Neem Oil Uses Tips on how to use Neem oil As a rule of thumb when using Neem Oil on your skin your dilution should be between 2 and 5 %. Some of the recipes below are more than 5%…..just keep an eye out for skin irritation
Category: Soap and Skin Loving Oils
Itchy Skin? Can Natural Soap help itchy skin?
I can speak from personal knowledge on how terrible it is to suffer from itchy skin, having suffered from Eczema I can remember times I’d be so itchy and miserable. Growing up at home our soap was Irish Spring.
Beeswax vs Paraffin
Beeswax vs Paraffin, which is better and safer? Both are natural but both are not safe….
Cocoa Butter and Soap
Cocoa Butter and Soap Super moisturizing cocoa butter in soap and other skin care products Cocoa Butter in soap and other bath products creates a super moisturizing and skin protecting formula. This butter is high in Non-saponifiable content, making your soap very moisturizing.
Benefits of Shea Nut Butter
Shea Nut Butter A Natural Treatment for Skin and Hair 100% pure and natural benefits of Shea Nut Butter include being an all-natural Vitamin A Cream. This tropical butter has shown to be a superb moisturizer, with exceptional healing properties for the skin.
Rosehip Oil benefits Skin – better than store bought moisturizers
Rosehip Oil benefits the Skin Rose hip Oil is also known as Rosa Mosquieta it comes from the rose family and found growing all over north and South America as well as growing abundantly throughout Chili, rose hip oil could easily replace all your un-natural lotions.
Canola Oil and Soap Making
Canola Oil for Soap Making I don’t use Canola oil in my soap making because it is a genetically modified product, but that is not to say it is bad for soap. Canola oil is used by many soap makers and is safe to use. It is just my choice. When it comes to Canola…
Castor Oil and Soap Making – for a rich creamy lather
Castor Oil and Soap Making When castor oil is added to your soap recipe it will give your soap a wonderful lather. You will often see Castor Oil as an ingredient in shaving soaps and shampoo bars for this reason. I use castor oil in my shaving soaps and shampoo bars for this reason. It…
Coconut Oil and Health Benefits – Using Coconut Oil for Soap Making
Coconut oil for Making Cold Process Soap and creating Bubbles in your Soap When you add coconut oil to your list of soap making oils, you are adding special qualities that not every soap making oil has. Coconut oil will make a harder, better cleansing bar with fluffy lather. Usually this oil would be combined…
Hemp Seed Oil Health Benefits – for you inside and out
Hemp an important plant for Ten Thousand Years The Hemp Plant has been an important part of humankind for thousands of years.