Handmade soap from scratch
Do you know that Cleopatra loved clay, so did Nefertiti and it’s no secret that a clay can be a great one of the best pick-me-ups for the skin. Considered an important medicinal and cosmetic tool, clay, is now becoming increasingly popular as a rediscovered treatment for several skincare conditions. Doctors day clays conditions and […]
Exfoliate your face and give it a healthy glow with an all natural tomato scrub. This is one of the simplest beauty recipes ever: slice a tomato in half, cover in sugar or salt, then use the piece of tomato as a scrubber to gently exfoliate your face.
Many store-bought lotions and creams contain petroleum jelly, a crude oil byproduct. In fact, Vaseline, a favorite moisturizer for many folks during the winter, is made of petroleum jelly. Luckily, you don’t need to support big oil just to moisturize your skin! Pure coconut oil is the perfect natural alternative to petroleum jelly.
Most rose water you purchase is not pure rose water but synthetic oil with water and preservatives added to it. Pure rose water is made by distilling water of roses and can also be used to flavor foods such as rice pudding and pastries. You can make about a quart of high quality rose water […]
Sometimes I use coconut flakes and oats (oats and vanilla soap) in my soap as an exfoliator to remove dead skin cells. However yesterday I made a lovely buscuits with coconut and oats! Here is a recipe (from bbc web site). Ingredients 85g porridge oats 85g desiccated coconut 100g plain flour 100g caster sugar 100g […]
Карина Германич Доброго времени суток всем!!! Помните, не раз спрашивали мамочки “Выпадают волосы,что делать?SOS!!!” Я молчала, так как советовать не стала, пока не получила результат! Многие советовали всякое, что тоже отлично помогает(масла,шампуни,лосьёны,маски). Девочки! Мамочки! Решение этой проблемы у нас в группе есть! Может, кому-то из вас покажется что я просто делаю рекламу этой мамочке, но […]
I have been using shea butter as a lip balm for a while, also a bit in my soaps. And actually even didn’t know how and out of what butter was made. So I sit down one day and did my research in Google. Shea butter coming from Ghana, it is a country in Africa […]
Recently, I had noticed the positive effect of sesame oil on my skin, so I have looked in my fav book and see what I have found. Sesame seeds are a rejuvenative tonic for Vata constitution and for the bones and teeth. The black seeds are as they contain higher amounts of solar energy. A […]
Dear Zoya, Recipes for the care of the body can be found dating back many centuries. Even before recipes were recorded by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, people would have been well acquainted with ways of looking after themselves by using the indigenous flowers, barks and plants in their environment. It is only relatively […]
People has been using clays as skin care products since ancient times. Clays are naturally-occurring silicates of the earth, containing minerals, trace elements and nutrients. When used as face and body masks, they help absorb excess oil, dirt and toxins, while simultaneously exfoliating dead skin cells and improving the skin’s circulation. They help purify, nourish […]