DIY Recipes

Here are some easy DIY recipes for you to create your own all natural, organic, handmade items to enrich your face, skin and hair.

BODY BUTTERS

Body butter is a rich and moisturizing skincare product that’s generally made with skincare butters, like shea butter and cocoa butter. Body butter can be used as an alternative to lotion, since its primary job is to moisturize the skin.

The beauty of body butter is that once you have a simple formula/recipe, it’s easy to customize a butter to your liking.

Homemade Body Butter

Image and recipe via Live Simply

Ingredients

1/4 cup Unrefined Shea Butter (41g)
1/4 cup Raw Cocoa Butter (34g)
1/4 cup Carrier Oil of choice (42g)
1 1/2 tsp arrowroot flour starch *optional(5g)
36 drops Essential Oil of choice *optional

Instructions

Place a glass bowl on top of a saucepan partially filled with water over medium heat. Place the butters in the glass bowl, and allow them to fully melt.

If you're planning to use arrowroot flour in your body butter, in a small bowl, whisk the flour into the carrier oil. Set the mixture aside. If you're not using arrowroot flour, skip this step.

Carefully remove the bowl (and melted butters) from the heat source. Add the oil (with the arrowroot flour, if using), and stir to combine the ingredients.

At this point, the oil mixture should be cooler (along with the bowl). If not, allow it to rest for a few minutes. Then place the mixture in the fridge and allow it to solidify (about 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on location in the fridge and fridge temperature).

Once the mixture is opaque and a bit firm (not solid as a rock), remove the bowl from the fridge. Add the essential oil of choice, if desired.

Use a stand/hand mixer to "whip" the mixture until light and fluffy.

Scoop the body butter into a jar with a lid. Place the lid on the jar. Store the body butter at room temperature (out of sunlight).

This mixture should last about six months, if bacteria isn't introduced to the mixture via dirty hands.

To Use:

After bathing, apply a small amount of body butter to your fingertips, and then massage the butter on your skin/body. Apply as needed.

SUGAR SCRUB RECIPES

One of the easiest ways to soft, beautiful skin is by regular exfoliation! If your skin has been on the rather dull-looking side, then mix up a bowl of this simple basic brown sugar scrub and see and feel the instant difference! Come back and thank us later :)

Sweet & Simple Brown Sugar Scrub

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar (try using half raw cane sugar and half turbinado sugar for best results)
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (or use a blend of organic sweet almond and organic apricot kernel oils)
1/2 tsp vitamin E oil *optional
15 - 20 drops essential oil of choice

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.

Put mixture in an air-tight container.

Close lid and keep closed when not in use.

To use, simply scoop out spoonfuls using a dry clean spoon and rub onto wet skin in circular motions.

*Avoid getting water in product as water causes bacteria to grow. Discard any left over sugar scrub after 3 months or so.

Herbal Honey Lemon Sugar Scrub

Image and recipe via www.homemademommy.net

Ingredients

1 cup organic cane sugar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp raw honey
2 tsp dried rosemary
15 drops lemon essential oil
15 drops lavender essential oil

Directions

Mix sugar, dried rosemary, olive oil, and raw honey together.

Add essential oils and stir well to combine.

Scoop into air-tight container.

To use, simply scoop out spoonfuls using a dry clean spoon and rub onto wet skin in circular motions.

*Avoid getting water in product as water causes bacteria to grow. Discard any left over sugar scrub after 3 months or so.

FACIAL SERUMS

Image via www.oneessentialcommunity.com

Facial serums are all the rave - and rightly so! But you don't have to fork out loads of cash to buy one as you can make one for yourself tailored to your specific skin type!

These facial serum recipes are all natural with no unkind additives.

Recipes found on oneessentialcommunity.com. Please check out the blog post for more information.

DIY Face Serum with Essential Oil for NORMAL SKIN