Organic Scrub Recipe

Make Your Own Natural Homemade Beauty Recipes

If you want to learn how to make your own natural products at home, then you can easily use these convenient natural homemade beauty recipes! There are a number of home recipes that you can make to treat your skin, and the best part of all is that they will come from ingredients that you may already have within your kitchen cabinets.

One of the main benefits to making natural homemade beauty recipes is that they will provide you with a healthy alternative to many of the over-the-counter products that are full of harmful chemical ingredients. It is important to be mindful of what you put on your skin since it is the largest living and breathing organ in your body. Another advantage to using these types of homemade products is that you will save money and also help the environment. Many commercial cosmetics companies use chemical or detergent ingredients, and when they are rinsed from your skin, they can become toxic to the Earth’s water supply.

Some handy items to use from your kitchen for natural homemade beauty recipes are bananas, oatmeal, honey, olive oil, mayonnaise, yogurt, and Epsom salts. These are just a few examples of helpful ingredients from your kitchen that can be used for hair or skin care! Perhaps two of the most common ingredients to have at your disposal for these natural recipes are natural soap bars and beeswax. These natural waxes can be purchased at health food store locations, and if you are allergic to bees, there are also vegetable-based waxes as an alternative.

Olive oil is a beneficial ingredient for homemade beauty recipes because it provides a number of skin and hair care benefits. It can be used to deeply hydrate severely dry skin on the knees, feet, and elbows. It can also be added to a warm bath to soften your skin from head to toe, or even to massage into the hair to treat dry scalp.

To make a quick natural exfoliating treatment with olive oil, mix together olive oil with two times the ratio of brown sugar to make a paste. Use this exfoliating paste before taking a shower by gently massaging it into the surface of the skin, and then rinse well. This simple treatment would remove all dead skin cells and provide a fresh glow to the skin tone.

If you have bananas available, you can use them to moisturize severely dry skin. Start out by mashing a banana until it has a paste consistency, and then smooth it onto your face and hands and allow it to stay for 10 minutes. Rinse completely, and then apply olive oil directly after to treat severe dryness and damage to the skin.

These are just a few examples of everyday items that you can use at home to save you money in your beauty treatments! From there, you can also create herbal bath soaks, natural body scrubs, and even facial cleansers. This is your opportunity to not only treat your skin, but to also use healthy ingredients to improve the tone of your complexion!

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SEA SALT PEPPER SOAP RECIPE

1/2 lb. White glycerin soap 1/2 lb. Clear glycerin soap 1/2 Tbsp. Table salt 1/2 Tbsp. Castor oil
1/2 Tbsp. Beeswax 1/4 cup Sea salt 2 Tbsp. Poppy seeds 1 Tbsp. Peppercorn fragrance oil
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To Make This Handmade Organic Soap:

Melt clear soap in a double boiler. Add table salt and 1/2 of fragrance oil to melted soap base.
Pour into rectangle drawer divider so soap will be approximately 1/4″ thick. Sprinkle sea salt on top.
When cooled, cut into triangular shapes.

Next, melt white glycerin in a double boiler. Add castor oil, beeswax, poppy seeds and remaining 1/2 of fragrance oil to melted soap base.Pour out clear, sea salt soap triangles.
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Organic Goat Milk Soap
Ingredients:

* 15 oz. organic olive oil
* 5 oz. organic palm oil
* 5 oz. organic coconut oil
* 3.5 oz. lye
* 8 oz. goat milk
* 1/2 cup organic oatmeal
* 1 oz. lavender or lilac essential oil for fragrance (optional)
* Soap molds

*Cautions, wear rubber gloves when handling lye.

Organic goat milk soap offers a natural and less-abrasive form of cleansing bar. Organic goat milk soap aids in the treatment of mild to moderate acne. Light essential oil scent can be added to the soap and oatmeal mix, if desired. This recipe yields approximately 12 bars of organic soap.

Procedures:

* Purchase molds. Chocolate or candy-making molds are permissible for use in soap making. Do not reuse molds for chocolate making once used in the soap making process.
* Combine 1/2 cup organic oatmeal with 1 oz. fragrance oil, and set aside. Lavender scent is recommended.
* Mix all remaining soap base materials together in a stainless steel bowl.
* Heat inside a slow cooker on medium heat until melting occurs. Do not reuse the slow cooker for food preparation.
* Mix fragrance mixture into the slow cooker.
* Pour soap mix into molds once it is warm enough to handle safely.
* Cool soap mix for 24 hours. Remover from molds and use. Clean molds with warm water, dry and store.
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M’hanncha (Snake Cake) In Morocco every meal is a special occasion, and almond-paste sweets are always part of the menu. M’hanncha (snake) is made from rolled phyllo pastry coiled to look like a serpent. The orange-flower water and cinnamon flavorings are very North African, revealing the Persian influences in the region.

Orange-Almond Paste
* 3 cups almonds * 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar * 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted* 2 egg yolks, beaten
* 1 tablespoon orange-flower water* 1 tablespoon orange juice* 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Assembly
* 12 (12- by 17-inch) sheets phyllo dough * 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
* 2 egg yolks, beaten* 1 tablespoon water * 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
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Toppings
* 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar* 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon* 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preparation
To Make the Orange-Almond Paste:
Combine the almonds, confectioners’ sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom in a food processor or blender and pulse to grind into a coarse meal. Add the butter and egg yolks and pulse until blended. Scrape the paste into a bowl, and stir in the orange-flower water, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla. Divide the paste into 12 balls, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Set the balls on a work surface dusted with confectioners’ sugar. Roll each one into a 3 1/2-inch-long log. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

To Assemble the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a large baking sheet. Dust a work surface with confectioners’ sugar. Place a sheet of phyllo pastry on the sugared work surface, and fold it in thirds to form a 4- by 17-inch rectangle. Brush the sheet with melted butter. Add another folded phyllo sheet, brush with butter, and repeat, until you have four buttered sheets.Set four orange-almond paste logs in a row down one long end of the phyllo, and roll the pastry up over them into a cylinder. Fold over the ends and brush on some melted butter to seal the seams. Shape the cylinder into a small, tight coil and place on the baking sheet, seam side down.Repeat to prepare two more phyllo rolls. Add each to the end of the coil on the baking sheet, forming a large coil.Combine the egg yolks, water, and cinnamon. Brush the mixture over the top of the cake.

To Bake:Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Remove the cake from the oven, and let cool on the baking sheet.
To Serve:Stir together the confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on the cake, and top with sliced almonds. Makes 1 cake (serves 6 to
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