Building Your Medicine Chest: First-Aid Antiseptic Ointment. Today I want to share with you an all-natural product that you can make easily at home in order to build your DIY medicine chest. This homemade antiseptic ointment is packed full with germ-killing properties that will help treat everyday minor cuts, scraps, and abrasions. You can use this ointment just as you would a tube of that pricey commercially-prepared stuff. Best part of this is…you control the ingredients! First-Aid Antiseptic Ointment Ingredients 0.5-1 ounce (approx. 1-2 tablespoons) raw beeswax, grated8 ounces (approx. 1 cup) olive, almond, or coconut oil (this is the BEST coconut oil on the planet and it makes the BEST ointments)1/4 teaspoon non-GMO vitamin E oil 20 drops tea tree (Melaleuca) essential oil 15 drops lavender essential oil10 drops lemon essential oil For recipes such as these, I only recommend the use of dōTERRA™ Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade™ essential oils.
Directions Over very low heat, in a small pot or double boiler, melt oils and beeswax. Notes. Homemade Toothpaste & Other Dental Products. Soap Making. Melt and Pour Beginners Guide. Melt-n-pour soap bases are a near neutral substance (ph neutral) and require no specific materials for the utensils you use when creating your soaps. You can choose to make small batches, simply using a microwaveable bowl or jug, or larger batches, where a saucepan on a hob is more practical.
Whatever you are doing, the most important thing to remember is not to overheat your soap base. You need only heat it until it melts and no further (exceptions to this rule are the Natural or Organic bases which should be heated to 75degC to avoid 'blooming' in the finished soaps). Cutting the soap bases into small chunks will help this, especially if using a microwave, although small chunks will melt far easier with any method used, so it's worth the time in doing this.
If using a microwave it is unlikely that you will be able to melt enough soap to make more than 3-4 bars. Once melted you need to work fairly fast, as a skin will start to form quite quickly on the surface of the soap. Tip... Oil Pulling Cures. "These are instructions from India in which only 2 types of oil can be used. However, as you will read below in our Reader Feedback section, people are experimenting with different oils, adding anti-bacterial and anti-viral oil essences.
Soon we might have a purist vs. renegade oil pulling battle! First thing in the morning, before brushing your teeth, eating or drinking, take 1 TBSP of either sesame or sunflower oil. Put the oil in your mouth, tilt your chin up and slowly swish, suck, chomp and pull through the teeth. You can do this 2 more times during the day if you want to detox faster.
Follow by drinking 2 - 3 glasses of water. HOW IT WORKS:The oil pulls all mucous, bacteria and toxins from your body through your saliva. Note #1:Keeping the chin tilted up makes sure the oil gets to the back molars. Note #2:The old school says that only sesame and sunflower oils produce favorable results. Note #3:If after meals, wait at least 4 hours before you Oil Pull. Homemade Toothpaste With Coconut Oil – and 38 other coconut oil cures!One Good Thing by Jillee. Slippery When Wet - Handmade Soap & Bath products for your entire family and even your pets. We use all natural ingredients with on artifical colors or presevatives." Here at Slippery When Wet, we try to take a more natural approach to healing common problems. Please consult your Doctor for serious skin problems. We have found some recipes to work well for others like Sultana's Salve.
Even the driest parts like your knees and elbows can't resist our our rich Whipped Shea Butter made with 100% Shea Butter and Jojoba Oil! Rub where ever you need some extra protection. An acient recipe for Cleopatra, who is said to have bathed in milk to maintain her radiant complexion. Lip care is just as important to maintain as other parts of your body. Something NEW this year, Exfoliating Buffy Bars. Sultana's Salve - This recipe is named by the creator Sultana. Sultana's Salve contains skin loving butter of Shea used to heal small wounds, burns and skin ulcers and conditioning your skin. Size: 2 oz Tin Cost: $6.00 each Ingredients: Beeswax, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Shea Butter and Vitamin E.
Making Your Own Gardener's Hand Cream. By Bev Walker (Sundownr)December 10, 2010 (Editor's Note: This article was originally published on September 27, 2008. Your comments are welcome, but please be aware that authors of previously published articles may not be able to promptly respond to new questions or comments.) Hand Creams of Yesterday and Today Hand cream has been made using the same techniques throughout history. People used the resources handy to them, and sometimes imported special ingredients from far away places.
Finding a Hand Cream Formula I searched the Internet and books looking for a basic formula for making a good all-purpose hand cream to help moisturize my dry hands, relieve soreness, and possibly heal bug bites, and superficial wounds, after a rough day's work in my yard and garden. I broke down the main ingredient into relative proportions (parts), for a formula that I could change as needed. A Guide to Stocking Your Natural Beauty Pantry. Keeping up with an all natural, handmade beauty regimen has its challenges. Not the smallest among them being the gathering of ingredients. Let's say you are in the mood to whip up a fresh mask? Do you have all of the ingredients on hand? What if you're hair is looking a little lack luster. An herbal vinegar rinse or a hot oil treatment might do the trick, but have you got all the ingredients in stock?
Just like the kitchen pantry, your beauty pantry should include good sized reserves of staple ingredients. So what exactly should you keep stocked in a Natural Beauty Pantry? Oat Flour Fine - I use Oat Flour in almost everything! Oats and Honey: My Top 10. I've listed below a list of my Top 10 favourite and staple ingredients that I have to have stocked in my soap pantry. I'm sure some of these must be your favourites too! 10. Almond Meal picture from Dane International Commodities Inc. Some almond meal mixed with a dash of the liquid of your choice make for an excellent facial cleanser and scrub suited for the delicate skin of your face.
There is really no need for a moisturiser after cleansing unless you have really dry skin as the almonds are loaded with its natural oil. 9. This is THE oil for soapmaking and I just can't do without! 8. Again, this oil performs divinely in soap and is essential if you enjoy making 100% olive oil soaps. 7. This lovely wax has such a sweet smell of honey that it is my favourite wax to use in any recipes that call for wax. 6.
There is absolutely nothing I don't like about vanilla beans. 5. Chocolate! 4. Shea butter is so popular especially in its whipped form for an easy and nourishing moisturiser. 3. 2. 1. Oats and Honey: Make Your Own Solid Body Butter. My most popular blog post of all was the Make Your Own Bath Bomb post way back in November of last year. I have yet to post anymore tutorials like that and decided it was certainly time to bring back a "make your own... " tutorial. This tutorial teaches you how to make your own exfoliating, solid body butter much like another most wanted Lush product called Buffy. IngredientsFair Trade Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii), Ground Rice (Oryza sativa), Ground Almonds (Prunus dulcis), Ground Aduki Beans (Phaseolus), Perfume, Lavender Oil (Lavandula hybrida), Lemon Oil (Citrus limonum), *Citral, *Limonene, *Linalool.
DescriptionScrub-a-dub-dub, get this body butter in the tub (or shower) and buff away the day's worries. Stress disappears as our lavender-scented body butter melts into your skin, making it way beyond silky. Ground rice, almonds and aduki beans exfoliate to velvety perfection as the natural butters provide maximum miniaturization. 1. How to make Hand Cream. Homemade Hand cream and hand lotion recipes. Almond Hand Cream Recipe Ingredients: 1/4 cup of beeswax 1/2 cup of almond oil 1/2 cup of coconut oil 1/4 cup of rosewater Directions: Heat 1/4 cup of beeswax slowly in a double boiler. Cocoa Butter Hand Cream Recipe 4 Tbsp. 4 Tbsp. 4 Tbsp. Melt together beeswax and cocoa butter. Shea Butter Hand Cream Recipe for mature skin 4 Tbs parts shea butter 2 Tbs part camellia seed oil 10 drops carrotseed essential oil ( Combine shea butter and camellia oil in a double boiler.
Beeswax Coconut Moisturizing Hand Cream recipe 2 Tbsp. 8 Tbsp. Melt together wax and butter. Beeswax Mango Butter Hand Cream Recipe 4 Tbs. 2 Tbs. 8 Tbs. 10 drops carrotseed essential oil Melt together wax and butter. Shea Butter Hand Cream Recipe 2 Tbsp. 8 Tbsp. 10 drops Lavender essential oil Melt together wax and butter. Coffee-licious Hand Cream Recipe 2 Tbsp. 2 Tbsp. 6 Tbsp. Melt together wax and butter. When making your own hand creams and hand lotions, remember these tips: If going preservative-free.... Natural Nail Care Recipes. The Wife Life: Lavender Love Lotion Bars. I have purchased a few "massage bars" from Lush before, so when I saw this recipe for homemade lotion bars on Crunchy Betty, I was excited to try it out. What you need: -equal parts: beeswax, shea butter, carrier oil of choice (I used sweet almond oil) 3 oz or about 1/2 c each -15 drops of essential oil of choice (optional, I used lavender) The supplies.
(I found a discounted 100% beeswax candle for a better price than beeswax.) Melt grated beeswax and oil completely together first. Then add the shea butter just until melted. Immediately pour into mold of your choice. Add optional essential oil of choice, and quickly stir with a toothpick. Allow to set either on the counter for a couple hours or in the freezer for 15 minutes. I love them. Diy Natural – Do It Yourself Naturally. Sustainable Living and Health.