How to make solid perfume balm- make your own skin care

Whilst I was creating my gorgeous make your own lip balm kits, it struck me, that I had some lovely fragrance oils for my soap kits, and that these would make fabulous little gifts as solid perfumes and that also lead to creating some solid perfum balms! Naturally, you may wish to use your favourite Essential Oil for a truely ' pure' solid perfume, plus by using a more medicinal essential oil, it can easily double up as a 'rescue' balm as well!

Ingredients include

• 10g x Beeswax pellets
• 10 ml x Sweet Almond Oil ( or another light odourless oil)

Few drops of your favourite essential oil or fragrance oil

• Melt the beeswax pellets in a bowl over a pan of simmering water until melted.
• Leave to cool slightly, add the sweet almond oil
• Leave to cool a bit longer, before adding your essential oil, do not add whilst still hot, as it will simply evaporate and your perfume will not have any fragrance at all!

Carefully mix, ideally to mix you need something as thin as possible, this is because whatever you put into the melted oil will simply form over the spoon and you will loose a lot of the mixture as it hardens onto your spoon!

Pour into your chosen container, little lip balm pots work really well, and just as great and easier in my opinion is to use a push up lip balm tube, you only need to push it up and rub on the chosen area! No hands, keeping everything clean as well!

Tip

whatever you use to mix, pop it under hot water first, as you would pop a spoon into hot water before you put it into the honey jar! Nothing will stick to it now!

Other useful ideas for your solid perfume balm

Make a little balm with Neem Oil, and rub on the collar of your pet, this will help act as an insect repellant, you could use cedar oil as well, works very effectively and smells a little better!

Create a rescue balm, and use Lavender Oil, these are better for travelling, particularly if travelling by air, with all the restrictions on taking 'liquids' on board flights still in place!

I read recently I think on the Jo Malone perfume website as a suggestion to wearing their perfumes, apply one to the front of your body, and a different (but complimentary perfume) to your back, this way creating some very different affects when meeting people, as you speak and as you leave them!

However you choose to wear your solid perfume, just enjoy!

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!

Organic Natural Chemical Free Way to cleanse and wash your hair! Rhassoul Clay

If you like me, have been horrified at all the chemicals that are contained in Shampoo and are looking for a more natural and less toxic way to cleanse your hair, then look no further than this fabulous Mineral - Rhassoul Clay.

Rhassoul Clay is also known as Lavaerde and this is a 100% natural organic cleansing powder Rhassoul Clay is a truely unique and amazing highly sought after clay which is completely non irritating to skin and your scalp. As it is a natural organic mineral powder it is perfect to use to cleanse both your hair and skin, this will replace Shampoo to cleanse your hair naturally. Without any harmful chemicals at all! 100% pure and natural mineral powder. This cleanses without removing all of your protective sebum, which conventional shampoos do! As this is a powdered clay, and not a tradional shampoo, it is ideal for people who wish to replace using shampoo with a natural, and chemical free way to cleanse their hair and also their body. It is the high levels of mineral content that attracts the dirt, impurities and excess oils to it and then simply rinses away with warm water. Leaving your hair silky soft, shiny and removing impuritities, looking amazing! HAIR AND SCALP TREATMENT BENEFITS INCLUDE : 100% free of irritants and very kind to ALL hair types Cleanses all skin types & hair without stripping the natural protective layers, (never removes the oils in your hair or skin or your skin's sebaceous glands, as aggressive shampoos or soaps often do.) Removes dandruff and eases problems with excessively oily hair, (reduces need for frequent washing) Enhances volume. (really great for very fine, oily hair types)Leaves hair soft and shiny Gradually reduces the need for frequent hair washing. Great for naturally curly hair, afro hair will love this. Adds lots of shine and softness to your hair, particularly benefical for naturally curly hair types Can also be used as a TREATMENT MASK Frequently asked is it suitable for ALL Hair types and the anwer is yes it is, and is particularly good for Afro Hair as well. I would always suggest those who have coloured their hair perhaps do a little patch test first just to ensure it is quite safe, and also to double check for any allergic reactions. However I have never been informed of any by my customers, but there can always be a first for everything!

If you would like to purchase a sample pack which will certainly provide at least one wash maybe more depending on hair length, I have some available but this is a limited stock.

25g Sample Pack £1.69 plus UK Only PP £0.69 Total £2.38

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Are your beauty products killing you ! A great piece in the Daily Mail

There was a great article today in the Daily Mail, ' Dying to be beautiful, are your beauty products killing you!' an article on how toxic and potentially dangerous chemcials are used in our every day cosmetics! Great timing following my post yesterday! This is essential reading if you are worry about what you are eating, because you should also worry about what you are putting on your skin as well. After you have read it, take a look at your shampoo label. This article was written by an author kate Lock and taken from her book, defintely worth a read! I am glad to read that the author is a supporter of Green People products, as their products are really kind to your skin, not only excellent products but they also offer free postage on your first order as well!. Their baby range is particularly wonderful and good for babies skin too!

What is SLS, What Chemicals are in cosmetic and skin care products

Want to know more about the 'chemicals' used in cosmetics and skin care products? What is really in your shampoo? Have you seen products described as 'SLS' free, not sure what it is about?

SLS is Sodium Lauryl Sulphate... This is a harsh chemical degreaser and a known irritant and is found in the majority of commercially produced cosmetic products.

It is used in many cosmetic and skin care products that require a 'foaming' effect, it is used because it is a cheap way of producing lather for these products.

Such products include: Soaps, Shampoo's, Shower Gels, Bubble Bath, Foaming Bath Bombs, and many more !

The major skin care producers use this, just read the label on the back of your boots shampoo, Body Shop Shower Gels, and you will even find it in some of Johnson's Baby products, look at their No More Tears Products!

SLS was originally designed to clean factory floors and degrease car engines! This can clean Lorries, is your skin in need of such harsh cleaning?

There are many reports that SLS can cause the dysfunction of the biological system of the skin, as well as irritating sensitve skin sufferes, such as eczema and psoriasis.

There are endless negative reports, why not put in a google search for SLS or Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and see for yourself!

There is also SLES which is Sodium Laureth Sulphate and again is included in any prodcut which requires a 'Lather Effect' and when this is combined with other chemcials it is considered to create nitrosamines, a potent class of carcinogens. It is frequently disguised in semi-natural cosmetics with the explanation "comes from coconut".

You may like to read this article: How toxic is your bathroom.