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