Some creams make your skin smooth. And some give you back yourself.

This one is one of the latter. I make it for myself. Sometimes I give it as a gift. But always with one thought:

“May you have hands with which to touch and be touched.”

It smells like sage . Not sharply, but like after rain, when the leaves give themselves up slowly. Melts, but does not stick. Lays down like a glove - without a barrier, but with a border. I add a little honey there. Because sweetness is not needed - but softness is always needed.

I keep a jar in the kitchen. Because it is after washing dishes, picking herbs, opening windows and mixing tea that the hands ask not for "care", but for an answer.

My Recipe: Hand Cream with Sage and Honey

(volume ~ 40 ml)

Oil phase:

• Sweet almond oil - 10 g

• Shea butter (refined) - 5 g

• Emulsifier Olivem 1000 - 2 g

Water phase:

• Sage infusion (or hydrolat) - 20 g

• Glycerin - 1.5 g

Assets (add after cooling):

• Honey (liquid, not candied) - 0.5 g (slightly less than ¼ tsp)

• Clary sage essential oil - 1 drop

• Preservative Geogard - 0.5 g (~12 drops)

🔄 How to cook:

1. Brew sage (1 teaspoon of dry leaves per 30 ml of water, let it brew, strain).

2. Combine the water and oil phases in separate cups.

3. Heat both phases to ~65–70°C.

4. Pour water into oil, whisk until emulsified.

5. Cool to 40°C, add active ingredients.

6. Transfer to a clean jar and store in the refrigerator.

This cream is not for shine. It is for gestures. So that hands do not become "tools", but remain an extension of the soul.