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Mango Citrus Body Butter Recipe

It’s time to review our very first Garden Therapy Book Club book, A Green Guide to Natural Beauty: 35 step-by-step projects for homemade beauty by Karen Gilbert. There are many different types of books we will be looking at in Book Club, but when the book is DIY or project-based, then the best way to test it out is to give the projects a try. As the title suggests, A Green Guide to Natural Beauty boasts 35 different natural beauty projects, which made it very appealing given that I’ve been aiming to make as many of my bath and body products as I can. First and foremost this book is beautiful. The rest of the book covers recipes and detailed instructions with photos on Chapter 2: For the Face, Chapter 3: For the Body, and Chapter 4: Bath and Shower. I picked two recipes to try: Apricot Face Scrub (Chapter 2) and Mango Lime Body Butter (Chapter 3). Apricot Face Scrub Recipe p. 60 This fairly simple recipe only required a few minutes to make, as long as you have the ingredients. Review 2/5 1.

Homemade deodorant with coconut oil Ditch the TV. Check. Make my own toothpaste. Go poo-free. Next on the list: make my own deodorant…and not be smelly. Well, the recipe below is a winner. It takes a little bit of getting used to the application process, but it totally works. The less chemicals I put in and around my body, the better chance I have to be doing cartwheels around the grandkids someday. Simple living takes baby steps. Wanna join me on the hippie bandwagon? ingredients 1/3 c. baking soda 1/2 c. arrowroot powder 5 tbs unrefined coconut oil 15 drops of grapefruit essential oil directions 1. application This part is all personal preference. I recently had a deodorant-making party and our first batch turned out very oily (I called it soupy). *Update (9/17/12): The original recipe used 1/3 cup arrowroot, but I recently upped it to 1/2 cup and like it a lot more. I use coconut oil on my face, for baking muffins, for toothpaste, deep conditioning treatments, and so much more. You can read all about it here.

Aprende a hacer desodorante casero Aparte de un inequívoco ahorro, fabricar uno mismo sus productos de limpieza e higiene te asegura conocer los ingredientes que llevan tus productos. Sin olvidar esa parte lúdica que tienen estas elaboraciones que nos retrotrae a aquellos inocentes experimentos que hacíamos en la niñez mezclando los ingredientes más locos o los más simples. En esta ocasión vamos a ver la manera de hacer un desodorante casero y eficaz. La lista de ingredientes que componen este desodorante es la siguiente: 60 ml de bicarbonato sódico60 ml de arruruz, almidón de maíz o arcilla blanca caolín60 ml de aceite de coco virgen10 gotas de aceite esencial, el que prefiramosUn recipiente para elaborar la mezclaUna lata o envase recuperado con tapa para guardar nuestro producto Mezclamos bien todos los ingredientes en el recipiente preparado al efecto, removemos bien para que el producto resulte lo más homogéneo y fino posible. Vía: howaboutorange.blogspot.com.es

Crema bronceadora instantánea paso a paso Para cuando necesites o te apetezca lucir un bonito bronceado en tu piel y no has tenido tiempo de pasarte por la sala de UVA o de tumbarte a tomar el sol relajadamente. Esta crema corporal te dará un toque de color en tu rostro, en tus piernas o donde necesites. Es muy sencilla de preparar y los ingredientes no socavarán tu cartera. Si los preparas en envases tipo barra de desodorante tendrás siempre en tu bolso ese extra de color que puedes necesitar en cualquier momento. Ingredientes: Manteca de karité.Manteca de cacao.Manteca de mango.Cera de abeja.Maquillaje.Cacao en polvo.Un recipiente de cristal resistente al fuego.Una cacerola y agua. Aprovecharemos cualquier maquillaje que tengamos para dar color a la mezcla. También podemos usar cacao en polvo, sin azúcar, pues aporta un tono muy interesante y además huele muy rico. Prepareamos los envases y el material para comenzar con la mezcla de los ingredientes. Vía: lifeannstyle.com

whipped shea butter lotion DIY | nataJane There is a saying about beauty products that goes something like, “Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t eat.” In the days of organic food, BPA free containers and chemical free beverages, we appear to be very careful with what we put into our bodies, however we often turn a blind eye to the chemicals that enter our bodies through our skin. I hadn’t given this too much thought until I received a book called There’s Lead in Your Lipstick. This recipe has four ingredients, and works better than many other lotions I’ve used in the past. Shea Butter Lotion 1 cup raw, unrefined shea butter, 1 cup raw cocoa butter 1/2 cup raw, virgin coconut oil 1 Tbs orange dōTERRA essential oil -Melt the shea butter, cocoa butter and coconut oil in a double boiler. Hint: to make your lotion less greasy, try adding a tablespoon or two of tapioca starch to the mixture. It is important that you do not heat the butters and oil more than necessary, or it will kill the goodness that is inside.

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