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DIY: Antiprespirant Deodorant. DIY Natural Deodorant: Two Healthy Recipes. TLC "Ditch the Chemicals: Make Your Own Perfume from Flowers in Your Garden" In case you didn't know already about the toxic chemicals in many perfumes or missed the recent EWG report, many of the chemicals used in popular fragrances are linked to sperm damage, hormone disruption, and allergic reactions among other issues, or are not even approved for safe use in personal care products.

TLC "Ditch the Chemicals: Make Your Own Perfume from Flowers in Your Garden"

Really want to spray that all over your body? Especially as we approach summer, when your sweat glands are probably open and ready to invite foreign substances in? The New York Times has a story about the increasing popularity of DIYers making perfume from homegrown (or wild-picked) flowers. It's interesting to read why and how some people got started, and the settings in which they operate: one Brooklyn woman makes scents at home from herbs she grows at a Bed-Stuy community garden and then sells them at the neighborhood farmer's market. Another started making "kitchen cosmetics" when she was growing up in Iran, and continues to do so now out of her California home. Perfume Recipe - Make Your Own Signature Perfume Scent. Updated January 11, 2015.

Perfume Recipe - Make Your Own Signature Perfume Scent

Perfume is a classic gift, but it's even better if the perfume you give is a scent that you created yourself, especially if you package it in a beautiful bottle. Recipes to Make Your Own Soap, Lotion and More. If you’ve ever read the labels on health and hygiene products, you know it can be a challenge to find a product that doesn’t contain long lists of ingredients you can’t even pronounce, let alone know what they are or what they’re for.

Recipes to Make Your Own Soap, Lotion and More

Plus, there are the occasional headlines that yet another standard ingredient in the products we use every day turns out to be counter to the very health and cleanliness the product is supposed to promote. Sometimes the easiest way to ensure that you’re using the best, healthiest products — from soap to toothpaste — is to simply make your own. You can easily make safe, effective toiletries — including lotion and deodorant — at home, using simple, healthy ingredients.

Try your hand at one or all of these basic recipes and rest assured that your body is getting the best care you can give it. You should be able to find the basic ingredients listed below at your local pharmacy or health food store. Shea Butter Soap (from Soothing Soaps by Sandy Maine) How to Make Soap - Easy-to-Follow Instructions for Making All Sorts of Homemade Soap. Making your own soap at home is easy, frugal, creative and fulfilling.

How to Make Soap - Easy-to-Follow Instructions for Making All Sorts of Homemade Soap

There's something really marvelous about taking a bar of your own homemade soap into the bath or shower with you. Whether you are looking for a more natural alternative to commercial soap, or are just a crafty person looking for a new creative adventure, making soap is fun, and more than a little addictive! 4 Ways to Make Your Own Soap. Make Your Own Natural Fluoride-Free Toothpaste. (NaturalNews) If you're sick of fluoride based toothpaste, who can blame you?

Make Your Own Natural Fluoride-Free Toothpaste

Fluoride is widely touted to protect our teeth, but it's actually a poisonous chemical that causes cancer, damages our nervous system, and even creates weak teeth and bones. Fluoride is common in rat poison and the Nazis used to put it in the prisoners' water - because it's known to placate people and make them easier to control. How to Make Your Own Toothpaste, Tooth Powder, Beat Gum Disease Now, Right at Home. So, you want to make your own toothpaste or tooth powder, eh?

How to Make Your Own Toothpaste, Tooth Powder, Beat Gum Disease Now, Right at Home

Well, we have quite a few recipes here and on a few other pages... First, let me tell you that this site is about oral health and how you can preserve your good teeth by learning the truth about tooth decay, diet and nutrition, the oral biology and so forth. How to make your own toothpaste - Living On The Cheap. Toothpaste varieties take up a large percentage of shelf space in the supermarket.

How to make your own toothpaste - Living On The Cheap

A 2010 study predicted that the toothpaste market will reach more than $12 billion by 2015. Toothpastes come in packages of every color. There are ones that cater to kids; striped toothpastes; minty, cinnamon or bubblegum flavors; easy-open tubes; fluoride-filled or fluoride-free. But they all have the same basic ingredients – and you can make a back-to-basics tooth cleaner at home. The most important task of toothpaste is to clean – the rest is fluff. How to make your own shampoo. Homemade Shampoo - A Simple and Natural Recipe. Homemade Natural Beauty Products – How to Make Coconut Milk Shampoo. Today is the third consecutive day of beautiful weather here in Philly, so naturally it’s time to start thinking about summer.

Homemade Natural Beauty Products – How to Make Coconut Milk Shampoo

Whenever I do, the summer scents are always at the forefront of my mind: the sweet smell of the summertime air when you open your windows, the scent of fresh flowers as you walk through the garden, and, of course, coconut everything. Nothing brings about that summer feeling more than the delicious smell of coconut, and today I have a recipe that will lock that glorious summertime scent in your hair: homemade coconut milk shampoo. What you need: 1/2 cup coconut milk (this can be found in the international aisle at most supermarkets) 2/3 cup castile soap (this can be found at health food stores like Whole Foods. I always stick with Dr. Like many beauty products, the ingredients can be altered to fit your scent preference, as long as these two stay the same: coconut milk and castile soap.

How to make shampoo: Natural Homemade Shampoo Recipes. Castor Oil Avocado Oil Jojoba Oil Hemp Seed Oil Coconut Oil Grapeseed Oil Rose essential oil Rosemary Essential Oils Lavender Essential Oils Sage essential oil Peppermint essential oil.

How to make shampoo: Natural Homemade Shampoo Recipes