Since I was low on shampoo and facial scrub, I decided to make some more. The ingredients are blessedly few and free of sodium lauryl sulfate.
To make the scrub, you will need a coffee grinder, 1/4 cup measuring cup, a small funnel, and a small bottle (ones from traveling kits work well, and are available at most stores). A chopstick helps when coaxing the scrub down the funnel into the bottle.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup dry milk
and 1/4 cup oatmeal.
Add both ingredients to the coffee grinder and grind until they are reduced to powder.
Pour the ground oatmeal and dry milk into the bottle using a funnel.
To apply, add a small portion to the cupped palm of your hand and add water, mixing with a fore finger, until you reach the desired consistency. This mixture may also be used as a mask.
According to Look Good Naturally, Cleopatra was "renown for her beauty and lovely skin", and owed much of this to the milk baths she took. Milk contains lactic acid which "melts the adhesive substance" fortifying dead skin cells and cleanses the skin to "its deepest layers".
Oatmeal is no less beneficial for the skin. According to Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Susan Stuart, it "contains both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and as such is ideal for sensitive skin and to treat a variety of skin disorders (i.e sunburns, eczema and poison ivy)".
Directions:
Add the drops and splash of essential oils to 1/4 cup of water and stir.
Add the water with essential oils to the bottle.
Pour in 1/4 cup of castile soap.
Fasten the pump to the bottle and gently shake the contents.
FACIAL SCRUB
To make the scrub, you will need a coffee grinder, 1/4 cup measuring cup, a small funnel, and a small bottle (ones from traveling kits work well, and are available at most stores). A chopstick helps when coaxing the scrub down the funnel into the bottle.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup dry milk
Directions:
Add both ingredients to the coffee grinder and grind until they are reduced to powder.
According to Look Good Naturally, Cleopatra was "renown for her beauty and lovely skin", and owed much of this to the milk baths she took. Milk contains lactic acid which "melts the adhesive substance" fortifying dead skin cells and cleanses the skin to "its deepest layers".
Oatmeal is no less beneficial for the skin. According to Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Susan Stuart, it "contains both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and as such is ideal for sensitive skin and to treat a variety of skin disorders (i.e sunburns, eczema and poison ivy)".
SHAMPOO
Because most shampoos contain sodium lauryl sulfate, I combed the internet to for alternatives. I found a recipe (one I can't find again). The recipe's short list of ingredients appealed, as well as the ingredients' benefits to the scalp and the hair.
To make the shampoo you will need a small pump bottle (found in most travel kits), a 1/4 cup measuring cup, and a funnel.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Dr Bonner's Castile Soap
1/4 cup water
10 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
Splash peppermint essential oil
Add the drops and splash of essential oils to 1/4 cup of water and stir.
Dr Bonner's castile soaps make a fabulous base for the shampoo because of their ingredients. This is from the label of the almond soap:
"Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide**, Organic Palm Kernel
Oil*, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Natural
Almond Fragrance, Citric Acid, Tocopherol"
The essential oils have specific attributes that are excellent for the scalp.
Rosemary: has been used as an ingredients in shampoos for centuries by many cultures. Along with containing astringent properties, rosemary also stimulates blood flow as well as acts as a stimulant.
Lavender: has also been used for centuries dating back to the ancients Greeks and Romans. It also contains stimulating and antibacterial properties.
Peppermint: contains menthol and can reduce dandruff and gives hair shine and can help hair growth.
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I forgot how wonderful it feels to make and use your own homemade all natural beauty products. I am going to the store right now to get the things I don't have and will be using them tonight.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Enjoy!
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