Making our own body care products

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Which types of products are you interested in finding natural alternatives for?

  •  shampoo
  •  foot care
  •  nail treatments
  •  shaving cream
  •  spa treatments
  •  lotions
  •  scrubs
  •  toners
  •  balms
  •  masks
  •  conditioners
  •  foot soaks
  •  tooth powder
  •  massage oil
  •  lip balm
  •  bath salts
  •  deodorant
  •  hair care
  •  baby care
  •  make up
  •  perfume

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Lets smell good!

by Shekinah Lawrence

Jan 1, 2013

Hello everyone and welcome to the group! So I've been filling out my collection of essential oils and and I want to use these wonderful smelling things on everything!

Here's a couple of ideas for the new year:

Take a relaxing bath with Epsom salt and add a few drops of tea tree oil and or sweet orange oil and you emerge feeling like a queen! (Or king) add your favorite oil!

Take your a bit of peppermint oil and add it to a carrier oil like avocado oil and to wake up the sinuses, a little on the chest where the nose can smell it.

Found a cool link on Pinterest that shows how to make a great linen spray that I'll post later. Not a body product but still a cool use for the oils....

Any other ideas or good oil mixtures? Do share!
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    Laura

    I made perfume by adding EO to water (shake before every use, but the water soaks up the scent anyway) - I put in about 100ml water: 4 drops lavender, 6 drops Ylang Ylang, 1 drop ginger, 1 drop black pepper, 1 drop mirh, 2 drops mandarin

    Jan 12, 2013

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    Shekinah Lawrence

    That sounds so cool! I read a blog elsewhere where to add the oil to vodka to kind of break it down without losing the scent. If you let it sit for like a week then add it to distilled water it claims you won't have to shake it. Any thoughts?

    Jan 12, 2013

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    Laura

    It's possible... though I'm not so keen of having alcohol on my body. And it's really no biggie to shake before you use.
    I have the one I made since New Year's and the smell is still unchanged. 

    Jan 14, 2013