Jan’s book includes more than a dozen beginner soapmaking recipes, as well as recipes for shampoo bars, herbal salves, lotions, bath melts, scrubs, soaks, and salts. It’s the perfect introduction to making all your own body products, and a great place to start for beginner soap crafter...
Want to branch out and try more DIY skincare recipes? Here are some tutorials I’ve created over the years: Sugar cookie lip scrub (with vanilla extract) Healing lip salve Tinted lip balm Homemade lipstick Shimmer lip balm Mint chocolate lip scrub Lip balm locket Do you make your own lip...
If you plan to also wear lip gloss or lipstick, look for brands with SPF and moisturizing ingredients like honey, coconut oil, olive oil, jojoba oil shea and coco butter. Make sure you apply your SPF lip balm underneath your lipstick or gloss if there is no SPF in your gloss or lips...
Aloe vera gel normally burns, sunburns, cuts, and wounds Antifungal salve (cuts, wounds) Cold care capsules (colds, sluggish digestion, infections) Echinacea tincture (boosting immunity, colds, flu, infections) Eucalyptus essential oil (congestion [added to steams], achy muscles, insect repellent...
It is easy and pleasant tomake your own lotion, cream, lip gloss and body butter. You can choose from a wide variety of oils, butters, herbs and essential oils to make custom blends. Lip gloss and salve are blends of oils and wax with essential oil for fragrance. They don't contain ...
In order to make an herbal infusion, you will need three things: 1 tablespoon dried herb of your choice 1 cup boiling hot water Glass jar with a tight lid (make sure it is very clean) The quantities of herbs and water can be increased proportionately to make a larger infusion if you...
This is so hard for you as a grandparent who loves this little one so much but can only do so much to help. And your help and input isn't always welcome... I am encouraged that the child is going to a speech therapist. This person should have the background to make connections if...
After adding more coconut oil and the almond oil, it has the texture of a salve. It is working serious magic on my chapped hands and rough cuticles, and is going into a care package to my son with eczema who’s on military deployment in the Sea of Japan. I think will go in my ...
Comes in:Tea, tincture, tablets, capsules, salves, creams and oil Suggested dosage: capsules or tablets take 300 mg 3 times a day. Tinctures 10-15 drops a day Flowers:Are used to make St John’s Wort blood red infused oil. The oil can be used topically for mild burns, wounds and ...
Make sure to dilute the tea tree oil first because tea tree oil is irritating 4. Rubbing alcohol Rubbing Alcohol Find alcohol with a high isopropyl amount. The higher the amount is, the better it will be. The highest that can be found on the market right now that is still safe for use...