I was recently contacted with a challenge to get back to nature and create a natural homemade beauty product, using ingredients which can be grown in British gardens or greenhouses. I’ve always been intrigued by DIY beauty products, so I welcomed the chance to use natural ingredients to create a fresh beauty product. When I was little I had great fun making my own lotions and potions using anything I could find in the bathroom (toothpaste and rose shampoo scented perfume, anyone?), so I felt like I was harnessing my inner child to create something which was actually functional and usable.
For the base product, I used Neal’s Yard Create Your Own Hair & Body Wash – a gentle foaming cleanser which can be used as a shampoo, shower gel and handwash. This is a great little product which can either be used as it is (unfragranced) if you have particularly sensitive skin or scalp, or, if you fancy creating a bespoke item, it’s easy to adapt to suit your needs. I opted for a calming and feminine scent of rose and chamomile. The process was simple, I added a few sprinkles of Chamomile Tea (which can be home grown) into the product and a couple of drops of Rose Essential Oil. The result was a shower gel with a soothing scent, with the added bonus that the tea provided some gentle exfoliation. I’ve loved creating my own beauty product so much that I’m now wanting to experiment with a DIY face mask and body scrub.
Let me know if you have any DIY recipes I can try!
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Oh wow, what a lovely idea! I think I might try this! I've made DIY face masks before
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I've always wanted to try a DIY beauty product! I'm going to attempt making my own sugar scrub, much cheaper than buying one and you can customise it 🙂 x
that's so awesome! i wonder if i can find the unscented stuff at a craft shop?
Oh this sounds amazing I recently did a DIY body scrub but through out college I did alot of this since I was on the complementary therapies course ! I'm going to have to do more of these !
Great idea!! Would like to try it:)
This looks awesome, I'll have to try it myself!
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Wow, surprisingly I never knew this.what a lovely idea!
I'd love to try.I think should be enough natural beauty courses
. Thanks for sharing with us.
Wow this hair and body wash product is really looking very effective…I am dying to apply it…just can't resist to get one set for me…thanks for the awareness..