This morning I bought (at vitaminshoppe.com):

Avocado Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Raw Shea Butter
Feverfew (liquid)
Grapeseed Oil
Pure Vitamin C Powder
Sunflower Oil
Organic Castile Soap
Pure Vegetable Glycerin

The idea is to make my own organic face cream, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner. I've been using olive oil with tea tree oil as a moisturizer for awhile. Switched back recently to a face cream I got from Sephora and promptly broke out all across my forehead. :mad:

Once I receive my ingredients, it will be time to start mixing potions until I come up with the perfect blend.

:cartwheel

If your face catches on fire, turns into a prune or causes global warming more than it does now... :tap:

Maybe you better test this on Claudia before you use it...?

This morning I bought (at vitaminshoppe.com):

Avocado Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Raw Shea Butter
Feverfew (liquid)
Grapeseed Oil
Pure Vitamin C Powder
Sunflower Oil
Organic Castile Soap
Pure Vegetable Glycerin

The idea is to make my own organic face cream, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner. I've been using olive oil with tea tree oil as a moisturizer for awhile. Switched back recently to a face cream I got from Sephora and promptly broke out all across my forehead. :mad:

Once I receive my ingredients, it will be time to start mixing potions until I come up with the perfect blend.

:cartwheel

I think we should have ladies days experimenting with stuff like that. With a few drinks in us, who knows what wonderful concoction we could come up with!

I think we should have ladies days experimenting with stuff like that. With a few drinks in us, who knows what wonderful concoction we could come up with!

I think that's a great idea! Much better than that dumb idea Larry came up with above.

I've also been using honey and sugar as a face scrub, and I like it a lot better than the stuff you buy commercially.

I think we should have ladies days experimenting with stuff like that. With a few drinks in us, who knows what wonderful concoction we could come up with!

Yeah. Use them as guinea pigs. Please, Vrai, do NOT risk THE face! Please!!!

I think that's a great idea! Much better than that dumb idea Larry came up with above.

I've also been using honey and sugar as a face scrub, and I like it a lot better than the stuff you buy commercially.

Dumb idea? You don't see me trying to make gasoline from scratch. Or fuel oil. Well, ok, fuel oil, but still, I am not the one trying to reinvent the wheel here, my dear. :tap:

Yeah. Use them as guinea pigs. Please, Vrai, do NOT risk THE face! Please!!!

What are you talking about??? These are all organic ingredients. If anything is bad for you, it's the chemicals they put in commercial beauty products.

:thewave:

:thewave:

Good - I'm glad you're here!

Do you make your own skincare products? If so, what recipes do you use?

What are you talking about??? These are all organic ingredients. If anything is bad for you, it's the chemicals they put in commercial beauty products.

Want MK and I to come over and show you how to make laundry detergent?

Do you use colored towels or wash cloths on your face?

What are you talking about??? These are all organic ingredients. If anything is bad for you, it's the chemicals they put in commercial beauty products.

"Feverfew" Do you even know what that is? It was invented by NASA and was used by the Greeks to burn holes in the walls of Troy and give themselves erections lasting longer than four hours.

I swear, you are setting up the female version of "Hold m'ah beer and watch this!"


POOF!!!!!!!!!!! Your face is stuck to the ceiling. :tap:

This morning I bought (at vitaminshoppe.com):

Avocado Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Raw Shea Butter
Feverfew (liquid)
Grapeseed Oil
Pure Vitamin C Powder
Sunflower Oil
Organic Castile Soap
Pure Vegetable Glycerin

The idea is to make my own organic face cream, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner. I've been using olive oil with tea tree oil as a moisturizer for awhile. Switched back recently to a face cream I got from Sephora and promptly broke out all across my forehead. :mad:

Once I receive my ingredients, it will be time to start mixing potions until I come up with the perfect blend.

:cartwheel

I love almond oil. :yay: I get some sort of reaction to most of the scrubs, lotions and cleansers I buy.

Also, I got a pedicure the other day which I generally do myself. The girl told me the best moisturizer for your feet (heels especially) is castor oil. :yay:

"Feverfew" Do you even know what that is? It was invented by NASA and was used by the Greeks to burn holes in the walls of Troy and give themselves erections lasting longer than four hours.

I swear, you are setting up the female version of "Hold m'ah beer and watch this!"


POOF!!!!!!!!!!! Your face is stuck to the ceiling. :tap:

:roflmao:

My sister and I made our own deodorant last year.

Good - I'm glad you're here!

Do you make your own skincare products? If so, what recipes do you use?

No but I use Basics soap and a wash cloth to wash (2xs a day) and Triderma (sp?) lotion (made with virgin aloe, its good but stinks to high heaven!). I recently had a terrible break out which I thought was poison ivy. After a few weeks of it I doubt that was it. I think my skin is just getting super sensative.

Want MK and I to come over and show you how to make laundry detergent?

Not yet - give me time to embrace my inner hippie with skincare stuff first. :lol:

I used colored towels but my skin, like the rest of me, isn't particularly sensitive. I like making things and I'm a cheapo, so saving umpteen $$$ on beauty products is right up my alley.

Those ingredients sound delicious! :yum:

Those ingredients sound delicious! :yum:

And if I don't like them for my face, I can cook with them. :yay:

:thewave:

Somehow I knew that you'd find this thread. :love:

Not yet - give me time to embrace my inner hippie with skincare stuff first. :lol:

I used colored towels but my skin, like the rest of me, isn't particularly sensitive. I like making things and I'm a cheapo, so saving umpteen $$$ on beauty products is right up my alley.

Mine wasn't. :cds: The name of the soap is Basis not Basics. The face lotion isn't cheap at all but it cleared me up really nicely. Let me know how it works, MK and I toyed with making our own soap. I agree that the less chemical crap you put on your skin the better.

My sister and I made our own deodorant last year.

How many friends did you lose?

How many friends did you lose?

It works really well, but I stopped using it. It's made with lots of cocoa butter (which, duh, smells like chocolate). Combine that with the essential oil we picked (lime, because it smells fresh and clean), and we had chocolate lime arm pits. :lmao: A little weird.

I would like to find a different recipe. One without cocoa butter. :lmao:

This morning I bought (at vitaminshoppe.com):

Avocado Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Raw Shea Butter
Feverfew (liquid)
Grapeseed Oil
Pure Vitamin C Powder
Sunflower Oil
Organic Castile Soap
Pure Vegetable Glycerin

The idea is to make my own organic face cream, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner. I've been using olive oil with tea tree oil as a moisturizer for awhile. Switched back recently to a face cream I got from Sephora and promptly broke out all across my forehead. :mad:

Once I receive my ingredients, it will be time to start mixing potions until I come up with the perfect blend.

:cartwheel

The 40th anniversary of Woodstock getting you "earthy" :lol: vrai's new name - StarShine Moonglow

It works really well, but I stopped using it. It's made with lots of cocoa butter (which, duh, smells like chocolate). Combine that with the essential oil we picked (lime, because it smells fresh and clean), and we had chocolate lime arm pits. :lmao: A little weird.

I would like to find a different recipe. One without cocoa butter. :lmao:


I have one that uses coconut oil...and coconut/lime sounds tastier than chocolate/lime :)

And if I don't like them for my face, I can cook with them. :yay:

Or maintain the car.

My sister and I made our own deodorant last year.

Why? WTF?

Why? WTF?

Because have you read the ingredients of your deodorant? Nasty chemicals. :dead:

Because have you read the ingredients of your deodorant? Nasty chemicals. :dead:

No. All I know is my underarms don't stink when I put it on. It gives me no problems. :shrug:

Want MK and I to come over and show you how to make laundry detergent?

Do you use colored towels or wash cloths on your face?
Do you guys have a recipe for linen spray? I thought today that it'd be nice to have sheets that smell good, but I don't want to sleep in chemicals. :lol:

Speaking of natural products and practices, have any of you tried ear candeling / ear coning? I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea on how effective it would be, or where I could get the products locally. I'm sure I could do some internet research and buy the tools on-line.

Anybody?

Speaking of natural products and practices, have any of you tried ear candeling / ear coning? I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea on how effective it would be, or where I could get the products locally. I'm sure I could do some internet research and buy the tools on-line.

Anybody?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?????????????????????????/ :jameo:


:lol:

Speaking of natural products and practices, have any of you tried ear candeling / ear coning? I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea on how effective it would be, or where I could get the products locally. I'm sure I could do some internet research and buy the tools on-line.

Anybody?

I heard that term today for the first time. What is that?

I heard that term today for the first time. What is that?Basically, you take a long hollow cone - maybe 14 inches long, and made of a sturdy piece of linen - and place the pointy end at the entrance to your ear. Light the other/wide/open end of the cone with a match. The heat is supposed to draw up impurities and ear wax into the linen cone, and out of your ear canal. You don't let the cone burn all the way down....seems you burn it to within 4 or 5 inches of your ear.

I've never tried it. But I'm intrigued.

Bubba has the dirtiest ears of anybody I've ever met. I was thinking of trying it out on him to see if it would clear out his ears better than a Q-tip, but I'm unsure if he'll even sit still long enough to try it out on him. I might need to try it when he's napping.

You can see demo's of car waxing on YouTube.

Basically, you take a long hollow cone - maybe 14 inches long, and made of a sturdy piece of linen - and place the pointy end at the entrance to your ear. Light the other/wide/open end of the cone with a match. The heat is supposed to draw up impurities and ear wax into the linen cone, and out of your ear canal.

Are you selling tickets? :popcorn:

Are you selling tickets? :popcorn:Nah, I seriously doubt that anyone would be the slightest interested in watching me do that. If they are somehow interested, that just makes them damn weird.

I'm still curious to know if it works well. Some people proclaim that their hearing is much improved by using this process of ear cleaning. Maybe it's true....maybe it's their imagination.

Nah, I seriously doubt that anyone would be the slightest interested in watching me do that. If they are somehow interested, that just makes them damn weird.

I shall now tease you!

Who is weird, the person wanting to see someone with a burning snow cone in their ear or the person with the burning snow cone in their ear?

:evil:

:lol:

Nah, I seriously doubt that anyone would be the slightest interested in watching me do that. If they are somehow interested, that just makes them damn weird.

I'm still curious to know if it works well. Some people proclaim that their hearing is much improved by using this process of ear cleaning. Maybe it's true....maybe it's their imagination.

I've heard of the ear coning stuff, but yet to have tried it. You should have seen pix the first time that I mentioned the neti pot. It became a regular showering process.

Do you guys have a recipe for linen spray? I thought today that it'd be nice to have sheets that smell good, but I don't want to sleep in chemicals. :lol:

You could probably use the same recipe that we used for perfume. I'll look it up again but it was super simple, vodka, spring water and essential oil.

I think we should have ladies days experimenting with stuff like that. With a few drinks in us, who knows what wonderful concoction we could come up with!



:yay: That sounds like it would be fun.

I'm curious, where do you get the formulas for making/mixing these kinds of cosmetics, is there some kind of reference someplace?

"Feverfew" Do you even know what that is? It was invented by NASA and was used by the Greeks to burn holes in the walls of Troy and give themselves erections lasting longer than four hours.

I swear, you are setting up the female version of "Hold m'ah beer and watch this!"

POOF!!!!!!!!!!! Your face is stuck to the ceiling. :tap:

:killingme

It works really well, but I stopped using it. It's made with lots of cocoa butter (which, duh, smells like chocolate). Combine that with the essential oil we picked (lime, because it smells fresh and clean), and we had chocolate lime arm pits. :lmao: A little weird.

I would like to find a different recipe. One without cocoa butter. :lmao:

:lol: I don't like a lot of the newer deodorant scents. The smells are just so strong. I usually opt for original scents or unscented products.

However, I do love the smell of Jergen's original lotion. (cherry almond) I've used it for my whole adult life, because I love it so much.

Basically, you take a long hollow cone - maybe 14 inches long, and made of a sturdy piece of linen - and place the pointy end at the entrance to your ear. Light the other/wide/open end of the cone with a match. The heat is supposed to draw up impurities and ear wax into the linen cone, and out of your ear canal. You don't let the cone burn all the way down....seems you burn it to within 4 or 5 inches of your ear.

I've never tried it. But I'm intrigued.

Bubba has the dirtiest ears of anybody I've ever met. I was thinking of trying it out on him to see if it would clear out his ears better than a Q-tip, but I'm unsure if he'll even sit still long enough to try it out on him. I might need to try it when he's napping.

You can see demo's of car waxing on YouTube.

:shocking: I don't know how anyone could sit still for that!

I shall now tease you!

Who is weird, the person wanting to see someone with a burning snow cone in their ear or the person with the burning snow cone in their ear?

:evil:

:lol:

:lmao:

I'm curious, where do you get the formulas for making/mixing these kinds of cosmetics, is there some kind of reference someplace?

On the internet - there are a ton of hippie sites with recipes. Do a search for organic soap recipe, or shampoo recipe, or whatever.

On the internet - there are a ton of hippie sites with recipes. Do a search for organic soap recipe, or shampoo recipe, or whatever.

:yay: I'll do that!

I do raw shea butter, geranium oil, and patchouli to keep away mosquitoes.
Shea butter is all I use on my body and face..... I buy it in bulk, it so cheap that way a pound of it lasts me a year.

On the internet - there are a ton of hippie sites with recipes. Do a search for organic soap recipe, or shampoo recipe, or whatever.

Prescription For Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A. Balch

Is chock full of info.... you wanna borrow my copy?

Speaking of natural products and practices, have any of you tried ear candeling / ear coning? I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea on how effective it would be, or where I could get the products locally. I'm sure I could do some internet research and buy the tools on-line.

Anybody?

I don't think it's so effective, better to go to an ear, nose & throat dr to get earwax removed :whistle:

Do you guys have a recipe for linen spray? I thought today that it'd be nice to have sheets that smell good, but I don't want to sleep in chemicals. :lol:

I got some lavender essential oil to make a linen spray. Smells so good!

Speaking of natural products and practices, have any of you tried ear candeling / ear coning? I'd like to give it a try, but I have no idea on how effective it would be, or where I could get the products locally. I'm sure I could do some internet research and buy the tools on-line.

Anybody?

I've done it several times before. If you don't want to do it yourself, go to an esthethician.

Feels weird at first, but you get used to it. :yay:

I've done it several times before. If you don't want to do it yourself, go to an esthethician.

Feels weird at first, but you get used to it. :yay:

I have too but it really does nothing for you.... this is one of those things that I will not argue with Drs about, it's kind of harmful.... so is cleaning your ear canals out with q-tips.... you should be seen by a Dr for that sort of thing, I for one don't want to mess with my hearing, it's already bad.

Potion recipes:

Face wash
3 T pure castile soap
1 tsp pure vitamin C powder
3 drops feverfew
1 tsp avocado oil

Face moisturizer
1/2 T raw shea butter
1/4 C hot water
3 drops feverfew
1 T glycerin
1 tsp pure vitamin C powder
2 tsp avocado oil

Keep in mind that I'm 45 years old and my skin is fairly dry, hence the avocado oil.

Vitamin C: anti-aging properties; increases collagen; anti-oxidant.

Feverfew: anti-inflammatory; reduces redness and irritation.

Avocado oil: repairs sun damage; increases collagen; contains a host of vitamins, including potassium and beta-carotene.

Both are unscented because my essential oils haven't arrived yet. Well, I mean, they have a scent, but it's what we women typically know as "unscented" in skin care products.

The face wash feels good. Light lather, but not drying at all because of the avocado oil. My face felt clean afterward.

The moisturizer is a little greasy. I don't mind it because I'm used to pure olive oil, but next batch I'll probably back off the avocado oil a bit or water it down more. It's also a liquid and not a cream, but that doesn't bother me either.

Ooh! I can't wait until my oils come in so I can scent them!!

I thought this thread was about me. (http://forums.somd.com/ladies-room/71909-bathroom-organization-tips-2.html#post1448980) :ohwell:

I love almond oil. :yay: I get some sort of reaction to most of the scrubs, lotions and cleansers I buy.

Also, I got a pedicure the other day which I generally do myself. The girl told me the best moisturizer for your feet (heels especially) is castor oil. :yay:

Picked up some at Nature's Way to Health in PF yesterday- my feet have never been so soft; esp my heels.