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Eye Make-up Remover and Natural Skin Cleanser

Eye Make-up Remover (Safe and Gentle)

• 1 tablespoon canola oil,
• 1 tablespoon castor oil, and
• 1 tablespoon light olive oil
• For use on your entire body, put some castor oil in a little spray bottle. To maximize absorption, spray it on your skin after showering and gently rub it in while your skin is still warm and your pores are open.

Natural Skin Cleanser

Tales of the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, tell of her beauty and her radiant skin. Her secret? Apparently she used to take frequent baths in fresh milk. Researchers now have found that the lactic acid in milk is the cause of the stunning skin. Alpha hydroxy acids help loosen dead skin and give healthy skin a deep cleansing.

• As the tub fills, pour in two cups to one quart of fresh milk or butter milk. Fresh milk can be substituted with one cup of powdered milk. A few drops of lavender essential oil may increase the relaxing effects.
• Soak in the tub for at least 20 minutes and gently massage your skin with a wash cloth or a loofah to rub off all the dead skin.
• After taking your bath, drain the tub and take a quick shower to rinse off all the milk on your body.

• 1 tablespoon canola oil,
• 1 tablespoon castor oil, and
• 1 tablespoon light olive oil
• For use on your entire body, put some castor oil in a little spray bottle. To maximize absorption, spray it on your skin after showering and gently rub it in while your skin is still warm and your pores are open.

Natural Skin Cleanser

Tales of the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, tell of her beauty and her radiant skin. Her secret? Apparently she used to take frequent baths in fresh milk. Researchers now have found that the lactic acid in milk is the cause of the stunning skin. Alpha hydroxy acids help loosen dead skin and give healthy skin a deep cleansing.

• As the tub fills, pour in two cups to one quart of fresh milk or butter milk. Fresh milk can be substituted with one cup of powdered milk. A few drops of lavender essential oil may increase the relaxing effects.
• Soak in the tub for at least 20 minutes and gently massage your skin with a wash cloth or a loofah to rub off all the dead skin.
• After taking your bath, drain the tub and take a quick shower to rinse off all the milk on your body.

From The Old Farmer's Almanac (almanac.com)

Oatmeal Soap Recipe

Oatmeal Soap Recipe

If you have leftover soap slivers in the bathtub or sink, you can recycle them into this yummy new soap! Oatmeal has proven moisturizing benefits.

• Gather these ingredients: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup small soap pieces, 1 and 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil, 1 tablespoon water
• Put the soap slivers in a plastic bag and pound them into small chunks.
• Put chunks in a blender, add the oatmeal and pulse until grainy.
• Pour into a bowl and add the oil and water.
• Mix with your hands, removing any remaining bigger chunks of soap.
• Shape the mixture into a ball and let sit until hard, about two hours.
• Be sure to wash the blender thoroughly to remove the soap residue.

From The Old Farmer's Almanac (almanac.com)

4 Homemade Sugar Scrubs that Go from Your Pantry to the Bath

Posted by Condo Blues (condo-blues.blogspot.com)

As much as I am all over power tools and DIY projects I really am a girly girl at heart. I like pamper myself now and again and using a sugar body scrub is an excellent way to do it. Sugar is as a natural exfoliate but is still gentle enough to be used on skin. The oil in the sugar scrub can protect your skin against moisture loss. Add a few natural essential oils and you have a wonderful way to make an expensive professional spa treatment from ingredients you may already have in your kitchen!

Here are four of my favorite natural sugar scrub recipes. They make great gifts too!

1.Basic Sugar Scrub Recipe

All of my sugar scrubs are based on this basic recipe. The key is to make the scrub in small batches and use it fairly quickly because it doesn’t have any preservatives in the mix.

Ingredients
An empty jar with a lid (a small jelly or condiment jar works great for this project)
1 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
Label (if desired)

Make it
1. Pour the granulated white sugar into the jar.
2. Pour the olive oil into sugar and mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended. (I prefer the screw on the lid and shake method to mix my ingredients.)
3. Label the jar as desired.

2. Variations for the Basic Sugar Scrub Recipe

• Oils: You can substitute sweet almond oil, jojoba or coconut oil (coconut oil may be already heavily scented and interfere with the addition of any extra essential oil or scent)
• Extra moisturizer: 1 teaspoon cocoa butter
• Natural preservative: 1/2 teaspoon vitamin E oil
• Scent your scrub using:
  - A few drops of your favorite essential oil (Lavender, Jasmine, Sandalwood, etc.)
  - Vanilla (A wonderful scent but it will color your scrub brown)
  - Body splash or perfume (This is a great way to use up bottle of body splash or perfume that you usually don’t usually wear. However you may want to avoid this method if you don’t like items made with synthetic ingredients.)
• Color and texture: A handful of dried herbs or flowers for color (lavender, rosemary, chamomile, thyme, mint etc.)

I usually use the things that I have in my pantry – olive oil and white granulated sugar (ironically organic sugar doesn’t work very well for this project) and my suger scrub works great. Even better, it’s less expensive than the body scrub I saw in Sephora that was $32 for a small jar of plain olive oil and sugar!

3. Peppermint Candy Cane Sugar Scrub
This one is curtsey of Crunchy Chicken. I made her candy cane scrub and gave it to some ladies on my Christmas list last year. My mom loves it!! And she’s, shall we say, selective about things, mmmkay? So consider that a serious stamp of approval.

Ingredients
An empty jar with a lid
1 cup granulated white sugar
6 candy canes/peppermint candy (approx ¼ cup), finely crushed into a powder
1/2 cup olive oil (or any of the oils in the basic recipe)
6 drops peppermint essential oil (optional)
Label (if desired)

Make it:
1. Pour the granulated white sugar and crushed peppermint into the jar.
2. But the lid on the jar and shake it to mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended.
3. Pour the liquid ingredients into sugar mix.
4. But the lid on the jar and shake it to mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended.
5. Label the jar as desired.

Notes:

• If you can find it, a bag of precrushed peppermint candies for baking are excellent for this project!
• Once the candies are broken into chunks, I use my blender or food processor to further pulverize the candy into a fine powder.
• I didn’t use peppermint essential oil and my scrub still smelled very pepperminty. As always, your mileage may vary.
• The courser grains of the broken candy could do damage to delicate facial skin. It may be best to use this scrub strictly as a body scrub and not as a facial scrub.

3. Vanilla Brown Sugar Scrub aka Kahlua Sugar Scrub
After some experimenting I came up with this brown sugar scrub that smells just like Kahlua! Although I wouldn't recommend drinking it unless you like the taste of olive oil.

Ingredients
An empty jar with a lid
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup granulated brown sugar
1/2 cup olive oil (or any of the oils in the basic recipe)
6 drops of vanilla
Label (if desired)

Make it
1. Pour the granulated white sugar and brown sugar into a bowl and mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended.
2. Pour the sugar mixture into a jar.
3. Pour the liquid ingredients into sugar mix.
4. But the lid on the jar and shake it to mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended.
5. Label the jar as desired.

I'm going to make a few of these sugar scrubs and give them out as Mother’s Day gifts. So Mom, if you’re reading this, act surprised when you open your gift, OK?

Homemade Natural Deodorant

 

Homemade Natural Deodorant

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By Lockerz

Did you know you can make your own wonderful deodorant with just a few completely natural ingredients? This recipe is awesome! It is frugal and very effective! Aaron & I have been using it for over a year now, and it has worked wonders. It smells wonderful, but very faint, so the hubby does not mind! We have tried all natural brands without much success, until we tried this! It is especially important for women to take thought to the harmful aluminum materials in deodorant as it has been linked to breast cancer, being that the armpits are so close to the chest.
Ingredients:
5-6 Tbsp Coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch
Combine equal portions of baking soda & arrowroot powder. Then slowly add coconut oil and work it in with a spoon until it maintains the substance you desire. It should be about the same texture as the store bought kind, solid but able to be applied easily. You can either scoop this into your old dispensers or place in a small container with lid and apply with fingers with each use. After applying the product, you can just rub the remains into your hands as a lotion! This recipe lasts about 3 months for two people with regular daily use.
Read here and here for more wonderful uses of coconut oil!

For the best price around on organic quality coconut oil, check out Mountain Rose Herbs. Delicious for so many uses!


Thank you to Passionate Homemakeing at passionatehomemaking.com

Homemade Hair Detangler

by Crystal on January 26, 2012

Both of my daughters have wavy hair. I love it, but it’s taken some getting used to–especially since I have pretty near straw straight hair. We’ve purchased numerous products over the years: curl spray, frizz spray, gels, and lots of detangling spray.
Because of this, I was quite excited when I saw that you could make your own homemade hair detangler with just conditioner and water. I don’t know why the thought never crossed my mind before, but I’m grateful to have stumbled upon this blog post describing how to make it.
And after reading the simple instructions, I wondered why on earth I’d ever let myself actually pay for hair detangler when I could be making my own for pennies?! It’s kind of like the light-bulb moment I had when I discovered how simple it was to make homemade foaming soap.
At any rate, now that I know how easy it is, I’ll never go back to buying hair detangler again.
Here’s how to make it:

Homemade Hair Detangler

1. Squirt a teaspoon dollop of conditioner into a spray bottle (if using a smaller spray bottle like I show above, use a half teaspoon.) This is the perfect way to make use of some of those free shampoo/conditioner samples you can often sign up for. There’s about a teaspoon or two in each packet.
2. Fill the bottle with warm water and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds until conditioner is well mixed with the water.
3. Spay on wet or dry hair to help remove tangles.

This recipe was found here: http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/01/do-it-yourself-experiment-homemade-hair-detangler.html
© Copyright 2012 Money Saving Mom®. All Rights Reserved.

And that’s it, folks. See? I told you it was super simple!

Liquid Hand Soap Recipe

By Erin Huffstetler, About.com Guide

Learn how to make your own liquid soap, and you'll wonder why you ever paid for it:

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 10 minutes of hands-on time

Here's How:

1. Grate or finely chop a bar of soap (about four ounces of soap).
2. Bring four cups of water to a boil.
3. Turn off the heat, and add the soap. Stir to melt the soap. Continue stirring until the mixture is fully combined. At this point the mixture will be very liquidy.
4. Allow the mixture to cool for at least 15 minutes. Then, stir again. At this point, the soap should be slightly thicker.
5. Allow to cool for another several hours or overnight.
6. Stir to check the consistency. If it seems too liquidy, reheat and add more soap. If it seems too thick; reheat and add more water.
7. Once you're satisfied with your soap, add a few drops of essential oil and coloring, if desired.
8. Then, pour your soap into dispensers, and enjoy.

Tips:

1. Want to make a bigger or smaller batch? Just use one cup of water for every ounce of soap.
2. This recipe stores well. Make up a big batch, a few times a year.
3. Results will vary depending on the type of soap used. Tweak the recipe until it meets your needs.
4. For a super-smooth consistency, run the finished soap through a blender before pouring into dispensers.

What You Need

• A bar of soap
• A knife or grater
• Water
• A sauce pan or pot
• Essential oil (optional)
• Soap coloring (optional)
• Empty soap dispensers