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As the air starts to bring in a chill, skin starts to crack. I find myself using lotion more in the fall and winter than spring and summer every single year. But with all of the harmful pollutants that go into the production of lotion, I really wish sometimes that I just made my own. Finally, I've come around and have embraced the world of homemade lotion...and I make it in perfect to-go form, too!
Here's what you can do to make the same lotion:
Buy one of those small travel containers for lotion/shampoo/conditioner. These are usually available at your drug store or chain store, like Walmart. If you already have a small container that could work, that would be the better choice. However, these small containers are cheap and all you'll need is one for life.
The next thing you need to do is make the lotion that you'll be filling the container with.
Ingredients, Part 1:
3/4 cup of Almond Oil
1/3 cup of Coconut Oil or Cocoa Butter
1 teaspoon of Lanolin
1/2 ounce of Grated Beeswax
Method:
- Melt all of these ingredients together over a flame in a pot.
- Cool them until they are room temperature.
Leave these ingredients cooling while you mix together these ingredients:
2/3 cup of rose water
1/3 cup of aloe vera gel
1 or 2 drops of rose oil
1 or 2 drops of vitamin E oil
Method:
- Add all of these ingredients to your first mixture.
- Whip together.
You can store this mixture in a jar. Pour however much you can fit in your portable container first, though, and keep refilling it as it runs out. You'll never have to support the waste involved in the lotion industry again!
Read more about making your own beauty products:
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Make Your Own Perfume
