| Natural bath and body products don't have to be | | | | make without a lot of effort are lotions and body |
| purchased from an exclusive and expensive specialty | | | | butters. If you know how to make salad dressing from |
| retailer. You can easily make your own skin care | | | | scratch, making lotions and butters is not a big stretch. |
| products right at home. You can easily create a wide | | | | Just like salad dressing such as mayonnaise is made |
| variety of products such as soaps, bar and liquid | | | | from a base of oil and a form of water (lemon juice) |
| shampoos,lotions, balms and body polishes that are | | | | and an emulsifier to bind the oil and water together, |
| guaranteed to make you feel great and give you | | | | lotions are made the same basic way. Instead of using |
| glowing skin. Your own products often work just as | | | | egg as an emulsifier as with mayonnaise, lotion making |
| well or better than commercial versions, and for much | | | | uses a wax to bind its principal ingredients together. |
| less money. The best part of all is that you won't be | | | | Beeswax is often used, as is a commercial ingredient |
| exposing yourself or your family to the often | | | | made from natural sources known as "e-wax" (short |
| controversial chemical ingredients present in | | | | for emulsifying wax.) The consistency of these |
| commercial preparations. | | | | products are easily adjusted to thicker or thinner |
| Natural bath and body products can be created from | | | | versions simply by adjusting the amount of water in |
| ingredients you already have on hand in your pantry. | | | | the recipe. |
| You can make simple scrubs from very common and | | | | Natural bath and body products that you can make for |
| available ingredients such as olive and grapeseed oils | | | | just a few cents are bath salts. Bath salts are |
| and either sugar or sea salt. What you could make for | | | | extremely quick and easy to make. Their inexpensive |
| mere pennies at home will cost you a lot of money in | | | | ingredients consist of just a few items: Epsom and/or |
| the bath specialty shops. If you'd like you scrubs to | | | | sea salts, baking soda and optional ingredients include |
| have a certain scent, you can add a few drops of | | | | glycerin to moisturize the skin and essential oils for |
| essential oils to your scrubs to suit your mood. It's just | | | | fragrance and their therapeutic properties. It's so easy |
| that easy! | | | | to make many of these lovely products; don't you |
| Other natural bath and body products that you can | | | | want to learn how? |