I had almost the complete last two weeks of December off this past holiday season. Generally I had a decent time away from work, but I know it was a bit too long of a break because the final day, I decided to do all the things.
I accidentally spent too much time on Pinterest last week and came up with a fairly extensive list of things to attempt.
As a quick bit of backstory, my best friend is started working as an independent, amateur apothecarian in the last couple years. She's made me several teas, facial wipes, headache remedies, bath salts, facial cleansers, and body butters (among other things). Most of what she's made for me has been to either lift my mood or help manage my stress levels. She's always encouraging me to try new things or telling me about what she's making (a surprising number of health and beauty products contain gluten, which is bad if you have Celiac disease).
Anyway, the last day of break I finally decided to try making some of the things on my list since they mostly didn't require complex ingredients. I had to go to my local co-op for a few of the items, but most I already had sitting around my home.
The first thing I made was homemade deodorant. It consisted of coconut oil, arrowroot powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and essential oil. It was really simple and quick to make. It's really not glamorous enough for a picture, but I'm including one anyway.
The biggest difference between how mine turned out and the recipe I used is that I used lemon and eucalyptus oils instead of bergamot. I don't have bergamot oil, but the oils I went with helped cover any linger scents from the other ingredients.
So far, I'm really enjoying it. I have it on good authority I don't smell bad.
I've made several more things, which I'll share a bit later.
I accidentally spent too much time on Pinterest last week and came up with a fairly extensive list of things to attempt.
As a quick bit of backstory, my best friend is started working as an independent, amateur apothecarian in the last couple years. She's made me several teas, facial wipes, headache remedies, bath salts, facial cleansers, and body butters (among other things). Most of what she's made for me has been to either lift my mood or help manage my stress levels. She's always encouraging me to try new things or telling me about what she's making (a surprising number of health and beauty products contain gluten, which is bad if you have Celiac disease).
Anyway, the last day of break I finally decided to try making some of the things on my list since they mostly didn't require complex ingredients. I had to go to my local co-op for a few of the items, but most I already had sitting around my home.
The first thing I made was homemade deodorant. It consisted of coconut oil, arrowroot powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and essential oil. It was really simple and quick to make. It's really not glamorous enough for a picture, but I'm including one anyway.
The biggest difference between how mine turned out and the recipe I used is that I used lemon and eucalyptus oils instead of bergamot. I don't have bergamot oil, but the oils I went with helped cover any linger scents from the other ingredients.
So far, I'm really enjoying it. I have it on good authority I don't smell bad.
I've made several more things, which I'll share a bit later.
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