DIY beauty recipes

Hey Beauties,
I found a good D.I.Y recipe for a clay cleansing bar, thought I would share with you ladies!

Ingredients:
40 g (1.41 oz) white kaolin clay
18 g (0.6 oz) powdered/ground oats*
1 g (1/2 tsp) alfalfa powder (optional, for color & a nutrient boost)
30 g (1.06 oz) cocoa butter
15 g (0.52 oz) aloe butter (or another soft butter such as shea, avocado)
12 g (0.42 oz) oil of your choice **
optional – 1 tsp (3.5 g) Phytocide Elderberry OS *** (oil soluble natural preservative)

Directions:

Weigh the cocoa butter, aloe butter, oil of your choice, and alfalfa powder into a heatproof jar or container.

Place the jar down into a small saucepan containing a few inches of water, forming a makeshift double boiler.

Place the pan over a medium-low burner to heat.

Once the butters are melted, thoroughly stir in the Phytocide Elderberry OS, if using.

Next, stir in the clay and powdered oats.

Mix well and remove from heat.

Spoon the hot mixture immediately into a silicone mold, or molds.

Place the mold in your refrigerator for a few hours, or until the bar is completely cool and hardened.

Remove and transfer to a tin or other storage container

Here is another DIY sheet mask recipe that is both brightening and hydrating.

1 compressed sheet mask

20g distilled water

2g glycerine

1g hyaluronic acid serum (TO or Aldi).

1g The Ordinary (TO) Niacinamide serum/ 0.005g niacinamide powder

1 drop TO Ferulic acid serum

1 drop Kakadu Plum (Gubinge) extract

1 drop Liquorice extract

1 drop Bearberry extract

1 drop Vitamin E oil

1 small drop TO Sea Buckthorn Oil

1 small drop CO2 extracted rosehip oil or regular rosehip oil.

1/4 tsp Emulsifier such as lecithin

Directions

In a small bowl, mix oils and emulsifier and heat gently over double boiler or in microwave until dissolved

Add water slowly and whisk until incorporated, then add serums, glycerine and extracts and continue to whisk

Dip compressed mask into serum and soak until expanded.

You may find you need to add a little more water to allow the mask to expand.

Apply to face for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

I buy beeswax off Ebay, it last me for ages because I only make lip balm. I have some red pigment powder that I put in half of it to make a coloured lipgloss. i can’t really remember the ‘recipe’ just a bunch of natural oils (especially coconut)in the beeswax. It lasts me for ages, so many companies really skimp on beeswax in their products.

What a great forum.

I keep trying various DIY stuff too and so far this one is my favorite –

Shea butter – 3/4th cup
Coconut or Olive oil – 1/4 cup
Almond oil – 4 tbsp
Bee wax – 1 tsp

Melt all these in a double boiler arrangement – preferably a big round bowl
Bee wax would be the last one to melt

Let the mixture cool down overnight or pop in the fridge for couple of hours.

Add –
Vitamin E oil – 1 tbsp
Essence oil of your choice – 10 drops (I like lavender and tea tree)

Whip for 10 minutes

Add a splash of rose water and some aloe gel (optional) – emulsifying with some water makes it lighter

Whip again until light and fluffy.
shelf life – 4 to 6 months. Just avoid touching with wet hands – I like to use a small wooden spoon

I use it as –

Body butter (specially during winter)
Hair mask (apply and wrap around a warm damp towel for best results)
Make up remover balm (massage face and wipe away with warm wet hand towel)
and to make Salt Scrub – just mix a good mineral salt with it and use it. I haven’t tried mixing and keeping it like that ever.

I read somewhere that you can also add zinc in the mix for mild sunscreen version – but haven’t tried it.

Last night I made my own Vitamin C sheet mask and I thought to share it with BH forum. My skin looks so nice today after the mask. It is smooth and soft.

Ok for the DIY Vit C mask (I love DIYs)

Edit sorry I forgot to mention you need to add distilled water to mix your VIT C powder with

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