Vanilla macerate and lip balm

The macerates are a particular contact process between virgin oil (as a solvent) and seeds, leaves or plant extracts (as a solid).

To create the vanilla macerate (vanilla infused oil)  I use 4 vanilla beans cutted into small pieces and 200 ml of sweet almond oil. The mixture stays on warm sunny place 4-6 weeks and should be daily shacked. It smells incredibly tasty, I love this smell! What a pity that we can't share the smell on-line...

The macerate has been successful used for the sugar scrub and lip balm.

Ingredients for the lip balm:

- 15 g shea butter
- 4g beeswax
- 30g vanilla macerate
- 6 drops of es.oil: sweet orange.

My natural deodorant: Al-, Zr- free

As a chemist I do not like the active ingredient in commercial antiperspirants:  aluminum chlorohydrate (in roll-ons and aerosols) and aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex  (in solids). These compounds temporarily prevent perspiration just because they block the pores. Hmm... so the sweat stays inside of the skin. Maybe very effective but absolutely not natural.

That is why I prefer to create a product - the antiperspirant which disinfects the sweat, keeps the skin fresh and allows to breath. My product is not alcohol free, I use vodka with the idea: if you  practically can drink it – cannot be wrong for your skin.

So we let the skin to sweat naturally :) and help to keep it fresh.

For the deodorant  I use only these natural ingredients:

- 40% vodka 40 ml,

- dist. water 40 ml,

- glycerin 20 ml,

- 65 drops of naturally antibacterial es. oils: grapefruit, lemon, orange (respective: lavender,  tea tree, geranium).

Massage "pralines"

Massage "pralines" - a very good alternative for the massage oil.
I made them from my favorit ingredients: cacao butter, shea butter, apricot oil, beeswax and es.oils ylang ylang and sweet orange. Very easy to use because these "pralines" melt in your hands and you can massage your body just like with the massage oil, respectively use them like a solid cream to protect your hands.
40% - cacao butter
30% - shea butter
20% - beeswax
10% - apricot oil
es.oils ylang ylang and sweet orange