Tag: essential oil

Homemade easy lotion recipe

Lotion is one of the easiest DIY personal care product you can make for you and your family. With a few ingredients and a few minutes of your time, you can enjoy natural silky-smooth body lotion with your favorite scent (even better!) Below we like to share our super easy lotion recipe with Aloe Vera Gel. Enjoy!

Lotion is one of the easiest DIY personal care product you can make for you and your family. With a few ingredients and a few minutes of your time, you can enjoy natural silky-smooth body lotion with your favorite scent (even better!) Below we like to share our super easy lotion recipe with Aloe Vera Gel. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 Cup   Aloe Vera Gel

4 TBSP Sweet Almond Oil

4 TBSP Jojoba oil

1 TBSP shea butter

5-10 drops Sweet Orange essential oil (optional)

Directions:

  1. Melt Shea Butter (few minutes with double boiler, 5 sec via microwave)
  2. Let melted shea butter cool to room temperature and just start to harden
  3. Add Sweet Almond oil and Jojoba oil to Shea butter and mix well
  4. Slowly add Aloe Vera Gel and mix well
  5. Add Sweet Orange essential oil (or your preferred essential oil), mix again and enjoy!

How to make sweet floral perfume with essential oil

Making your own perfume can be an interesting experience. Here we like to share one of our favorite perfume recipes with essential oil. It has a sweet floral scent with classic Jasmine, Lavender, Bergamot and vanilla essential oil. It can be used day or night. Give it a try if you are interested. Enjoy!

Making your own perfume can be an interesting experience. Here we like to share one of our favorite perfume recipes with essential oil. It has a sweet floral scent with classic Jasmine, Lavender, Bergamot and vanilla essential oil. It can be used day or night. Give it a try if you are interested. Enjoy! 

Ingredients:

1 TBSP               Sweet Almond Oil

5 TBSP               Grain Alcohol

2 TBSP               Distilled water

1 TBSP               Vegetable glycerin (make perfume last longer)

4 drops               Sandalwood essential oil

3 drops               Vanilla essential oil

4 drops               Neroli essential oil

3 drops               Ylang Ylang essential oil

4 drops               Bergamot essential oil

3 drops               Jasmine essential oil

4 drops               Lavender essential oil

Directions:

1.           Add sweet almond oil to the bottle

2.           Add 4 drops of sandalwood essential oil

3.           Add 3 drops of Vanilla essential oil

4.           Add 4 drops of Rose essential oil

5.           Add 3 drops of Ylang Ylang essential oil

6.           Add 4 drops of Bergamot essential oil

7.           Add 3 drops of Jasmine essential oil

8.           Add 4 drops of Lavender essential oil

9.           Add 5 TBSP of grain alcohol

10.        Shake the bottle for a few minutes and let it sit for about a week

11.        Test the scent, if you are satisfied at this point add 2 TBSP of distilled water, shake the bottle to mix the perfume and enjoy!