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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO CREATE NATURAL HEALTH AND BODY CARE PRODUCTS
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CONTENTS Introduction
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Natural Health • 65
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The Basics • 1
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Elderberry & Honey Syrup Mustard Bath
Why DIY?
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2
Equipment
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14
Ingredients
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3
Safety Guidelines
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20
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Sleep Salve
71
Lemon Balm & Rose Drops
Hot Honey
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72
Electrolyte Replenisher
Decongestant Balm
Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse » 27
Blissful Bath Salts » 46
Rosemary Hair Oil » 28
Bath Oil » 49 Royal Milk Bath
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Easy Baking Soda Exfoliant » 33
Bath Fizzy
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52
Hand Salve
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55
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35
Rosewater Toner » 37 Peel-Off Charcoal Mask
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51
Honey Body Scrub » 40 Milk of Magnesia Deodorant » 43
High & Dry Baby Powder » 59 Bottoms Up Diaper Cream » 60 Baby Massage Oil
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Bugs Away Insect Repellent
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Sunburn Soother
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84
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Healthy Mouth Tooth Powder
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98
Pearly Whites Tooth Whitener
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101
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97
Feeling Fresh Mouthwash
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103
Doggone Odor Eliminator
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105
Happy Days Flea Repellent
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107
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» 108 Glossary » 110 Acknowledgments » 112 About the Author » 114 Index » 115 Resources
Brown Sugar Foot Scrub » 57 38
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Soothing Spiced Cough Drops
Boo Boo Goo
Pumpkin Mask » 31
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Tummy Tea
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Catch Your Breath Cough Syrup
Natural Body • 25
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Fire Cider
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Germ-Busting Hand Sanitizer
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Full Steam Ahead Inhalation
Everyday Face Oil
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62
Pucker Pacifier Lip Balm » 44
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COCOA BUTTER: Derived from cocoa beans,
book and specify which one to use in each proj-
this butter smells just like chocolate! It’s full of
ect’s ingredients listing.
BAKING SODA
fats that help to nourish and moisturize skin. GELATIN POWDER
MANGO BUTTER: Sourced from cold-pressing
mango seeds, this butter, as with cocoa and shea butters, moisturizes without feeling greasy.
SWEET ALMOND OIL ARROWROOT POWDER
SHEA BUTTER: Extracted from the nut of the
African shea tree, this butter can deeply nourish
ARGAN OIL
dry skin.
CALCIUM POWDER
BENTONITE CLAY
Used for the Healthy Mouth Tooth Powder (page JOJOBA OIL
98), calcium powder strengthens and whitens teeth by polishing tooth enamel and removing stains. Look for the calcium carbonate form
CITRIC ACID
when purchasing.
Citric acid is a crystalline acid naturally occur-
CARRIER OILS
ring in sour fruits, including citrus. It is pro-
Sourced from nuts or seeds, these plant-based
duced for commercial use by fermenting sugar
oils are most typically used for diluting essential
and used here to make the Bath Fizzies (page
oils, to help safely “carry” them onto the skin
52) bubble. You can purchase it in a powdered,
for use. They also offer moisturizing, healing,
granular form.
MUSTARD POWDER
protecting, and soothing properties. Most are entirely or nearly odorless. Some examples
CLAYS
include apricot kernel oil, argan oil, coconut oil,
Cosmetic clays have a wide range of skin care
grapeseed oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, rosehip seed
uses, providing nourishment and drawing out
oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, and sweet almond
and cleansing impurities that are both on the
oil. I call for several different carrier oils in this
surface and embedded within.
WHITE KAOLIN CLAY CITRIC ACID
CALCIUM POWDER
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