Instructions
- Add the Tamanu Oil to the honey and mix.
- Wet your face and apply the honey. Wash as you would with soap and rinse off with cold water.
- Pat dry and apply moisturizer.
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients together in a small, clean bottle.
- Apply a few drops of the mixture on your fingertips. Start massaging, from the inner corner of the eye, moving upward towards the temples and around the eye across the bone underneath and up again in a circular motion. Repeat this movement 4-5 times morning and evening.
- This massage activates the microcirculation and drains the excess edema responsible for dark circles of fatigue. The lymphatic drainage also has a lifting effect.
Instructions
- Mix together equal quantities of the oils and pour into a clean bottle.
- Moisten a cotton pad with a little of the oil blend and gently wipe your eyelids and eyelashes.
Instructions
- Mix the oils together and gently massage into the delicate area around your eyes every night.
Ingredients
- 18 grams beeswax
- 65 ml Almond Oil (Sweet)
- 20 ml rosewater
- 2/3 teaspoon soya lecithin (about 3ml)
- 5 drops Rose Oil
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Instructions
- Put the first 4 ingredients in a double boiler or a bowl over a pot of water and melt gently on a low heat, stirring with a light touch. Then place the bowl in cold water to activate the cooling cream and continue mixing. Use a whisk or mixer when mixture begins to "take." Replace the water with cold water if it becomes warm. When the cream is ready, add the rose essential oil and mix well.
- Dispense into small, clean glass jars using a sterilised spatula and store in the refrigerator.
Recipe Notes
Prepare the cream in small quantities because it does not keep well.
You can possibly freeze pots to preserve the mixture for longer.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon beeswax pellets
- 15 ml Almond Oil (Sweet)
- 15 ml Wheat Germ Oil
- ½ teaspoon honey
- 15 ml rosewater
- 3 drops Rose Oil
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Instructions
- In a bain-marie, gently melt the beeswax, honey and oils, then add the rose water, stirring constantly.
- Remove the pot from the heat and continue to stir with a spatula. When the mixture has cooled, add the 3 drops of Rose essential oil and stir again to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
- Decant into a small clean jar with a screw lid and store in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 months.
- Variations: Rose Oil can be replaced with other essential oils e.g. Geranium and Fennel, Carrot, Tea Tree, ... anything that takes your fancy! You could also replace the rose water with distilled water, mineral water, Orange blossom water or Witch hazel.
Instructions
- Add 3 tablespoons of beaten egg white to the Argan Oil.
- Apply the mixture all over your face except for the eye area and leave for 15 minutes.
- Rinse off with warm water gently pat dry.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Ghassoul clay (Moroccan)
- 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
- 1 tablespoon Argan Oil
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Instructions
- Put the clay in a small bowl, moisten with the orange blossom water and then mix in the Argan Oil.
- Spread on your face, being careful to avoid the delicate area around the eyes. Leave on for 15 minutes then rinse off with warm water and gently pat dry.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Pink Kaolin Clay
- 1-2 teaspoons Avocado Oil
- 1 drop Rose Oil
- 1 drop Roman Chamomile Oil
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Instructions
- Put the clay in a small bowl and mix in the oils. Add some water, if necessary, to make a paste. Add a little more clay if the mixture is too runny.
- Spread over your face, avoiding the eye area. Leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse off with warm water and gently pat dry.
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients, leave on 15 minutes, and rinse with cool water
Instructions
- Mix everything together in a small bowl – you want a really thick paste, thicker than you think you will need because as soon as you apply it, the coconut melts and the mixture thins
- Put on an old shirt
- Hold a warm, wet facecloth against your face a few times to dampen skin and open pores
- Dab mixture all over the face, jaw line, and down the neck
- Leave on for about 20 minutes
- Rinse off with warm water and pat dry
Recipe Notes
Tip: apply mask with a brush. Turmeric seems to wash off the face but not the fingernails.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon bentonite clay
- 1/4 teaspoon activated charcoal powder (see recipe notes)
- purified water
- 1 or 2 drops Lavender Oil or orange oil
- 1 small glass bowl
- 1 wooden ice cream stick or toothpick for mixing
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Instructions
- Put clay and charcoal in bowl.
- Add just enough water to mix into a smooth, thick paste.
- Add oil.
- Hold a warm wet facecloth against your skin for a few moments to open pores.
- Smear mask all over face and jaw line, avoid getting too close to the delicate skin around the eyes.
- Relax and read a book while the mask dries – takes a while but you can actually feel it tightening and pulling out all the toxins which is somewhat satisfying.
- Rinse off with warm water and pat dry.
Recipe Notes
If you don’t have the powder you can use 2 charcoal capsules – just open them and pour the contents out.
Instructions
- Mix oils together and use anywhere for a luxurious, soothing and anti-aging effect - around eyes, on the lips, neck or hands.
Instructions
- Mix oils together and use as a night oil.
Instructions
- Mix ingredients together and use on your face twice a day to freshen tired skin and give it new sparkle.
Ingredients
- 125 ml sesame seeds (1/2 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Almond Oil (Sweet)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 20 drops Manuka Oil
- 10 drops Bergamot Oil
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Instructions
- Process the sesame seeds briefly (a coffee grinder works well.) you want them to be just broken up and still dry. If you overdo it, they will turn into sesame butter.
- Put in a bowl and add the sweet almond oil, honey, Manuka Oil and then the Bergamot. Stir well until smooth.
- Put a small amount in the palm of your hand and apply to the face in small circular movements to slough off dead skin. Rinse with warm water
- Use within a month.
Instructions
- Melt the beeswax in the Sweet Almond Oil over a double boiler. Do not use a lid because the condensation inside the mixture will ruin it.
- Stir in the honey and allow the mixture to cool. Dispense into small, clean containers.
- Use as a moisturizer or as a lip gloss over your lipstick.
Instructions
- Stir the equal quantities of raw honey, brown sugar and coconut oil together for a tasty lip scrub.
- Keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
This recipe is from The Complete Book of Coconut Oil
Ingredients
- 16 grams beeswax
- 33 ml Marula Oil
- 20 drops Grapefruit essential oil
- 8 drops Lime essential oil
- 2 drops Peppermint essential oil
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Instructions
- Melt beeswax in a double boiler, then add the Marula Oil and keep stirring until combined.
- Remove from the heat and add the essential oils.
- Decant into small, clean pots.