| Organic skincare products can be made cheaply and | | | | treatment for dry hair is a hair mask made out of a |
| easily at home. You also have the reassurance that | | | | couple of beaten eggs mixed with a bit of olive oil. |
| the products you make truly are from organic sources. | | | | Apply this to dry hair, then tuck the hair up in a plastic |
| Many commercial brands labeled as "organic" only | | | | shower cap to let your body heat drive the mixture |
| have as little as 70% of their ingredients from natural | | | | into the hair cuticle for smooth, shiny hair. You can |
| sources. This means that despite your best intentions | | | | make a mask for oily skin out of oatmeal and honey |
| to use beauty products containing ingredients from | | | | to control oil and exfoliate the skin. There are many |
| organic sources, you may be paying for chemical | | | | other examples of these types of simple, yet highly |
| ingredients that you had no intention of using in the first | | | | effective products you can make straight out of your |
| place. | | | | kitchen cupboards. |
| Organic skincare products such as lip balms, lotions, | | | | Organic skincare products such as rich, creamy lotions, |
| soaps and masks can be made at home for a mere | | | | shampoo and soap can also be made at home. |
| fraction of what you would pay for these ingredients in | | | | Making lotion is not any bit more difficult than making |
| the stores. When you buy these products in the | | | | salad dressing; the only real difference is that you must |
| stores, you are paying largely for the privilege of pretty | | | | sanitize all of your equipment before making lotions |
| packaging and expensive advertising campaigns | | | | with a bleach solution. This is to kill any microbes that |
| featuring over-paid actresses and supermodels. Did | | | | could enter your lotion and make it spoil. Shampoo is |
| you know that cosmetics and skin care products are | | | | also a snap to make using either solid or liquid castile |
| marked up as much as 2000%? Yes, you did read | | | | soap as a base. Making soap from scratch? Well, it is |
| that right--2000%. | | | | a little harder; I'm not going to fib about that! But you |
| Organic skincare products such as masks and hair | | | | can find organic melt and pour soap base that |
| treatments can be made from products straight out of | | | | simplifies the process 100%. |
| your refrigerator and pantry. For example, a great | | | | |