Natural and Organic Beauty Recipes

Natural and Organic Beauty Recipes that You Can Make at Home

It might interest you to know that cosmetics are not always safe. Many cosmetics contain ingredients that are carcinogenic. The Enviromental Work Group (EWG) has a wonderful website for publicizing the health risks of everyday cosmetics, so you can see which products are safe and which are not. It is available at Skin Deep. Also, there are natural and organic beauty recipes below as alternatives to commercial products.

Natural and Organic Beauty Recipes

• Skin Care
  Your skin is the largest organ of the body. It protects you from the environment, enables you to feel, and regulates your body's temperature. Many commercial skin care products contain questionable ingredients. Consider caring for your hardworking skin by using these natural and organic beauty recipes. You can turn your own home into a spa with a few simple ingredients and give your skin the nurturing it deserves.
  Cure Acne Naturally
  Natural Liquid Soap for Dry Skin
  Liquid Castile Soap
  Olive Oil Soap for Dry Skin
  Oatmeal Soap
  Apricot Mask
  Clay Mask for Beautiful Skin
  Body Powder
  Bath Salts
  Sea Salt and Sugar Scrub Recipes
  Cold Cream Recipe
  Lotion Recipe Made with Olive Oil
  
  
• Hair Care
  A great head of hair can do a lot for your self image. It isn't that hard to achieve beautiful hair. Shampoos are designed to clean your scalp. The hair itself can be protected through the use of natural and organic beauty recipes to add more body, shine, or hydrate dry hair. All this can be done naturally and beautifully with no risk to your health.
  Hair Treatment for Extra Body
  Beer Shampoo
  Condition Your Hair with Eggs
  Repair Dry Hair Naturally
  Add Volume to Hair Naturally
  Lighten Hair Naturally
  Condition Your Hair Naturally with Food!
  Hair Gel
  Condition Hair with Olive Oil
  Condition Hair with Mayonnaise
  Avocado Hair Conditioner
  Condition Your Hair with Coconut Oil
  Color Grey Hair Naturally
  Sage and Rosemary for Covering Grey
  
  
• Fragrance
  Fragrance originated from the extraction of beautiful scents from flowers and plants. Today, chemical perfumes are the norm, but understand that these fragrances carry a host of concerns. Fragrances are a considerable health risk posing neurotoxin, allergen and sensitizers risks. The synthetic fragrances found in soaps and shampoos are risky for young children and it is a good idea when using commercial products to choose fragrance-free varieties. For your own personal care, you don't have to expose your health to risky ingredients. Natural and organic scents made from plants are still widely available today in the form of essential oils. Essential oils are often used for aroma therapy, but they can help you smell your best too with these recipes:
  Use 11 Common Essential Oils
  Massage Oil from Essential Oils
  Dry Perfume
  
  
• Lips
  Have you considered that most of what you apply to your lips is swallowed? Don't consume large quantities of chemicals in an effort to have beautiful lips. Natural and organic beauty recipes for glosses, balms, and lip color area easy to make yourself at home with a few simple ingredients that won't leave you exposed.
  Natural Lip Balm
  Lip Gloss Recipes
  

Wen - The unshampoo

Shampoo your hair without stripping out the natural oils and get movie star hair!

More Information on Making Natural Recipes for Beauty

Overview and recipes for herbal oil, natural conditioners, lip balms and skin care products and other organic homemade beauty recipes.

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  Overview and recipes for herbal oil, natural conditioners, lip balms and skin care products and other organic homemade beauty recipes.
• Liquid Castile Soap
  Recipe for making liquid castille soap at home.

Heather's Raw Oatmeal Cookies

You'll Need

• 1 cup raw macadamia nuts
• 2 cups raw oats
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup raw wheat berries
• 1/2 cup raw cocoa nibs

Instructions

1. Soak the wheat berries for at least 4 hours. Drain.
2. Combine the oats, macadamia nuts and cocoa nibs in a food processor. Run it on the lowest setting for 30 seconds to 1 minute, the dry ingredients should be well distributed.
3. Continue to run the processor on the lowest setting and add the wheat berries and honey a little at a time.
4. You've now finished the dough. If you like raw cookie dough, you can shape into balls eat them this way. They should be stored in the refrigerator.
5. To dehydrate the dough into oatmeal cookies, shape into balls and then press the cookies flat. Lay the oatmeal cookies onto a lined dehydrator tray and dehydrate until crispy below 105 degrees.

Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 3 tomatoes
• 1/4 cup water
• 1clove crushed garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 ripe avocado chopped
• 1tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons dill weed

1. Place everything except the avocado and olive oil in a blender and process until smooth.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and blend again until smooth.

Creamy Cucumber Dressing

Ingredients

• 1 cup peeled and chopped cucumber
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 clove garlic 1 1/2 teaspoons dill weed
• 1 teaspoon minced onion

Instructions

1. Put everything except the dill weed and onion in a blender and process until smooth and creamy.
2. Add the dill and onion. Blend long enough to mix them in.
3. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.