| Looking for and making homemade skin care | | | | in face and hair recipes. Puffy |
| recipes can take a hurried,frustrating day | | | | eyescucumbers, a good cleanser yogurt, |
| and turn it into and evening of relaxation. | | | | nourishing face recipe will have abanana. For |
| Every partof your body can benefit from a | | | | homemade alpha-hydroxy acid oranges mangos |
| natural recipe of only a few ingredients | | | | grapes just toname a few. There are many teas |
| | | | that are added to lotions, baths and yesfor |
| I have found that even one ingredient can | | | | your eyes, leave the old tea bags in the |
| give your skin or hair thenutrients that it's | | | | refrigerator and use as needed. Youcan start |
| lacking. This is not a case of less is more, | | | | your carrier oil section with your olive oil |
| rather onenatural ingredient has vitamins, | | | | and sesame oil. |
| minerals, or even antiseptic propertiesthat | | | | |
| will do wonders. | | | | Sesame oil is a good sun block that I use in |
| | | | my lip balms. We could getinto the herbs and |
| Having an understanding of just a few | | | | spices but you get the idea. But think out of |
| ingredients will start youoff on the right | | | | the boxlike a good milk bath recipe but find |
| direction. Jojoba oil is great for making | | | | it hard to buy whole milk |
| moisturizers,but not good in the bath, where | | | | |
| you would want to use grape seed oil. | | | | (buy powered milk). Getting ingredients that |
| Thegrape seed oil and sunflower oil will mix | | | | you can use in many recipescutes down your |
| with water. (The carrier oils) | | | | coasts. |
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| When you get into the essential oils many | | | | Then there are the "TOOLS". A Good Pyrex |
| have benefits from giving energy,antiseptic, | | | | measuring cup, one thatcan go into the |
| or just relaxing. These oils are strong so | | | | microwave, Measuring spoons Glass eye |
| take care in usingthem and try on a small | | | | dropper, I keep adozen around if I can't get |
| part of your skin first. Most homemade skin | | | | the smell of an essential oil out of it, |
| carerecipes will have a carrier oil and an | | | | |
| essential oil and there are many ofeach. So | | | | I will just use it for that oil, A small |
| take a little time and read up on them. | | | | kitchen scale, Stainless or glassmixing |
| | | | bowls, I Like stainless just for the drop |
| One ingredient I like and can use in many | | | | factor, Stainless whiskfor mixing, Funnel, |
| recipes is Sha Butter. | | | | Strainer, Spatulas, Pestle and Mortar, A |
| | | | blender orfood processor. Do you need them |
| There are many body butters to chouse from, | | | | all NO. But the next time you are askedto a |
| Cocoa Butter, Kukui Nut Butter, | | | | kitchen party keep this list in mind. These |
| | | | are the cheaper itemsto buy. |
| Kokum butter, Mango Butter and Sal Butter, | | | | |
| just to name a few. Using themin lip balm to | | | | With just a little of your time you can be |
| body butter recipes these ingredients are one | | | | making and using yourown homemade skin care, |
| that you willwant to look into. | | | | they make great gifts, and the possibilities |
| | | | for a |
| Then there is what I like to call HONEY!! ggg | | | | |
| the kitcheningredients. Even honey is found | | | | Cottage industry.....may make you wonder. |