Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 17

Fabulous Foot Gel

100ml chamomile German water
3g sclerotium gum
5ml aloe vera concentrate
1ml grapefruit seed extract
25 drops spearmint essential oil
15 drops peppermint essential oil

Warm the chamomile water to 50°C in a glass jug or beaker. Add the aloe vera concentrate and mix well.
Sprinkle the sclerotium gum over the water, blending well with a stick blender to remove any lumps.
Allow to cool until the gel begins to thicken and add the essential oils. Blend well and pour into a 100g glass jar.

Everything’s Coming up Roses

Dilute in carrier oil to make a daily body oil, or add 3 drops to a face cloth and leave in the bottom of your shower every morning.

10 drops rose 3% in jojoba
10 drops neroli 3% in jojoba
8 drops bergamot non phototoxic essential oil
4 drops olibanum essential oil

Add essential oils to a small dripolator bottle, and use as required.

Deodorising Foot Powder

100g talc base
15 drops lavender spike Spanish essential oil
10 drops peppermint Australian essential oil
5 drops tea tree organic essential oil

Put the talc base in a bowl, then work through the drops of essential oil with a wooden spoon. To completely remove any lumps, and to distribute the oils evenly, push the mixture through a sieve several times.
Store in a talc shaker for one week before using to let the oils absorb into the talc.

Soothing Baby Balm

This soothing balm is good to put on baby’s bottom as a moisturising balm. By adding extra ingredients to the base moisturiser you can create a cream which adds extra protection to baby’s skin.

5g mango kernel butter
5g shea butter
10ml calendula infused oil
30g moisturiser base
2 drops mandarin cold pressed Australian essential oil (or more if not for baby)

Soften the mango kernel butter and Shea butter in a 50g jar using the bain-marie method. For a simple ‘at home’ bain-marie, place the mango kernel butter and Shea butter in glass jar which is placed in a saucepan of shallow water. The shallow water will allow the butters to melt evenly and prevent them from burning.
When the butters are soft enough (this will take less than 5 minutes) pour the moisturiser base into the jar, a little at a time. When the butters and moisturiser base have mixed well, add the calendula oil and 2 drops of mandarin Australian. Stir until all has been absorbed.
This recipe will take you less than 10 minutes to make. This recipe also helps adult hands and feet. The Shea butter and mango kernel butter are natural skin softeners and also coat without being greasy. Calendula oil is soothing and calming to irritated or inflamed skin.

After Work Foot Bath

60g magnesium sulphate
½ teaspoon green clay
15 drops lavender French alpine essential oil
10 drops geranium Egyptian essential oil

In a glass bowl blend the green clay into the magnesium sulphate. Dot the drops of essential oil over the surface of the blended salts and clay, then work through the mix with a wooden spoon, smoothing any lumps.
Pour the salts into a dark coloured jar.
Add a teaspoon to a foot bath of warm water to soothe away any pressures.

Revitalising Foot Massage Oil

45ml hazelnut oil
5ml arnica infused oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
8 drops juniperberry extra essential oil
8 drops rosemary Spanish essential oil

Mix all the ingredients together in a dark glass bottle.

Cooling Foot Spray

120ml witchhazel
1ml aloe vera concentrate
4ml solubiliser
15 drops lavender spike Spanish essential oil
10 drops peppermint Australian essential oil

Blend the essential oils with the solubiliser and pour into a 125ml spray bottle. Add the aloe vera concentrate and the witchhazel and cap. Shake to blend ingredients.

Fresh Foot Wash

125ml additive free shower and bath gel
8 drops lime west Indian distilled essential oil
8 drops spearmint essential oil
5 drops tea tree premium essential oil
2 drops niaouli essential oil

Pour the bath and shower gel into a plastic bottle, then add the essential oils. Shake well to combine the oils with the shower gel. To use: pour some into a foot bath or on a sponge or face cloth and vigourously scrub the feet.

Lip Salve

15g cocoa butter
20g beeswax
2 teaspoon avocado oil
2 teaspoon wheatgerm oil
2 teaspoon castor oil
5 drops rose essential oil
3 drops chamomile essential oil

Put all the ingredients except the essential oil into a small pan with a spout (or use a stainless steel ladle with a lip). Melt over a pan of water.
As soon as they have dissolved to an oily liquid, remove from the heat, add the essential oil and stir carefully.
Pour into moulds. You can use any cylindrical-shaped mould or small, sealable dishes. Make sure your container is spotlessly clean.
Leave the mixture to set for 5 minutes in the freezer or 10 minutes in the fridge. A cylindrical-shaped lip salve can be stored in an old lipstick holder. Store the ones not in use in the fridge.
As the balm contains no water, the jar you are using may be kept at room temperature.

Pet Bedding Wash

Make sure you wash and air your pets bedding regularly.
250ml sulphate free shampoo
20 drops lavender essential oil
15 drops sage Spanish essential oil
5 drops peppermint arvensis oil

Blend essential oils into shampoo and store in a plastic squeeze bottle. Use as a liquid detergent when washing your pets bedding.

Soothing Massage Oil for Large Dogs

100ml rich massage oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
8 drops orange Valencia essential oil
3 drops patchouli essential oil
2 drops neroli essential oil

Blend together in a dark 100ml bottle.

Bath Bombs

Equipment:
Mixing bowls
Moulds—jelly moulds, tea balls, cookie cutters
Sieve
Spoon
Teaspoon measure

Ingredients:
120g bicarb soda
75g citric acid
4 teaspoon sweet almond oil
Food colouring
12 drops essential oil of your choice
Try: spearmint, lavender, rose, geranium, mandarin
Avoid: thyme, cinnamon, clove

Method:
Ensure all of your equipment is dry before you begin. Wipe the inside of the moulds with sweet almond oil.
Sieve 120g bicarb soda and 75g citric acid together into a large bowl. Stir well.
In a small cup or bowl measure 4 teaspoon of sweet almond oil. Add to the oil a total of 6 drops of food colouring and 12 drops of essential oil—blend well.
Pour the oil mixture into the base and begin mixing with your fingertips. You will need to work quite quickly to ensure that the mixture does not begin to fizz/ work through the mixture until it starts to stick together.
Press the mixture firmly into the moulds—make sure you press it in firmly. Leave in the mould for 24 hours and then turn out and add it to your bath.
Experiment with:
Colours and essential oils (keep the total number of drops to the levels stated above), botanicals, adding other minerals and salts eg. Magnesium sulphate, Epsom salt, sea salt, shapes and sizes.

Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 16

Minty Pantry Spray

100ml ecol dishwashing liquid
150ml lavender floral water
25 drops peppermint Australian essential oil
25 drops lavender spike Spanish essential oil

In a 250ml spray bottle, combine the dishwashing liquid and essential oils.
Add the floral water and combine.
Spray on pantry shelves, kitchen bench tops, or even use to clean the floor.
Caution! Take care on painted surfaces—test first in an inconspicuous area.

Lavender and Sandalwood Furniture Polish

200g beeswax leatherwood
60ml linseed oil
5 drops sandalwood essential oil (optional)
10 drops lavandin essential oil (optional)

You may make this polish unfragranced if you prefer.
In a double boiler (or use a glass jug over a pan of water), heat the beeswax and linseed oil until melted.
Take off the heat and let cool slightly, then add the essential oils if you are using them.
As with all products containing essential or fragrance oils, make sure you test them on your furniture in an inconspicuous place first, as some varnishes will react with the oils.

Peace Potion Bath and Body Oil

100ml avocado oil
20ml camellia oil
12 drops tangerine essential oil
8 drops geranium Egyptian essential oil
5 drops grapefruit pink essential oil

In a 125ml bottle, pour all ingredients. Cap and shake to blend.
(If you add this to your bath, Please Take Care, this will make it very slippery).

Smiling Spirit Bubble Bath

250ml bath and shower gel
22 drops orange Valencia essential oil
12 drops lavender organic essential oil
8 drops olibanum essential oil
4 drops ylang ylang complete organic essential oil

Pour the bath and shower gel into a 250ml plastic bottle. Add t he essential oils, and cap the bottle. Shake thoroughly to blend the oils evenly through the bath and shower gel.
Squeeze some into the bath under running water, or add to a sponge and use in the shower.

Glowing Goddess Body Scrub

60g additive free cleansing lotion
10g body scrub
10 drops bergamot non-phototoxic essential oil
7 drops ylang ylang complete essential oil
3 drops vetiver essential oil

In a small bowl, mix the body scrub with the cleansing lotion. Add the essential oils and stir thoroughly to combine. Spoon the mixture into a 100g jar.
Use once a week to keep your skin glowing.

Sensitive Skin Soothing Oil

15ml borage oil
10ml chamomile matricaria 3% in jojoba
5 drops lavender French population essential oil

Combine all ingredients in a 25ml glass bottle, and apply daily to dry or irritated skin.
Note: Discontinue use if skin irritation occurs.

Orange Delight Bath Milk

100g bicarbonate of soda
150g full cream milk powder
¼ teaspoon pink clay
¼ teaspoon yellow clay
20 drops orange navel essential oil
10 drops patchouli aceh essential oil
10 drops ylang ylang complete essential oil

In a large glass or ceramic bowl, mix the milk powder, clays and bicarbonate of soda. Add the essential oils and stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon, until the oils have been blended into the milk and clay mixture.
Spoon into a 250g jar.

Exotic Flower Bubble Bath

125ml additive free shower and bath gel
10 drops lavender Bulgarian essential oil
10 drops sandalwood Australian essential oil
3 drops jasmine absolute
3 drops Peru balsam essential oil

Pour the bath and shower gel into a 125ml plastic bottle. Add the essential oils, and cap the bottle. Shake thoroughly to blend the oils evenly through the bath and shower gel.
Squeeze some into the bath under running water, or add to a sponge and use in the shower.

Sandalwood and Palmarosa Facial Tonic

120ml orange flower water
5ml solubiliser
10 drops sandalwood west Australian
10 drops palmarosa essential oil
5 drops petitgrain essential oil

Combine solubiliser with essential oils in the bottom of a dark coloured bottle. Slowly pour in the floral water and cap. Shake gently to combine.
Use daily after cleansing the face.

“Oil Free” Moisturising Gel

95ml chamomile German water
5ml aloe vera concentrate
3g sclerotium gum
.5ml grapefruitseed extract
8 drops sandalwood west Australian essential oil
4 drops lavender French population essential oil
2 drops yarrow essential oil
1 drop chamomile German extra blue essential oil

Warm the chamomile water to 60°C in a glass jug or beaker. Add the aloe vera concentrate and mix well.
Sprinkle the sclerotium gum over the water, blending well with a stick blender to remove any lumps.
Allow to cool until the gel begins to thicken and add the essential oils and grapefruit seed extract. Blend well and pour into a 100g glass jar.

Balancing Moisturiser for Combination Skin

50g moisturiser base
4 drops geranium essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops grapefruit essential oil

In a small bowl, thoroughly mix the essential oils into the moisturiser base. Store in a dark coloured 50g jar, and use daily.

After Sun Spray

93ml watermelon water
5ml solubiliser
2ml aloe vera concentrate
10 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops chamomile matricaria 3% dilution in jojoba

Mix the essential oils with the solubiliser and aloe vera concentrate, and then add the mixture to the watermelon water.
Store in a dark coloured spray bottle.

Zesty Shower Gel

100ml shower and bath gel base
16 drops tangerine essential oil
4 drops lemongrass organic essential oil

Add the essential oils to the bath and shower gel and mix well.
Store in a plastic bottle in the shower.

Combat Pressure Massage Oil

100ml rich massage oil
20 drops lavender organic essential oil
10 drops patchouli aceh essential oil
10 drops ylang ylang complete organic essential oil

Blend the essential oils into the rich massage oil and store in a dark glass bottle.

Insect Deterrent Spray

95ml rosemary Australian floral water
5ml solubiliser
12 drops lavender Tasmanian essential oil
5 drops citronella Ceylon essential oil
3 drops fennel sweet essential oil

In a glass beaker, mix the essential oils with the solubiliser. Add the rosemary water and blend well.
Store in a dark coloured spray bottle.

Romance Revival

10 drops rose 3% in jojoba
6 drops jasmine 3% in jojoba
4 drops neroli 3% in jojoba

Blend oils in a shallow saucer, and massage onto pulse points, solar plexus and heart chakra. Also suitable to use as a perfume.

Blooming Marvelous Bath Treat

4 drops rose absolute
1 Tablespoon dried rose petals (crushed)
1 cup magnesium sulphate
1 Tablespoon rose clay
10ml sweet almond oil

Combine all ingredients in a b owl and then add to a warm bath, your skin will feel silky smooth, your mind relaxed and your body restored.

Gardener’s Hand Cream

50g additive free moisturiser
5ml carrot infused oil
10ml hemp seed oil
10 drops lavender French alpine essential oil
20 drops olibanum essential oil
10 drops mandarin essential oil

Mix the moisturiser, carrot and hemp oil together into a small cosmetic jar or pot. Add essential oils and mix thoroughly.

Zesty Foot Butter

50g body butter
10 drops spearmint essential oil
5 drops lime west Indian distilled essential oil
3 drops bergamot mint essential oil
2 drops bergamot non-phototoxic essential oil

Carefully work the essential oils through the body butter until mixed thoroughly. Spoon into a glass or plastic opaque jar.

Soothing Foot Bath Oil

120ml solubiliser
5ml lavender organic essential oil
15 drops chamomile German extra blue essential oil

Blend the essential oils together with the solubiliser and pour into a glass bottle. This goes a very pretty colour, but remember to store it away from the light.
Add a few drops to your footbath for a soothing effect.

Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 15

Soothing Summer Body Spray

1 Tablespoon witch hazel
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon cucumber extract
1 cup water

For a refreshing cool feeling, make an after show spray by combining all the ingredients. Place in a pump spray bottle.

Homemade Hair Gel

½ to 1 teaspoon unflavoured gelatine
1 cup warm water

Dissolve gelatine in 1 cup warm water. Keep refrigerated and use as you would a purchased gel.

Deodorant Body Splash

4oz vinegar
3 teaspoon vodka
9 drops grapefruit essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
6 drops lemon essential oil
3 drops peppermint essential oil
4 drops rosemary essential oil
6 drops sage essential oil

Add to 2 cups purified water. Blend the oils together, add them to the vodka, and shake well. Let settle for half an hour, then add the vinegar and shake well. Pour mixture into 2 cups purified water and shake well. Finally, pass the liquid through a paper coffee filter. The longer you leave the essential oils in the vodka and vinegar mix before adding to the water, the stronger the scent will be.

Solid Cologne

3 parts carrier oil (sweet almond or jojoba)
2 parts beeswax
1 part essential oil of your choice

Melt the beeswax, add the carrier oil, then the essential oil. You might want to let the mixture cool a bit before add the essential oil, so it doesn’t dissipate from the heat. Pour into the tins and let cool completely before capping. Always use a Pyrex measuring cup to melt the stuff so you can pour it in the containers.

Homemade Scented Hair Gel

1 cup water
2 Tablespoon flax seed
2 drops scented oil of your choice

Combine water and seeds in a small saucepan.
Bring to the boil then remove from heat.
Allow to set for a half an hour.
Strain through fine colander.
When completely cooled, add scented oil.

Oily Hair Treatment

½ teaspoon aloe vera gel (squeeze gel out of aloe vera plant)
1 Tablespoon lemon juice

Blend ingredient together with ¼ cup of your regular hair shampoo. Wash hair then rinse well.

Hot Oil Hair Treatment

2 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon honey

Combine oil and honey in small plastic sandwich bag.
Fill a coffee cup with water and heat until almost boiling.
Dip sandwich bag in water just until oil is warmed.
Apply warm oil to dry hair, working from scalp to tips.
Cover your head with a shower cap and leave for 15 minutes.
Wash hair as usual.

Notes: while hair is conditioning, hop in the shower or bath. The warmer the oil stays, the better it works.

Glitter Dust

¼ cup aloe vera gel
1 teaspoon glycerine
¼ teaspoon fine polyester glitter (any colour)
5 drops essential oil of your choice
1 drop food colouring (your choice)

Mix aloe and glycerine in a small bowl. Stir in glitter, essential oil and colour. It is ready to use immediately.

Basic Body Balm

¼ cup beeswax pellets
¼ cup carrier oil

Pour oil into enamel coated pan, add grated beeswax.
Stir on medium low heat until melted.
Remove from heat and allow to cool sightly.
If consistency is too thin, add more beeswax; if too thick, add more oil. When you have your desired consistency.
Stir with a wooden or plastic spoon. (you won’t be using it for cooking again).
Pour into containers.
Add your essential oils, and stir well again.
To use the balms, rub on bottoms of feet, back of neck, inside wrists and or temples.

Light Hand Cream

This is a light cream to use on hands or face.

1oz emulsifying wax
½oz cocoa butter
3 teaspoon carrier oil
1 teaspoon glycerine
12oz rose water (or purified water with a teaspoon of vitamin C powder stirred in for preservative)

Warm rose water and glycerine.
Melt wax and cocoa butter in a double boiler. Take off heat and add water and glycerine.
Beat until thick. If using a beater, you may have to finish up by hand.

Unscented Moisture Cream

2 Tablespoons carnauba wax
1 Tablespoon white beeswax
½ cup apricot kernel oil
6oz jar

Over low heat, melt the wax and oil in a double boiler. Stir. Remove from heat and pour into jar.
If you want to make this a scented cream, simply add two drops of your favourite essential oil to the mixture as it cools, before you pour it into the jar. Beware of using essential oils with photo toxic properties.

Honey Lip Balm

2 Tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon honey
¾ teaspoon beeswax—grated
½ teaspoon cocoa butter
Flavoured oil of your choice—to taste
1 vitamin E capsule

In a small saucepan, melt oil, honey, wax and butter over low heat.
Remove from heat and allow to cool for 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir in flavoured and contents of vitamin E capsule.
Pour into containers of your choice.

Basic Massage Oil

6 teaspoons carrier oil of your choice
8 drops essential oil of your choice

Blend ingredients well, warm up oil before doing any massage including your fingertips.

Regular Lip Balm

12g beeswax
12g Shea butter
12g cocoa butter
12g sweet almond oil

Place the wax and butters in a heat proof jug and melt them together. The easiest way is to microwave them for 1 minute then wrap the jug in two tea towels and let it sit to melt. You could also place jug in a double boiler but ensure that no water gets into the jug.
Once melted, add the oil and heat gently to remelt all of the waxes/butters. Remove from heat and add 20 drops of essential oil. Stir to incorporate.
Half fill the container and wait until it sets (goes opaque) but is still warm. Completely fill the container and leave to cool completely before putting the cap on. If you do it this way you won’t get a depression in the middle of the container.
Label and enjoy!

Basic Lip Balm

4oz almond oil
1oz beeswax
1 capsule of vitamin E
Flavouring or essential oil of your choice

Combine almond oil and beeswax. Warm slowly until beeswax is melted. Remove from heat.
Pierce vitamin E capsule and squeeze into the mixture. Add a half teaspoon of flavouring or up to 5 drops of essential oil and mix. Pour into small jars or lip balm tubes and let harden.

Fit for sandles foot bath blend

100ml coconut oil
20 drops mandarin Australian essential oil
10 drops patchouli essential oil
10 drops peppermint Mitcham essential oil

Gently melt the coconut oil in a bowl over hot water. Add the essential oils, and pour into ice cube trays (small cubes are best). Leave to set in the fridge and then add one lock per footbath. Store the unused blocks in a jar in the fridge, as the low melting point of coconut oil could mean your blocks will melt back into a solid mass on hot days if stored in a cupboard.

Refreshing Scented Tissues

A pocket sized packet of tissues
A cotton wool ball
Citrus fresh essential oil blend

Place a few drops of citrus fresh essential oil blend on the cotton wool ball, and place it inside the packet of tissues. Seal (use a piece of sticky tape if you need to) and leave for 24 hours.
Remove the cotton wool and voila! You have scented tissues!

Citrus Zest Dishwashing Liquid

500ml ecol dishwashing liquid
25 drops lime cold pressed essential oil
15 drops bergamot calabrian essential oil
10 drops lemon cold pressed essential oil
5 drops orange Valencia essential oil

Combine the essential oil with the dishwashing liquid in plastic squeeze bottle and shake well to combine.
Recycle an old dishwashing liquid bottle.

Fresh and Lively Toilet Cleaner

250ml ecol dishwashing liquid
250ml distilled water
5ml rosemary Spanish essential oil
5ml lemongrass cochin essential oil

In a plastic bottle, combine the ecol dishwashing liquid with the essential oils and blend thoroughly. Add the distilled water and mix well. This works well in a spray bottle (no touching the toilet) or recycle an old toilet cleaner bottle.

Exotic Orient Room Spray

240ml lavender floral water
10ml essential oil solubiliser
2ml Japanese dragon soap and candle soluble fragrance oil
1ml jasmine fragrance oil

In a glass beaker combine the fragrance oils thoroughly with the solubiliser, and pour into the bottom of a 250ml spray bottle. Pour in the lavender floral water, cap the bottle and shake to combine.
Spray around the home for a pretty floral scent.
Caution! Keep away from painted or varnished surface.

Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 14

Flea Powder

2 cups baking soda
5 drops pennyroyal essential oil
5 drops citronella essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil

To baking soda add essential oils and mix well. Store in a powder sifter. Sprinkle a small amount onto your carpets or put a small amount onto your animal bed. Let sit and then vacuum.

Lavender & Tea Tree Spray Cleaner

1 teaspoon borax
2 Tablespoon white vinegar
2 cups hot water
¼ teaspoon lavender essential oil
3 drops tea tree essential oil

Mix all ingredients together and stir until dry ingredients dissolve. Pour into spray bottle for long-term storage and use. Spray as needed on any surface except glass. Scrub and rinse with a clean damp cloth.

Disinfectant Spray for Surfaces

3 drops cinnamon leaf
5 drops pine needle
2 drops frankincense essential oil
10 drops bergamot essential oil
⅛ teaspoon sunshine concentrate
30oz water

Combine essential oils with sunshine concentrate and water in a 32oz trigger spray bottle. Spray on and wipe surfaces, dry. Disinfects countertops, stovetops and tiles.

Relaxing Aromatherapy Body Lotion

3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops spikenard essential oil
4 drops neroli essential oil

To an 8oz bottle of unscented body lotion, add the above aromatherapy oils, cap the bottle and shake it thoroughly.

Nourishing Facial Serum

½oz jojoba oil
¼oz evening primrose oil
15 drops vitamin E oil
8 drops geranium essential oil
8 drops frankincense essential oil
8 drops carrot seed essential oil

Combine the following aromatherapy oils in a 1oz dark glass bottle that has a lid with a dropper, cap the bottle and invert it several times to mix. Only 1 or 2 drops of serum should be used for the entire face and throat area, either on it’s own or before applying facial lotion.

Fresh Breath Lip Balm

2 Tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon beeswax granules
10 drops vitamin e oil
3 drops peppermint essential oil

Heat water in a deep pot to hot but not boiling. Place beeswax into a heatproof glass measuring cup with a handle, such as a pyrex cup, and hook the handle of the cup onto the side of the pot to form a double boiler. The bottom two inches of the heatproof cup should be submerged in water—add more water to the pot, or remove some water if necessary, to adjust to the correct level. The hot water will heat the cup and melt the beeswax. Stir the canola oil and vitamin E oil into the meted beeswax using a chopstick or some other non-metal tool. Remove the glass cup from the heat, quickly add the peppermint essential oil and stir. Before the mixture starts to cool and harden, pour it into empty chapstick style lip balm to harden and cool, then cap the lip balm containers.

Super Rich Body Butter

A very rich body butter. Great for rough spots—hands, feet, elbows and knees

⅓ cup Shea butter
2 Tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon evening primrose oil or vitamin E oil

Melt the Shea butter and olive oil in the microwave.
Let it sit for 20—30 minutes.
Add the evening primrose or vitamin E oil
After it cools, put into desired jar.
It takes 8—10 hours (maybe more) to thicken.

Sheaaloe

½ cup Shea butter
½ cup 100% aloe jelly/juice
1 Tablespoon emulsifying wax
1 Tablespoon honey
10—40 drops essential oil of your choice

Melt Shea butter, honey and wax in double boiler for 20 minutes.
Add aloe juice and essential oils and simmer for 3 minutes.
Let it cool naturally mixing with hand mixer every half hour or so. Should take a couple of hours to harden.

All Butter Lotion Bars

2oz cocoa butter
2oz beeswax
2oz Shea Butter

Melt all together and pour into a container or mould. Be sure to mix ingredients well.

Thick & Rich Body Oil / Hair Milk

1 Tablespoon Shea Butter, melted
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup sweet almond oil
¼ cup olive oil

Melt together. Add fragrance. Put into 8oz bottle with a disk top. Bottle and cap. Let the mixture cool.

Honey Butter Lip Balm

2 teaspoon olive oil
½ teaspoon grated beeswax
½ teaspoon Shea butter or cocoa butter
½ teaspoon honey
Flavoured oil to taste
1 vitamin E capsule

Melt the oil, wax, honey and butter over low heat. Allow a few minutes to cool and then add the flavouring and contents of the vitamin E capsule. Stir to blend and then pour into containers. If you would like a firmer lip balm, add a little more wax to the ingredient list.

Shea Butter Conditioning Cream

1 Tablespoon Shea butter
1 Tablespoon conditioner
½ Tablespoon oil

Make sure Shea butter is soft. This can easily be done by setting it in the sun. Mix with an equal part of conditioner. Use natural conditioner so no chemicals will effect the properties of the Shea butter. Add in a half part oil, like jojoba, meadowfoam seed oil and mix well. Allow to cool and harden. If the mixture tends to separate, stir a few times during the cooling process and it should stay well mixed.
Apply a pea sized amount to your ends. This may feel slightly sticky at first, but it will not leave your hair sticky.

Baby Butter

1oz mango butter
1oz Shea Butter
2oz aloe butter
1oz beeswax

Heat all ingredients in a glass measuring cup and pour into sterilized containers. You can increase or decrease the beeswax to the consistency you prefer. Leave this unscented.

Lotion Bars—Recipe 2

4oz beeswax
4oz Shea Butter (use cocoa butter for 1 or 2 Tablespoon of this)
3oz oil (avocado, apricot kernel, etc)
1oz grapeseed oil
Essential oil of choice (optional)

Melt beeswax, then add coca butter and Shea butter. When it is totally melted, add the oils. Mix well, and pour into a liquid measuring cup and allow to cool a bit. Add some essential oil to this and pour into moulds. If you’d like, you can put in an extra 1oz with the main oils and leave out the grapeseed oil. All ingredients are by weight.

Solid Massage Bars

½ cup melted cocoa butter
10 capsules vitamin E oil
1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
10 drops rose essential oil
8 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops ylang ylang essential oil

Mix all ingredients. Let it cool a bit, then pour into moulds and let harden. There is no need to condition the moulds before pouring.

Soothing Citrus Aftershave for Men

50ml vodka
50ml floral water of clove (distilled water is also suitable)
20 drops lime essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
5 drops patchouli essential oil
5 drops French lavender essential oil
10 drops bay oil
1 teaspoon benzoin tincture

Add the essential oil blend to alcohol base, and allow the oils to disperse. Add this to the floral water, and then finally mix in the tincture of benzoin.
Witch hazel can also be added to this aftershave. Allow this to mature for 2 weeks, then pour into a dark bottle and attach an atomizer.

Joint Relief Salve

This salve may help relieve the aches and pains of muscle and joints.

1oz beeswax
½oz mango butter
3oz emu oil
1oz kiwi fruit seed oil
1½oz cajput essential oil
1oz rosemary essential oil
½oz menthol crystals
¼oz cinnamon leaf essential oil
5—10 drops German chamomile essential oil

Melt beeswax in a double boiler. Warm all emu and kiwi oil on stove over low heat. Add butters and melt in warm oil. Add the menthol crystals, stir until melted.
Add melted beeswax to the oil mixture, stir until everything is melted together. Add essential oils of choice. Mix thoroughly. Fill sterilized containers and cap. Let it set over night.

Roll On Lip Balm

1 teaspoon Shea butter
1 teaspoon mango butter
1 Tablespoon liquid oil your choice
10 drops Vitamin E oil
5—8 drops lip balm flavouring
Mica to colour

Melt oil and butters together, add rest of ingredients. Pour into small roll on bottles. The flavouring and mica is optional.

Roll On Lip Gloss

2oz almond oil
1oz jojoba oil
½oz glycerine

Mix all ingredients and pour into roll on bottles. You can add mica if you want to colour it.

Lava Gloss

150g glycerine
2.5g flavouring or essential oil
.5g colour (liquid food colour for eg, water soluble, abut 10 drops or as desired)
Equal parts castor oil and sweet almond oil

Mix the glycerine, essential oil and food colouring together, ¾ fill the roll-on tube with the oils, and then add the coloured glycerine. Leave a bit of space for the roller ball.

Liquid Gloss

8 teaspoon avocado oil
2 teaspoons castor oil
1 teaspoon glycerine
1 teaspoon coconut oil

Mix together and pour into tubes. You can add 10 drops of flavour oil or a bit of water-based colour if you like.

Jasmine Cream Bubble Bath

2½ cups water
2½oz grated castile soap
1½ Tablespoon liquid glycerine
3—5 drops jasmine fragrance oil
2 drops green colorant
24oz plastic bottle or container

In the mixing bowl, combine the water, grated castile soap and glycerine.
Allow the castile soap to soften and dissolve completely, about 15—20 minutes.
Add the fragrance oil and colorant, drop by drop, until the colour is even throughout.
Pour the mixture into the container through the funnel.
Makes about 24oz bubble bath.

Fairy Dust Glitter Gel

¼ cup aloe gel
1 teaspoon glycerine
¼ teaspoon fine glitter
5 drops essential oil of your choice

Mix aloe and glycerine in a small bowl. Stir in glitter and essential oil. It is ready to use immediately.

Easy Bubble Bath

2 cups soap flakes or grated soap
8 cups water
¼ to ½ cup glycerine
2 cups shampoo
Essential oil of your choice

Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 Tablespoons glycerine in a pot over low heat, stirring occasionally until the soap had dissolved. (Store this liquid soap in a covered container, used as an all-purpose soap or hand soap). In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the rest of they glycerine, shampoo and essential oil. Pour into a 4 cup container. Store and cover at room temperature. When you’re ready to bathe, add about one cup to your tub as it’s filling.
Remember! Use no more than 30 drops of essential oils to 1oz of carrier (bubble bath)! (15 drops being very safe).

New Moon Milk Bath

2 cups dry nonfat powdered milk
½ cup Epsom salts
½ cup baking soda
6 drops sandalwood essential oil
5 drops vanilla fragrance oil
4 drops gardenia fragrance oil
4 drops orange essential oil

Mix all ingredients together and pour into a container. To use: pour 1 cup into the bath as you fill the tub and stir well.

Baby Powder

1 cup arrowroot
1 cup dried chamomile

In a blender, grind the chamomile to a fine powder. Rub it between your fingers to be sure there is no grit. Add the arrowroot and blend together.
This is a great powder for diaper rash. This is also useful for adults with athlete’s foot, heat rash, or other skin problems promoted by unventilated, moist conditions.

Elbow Softener

Use this recipe twice daily and your skin will be soft within one week. After that, use weekly.

4 Tablespoon olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 Tablespoon honey

Pour ingredients in sterilized jar, cover and shake well. Shake well before each use. Massage into each elbow for a few minutes. Rinse off, pat dry and moisturize.

Frizz Zapper

½ cup conditioner
¼ cup honey
1 Tablespoon almond oil

Mix ingredients, blend well. Pour mixture over damp hair, work it in. Leave on for about 20 minutes for a good deep conditioning. Wash out. This works for all hair types.

Oatmeal Soap

10oz palm oil
4oz coconut oil
2oz olive oil
¼ cup oatmeal, run through the blender
2oz lye
1 cup water
Scent (optional)

Mix lye and water and set aside to cool. Melt palm oil and coconut oil together and set aside to cool. Mix the olive oil and oatmeal. When the lye reaches 100 degrees and the fats are 120 degrees, pour the lye into the fats and stir until it traces. Add the oatmeal, and stir until well mixed. Pour the soap into moulds. Allow to sit for 24—48 hours. Unmold and cut if needed.

Olive Oil Soap

16oz pure olive oil
2oz lye
6oz water

Heat oil to 150 degrees and add the lye to the water slowly while stirring with a wooden spoon. Mix lye solution and oils when the oil is at 120—150 degrees and the lye between 90—100 degrees. Mix them together until it comes to a trace. Pour it into a mould and let set 72 hours before unmolding. You can add scents, colours, herbs, etc at trace.

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Body Powder / Baby Powder

Use less and mild oils for baby powder such as lavender or chamomile essential oil

8oz arrowroot powder (herb) or cornstarch or a combination of both.
4oz baking soda, extends the base and give deodorizing benefits
Add 15 drops of your favourite essential oil or essential oil combination—blend thoroughly and put in container.
¼ or ½ as much for baby powder—corn starch is probably best and leave out the baking soda.

Lip Balm—Recipe 2

½cup sweet almond oil
1oz beeswax (if too soft add more beeswax—too hard add more carrier oil)
1 Tablespoon honey or 1 capsule vitamin E (squeeze vitamin E from pierced capsule—throw capsule away)
Add a few drops essential oil of your choice (do not exceed 5 drops at least the first time)

Combine carrier oil and beeswax, and warm oil to melt beeswax. Stir in honey or vitamin E and then add the essential oil. Pour into small jars or balm tubes to harden.
You can make a solid perfume using the same method—just add more essential oil.

Body Glitter

3 Tablespoon of unmedicated aloe vera gel
½ teaspoon very fine glitter, colour of your choice
1 drop essential oil of your choice (optional)
Food colouring (optional)

Add as much glitter to aloe vera gel as you like (you can always experiment). If you are using food colouring, mix a few drops at a time in with your gel until you get the desired colour.
Add essential oil, if desired. Stir to blend, then store at room temperature in a small, airtight jar or container. Enjoy the body glitter!
Note: Some people are sensitive to essential oils. Test the body glitter on the inside of your arm before applying to face. Do Not Use Near Your Eyes.

Bedtime Bubble Bath

This bubble bath has lavender and patchouli oils to relax you before bedtime.
6 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops patchouli essential oil
4 cups distilled water
1 bar of castile soap (4oz bar)
4oz liquid glycerine

Mix the water, soap and glycerine together and stir.
Now add your essential oils to the mixture.

Morning Bubble Bath

This citrus bubble bath will cheer you up and energize you. Perfect for a morning bath or use after exercising.

6 drops orange essential oil
4 drops grapefruit essential oil
3 drops lemon essential oil
4 cups distilled water
1 bar castile soap (4oz bar)
4oz liquid glycerine

Mix the water, soap and glycerine together and stir.
Now add your essential oils to the mixture.

Romantic Bubble Bath

This bubble bath will put you in a romantic mood. All of the ingredients are considered known aphrodisiac—so look out.

6 drops jasmine essential oil
3 drops rose essential oil
3 drops vanilla essential oil
6 drops ylang ylang essential oil
4 cups distilled water
1 bar castile soap (4oz bar)
4oz liquid glycerine

Mix the water, soap and glycerine together and stir.
Now add the essential oils to the mixture.

Body Scrub

With a homemade body scrub you can exfoliate your body.

½ cup oil (sweet almond, grapeseed or rice bran oil are all good choices)
1 cup sea salt
5 drops essential oils (the oil you choose for your body scrub depends on the result you want—lavender is relaxing, lemongrass is refreshing and rosemary is stimulating)

Combine the oil and salt in a bowl and mix well. Add essential oil and combine well.
To use: apply to dry skin using circular strokes to exfoliate the skin. Sit on the side of the tub to keep the scrub from making a mess. Don’t use a salt scrub if you have any cuts in your skin.
Shower off or follow with a warm bath.

Lotion Bars—Recipe 1

1oz sweet almond oil
1oz beeswax
½oz Shea butter
½oz cocoa butter

Melt down, cool for a few minutes then add what ever fragrance you want.

Shea Butter Soap

4.8oz olive oil
4.8oz coconut oil
3.2oz Shea butter
3.2oz palm oil
6oz distilled water
2.2oz lye
.8oz essential oil of choice

Melt Shea butter in the microwave for about 20 seconds or so it doesn't take long. Add it with the other oils.
This recipe will produce 4—6 bars depending on the size of your moulds.

Bedtime Mist

4 drops lavender essential oil
4 drops neroli essential oil
8 drops spikenard essential oil
¾oz neroli hydrosol
¼oz everclear (or other high proof alcohol)

Combine all ingredients in a 1oz amber glass bottle with a spray top. Just before bedtime, shake well and mist over pillows and sheet.

Soothing Summer Body Spray

1 Tablespoon witch hazel
1 teaspoon lemon essential oil
1 teaspoon cucumber essential oil
1 cup water

For a refreshing cool feeling, make an after shower spray by combining all the ingredients. Place in a pump spray bottle.
Note: Don't use if you have sensitive skin, the lemon may irritate it.

Balm for Cuts and Scrapes

3oz sweet almond oil
1oz grated beeswax
40 drops lavender essential oil
40 drops tea tree essential oil
4oz wide mouth jar

Place the beeswax in a microwave safe bowl and melt in the microwave using a reduced power setting if you have one. You can also melt the beeswax in pan on the stove using a low heat setting. Beeswax is hard to remove from pans, so please keep that in mind. In a separate pan, slowly and gently heat your carrier oil. Pour the warm carrier oil into a bow, add the melted beeswax and then stir very well. Add the lavender and tea tree essential oils and again stir well. Close the jar and wait until the ointment has cooled before using. Remember that all bowl, pans and utilensils that you use will be hard to clean afterwards.

Old Fashioned Eau-de-Cologne

16 drops bergamot essential oil
15 drops petitgrain essential oil
2 drops orange essential oil
15 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops neroli essential oil
10ml orange flower water
230ml vodka

Place the vodka base into you glass mixing container, add the oils in the order listed and mix well. Bottle, cap and leave the mixture for 4 days and then add the orange flower water and re-cap. Leave the mixture for at least two weeks, giving the bottle a gentle shake every day.

‘All Alive’ Perfume

4 drops sweet orange essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
6 drops tangerine essential oil
8 drops frankincense essential oil
5 drops neroli essential oil
1 drop myrrh essential oil
11ml vodka
11ml jojoba oil (for a oil based perfume)

Place the base into your mixing container and add the ingredients in the order listed and mix. Bottle and use. You can reduce the base. But do note our concentration will then exceed 15%.

Sensual Perfume for Women

5 drops coriander essential oil
6 drops bergamot essential oil
4 drops neroli essential oil
1 drop jasmine blend
3 drops rose blend
10ml jojoba oil

Place oil base in mixing container, add oils in the order listed and mix. Bottle, cap and leave for one week before using.

Sensual Eau-de-Cologne for Men

10 drops lavender essential oil
20 drops coriander essential oil
22 drops sandalwood essential oil
23 drops cedarwood essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil
100ml vodka

Place the vodka mixture into your mixing bowl, add the oils in the order given and mix well.

Foot Scrub

A great scrub which slough off dead layers and moisturises the feel.

Olive oil
Granulated sugar
Peppermint essential oil
Rosemary essential oil
Tea tree essential oil
8oz jar

Amounts used depends on the size of your container. Fill container ¾ full with sugar. Add olive oil (you can also use any of your favourite carrier oils). Mix together. You can know that there is enough oil when there is about a 1/16 layer of oil on top of the sugar. Add essential oils. 10 drops peppermint per ounce of oil used. 3 drops rosemary per ounce of oil used. 1 drop of tea tree for every other ounce of oil used. The result is a wonderful foot scrub which will help rub away callouses, which nourishing and invigorating your feet. The tea tree oil helps as a deodorizer.

Lavender Rosemary Sugar Scrub

1 cup sugar or brown sugar
¼ cup sweet almond oil
½ teaspoon vitamin E
6—8 drops rosewood essential oil
4—6 drops lavender essential oil

Combine brown sugar and oil until it reaches a paste like consistency. Then add vitamin E and essential oils, package as desired.

Keep Cool Foot Powder

¼ cup baking soda
½ cup corn starch
10 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops tea tree essential oil

In a small bowl blend the essential oil and set aside. In another small bowl blend together the baking soda and corn starch. Slowly add your essential oils synergy blend to the powder mixture while mixing with a wire wisk. Blend for about 2 minutes to make sure the essential oils and powders are mixed well. Sprinkle powder on your feet before putting on your socks and notice the results.

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Enchanted Perfume

2 cups distilled water
3 Tablespoon vodka
5 drops everlasting essential oil
10 drops peony essential oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil

Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark coloured bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area.

Solid Perfume—Recipe 2

1 Tablespoon grated beeswax
4 Tablespoon sweet almond oil
1 teaspoon essential oil of your choice
1 capsule vitamin E

Melt beeswax in an enamel or glass pan over boiling water. Add sweet almond oil. Let all the mixture to cool slightly before adding the oils of your choice. Fill a clean, dry glass jars with the solid perfume.

A Wiccan Potion for Attracting Love

For women to wear
1oz sweet almond oil
6 drops sandalwood essential oil
3 drops ylang ylang essential oil
3 drops ginger
2 drops patchouli essential oil

Based Perfume Oil

¾ teaspoon jojoba oil
30 drops essential or fragrance oil of choice

Fill a sterilized ½oz glass bottle with ¾ teaspoon jojoba oil. Add essential or fragrance oil and blend completely.

Oriental Nights Perfume

4 drops sandalwood essential oil
4 drops musk essential oil
3 drops frankincense essential oil
2 teaspoon jojoba oil

Mix all the ingredients together and shake well. Allow perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

Cologne

This cologne is scented with essential oils

125ml vodka
150ml dark glass bottle
Jojoba oil
Selection of essential oil

Pour the vodka into the bottle and add 2 teaspoon jojoba oil.
Add up to 40 drops of essential oil in the proportions that you have worked out following the instructions. Cover and shake well.
Sniff to test. Correct if necessary, adding only one extra drop of oil at a time. Use within 6 months.

D-I-Y Massage Oil

One of the most pleasurable ways to nourish skin is to massage in vegetable oil or nut oil. To really enjoy this nourishing treat, why not make a bottle of your own massage oil.

In a small bowl, mix:
600ml of oil (use sweet almond oil) with
5 drops orange essential oil
5 drops cedarwood essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil

It is best to store your massage oil in an opaque glass jar with a tightly fitted lid. This will prevent light and air reaching the contents, which can cause deterioration. Re-usable brown and blue jars and bottles can be brought, or you can save and wash empty glass jars from cosmetics that you have acquired.
Always label your bottle immediately after filling it, especially if you are making more than one product at a time. It is easy to forget which is which when confronted with a mass of anonymous bottles.
Massage oils make great, cheap presents. Use plain sticky labels or Christmas labels or your own homemade labels, and decorate.
It is also a good idea to include the date you made the product. Add a “Not To Be Swallowed” Warning.

Lip Balm—Recipe 1

Mason jar
Medium sized pot and spoons
Pure beeswax
Olive oil
Flavour extract
Food colouring
Small, empty containers

Boil 1 cup of water in a pot. While it heats, put a chunk of beeswax, about the amount of 1 Tablespoon, into a wide-mouthed mason jar and add 3 Tablespoon of olive oil. Then, carefully placed the jar in the boiling water and stir it with a spoon until the beeswax melts.
When it’s all liquidly, carefully remove the jar from the water using oven mitts. Now it’s time to choose a flavour and colour.
For flavour, you can choose any yummy extract from your grocery store! Lemon, orange, cinnamon, almond, vanilla ... Add ¼ teaspoon (you can make fun flavour combinations, to: cherry-vanilla, banana-coconut, citrus burst).
Next, add a few drops of food colouring and stir the lip balm until it begins to cool. You’ll suddenly see it begin to thicken and the colour will really start to show up.
Spoon the balm into small glass jars. You can recycle old, empty ones (be sure to clean them first with hot soap and water).
Give the containers a tap as you fill them, to get rid of air bubbles. If the balm gets too hard, just place the jar back in the hot water for 1 minute o two to soften it up!
Leave the containers open while they cool completely. Then, decorate them by gluing on material, coloured paper, ribbon or stickers!

Exotic Aftershave

3 Tablespoon witch hazel
5 Tablespoon cider vinegar
5 Tablespoons orange flower water
15 drops bergamot essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
8 drops neroli essential oil

Combine all the ingredients into a bottle, shake well. Set aside for 1 week. Shake once a day. Store in a cool dark place.

Kitchen Sink Scrub

½ cup baking soda
⅛ cup vinegar
5 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops orange essential oil

Combine all ingredients.

Natural Diaper Rash Ointment

1oz calendula oil
½oz avocado oil
½oz sweet almond oil

In a 2oz bottle, mix the above carrier oils together. This natural blend will soothe the skin, heal and calm any inflammation. Apply directly to affected areas.

Baby Bottom Balm

1 cup calendula oil
1oz beeswax
1oz mango butter
8 drops lavender essential oil
¼ lavender glimmer mica

Heat calendula oil, beeswax until melted. Mix the mica into the essential oil until it has no clumps. Stir the coloured lavender oil to the slightly cooled oil/butter mixture and pour into jars or deodorant containers. Apply to baby’s bottom in between diaper changes. Also great for cheeks and drool drenched chins!

Diaper Ointment

16oz sweet almond oil
8oz Shea butter
8oz jojoba oil
4.5oz virgin coconut oil
4.5oz beeswax
2 drops calendula absolute

Mix oils, butter and beeswax together in double boiler until wax and butter is melted. Then add the calendula and stir. Add1% tea tree, lavender and chamomile essential oils (combined volume). Pour into jars.

Herbal Baby Balm

1 cup calendula or camelina oil
3 Tablespoon dried lavender
1 Tablespoon dried calendula
1 Tablespoon dried rose petals
1 teaspoon dried chamomile
2 Tablespoon vitamin E oil
1½ teaspoon jojoba oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
8 Tablespoon beeswax

Grind the herbs into a powder using a clean coffee grinder or blender. Warm oil in top of a double boiler pot; add the powdered herbs and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes to 1 hour to allow the healing properties of the herbs to fully release in the oil. Place remaining oils in a glass bowl. Place a coffee filter inside a wire strainer, hold over glass bowl, and pour the warm herb oil through the strainer into the bowl. Melt the beeswax in the top of a double boiler, add slowly to the oil and herb mixture while whisking with a whisk or egg beater. Continue whisking until the mixture is thick and creamy. Store in 2—4oz containers. If you plan to store balm longer than 3 months, keep refrigerated.

Sweet Dreams Baby Lotion

1½ cup aloe vera gel
1½ teaspoon lanolin
1½ teaspoon vitamin E oil
⅓ cup virgin coconut oil
1oz pure beeswax (white), filtered
¾ cup camelina oil
1½ teaspoon essential oil (optional) 2 Tablespoon lavender powder
1½ teaspoon chamomile powder

In a blender, mix aloe gel, lanolin, vitamin E oil. Using a glass container, melt coconut oil and beeswax until fully melted. Gently stir in camelina oil. Slowly pour oils into blender on low. At this point oils will thicken and turn white. Stop blender and add essential oil, if used. Blend gently in short bursts. Do Not over blend. Add lavender and chamomile powders, blend gently until incorporated. While mixture is still warm, pour into containers. This mixture will thicken quickly as it cools. This lotion doesn’t leave oily feeling to skin and absorbs well. Great as a massage lotion for baby.

Makes approximately 2½ cups.

Peace Cologne for Men

3 drops bergamot essential oil
2 drops frankincense essential oil
3 drops cedarwood essential oil
300ml vodka

Pour the alcohol into a bottle or jar. Add the oils and shake well. Leave for 1 week. Don’t forget to try and make your own scents as well, after all you’re unique...shouldn't your cologne be too? And don’t forget to give it a name.

Diaper Wipes
Combine ¼ cup of aloe gel, 1 cup water, 3 drops lavender essential oil, 2 drops tea tree oil. Mix well and pour over homemade wipes. Reusable flannel cloths or a roll of paper towel cut in half works well. This is an antibacterial, soothing solution without the harsh chemicals and alcohol often found in commercial wipes.

Belly Balm—Stretch Mark Prevention Oil

It is smooth, moisturizing and it can really help with itching that often becomes present when the skin starts stretching.

In a double boiler melt
1 cup coconut oil
¼ cup cocoa butter
⅛ cup apricot, almond or grapeseed oil or ⅛ cup Shea butter or mango butter
10—20 drops sandalwood essential oil
15 drops patchouli essential oil
15 drops sweet orange essential oil

When the oils are all melted, allow it to cool and add the essential oils, and pour into another container for the mixture to be stored in.

Labour Mists

In a 4oz spray bottle almost fill it with distilled water.

Add
20 drops grapefruit essential oil
15 drops sweet orange essential oil
10 drops spearmint essential oil

Shake well and mist labor room, or you can make a compress using a wet cloth and misting the cloth, apply to forehead or the labouring mum’s back. This mist is great for dad too.

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For Tired, Sore Muscles and Sporting Injuries
Simply add a little eucalyptus oil to some olive oil and rub into the areas that are affected.

After Bath Splash

4oz vodka
1 teaspoon glycerine
Funnel
30 drops essential oil of choice
Small decorative bottle
Wide mouth jar

Mix all ingredients together in a wide mouth jar. With funnel pour mixture into decorative bottle.

Refreshing Lemon Body Splash

½ cup witch hazel
½ cup bottled spring water
5—8 drops lemon essential oil
8oz glass bottle with a small neck

Make the Splash:
Pour the witch hazel and bottled water in the glass bottle. Attach the cap and shake well.
Add the lemon essential oil, one drop at a time, until it reaches the desired scent strength.
Attach the cap and shake well. Note: shake well before each use.
Care for the Splash:
Keep the bottle tightly closed and away form sunlight when not in use.
If you store the product in your bathroom cabinet, use i within one week. It will last for one month in the fridge.

Aches and Pain Massage oil

1oz peanut oil
4 drops juniper essential oil
6 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops bay oil

Blend essential oils with carrier oil (peanut oil) and apply externally to achy joints or muscles.

After Sun Oil

50ml coconut oil
10ml lavender essential oil
50ml olive oil

Mix together and bottle and shake well before use.

Rich Cream (for very dry skin)

10g white wax, grated
5g castor oil
50g peanut oil
20g distilled or rain water

Melt wax and oils together, remove from heat and beat in distilled water or rain water. Continue to beat until cool and creamy.
Mix together and bottle. Smooth over skin nigh and morning.

Lavender Night Cream

2 Tablespoon avocado oil
2 Tablespoon almond oil
6 Tablespoon lanolin
2 teaspoon lavender essential oil

Put lanolin in a bowl and stand in a pan of hot water. Add avocado and almond oil and beat well. When combined, remove from heat and continue to beat as mixture cools and thickens. Add lavender oil, beat until mixture is thick and creamy. Put into small jars with screw on lids and keep in the fridge.

Cuticle Cream—Recipe 1

Mix together
1 teaspoon lanolin
1 teaspoon apricot kernel oil
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon clear honey

Blend well. Keep in a corked bottle. Soak fingertips in hot soapy water, dry and paint cuticle cream around nails with a brush or cotton bud. Push back the cuticles, leaving cream on skin to dry.

Lanolin Hand Cream

200g lanolin
200g Vaseline
20ml almond oil
20ml rosewater

In top of a double boiler warm lanolin and Vaseline together, while still on low heat, gradually beat in the almond oil and rosewater. Remove from heat and beat with electric mixer for 10 minutes. Leave to cool overnight, next day beat again. Keep in screw-top jars.

Nail Whitener

1 denture tablet
1 cup warm water

Soak fingers (and even toes, if you want) in mix for 10 minutes. Throw mixture away after use.

Elbow Softener
Use this twice a day and the skin on your elbows will soften within a week. After that a weekly treatment should be enough

This is about 1 weeks supply:

4 Tablespoon olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 Tablespoon honey

Pour the ingredients into a sterilised jar, cover and shake vigorously. Shake well before use.
Massage a little into each elbow for about 2 minutes. Rinse off, pat dry and moisturise.

Lemon Hand Cream

1 Tablespoon rosewater
1 Tablespoon glycerine
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 dessertspoon methylated spirits

Mix together and keep in a labelled, corked bottle.

Basic Hand Lotion

1 dessertspoon honey
1 dessertspoon lemon juice
1 dessertspoon olive oil
1 dessertspoon glycerine

Mix together and keep in a labelled, corked bottle.

Lavender Foot-Rub

Relax and enjoy this wonderful foot-rub or package some for a friend who needs a little pampering and relaxation.

All you need to do is place ¼ cup cider vinegar, ⅓ cup lavender essential oil and ½ cup safflower oil into a double saucepan. Stir the mixture continuously over a low heat until the ingredients have combined. Allow the mixture to cool, then store in large jar.

Lavender Lotion

1oz glycerine
2 teaspoon lavender essential oil

Put ingredients in a clean glass bottle and shake well. Refrigerate.

Cuticle Cream—Recipe 2

Mix ¼ cup sorbolene cream with 1 teaspoon olive oil, such as lavender and a few drops of tea tree oil. Soak fingertips in a bowl of hot, soapy water, then towel dry.
Massage cream around the cuticles and gently push back with a cuticle stick. Allow fingertips to dry.

Oil Free Moisturiser

5 Tablespoon aloe vera gel
1 Tablespoon glycerine
3—10 drops essential oil of your choice

Shake to combine. Add any fragrance you like, if you don’t want to add essential oil you don’t have to add the oil. Try using rose essential oil, which soothes and softens the skin.

After Sun Oil with Tea

Tea cools the skin and helps to maintain a tan. The sesame oil enriches the sun to prevent it from drying.

4 Tablespoon sesame oil
4 Tablespoon strong plain tea
4 Tablespoon coconut oil
4 drops lavender essential oil

Place the sesame and coconut oil in the top of a double boiler or into a bowl set in a saucepan of water. Melt them together.
Beat in the tea.
Remove entirely from the heat and beat in the lavender essential oil.
Transfer the mixture to a sterilized bottle and shake well before use.

Peppermint Lip Balm

2 Tablespoon petroleum jelly
10—14 drops peppermint essential oil
1 teaspoon beeswax

In a small pot, melt the petroleum jelly, and then add beeswax. When melted, remove from heat and add peppermint essential oil. Pour into lip pot and cool.

Lippy

Lippy makes lips kissable soft without being greasy. This recipe makes a lot of lip balm so you can divide it in half or quarters to make less.

1.5oz olive oil
2.5oz jojoba oil
2oz white beeswax
1oz candelilla wax
3.5oz Shea butter

Place all ingredients into heatproof measuring cup in a hot water bath. Do not boil the water completely and wait for solids to melt. Once they have melted, you can remove the measuring cup. Stir.

If you want to add essential oil to provide nice fragrance, you can. This is optional and you might want to add ½ teaspoon of each for a nice scent. Stir to combine.
Pour lippy into glass jars and allow cooling before using. Lippy is a soothingly wonderful treat for kissable soft lips!

Desert Jewel Perfume

7 drops frankincense essential oil
12 drops rosewood essential oil
1 drop ylang ylang essential oil
1oz jojoba oil

Swirl essential oils together and add to the jojoba oil.

Exotic Fragrance Perfume

12 drops patchouli essential oil
2 drops ylang ylang essential oil
3 drops geranium essential oil
1 drop cinnamon leaf or cinnamon bark

Add the blend of these essential oils to 10 millilitres of vodka for perfumes and colognes (oils can also be diluted in vegetable oil).

Spring Fever Solid Perfume

30ml jojoba oil
30ml almond oil
40g beeswax pellets
10 drops bergamot essential oil
5 drops patchouli essential oil
5 drops ylang ylang essential oil

In a double boiler, combine the ingredients and blend over a low heat. Then pour into glass jars.