Enjoy making your own homemade Shower Gel

Shower Gel Recipe

Homemade Shower Gel

For dry skin

1 cup rose water
2 cups natural baby shampoo
or liquid castile soap
30 drops lavender essential oil
30 drops geranium essential oil

For sensitive skin

1 cup rose water
2 cups natural baby shampoo
or liquid castile soap
30 drops lavender essential oil
30 drops chamomile essential oil

For oily, blemished skin

1 cup orange-blossom water
2 cups natural baby shampoo
or liquid castile soap
30 drops peppermint essential oil
30 drops lemon essential oil

In a large measuring cup or medium-sized bowl, combine all ingredients and gently stir to blend, keeping foam minimal. Pour into 3, 8-ox. plastic squeeze bottles. Keep 1 in the shower and the other 2 in a cool cabinet or refrigerator until needed.

Indian Massage Oil

This skin-softening mixture of oils, for use after a shower gel, comes from Ayurveda, an ancient medicine practiced in India.

1 cup unrefined sesame oil
10 drops peppermint essential oil
10 drops lemongrass essential oil
10 drops geranium essential oil
10 drops basil essential oil

1. Cleanse your skin with a gentle shower gel and rinse thoroughly. Pat dry.
2. While your body is still slightly damp, apply approximately 1 tbsp. of the oil mixture over the entire body. Massage your feet and work toward your heart until the oil is absorbed.

Note: Anyone who has extremely dry, dehydrated skin should follow the second step with a layer of body lotion.

Application:

Shower with water that's slightly warm to cool. Spread the shower gel evenly on your skin using a washcloth or loofah. Massage your body, working upward, using broad, circular strokes. Rinse thoroughly. Gently pat yourself dry, and then follow with an application of a moisturizer or body powder, if desired.

Ingredient Benefits:

Rose water for gentle care: Rose water is often found in commercial cosmetic products because of its fragrant, softening and mildly astringent properties. The delicate water is obtained from a steam distillation process that can extract the oil. Its gentle effect make rose water great for use in shower gels, creams and lotions.

Baby shampoo for a base: Unscented natural baby shampoo, available in health-food stores, makes a good base for a shower gel. It's gentle on the skin, lathers well and is suitable for personalizing with the scent of your favorite essential oil.

Liquid castile soap for sensitive skin: Liquid castile soap is a concentrated solution of an olive-oil based soap. It makes a perfect shower-gel base for those with very sensitive skin. The resulting product also has a thinner consistency than baby shampoo.

Orange-blossom water for oily skin: Orange-blossom water, sometimes called neroli water, helps improve and refine pores as well as refresh oily skin. When added to a shower gel, its astringent properties prevent blemishes from forming and improve the appearance of skin. Orange-blossom water, a by-product of essential-oil production, has an uplifting scent.

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