GLI:N Homemade recipe: Sleeping balm

I had a terrible sleepless night yesterday. So I thought I'd make something that would help if it happened again. After a short research, I put this not so difficult recipe together. This cream helps for babies, children, adults. Attention, when you make it for a baby, please use only dried herbs and no essential oil.

You can apply this cream on your chest, forehead, wrist for a maximal effect.

Chamomile and lavender are the best calming herbs and oils that you can use as natural remedies for sleepless nights. 

And as a bonus, the lavender will keep the mosquito`s away from you.

Ingredients:
1 cup of coconut butter
2 tbls of jojoba oil
2 tbls of bees wax
1/4 cup of chamomile flowers
1/4 cup of lavender flowers
3-3 drops of lavender and chamomile essential oils

 Process:
 1.Add coconut oil to an oven proof pan or a double boiler. Let the oil melt on medium heat.
 2. Stir your herb to the oil. Let your herbs heat through for a few minutes.

 3. While you are heating turn your oven to 200 Celsius degrees and turn it off once it reaches the temperature.

 4. Take the herbs off heat, cover them and stick them in the heated oven.

 5. Let them stay there for about 3 hours covered with a lid.
 6. Take a glass jar or a bowl and fill the infused oil into. You can add the herbs once they have drained.
 7. Clean out your pan and pour your strained oil back.
 8. Add the jojoba oil to the mixture.
 9. Add wax and let it melt on medium heat.
10. Turn off the heat and let it cool.
11. Add the essential oil to the law warm mixture.
12. Pour the mixture into a dry, clean jar. Let it harden.
13. Apply to your forehead, chest, wrist when it is needed.

Have a GLI:N week and a sweet night
Rita

GLI:N Homemade Recipes: Body Butter Bar

Now, that you have lip balm, sunscreen, it is time to learn how you will be able to make your own body butter using 3 simple, natural ingredients for the basic recipe. 

Of course, you can make your own version with adding extra oils, scents, etc.

These hard body butter bars are perfect as a gift as well. Based on the celebration you can use different silicon molds like :heart shapes for mothers' or fathers' day, or Xmas ornaments or even Easter Eggs forms. These body butter bars are really cute and can be made to fit any of your gifting needs. You can add your personal touch using different essential oils or natural colorants (cacao, cinnamon, chili, curcuma, etc)

These bars are easy to use and have really good moisturizing effect. They will soften even the most dried body parts, like elbows, knees or heels. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butters (you can make your own mixture, like coconut-cacao-karite- mango)

1/2 cup of oil ( again, you can go for a mix, like: olive- hemp seed-jojoba)

1/2 cup of beeswax

3-6 drops of good quality essential oils ( I use perfect quality of  doTERRA oils)

optional for coloring:

1 little spoon of cacao, cinnamon, chili powder

Process

1. Melt all your butters and oils in a double boiler.

2. Remove from the heat and add the essential oils and extra coloring ingredients. Stir them well.

3. Quickly pour the mixture in the desired silicon mold.

4. Let it rest for about 4-6 hours. If you want to speed up the hardening process, pop them in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.

PRO TIP:

If you do not like the consistency, simply put them back in your double boiler, add additional bees wax (for harder bars) and start again from point number 2.

If it is a gift, wrap them in wax paper or cellophane and tie them with a nice ribbon and a card. This is perfect gift for anyone or everyone with dry skin. (Pretty much everyone has dry skin!)

More recipes here:

            Bath Bomb                                  KISS ME Lip Balm                                           

              Bath Bonbon

       Liquid Soap                              SUNTAN ME sunscreen

Don`t forget this sunday is the GLI:N Vegan Soap Making Workshop in Amsterdam. Last before the summer holiday. Sign up here.

Have a GLI:N Week
Rita

GLI:N Homemade Recipes: Suntan Cream & Skin Scrub

Do you know what the benefit of sunbathing is?

Because it has a lot of good impact on you and your body. 

You will get a good mood from the sunshine, keeps away depression. 

Your body could produce more vitamin D, that has an important role of the bone health and acts as a pre-hormone for your hypophysis .

But ultraviolet rays in the sunlight can damage the cells in your body.

You should do everything you can do to avoid sunburn.

This is because over time small amounts of sunburn damage can build up, which may lead to the development of skin cancer or melanom. While a tan is your body's way of protecting itself against UV rays, if the damaged skin cells can't repair themselves, they can become cancerous. You should be particularly careful in spring when your skin is pale.

A tan doesn't guarantee that you will avoid skin cancer later on in life.

How could you protect yourself against the "aging" effect of the sun?

-Dermatologist advice.

You can protect yourself in two ways: inner and outer  protection in order to keep your body young.

How could you prepare your body inside for sunbathing?

• Eat more fruits and vegetables that are rich in carotene.
• Try to eat more fresh red, purple, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. The beta carotene is in all green vegetables. The best sources of carotene are the following: rhubarb, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, carrot, sweet potato, orange, mandarin,papaya,mango, pumpkin, tomato, peach, melon.
• Spinach and the peel of the zucchini are rich in beta carotene, which helps prevent the cell damage.
• According to the WHO advice, we should eat approximately 40-50 grams of this kind of food per day. Studies suggest that high doses of beta carotene may make people with a particular condition less sensitive to the sun.

Sunbathing advice

• Between 11.00-15.00 stay out of the sun. You will get nice brown color also in the shade, just slower but without the painful sunburn effect. But you will reduce the chance to get more wrinkles faster and pigment changes.
• Do not wear make up while sunbathing. 
• Do not use perfume, deodorant. They can cause skin irritation and problems.
• Protect your eyes with sunglasses and your head with a cap.
• If you take medicine, ask for medical advice. There are medicines that can cause skin allergies with the combination of the sun.
• Your skin has to get used to the sun step by step. 15 minutes sunbathing is better than 1.5 hour on end per week. 
• Do a head to toe skin scrubbing first. You can avoid getting tiger or leopard prints due to dead skin cells on your body.
• Sun extremely dries the skin. So if you have a dry skin , please pay attention and moisture your skin after sunbathing with aloe water and karite butter. You can add 2-3 drops of good quality of Lavender Essential Oil for a better result.
• The sun dehydrates the body. Make sure you drink enough water. 
• After sunbathing, always take a shower and apply your favorite natural body butter.

Here is an easy to make Skin Scrub.

You find all the ingredients in your kitchen. 

Almond oil is perfect base for your scrub, but a good quality olive oil will serve your goals. 

Take about a 1/3 cup of sea salt or sugar/brown sugar or coffee grind and add the chosen oil. 

You would like to reach a "wet sand" consistence for your scrub.

Eventually you can add 2-3 drops of Essential Oil. It is ready for using on your body. 

If you have a sensitive skin, I would not advise to use on your face. Once you applied this mixture to your skin gently you can massage it and rinse it off with a shower. In order to finish , apply coconut or karite butter on your skin for a perfect, soft skin.

• If you happen to stay longer in the sun and you get sunburn, you can apply karite butter with Lavender Essential Oil after a short shower onto your wet skin. The karite butter has anti oxidant effect and the Lavender Oil will help reduce your skin irritation.

Now your body is ready for the sun.

Let`s see how you could  make your own Suntan Cream at home.

You will need karite butter, coconut butter, cacao butter and zink-oxide.

This suntan cream gives physical protection against the ultraviolet rays. 

Karite butter, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, cacao butter have naturally SPF 6. 

With additional Zink-Oxide you can reach SPF20+.

So when you use these butters/oils you have already SPF6 and it depend on the amount of Zink-Oxide that you add to create your own SPF 10-12-20+.

The basic ratio is 100 ml butter/oil : 20gram Zink_Oxide

100ml-20g

200ml-40g

400ml-80g

( Keep in mind, if you put too much Zink-Oxide, your skin stays white.)

Suntan Cream Ingredients:

50ml coconut oil

25 ml cacao butter

25ml karite butter

20gram Zink-Oxide

Process:

In a double boiler melt the butters and oil. When it dissolves , remove from the heat. Add the Zink-Oxide to the melted oils and mix it with a mixer well. After it, quickly pour the mixture into desired disinfected containers.

Pro tipp:

You can add bees wax (30-60-120 gram) and your suntan will have a good water resistance effect.

Want to make a lip balm, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a liquid soap, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a bath bonbon, click here for the recipe.

Have a GLI:N week

Rita

GLI:N Homemade Recipe: Lip Balm

Finally it seems like summer is approaching to us. Yes. We had to wait so long this year. So it is time to protect our lips.
I will tell you how and you will make it. Look, it is so easy peasy.

 Ingredients:
2 tbs coconut butter ( has SPF 5)

2 tbs olive oil ( if you happen to have avocado , jojoba or similar oils would also work well)

1 tbs bees wax
4 drops E vitamin ( optional)
2-3 drops Essential Oils ( lavender, lemon grass, sweet orange)

 Process:

1. In a double boiler melt the coconut butter, olive oil and bees wax in a double boiler.
 Melt until the bees wax is fully incorporated.

 2. Remove from the heat.

 3. Add the E vitamin and the essential oils. Mix it well.
(Add the cacao powder or hibiscus powder)

 4. Pour mixture quickly to the prepared containers and let it cool until hard.
 (if you are in a hurry, pop it in the fridge or freezer.)

Pro tips:
-Do you want  to add a bit of color?
Add 1 tbs cacao powder or 1 tbs hibiscus powder

-Do you want to add taste?
Add 2 g of fine chocolate

Want to make a sunscreen, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a liquid soap, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a bath bonbon, click here for the recipe.

Have a GLI:N Week
Rita

GLI:N homemade Recipe: Bath Bomb

This week you will learn how to make a Bath Bomb.

Ingredients:
1 cup of baking soda
1 cup of powdered citric acid
½ cup of cornstarch

 ⅓ cup finely ground Epsom salts
 ¼ cup powdered milk
 2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons melted cocoa butter
1 tablespoon water
essential oils (up to 6 -10 drops)
food coloring ( 2-4 drops)


Process:

Mix the baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch, Epsom salts, and powdered milk well. 

Add the wet ingredients.

Slowly pour in the olive oil and cocoa butter, mixing gently with your hands.

Use a spray bottle to add lukewarm water until the dough is solid enough to be compacted.

Don’t add too much moisture though, as this will cause the dough to begin fizzing before it is even finished.

Add your color and scent. Use up to 6 -10 drops, knowing that the scent will be a bit stronger when added to the warm bath water.

You can additionally choose to add food coloring to the mix.

Put the dough in molds.

Be sure to press firmly so that the dough sticks well and doesn’t form cracks when dried.

Let the bath bombs dry out. Place the dough in the molds in an area that is cool and dry for at least 24 hours.

Store the bath bombs. Place all of the bath bombs in a sealable container away from moisture.

for more inspiration follow us on Pinterest here:

http://www.pinterest.com/GLINPRODUCTS/detox-bath-ideas-tips

Want to make a sunscreen, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a lip balm, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a liquid soap, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a bath bonbon, click here for the recipe.

Have a GLI:N week

Rita

GLI:N Homemade recipe: liquid soap

GLI:N Homemade recipe: Liquid Soap

Now that you have a good stock of homemade soap ;) let`s see how you can transform it.
Time to make a Liquid Soap.
You need only 4 ingredients: soap, distilled water, essential oil, glycerine.

 

source: internet

Ingredients:
1 cup of grated soap
10 cups of distilled water
1 tbs glycerine
15 drops of essential oil

Process:

Add the grated soap together with the half of the distilled water in a pan and let the soap melt on medium temperature. Stir it occasionally. DO NOT COOK.

When dissolved add the other half of water to it while stirring. Than add the glycerine to the liquid soap and mix it well. Let it cool down and add the essential oil.
Pour your liquid soap in a container and ready to use.

If you want to learn more about homemade cosmetic products, check the GLI:N workshops.

Want to make a sunscreen, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a lip balm, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a bath bonbon, click here for the recipe.

P.S.:
For advanced soap makers:  try out the Hot Process Liquid Soap. You do not how to make a soap with Hot Process. Take contact with GLI:N for the workshop.

Have a GLI:N week
Rita

GLI:N Homemade Recipes : Bath Bonbon

GLI:N Homemade Recipes: Bath Bonbon

This post is the first of a GLI:N Homemade Recipes series. I will share simple but effective Homemade cosmetics and cleaning recipes that are good for your health and for the environment too.

I thought, you can start to energies your body after this winter with this Bath Bonbon Detox recipe.
You need only 5 simple ingredients and approximately 30 minutes for the preparation of the Bath Bonbons and an extra 30 minutes valuable ME TIME.
You and your skin will feel so smooth, relaxed after a warm bath with your own homemade Bath Bonbons.

Ingredients:
1 tbs cacao butter
1 tbs shea butter
1 tbs bees wax
1 lts epson/ sea salt
10 drops of desired essential oil
Process:
Melt the butters with the bees wax together in a double boiler. Stir it occasionally. When the bees wax is melted completely add the salt and the essential oil. Pour it in a silicon mould. Place carefully in the deep freezer for about 10 minutes.
Start to fill your bathtub with warm water. By the time, the bath is full , you can pop your bath bonbons out of the mould. Take one with you and close the door. Enjoy your detox moment.

If you want to learn more, find our all upcoming events here.

Want to make a lipbalm, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a sunscreen, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a detox foot bath, click here for the recipe.
Want to make a liquid soap, click here for the recipe.

Have a GLI:N week
Rita