Tag: homemade
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October 25, 2006 01:35 AM EDT --
This is from the whole avocado itself.
Avocado Moisturizing Recipe #1
Avocado is a naturally rich moisturizer. Mash the meat of the avocado into a creamy texture. Massage into the face and neck . Leave . . .
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November 21, 2006 06:23 AM EST --
This is a kind of neat stocking stuffer or a gift to add-on to a gift basket.
Ingrediants:
Two heat seal tea bags - OR - two muslin draw string bags, small sized.
Ribbon
Lavender Buds or another Herb . . .
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December 27, 2006 11:46 PM EST --
Skin Softening Butter Bars (Lotion Bars)
Butter Bar
1/4 c. sweet almond oil - or other carrier oil of choice
1/4 c. beeswax pearls/or grated beeswax, white or yellow
1/4 c. shea or cocoa butter (deodorized . . .
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February 05, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Hi,
Tis the season of cold weather and shoveling, soreness and pulled muscles. Once we come in from the cold and get too warm, we can also get itchy. This is a bath blend for both. It's meant to be . . .
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February 18, 2007 01:43 PM EST --
Foot Balm Recipe
1/2oz Cocoa Butter, deodorized
1/2 oz Golden Jojoba Oil
2 oz Sweet Almond Oil
2 oz Grapeseed Oil
1/2 oz Vegetable Glycerin
1/2 oz Beeswax Natural, grated or the pre-grated
7 Drops Lavender . . .
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February 07, 2007 05:33 PM EST --
Coffee Mocha Lipbalm
3 T coffee butter
3 T beeswax, natural
1 1/2 T cocoa butter, natural
1 T honey, local if possible
.5% preservative - LiquiPar Optima
Mix all together except the honey and preservative, . . .
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March 26, 2007 02:22 AM EDT --
Bath Melts
Ingredients:
8 T. Rice Bran, Apricot Kernel Oil or Meadowfoam Seed Oil (or a blend of them all)
2 T. Mango Butter
6 T. Beeswax, Natural Yellow
3 T. Sweet Almond Oil
3 T. Cocoa Butter (deodorized, . . .
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January 01, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
Hi,
This is a little more complicated than some of the other recipes I've posted. If you don't want to, or don't feel ready to try a recipe for lotion from scratch, I also make them from things . . .
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September 15, 2006 11:38 PM EDT --
A salt scrub that we'd pay so much money for as part of a spa treatment is very easy to make right at home, for ourselves.
*Note, if making for a gift, leave the oil out, not the fragrance or essential, . . .
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February 04, 2007 03:15 PM EST --
Butters, or more about butters and their uses, #3.
Kokum Butter
Garcinia indica
Country - India
A nice and usually under-rated butter from the Garcinia tree. This naturally white and smooth butter has . . .
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November 16, 2006 05:04 AM EST --
BODY POWDER
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 T rice flour
6 drops of your choice of an essential oil
Mix together in a bowl and make sure that there are no clumps. Package in a powder shaker container. . . .
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November 25, 2006 01:30 AM EST --
Hi,
Years back, I bought some quilted Christmas material and hand-sewed HUGE stockings out of it. I used (believe it or not, something my Mom told me would last, instead of regular thread), I used Dental . . .
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December 11, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
Hi,
Yep, since I made almost 50 lip balms and glosses yesterday, here is one more recipe :)
VERY Moisturizing Lip Balm
4 oz Beeswax (shaved is easier to melt or use the one that's already in . . .
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December 27, 2006 12:42 PM EST --
Hi,
First off, I'd like to apologize to you all for not posting much, as I've been on the other end, which is making what I've posted! LOL I had Human Services to make and deliver soaps and . . .
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October 03, 2006 11:25 PM EDT --
Lotion Bar Recipes
Lotion bars are just what they sound like. Lotion in a bar, or what I use is a regular lotion bar container. Some use tins and such, I find it easier to just use the container that's . . .
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October 07, 2006 08:42 AM EDT --
Hi,
Once a year, around now, we make up all our own potpourris for the entire year. They look best in the canning jars as they're glass and can be tightly closed. For gifts, you can use the 4ounce . . .
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October 17, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
Hi,
These come out beautiful and we use the potpourri that we've made.
What you need:
Clear Glass (not plastic) oranaments, we like the medium or the large best, the large will show up the most . . .
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November 27, 2006 02:20 AM EST --
Very Moisturizing Lip Balm
4 oz Beeswax
2 oz Shea Butter
2 oz Cocoa Butter (deodorized for no scent, undeodorized for chocolate scent)
2 oz Sweet Almond Oil
2 oz Aloe Butter
Flavoring of choice, or none. . . .
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December 12, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
Hi,
I just finished a batch of lotion bars and they did come out nice, they're rose. The next batch is on the stove, as I NEVER use a microwave for melting anything.
This is the recipe I just used. . . .
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January 23, 2007 11:25 PM EST --
Hi,
When you go to a spa, which I don't do, it can get very expensive and at times, you actually don't know why or what they're using on you. Take the clays for instance. There are several . . .
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