Showing posts with label body butter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label body butter. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Having a Contest

Sooo.........I am having a contest hosted at Confessions of a Stay at Home Mom.....Jami is sooo cool and nice, I love her blog, her writing reminds me of a quirky little birdy that is standing at a branch and tweeting...I dont know, dont laugh at me! Its how I feel, damn it!!!!!!

:-)


I am giving away a 2oz lotion OR a 2oz yogurt - the choice is yours. Go over Jami's blog and take a look at the rules - they are pretty simple....the least you can do is look at my store and leave a comment on her blog about what do you like the most.


Here is the link and dont be shy!!!!

http://confessions-stayathomemom.blogspot.com/2009/03/mea-culpa-bath-and-body-review-and.html


Thursday, February 26, 2009

Whipped Body Icing with Shea Butter








I am so sorry that I havent been around much lately. I see that I lost followers too...:-( I got new fragrances and new extracts - papaya and custard apple...so I was in the kitchen formulating new things. This is one of the new formulas I came up with.


The whipped body icing is light and creamy. I made it this way so its easy for me to add scents to it. The thicker and greasier ones - like the Vanilla Hazelnut with Mango I got, are hard to add fragrances to because of their velocity.



The main ingredients in this one are Grapeseed Oil and Shea Butter with the mineral Zinc Oxide. I just love it when something is so beneficial for your skin, without the harsh additives as the commercial creams have, and it smells divine!


Shea Butter has been used for generations in African cultures as a moisturizer, health aid, and healing balm. In its purest forms, it is a solid fat with a high skin absorption rate. This makes Shea Butter a high ly val ued product for almost all skin types. It does not have a scent or smell, but today’s products offer a variety of aromatic scents and fragrances added to it. This high-fat butter is choc k full of naturally occurring Vitamin A, E, an d F. Many women can apply megadoses of Vitamin E to reduce stretch marks, wrinkles, and skin cracks.

Shea butter w ill p revent bumps from shaving, razor irritation, rashes, and even eczema. Use it sparingly during the summer months as it is very high in moisture; however, winter calls for a different regiment in most states! Shea Butter is a fantastic moisturizer for the outdoor enthusiast who suffers from chapped and cracked skin. Even sunburn in the summer can be soothed and reduced considerably with regular shea butter application. Shea butter has a high level of cinnamic acid, which is a naturally occurring sun screen; it will absorb easily into the skin and pores without clogging.




Grape seed oil is high in procyanidolic oligomers (PCOs); the same antioxidants found in berries, green and black teas, and red wine. According to some experts, PCOs are more powerful antioxidants than vitamins C and E. In fact, berries, green and black teas and red wine are known for their health-giving properties.


Using the grapeseed oil in skin care products, helps to tone and tighten the skin. Grapeseed oil contains a high amount of linoleic acid, which is a fatty acid essential for the health of the skin and cell membranes, and is the reason it makes such a wonderful moisturizer, as it truly nourishes your skin.

It is known for its ability to lock in moisture, leaving your skin feeling more supple and smooth, and it does not leave a greasy feeling, which makes it ideal to use on all skin types.




So, now that we know what each ingredient do....look at the pics to see what fragrances I have made with this formula for now....there will be many more to come!






You can find these and more at the DEEP MOISTURZIERS Section at Etsy:


http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6254361&section_id=5928068

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

What is good for ingrown hair and for your skin? Whipped Orange Slices body butter and Orange Slice Brown sugar scrub







Well, last Saturday I started the base for a sugar scrub that I wanted to make since....forever! I wanted something that is going to hug the skin and moisturize it, as well as exfoliate.


So, I started melting the shea and mango butters, added the coconut and grapeseed oil....aside I warmed up the rose floral water. When I started mixing, the e-wax was not really emulsifying the mixture as it was suppose to, so I thought - oh, well, I'll just add polysorbate 20 to emulsify it....


Ummmm.....oooops! The bottles looking similar, I added sweet almond oil instead...lol....so, I ended up with some greasy mixture that I had to remelt to fix it :-)


The almond oil is actually very good, so I dont feel bad about adding it, but it wasnt planned, thats all. In the case of the sugar scrub, this oil is actually recomended. I guess it was ment to be - like something was guiding my hand to add the ingredient that was needed.


I got tired of the girly girly scents, so I wanted to add something sweet and citrusy - a ripe orange. Yeap - Sweet Orange and Lemon essential oils are in this mix and they are awesome for oily skin.


Well, the whole thing looked so white and fluffy and OMG just amazing that I had to package it all on its own, before I even started adding the sugars and the colloidal oatmeal.


Now, brown sugar and sweet almond is said to help with ingrown hair. Its gentle and wont hurt the skin. One can rub it in with circular motions and rinse.

The way to prevent ingrown hair is to apply antiseptic lotion (like something with Tea Tree Oil) after shaving or waxing - this prevents the open pores to get infected. 5 days later you should start exfoliating every second day and until the hair start being visible again.

Ok....so ingrown hair aside :-) This sugar scrub is awesome just for any use - shred those dead skin cells and moisturize your healthy skin! Enjoy the benefits of the soothing colloidal oatmeal, shea butter, mango butter, rose floral water, coconut oil and grapeseed oil....with the added benefit of Orange and Lemon essential Oils


Whipped Orange Slices:

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Orange Slice Scrub:

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