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