How to make natural Lip Balms - Chemical free - Natural make your own skin care

I now have all the gorgeous ingredients to help me create my newest kit ' make your own luscious Lip Balms'. I was horrified the first time I read the ingredients label on a lip balm and discovered all the chemical derivatives that they contain, so with a little research and a lots of practicing I have (in my opinion) come up with a recipe for a gorgeous natural chemical free lip balm.

I love lip balms, not only because they are so good for my lips, but as they are full of skin nourishing natural butters, they good to use elsewhere on your body too! Not just lips, they are good to apply to any area of your skin which is need of some nourishment and tlc! Indeed a friend of mine uses her pure naturally made balm on her babies bottom, and when in a lovely lip balm tin, they take a fraction of the space in a bag to carry around with all the other bits that are so neccessary when travelling with babies!

I should stress that there really is no absolute definitive recipe for lip balms, it really is a case of personal choice, and that is one of the great things about creating your own natural skin care, you can play around with the original recipes, add a little more oil, add a little less butters, and you will eventually find the quantities that will give you the luscious lip balms that you love to use!

So this is really only a guide, a starting place,

Ingredients:

5g Organic Cocoa Butter

4g Organic Shea Butter

3g Beeswax pellets

10ml of Oil ( I prefer Sweet Almond)

1 drop of a yummy flavour - Peppermint/Mandarin/Lime Essential Oils are very nice!

1) Gently melt the cocoa & beeswax first, in a bowl or a jug over a sauce pan of simmering water

2) when melted, turn off the heat from under the pan, add the shea butter to the melted oils and allow to melt.

3)add the liquid oil of choice (Sweet Almond)

Tip!

Leave to cool down for a short time, add your essential oil, if you add these when it a hot mixture, the essential oil will evaporate in the heat and you will not have any flavour in your lip balm!

Once cooled a little, pour into your sterilised and cleaned lip balm containers, either pots or lip balm tubes.

Hints and Tips

Some recipe call for Castor Oil, which works really well, it is just slightly a too strong flavour for my liking if I am making a completely natural lip balm.

Want a harder lip balm? Add fraction less liquid oil, and a touch more cocoa or beeswax

Want a softer lip balm? Add a bit more liquid oil, and a bit less beeswax

It is simply a matter of trial and error to find the recipe that you enjoy as a final lip balm!

Don't forget when doing your trials, always write the quantities down, so that you know what is that you have made, when you finally find the consistancy you like!!!

Add some honey as another natural flavour, and a hint of beetroot juice is a fabulous natural colourant as well!

Sore and chapped lips? Perhaps use some calendula oil instead of the Sweet Almond for it's healing abilities.

However you like your lip balm, certainly enjoy making them!

Descale Kettles Bottle Warmers Sterlisers - Make your own skincare

Descale a kettle, Bottle Warmer, Sterilisers isn't exactly Skincare, however it is a question which I am frequently asked on how to achieve this using natural products.

When asked I always recommend using Citric Acid, because it is considered to be a safe biodegradable natural ingredient, and can be used as a natural and environmentally biodegradable cleaning agent and will descale (amongst other things) quickly and effeciently as well. Plus much quicker than using vinegar.

Recommended by all the well known Baby Sterlising/ Bottle Warmer Manufacturers, such as Avent, who advise the use of Citric Acid to de scale their electical sterilisers and bottle warmers.

So how much to you need? Depending on how hard your water is of course, you may need only one application, but if very hard you may need to repeat it. As a rule of thumb I use approximately a tablespoon full per 200ml of water and that should produce some sparkling results!

To ensure maximum performance and effeciency, it is recommended that you de scale your machines approx every 4 - 6 weeks, depending how hard the water is in your area. This will improve how effectively your machine will operate and save you money!

It is the most effcient to clean, remove stains, sterilise, de-scale and remove hard water deposits from many of your household things see below:

Ideally suited for descaling baby bottle warmers, descaling amd sterilising babies bottle steriliser units not to mention the kettle,dishwasher, sinks and taps and irons!

dscale your washing machine and improve it's performance Removing hard water deposits from glass (shower Doors in particular) Water softner, add to your hard water Preserving and Cordial Making Home Brewing

How to Descale an an Electrical Sterilier Unit Dissolve approximatley 10grams Citric Powder to every 200 ml of water, and follow your manufacturers recommendations. If you do not have scales which weigh in 1g increments, no problems as this does not have to be exact, a desert spoon is about equal.

I use less, as I find this citric acid is really effective which makes this better value than ever! I leave it to de scale for around 15 minutes, but I always recomend that you follow your manufacturers instructions.

Descale an Eletric Kettle Fill your keetle to half full and boil as normal, then add 1 or 2 desertspoons of Citric Acid and simply leave for approx 20 minutes, do not worry if you forget it does not harm the kettle! Then pour away and rinse thoroughly, you will have a fantastic sparkling kettle!

Descale and Clean your Washing Machine fill the main soap cup in the washing machine with approx 20 - 30g of citric acid run a full wash cycle without any clothes in the machine. This will ensure all mineral deposits, lime build up and soap build up are removed by the citric aid and improve the performance and lifetime of your machine.

For Water softening This is ideal if you have hard water, add a little to your washing powder drawer in your washing machine, this will help your washing liquids or powders work better, as the citric acid helps to soften your water and this allows your liquids or powders to foam better therefore clean your clothes more efficiently.

Remove Hard Water marks from glass, (Shower Doors) Citric acid is the active ingredient in some bathroom and kitchen cleaning solutions. Make up a paste of citirc acid and apply directly to the marks with a sponge and this will remove the marks without scrubbing scrubbing.

Certainly a packet of this will last for some time and is a very versatile item to have your kitchen cupboards! I nearly forgot, you can make some delicious Sherbert Lemon Powder too!

Purchase 200g packet of Citric Acid which will descale your machines approx 20 times !

Prices include postage to the UK only, if you are outside of the UK, please email me and I will notify you of the actual postage costs. Email : Info@Makeyourownskincare.com

1 x 200g Citric Acid in a resealable plastic bag including First Class Post (UK)

£3.29