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Part 2. How to Make Your Own Home-Made Natural Skin Care Products -
7 Great Recipes
by Kolbjørn Borseth of Aromantic
The following recipes can be easily made in your own kitchen
using ordinary kitchen equipment:
Marigold Ointment
Melt 15 gr. Beeswax and 45 ml of vegetable oil of your choice in
a double boiler (a saucepan immersed in a larger saucepan of
water). Then add another 35 ml of vegetable oil to the mixture
To this add 3 gr. of Marigold CO2 extract * and 25 drops of
essential oils of your choice.
Pour into jars and label
* Alternatively you can soak marigold flowers in olive oil for 2-
3 weeks and use this oil instead.
Children’s Fizzy Bath Bombs
Mix together:
120 gr. Sodium bicarbonate (sift through a strainer to remove any
lumps)
with 160 gr. Citric Acid and cellulose
Melt separately:
15 gr. Cocoa butter and 15 gr. Turkish red oil
Add them to the powder and blend well
Add 2 - 3 ml of essential oils of your choice and finally some
colouring (without water)
Now blend everything together well for 5 - 6 minutes using your
hands or a kitchen blender
Form it into a ball with your hands and leave to dry. You can
also use a mould to shape the mixture (cake paper moulds are
good). Leave them overnight to dry on greaseproof paper.
Baby Massage Oils
Baby skin needs gentle and safe fats and oils such as those used
for very sensitive skin. We have three classical oils for this
purpose - Apricot kernel oil, Peach kernel oil and Rosehip oil.
Always add a little E-Vitamin oil in your massage oil as its good
for the skin and will help prevent it going rancid.
Baby Massage Oil No 1
30 ml Apricot or Peach kernel oil
30 ml Olive oil (Virgin)
39 ml Thistle oil (Starflower oil)
1 gr. E-Vitamin oil
Add a few drops of essential oils and mix together, bottle and
label
Baby Massage Oil No 2
(without the use of kernel oils)
40 ml Virgin olive oil
58 ml Evening Primrose oil
2 gr. E-vitamin oil
Simply mix together, bottle and label
Luxury Massage Oil
50 ml Organic Apricot oil
45 ml Organic Rosehip oil
5 gr. E-Vitamin oil
Simply blend together then add a few drops of your favorite
essential oil
Bottle and label
Soaps & Shampoos Base Recipe
(dr = drops. These recipes make 1 Litre)
To view this recipe table please go to the following web page:
http://www.aromantic.co.uk/articles/skin-care-products-pt2.htm
Method (shampoos):
1) If using a herbal infusion, make a strong one first, as
follows: Allow 3 - 4gr herbs per 100-ml water. Put in a stainless
saucepan, bring to the boil, switch off heat, strain and allow to
stand and draw for 20 mins (Use the maximum amount of paraben
(0.8%) if you use a herbal infusion)
2) Measure up the Alpha and Sugar or Beta in a jug
3) Measure up the boiling infusion or boiling water and pour it
into the Alpha, Sugar or Beta mixture. Stir it together until it
is dissolved in the blend
4) Measure up the Omega and the Guar Gum. Heat it in a double
boiler till it melts together (Make sure there is no powder left
around the edges of the pot)
5) Pour some of the detergent and water mixture into the
Omega/Guar blend a little at a time and stir. Then pour
everything back to the rest of the mixture and stir together in
cold water in the sink. Then cool it down
6) When the mixture has cooled to 30°C - 25° C, blend in the
Essential Oils or other active ingredients. If the shampoo is too
thin, stir in a little sea salt till you get the desired
consistency
When making soap, dissolve the salt in luke warm water first.
Then carefully pour the Alpha into the mixture and stir (don't
beat) for at least 5 minutes until all of the ingredients are
thoroughly mixed together and the soap thickens. Use litmus paper
to test the mixture before adding Lactic Acid. If the pH is ok
(5.5 - 6) you will not need to add Lactic Acid. If needed, add it
at the end before adding Essential Oils.
In Part 3 Kolbjørn will explain
how to make natural skin creams
and gels, which can be turned into products designed specifically
to address health problems such as cellulite, hemorrhoids, dry
skin and sunburn.
Article reprinted with permission from http://www.aromantic.com
© Copyright Aromantic 2002-2004
About the Author:
Kolbjørn Borseth of Aromantic specialises in empowering people of
all levels in making their own highly effective natural skin care
products. Through his website customers are able to access many
free resources as well as being able to order all the raw
materials, equipment and know-how required to make aromatherapy
products, creams, shampoos, soaps and cosmetics.
Visit Kolbjørn's Natural Skin Care web site at:
http://www.aromantic.co.uk
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