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Get started in DIY skincare today, it is easier than you think. It just takes a little bit of time, and the willingness to learn and try new things!

I will teach you how to make homemade skincare recipes right in your kitchen.

When your skin is nourished with natural products, you can achieve amazing clear skin and healthy glow. The same goes for your hair. Making your own products also allows you to control what ingredients go on your skin and into your body. Most conventional products contain chemicals that you want to avoid.

To get started, my favorite ingredients to use in DIY recipes are coconut oil, shea butter, chamomile hydrosol, and natural beeswax.

Top 3 DIY Recipes for Getting Started

My favorite recipes are DIY Massage Bar for Sore Muscles, Homemade Face Cream with Sacha Inchi Oil, and DIY Lip Gloss with 3 Ingredients.

These are DIY, chemical-free recipes that will boost your skin and health!

Grainy Shea Butter? Let’s Fix it!

You see those white little dots in your shea butter and it feels gritty and grainy? The good news is that grainy shea butter is very easily fixable. It involves remelting grainy shea butter with a double boiler and doesn’t require a lot of time or effort. I’ll also be talking about how to prevent grainy shea butter all together in this blog post. Shea butter is hands down one of nature’s best beauty offerings –  where else can you find so many amazing skins benefits all wrapped up in a single ingredient? I absolutely love incorporating it in my…

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Learn how to make DIY natural beauty products like Body Butter, Face Creams, Lip Balms, Scrubs, Shampoo and much more homemade beauty care products.

DIY Face Serum Recipe Anti Wrinkles

If you are looking for a simple and natural way of taking care of your face while preventing the appearance of fine lines, you should make this easy DIY face serum recipe. It’s as easy as blending organic rosehip oil and essential oils together!
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 How to make your own lipstick like a pro!

I wanted to make a homemade lipstick that looks like the one you get in stores. Turns out how to make your own lipstick like a pro is not as hard as you can imagine. Packaging like this high-grade lipstick tube and a few tools can sometimes make a world of difference!
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Top 3 Goat Milk Soap Recipes


Goat’s milk contains natural emollients, vitamins, and triglycerides, as well as capric-caprylic triglyceride which calms, moisturizes and rejuvenates sensitive, dry, and combination skin. It is easier than you would think to make your own goat milk soap; you will find below my top 3 goat milk soap recipes, I hope you enjoy them!
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Where to Buy Organic Wholesale Ingredients For DIY Beauty Products

To get your started on your journey to a healthier lifestyle and to create your own body care products, you will need to get organic wholesale ingredients for DIY beauty products such as body butterscarrier oils and beeswax.
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How To Find The Best Containers For Homemade Beauty Products

Find out where to get the cheapest and best containers for your homemade beauty products such as lip balm containers, plastic or glass jars, amber glass bottles with a glass eye dropper or even aluminium tins.
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24 Easy Shea Butter Recipes

Here is a collection of 24 easy shea butter recipes you can make in your kitchen that I have created over the years.  One of the best natural skin moisturizers, shea butter is nothing short of a miracle for all homemade beauty recipes. You’ve bought some shea butter and wonder what to do and make with it? Well, you have come to the right place to can get those crafty juicy wheels turning! Shea butter is called “Mother Nature’s Conditioner” because of its deep moisturizing and softening properties. Also nicknamed “women’s gold” because it has been used by African women…

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Essential Oil Dilution Calculator

When it comes to DIY recipes, you need to be mindful about using essential oils and ensure you are diluting them before use because they are a powerful concentration and essence of herbs. Essential oils do not become less effective with the use of carrier oil like almond, jojoba, grapeseed other oils. In fact, they delay the absorption of essential oils into the skin, which means they will have a long-lasting effect. I’ve created this easy essential oil dilution calculator where you just have to input the total amount of carrier oil or hydrosol, select the carrier unit (ounces, drops…

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How To Make Candles at Home

Say what you will, there’s nothing more relaxing and satisfying than learning how to make candles. There’s just something really therapeutic about whipping a new batch of DIY candles with soywax or beeswax, hence making it the perfect homemade project for all the stress balls out there. Plus, considering how pricey store brought candles can be, who wouldn’t want to save a few bucks and experiment with candle making at home? For those new to candle making, I’ve made this step by step guide to the whole process. HINT: It’s super easy!   DIY Candles Top Natural Ingredients Before diving…

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Top 3 Natural Preservatives in DIY Beauty

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is: Do I need to use natural preservatives in my DIY beauty products? My top 3 natural preservatives for DIY beauty products are Rosemary oil extract, Grapefruit seed extract and Essential oils. Keeping your homemade body products fresh is a common concern – after all, one of the things you are trying to avoid when switching to DIY beauty products is adding synthetics preservatives or any sorts of chemicals. That would defeat the purpose of making natural and organic DIY products! Fortunately, there are a number of natural preservatives that you can use in…

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Substitutions in DIY beauty products

The most frequently asked question I get is, can I replace this ingredient with another ingredient? While most of the time, it changes the entire recipe, it is still possible to substitute one carrier oil for another. For example, you can replace is safflower oil instead of camellia seed oil.   Why you might substitute a carrier oil for another one Each carrier oil has its own properties when it comes to benefits to your skin, which is why you might choose one over another one. Or it may simply be a matter of what you have on hand. If…

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Top 5 Natural Emulsifiers in DIY beauty products

‘Emulsifier’ and ‘emulsion’ are words that get used a lot in DIY beauty products. Cosmetic companies use all sorts of chemical or synthetic emulsifiers, but the good news is that there are plenty of natural emulsifiers out there too! Here are my top 5 natural emulsifiers so you don’t have to use chemicals ever again, beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, rice bran wax and  organic liquid lecithin. What is an emulsion This may seem like a scary word out of a chemistry class, but it is actually a simple process that helps you to create a smooth consistency in your beauty…

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Top 5 Basic Equipment for DIY Beauty Products

Are you just getting started with DIY beauty products and unsure what basic equipment you need? DIY beauty products give you total control on the quality and types of ingredients that you put on your skin – and usually save you money in the process too! But, to get started, you’ll need to invest in some basic equipment to make homemade beauty recipes like for example a double boiler or an electric stick blender. While you may have some of these items in your kitchen already, it’s best to have equipment only reserved for your DIY beauty products. Why should…

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How To Find The Best Containers For Homemade Beauty Products

The best place to find containers for homemade beauty products is on amazon.com if you are in the usa.  If you live in another country please follow the links below: Canada The UKYou will find a lot of different types of containers such as lip balm containers, plastic or glass jars, amber glass bottles with a glass eye dropper or even aluminium tins. There are a few wholesalers out there but I found that that they are not as cheap as on amazon and there is no fast delivery available. With amazon prime, you can get your order within 48h…

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