It has been awhile since the last entry...let's pick up where we left off, like all good friends do. So I made most of my Christmas presents. Yay! It was great to play with the different recipes, some we more successful then others. I will post the recipes I used and add some comments. As I was creating in the kitchen I remembered what my husband said about recipes and cooking, they are guidelines the act of cooking is an art not an exact science. It might make exact replication difficult but it is more fun.
So what did I make?
Lip Balm
Adapted from a recipe found in the Green Beauty Guide, by Julie Gabriel
Makes 1 lip balm

• 1 tbsp soy wax flakes, from an unscented soy candle
• 1 heaping tbsp of coconut oil
• 3 drops of vanilla
• 1 drop of bergamot
• 1 pinch of garnet,or whatever colour mineral shimmer (I bought Earth Lab cosmetics brand)

I got little metal containers. I put the soy wax and the coconut oil in each container. I took a small frying pan and put a bit, 1/2 inch, of water in it over low heat. Carefully placed containers in the pan until the oil and wax had melted. Then I removed the containers from heat and stirred in the vanilla, bergamot, and then the mineral colour. The mineral shimmer powder will take a while to stir in completely. Then I popped them in the fridge for 2 hrs to set.

Facial Cleansing Powder/Mask

• 1 tsp organic green tea
• 1 tsp dried lavender florets
• 1 oz white clay
• 1 oz oat bran
• 3 caps of vitamin C capsules

I just put all ingredients in my magic bullet and blend until smooth. To use pour tsp into a dry hand add a few drops of water, form a dense paste, and rub into face avoid eye area. Leave on for ten minutes to use powder as a mask.

 Winter Protection Cream
Important for us Edmontonians

• 1 tbsp cocoa butter
• 2 tbsp of beeswax (or soy wax)
• 1/4 cup of coconut oil
• 1/2 cup of almond, soybean, or apricot kernel oil (I think you could use any oil just a note that hemp oil is green and will change the colour but it is really good for your skin)

Melt all ingredients in a small sauce pan on low heat or double boiler. Let set over night. Use within 12 months.
Protective Day Cream
The base is the same recipe as above.

• Substitute Rose hip oil instead of other oils suggested for last ingredient. It is full of antioxidants and therefore used in many anti-ageing skincare products.
• 1 drop of each, chamomile and rose essential oil

Personal scents, which I put in some beautiful perfume containers from Egypt.

• In a base of jojoba oil I added a blend of oils. I would choose only 3 or 4 oils. I love rose, jasmine, neroli, and bergamot. 5 to15 drops of each essential oil. I would keep sniffing as I added the oils.

Another fun part about making your own skin care is choosing your packaging. I used small mason jars for creams and body butters. I would decorate them so they didn't look so rustic....I call them craft sale chic.


First Body Butter...top is bedazzled with pink jewels :)