I love the cooling sensation of cucumber. I find it particularly soothing in the heat of summer. We are very familiar with putting slices of cucumbers on our eyes but we can use the on the rest of our skin too! I find the best way is to juice the […]
Facial Care
I adore papaya! I love the taste. Wow! Sweet, exotic and slightly tangy. Somedays I can eat papaya until the cows come home! Well, I am pretty excited because papaya can be used on the skin too! Papaya is much like kiwi. It has a large enzymatic profile meaning that […]
At Home Spa – Papaya
Another great item if you want to have an at home spa day is kiwi. Kiwi is fantastic because it smooths the skin through both physical and chemical means. If you mash a kiwi up and gently massage it into your face, the seeds physically remove, dry, rough and dead […]
At Home Spa – Kiwi
1 With me staying in China for so long, I have run into a few personal care problems. Where does a girl go for a good facial?! I miss being able to a have a monthly facial that is affordable. Here in China, facials tend to be very expensive and finding […]
At Home Spa – Yogurt
LuAnn emailed me asking for help creating a face cream for mature skin. I think we tend to forget that mature skin needs a different style of love. The skin is thinner and more delicate. Let’s go make one that matches the cleanser we made the other day! First I […]
LuAnn’s Face Cream
LuAnn emailed me asking for help formulating a face cleanser for mature skin. I decided on making a that is oil based then gently washed off. I chose this style because it is effective at cleansing the skin while still being gentle. This type of cleanser is designed to be […]
LuAnn’s Oil Face Cleanser
5 Janet messaged me asking for assistance in creating a light, silky face cream for someone with mature skin. I was happy to oblige. As we grow and age, our skin has different requirements. I find that mature skin tends to want to be moisturized often with light lotions instead of […]
Janet’s Light Facial Lotion
4 To continue with our men’s care blogs, I thought I would share an after shave lotion. I wanted to formulate a thick lotion that would feel good on the skin and help soothe. Let’s look at the ingredients that I decided to use! Since my goal is to make a […]
Men’s After Shave Lotion
3 Today I wanted to make an after shave cream. Sometimes skin can be incredibly irritated after shaving and needs both a moisturizer and a mild cooling agent. If you have ever gotten razor burn, you can understand why! Come join me for a wonderful aftershave cream! To start, I wanted […]
Men’s After Shave Cream
Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my much smaller pile of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Let’s go and check out these easy formulas! Kelly wrote, “Could you come up with a recipe for me for a leave-in hair conditioner? […]
A Face Mask & Scrub Set and a Hair Serum ...
6 Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Following the post from yesterday, we are going to focus on facial moisturizers today. These are recipes that would also work as light weight body lotions. […]
Facial Moisturizers with Ingredients from the Cupboards of LuAnn and ...
Here I am on Day 2 with the corrected recipe (or rather corrected way to do the same recipe). The only thing that I changed today was omitting the use of the Lemon Yellow color. The Pink Kaolin Clay has such a strong natural color so there is no point […]