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Soap making is one of the fun, creative and frugal  DIY activity. There are two types of soap making process. 1. Melt and Pour - easy for beginners. As the name indicates, you just melt a soap base and customize with colors or dried flowers.  2. Cold process soap - This is the  actual process where saponification takes place. It is the chemical reaction in which oils and fats react with lye to form soap.  Sharing here three basic soap melt and pour recipes.  Basic soap making procedure   Ingredients:      8 oz. Goat Milk Melt and pour soap base (2 soaps of 4 oz)      99% Isopropyl alcohol      Few drops of Essential oil  Procedure: 1. Chop the melt and pour soap base into small pieces and melt the base in microwave using 30 second bursts. Stir between each burst to melt evenly. 2. Add essential oils and stir.  3. Spritz the base of the soap mold with alcohol and carefully pour the heated base. Spritz the top with alcohol to prevent any bubbles. 4.Once the soap

#diy #diyhomemadeproducts #diyfacecream #jyospost Saffron Aloe herbal cream Sharing here my favorite and highly rated face cream by family and friends. This cream gives the natural glow and treats acne, sun burns, eczema, melasma. (Based on the feedback) The herb that I used is Calendula, poor man's saffron. Other herbs like lavender, rose, chamomile, mint , dandelion can be substituted as well. Ingredients and why I chose them: 1. Calendula is a natural and safe solution for acne , sun burns, rashes etc. Being anti fungal and anti inflammatory , I religiously use calendula infused oil in most of my skin products. 2. Sunflower oil for infusion, it's light and suitable for all skin types and also extra protective of damaged skin. 3. Mango butter - a very rich moisturizing butter , healing and soothing helps increasing youthful appearance 4. Aloe vera gel - natural medicine to treat burns with abundant anti bacterial and anti inflammatory properties. 5. Tea tree, h

Here is another variation of lip balm prepared predominantly from alkanet root infused sweet almond oil. Alkanet root is primarily used as a natural dyeing agent which gives red Ruby to pink color based on the amount used. I infused 1 tbsp of alkanet root in 1/4 th cup of sweet almond oil for 4-6 weeks in a cool dark place occasionally shaking. Directions to make the lip balm: Step 1: Melt 1 tbsp of Shea butter,1 tbsp of bees wax, 2 tbsps of alkanet infused sweet almond oil, 1 tbsp of olive oil in a heaf proof canning jar over a medium- low heat using double boiler method. Step 2: Add few drops of vitamin E oil and essential oils after removing from the pan. I used rose absolute. Give the mixture few stirs and pour into the lip balm tubes. Once cooled cap the tubes. Voila, lip balm is ready with the pinkish tint. Alkanet root can be purchased from the below URL, rest of the other ingredients can be found in the same website or Amazon. https://www.mountainroseherbs.

Ingredients used are: 1 cup Oats powdered - oat meal being humectant retains the moisture in the skin 1/2 cup Orange peel powder - body scrub and skin exfoliator, orange peel has higher content of vitamin C than the fruit itself 1/2 cup Manjistha root powder -  for rejuvenation and glowing skin. Evens skin coloration. Handful of Dried petals of rose🌹, lavender,  chamomile powdered - fragrance and for skin toning Links to ingredients: Oats I just used from sprouts Orange peel - home made dried peel grinded Manjistha: 100% pure Manjistha (Rubia Cordifolia) 1/2 LB- ORGANICALLY GROWN -NEW! Resealable packaging https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ZGGLUW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gS8wBb0258B74 Dried flowers: bMAKER Bulk Botanical Flowers Kit (6pack) Edible & Kosher Certified 1.5 cups each of Jasmine, Cornflowers, Lavender, Marigold, Chamomile and Pink Rose Buds & Petals, 2ml of Rose Absolute Essential Oil https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KH3DTG6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_mT8wBb68D6E34

 Its hot hot summer here in Arizona. Between the sun, chlorine water from the pool and dry wind, it is exceptionally harmful for hair and skin. Weekend is the fix time and today's mask is avacodo , olive oil and egg mask. Olive oil used in hair masks from ancient times is full of moisture and nourishment to help replenish dry air.Loaded with Vitamin E and healthy fats, the oil works to hydrate brittle ends while strengthening hair to prevent further breakage. The egg yolk truns the dry sumner hair into silky locks . Puree the avacado and slowly stir in the egg white with 2 spoons of extra virgin olive oil.

How many of you know about cuticle oil? Well, well even I came to know during my trip to Hawaii ,when I was shopping gifts to family. The ingredients of this oil makes a perfect DIY project. Cuticles are a tiny, funny little bit of the body ignored and abused between hand washing and all other mean things that happens to our hands. If the cuticles are not well moisturized, they're more prone to splitting or breaking leaving finger beds vulnerable to injury. It just takes a minute to prepare the oil if you have right ingredients. Ingredients: Lavender infused jojoba oil Vitamin E oil Lavender EO Frankincense EO Gernaium Rose EO Steps: Clean out an used nail polish bottle or you can use roller pens Fill the bottle with the above ingredients one by one. Gently shake the contents to blend well. For 10 drops of carrier oil, use 2 drops of Vitamin E and 1 drop of EO. You can add some real flowers. I got the real flowers from a local craft store. I prefer Jojoba o