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MECHANIC’S HAND CLEANSER
1 c. borax
1-2 t. pure turpentine
1 t. sweet orange essential oil
1 c. ground soap
With very clean hands, work the turpentine and essential oil
into the borax until there are no lumps left, then work into the soap.
Keep it in a wide-mouthed jar or tin that’s easy to open.
Party Time Confetti Soap
Transparent M&P soap
Opaque M&P Soap
various colors to make a bright display
Scent (optional)
Melt transparent soap and split into separate dishes and
color. Pour into separate molds and let harden. When hard, pop out and
cut into small pieces (1/4-1/2 in.).
Melt opaque soap and scent. Spay confetti pieces with
alcohol and place in mold. Let opaque base cool for a while until a skin
has formed twice (you don’t want to melt your confetti!). Pour over
confetti pieces in mold.
This recipe works nice in any tube type mold (try PVC with
an end cap!). If you use a tube mold you’ll want to make bigger pieces
of confetti and pile them up in the mold and pour over, let harden and
then slice.
SUNTAN LOTION
2 oz. salt-free mayonnaise
2 oz. black tea (brewed very dark)
Juice of 1 lemon
5 (400 IU each) vitamin E capsules
Mix mayonnaise, tea and lemon juice in a blender. Pour into
a storage container and squeeze contents of vitamin E capsules into it.
Keep refrigerated no longer than 1 week.
Creamy Sun-Tan Lotion
3/4 cup (180 ml.) water
3 tea bags (do not use instant tea)
1/4 cup (60 ml.) lanolin
1/4 cup (60 ml.) sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml.) perfume (optional)
Heat the water to boiling, add tea bags. Leave them to brew
for 20 minutes and squeeze them occasionally before removing. Put
lanolin, sesame oil and 1/4 cup strong tea into blender. Cover and
process at low speed. Remove cap immediately and pour in the remaining
tea in a steady stream. Use a rubber spatula to keep ingredients arend
the processing blades. Add perfume and give fragrance to the sun-tan
lotion. This recipe makes about 1 cup of a soft,
tan-colored cream which spreadssmoothly on the skin, and
gives a sensation
of moistness. It dries without feeling sticky. This cream
actually repels water
and will stay on though swimming. Creamy Sun-Tan Lotion will
screen out
about half of the burningsun rays while allowing a large
percentage of the
tanning rays to get through. However, if you burn after 5
minutes of exposure,
do not rely on this cream to protect you
Insect Repellant Cream
1/4 cup pennyroyal-infused grapeseed oil 1/4 cup mineral oil
1 tspn coconut oil
2 Tbsp beeswax
1/8 tspn borax powder
1/4 cup distilled water
5 drops lemongrass EO
3 drops citronella EO
20 drops lavender EO
10 drops rosemary EO
10 drops eucalyptus EO
10 drops pine needle EO
20 drops cedarwood EO
Melt together pennyroyal-infused oil, beeswax and coconut
oil. While wax is melting, put distilled water and borax in a pint jelly
jar, and microwave for less than a minute, to dissolve borax. When
beeswax is melted, pour oil/wax mixture into borax/water mixture, and
stir to blend. Add all the EO’s, then put the lid on the jelly jar and
SHAKE vigorously. Shake, then check, until mixture starts to become a
cream (it wont take long). Makes 1 pint.
OLIVE OIL CREAM
1/2 tsp. borax
2 tsp. boiling water
4 T. petroleum jelly
4 T. olive oil
Dissolve borax in boiling water. Melt petroleum jelly and
olive oil over low heat until liquid. Add borax mixture. Stir to mix
thoroughly. Remove from heat. Beat as the mixture cools to emulsify.
Store in the refrigerator.
Chamomile Baby Powder
2 tbs. crumbled dried chamomile flowers
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tbs. orrisroot
1/2 tsp. alum
Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Sift and store in powder
shaker. Use to keep baby’s skin soft and dry.
Custom - Scented Liquid / Gel Soap
2 cups soap flakes or grated bar soap
1/2 gallon water
2 tbs. glycerin
Fragranced or essential oil of your choice Food coloring of
your choice (optional)
Mix first 3 ingredients together in a large pot or dutch
oven. Set over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the soap has
dissolved. Add fragrance oil and food coloring and mix well. Transfer to
a jar and cover tightly. For a less thick gel soap, use 1 gallon of
water.
Frizz Tamer for Hair
1/2 cup conditioner
1/4 cup honey
1 tbs. almond oil
Mix ingredients well. Pour mixture over damp hair, work it
in. Leave it on for about 20 minutes for a good deep conditioning. Wash
out. This works for all hair types.
“Smelly Jelly” Air Fresheners
1/4 to 1/2 cup AGROSOKE polymer crystals (sold at Walmart,
Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc…)
Clean water (distilled, bottled or from a water filter) Food
coloring
HIGH QUALITY fragrance oil (that’s the key) Jelly jars and
ring tops (Mason makes nice quilted-looking ones in 3 sizes - perfect)
Pretty lace fabric OR very loose-weave fabric cut into
squares (4″ x 4″ or a little larger)
Get a large bowl or pot and put the 1/4 to 1/2 cup of
crystals in it. Fill it up 3/4 full with hot water and a few drops of
food coloring. Remember - these crystals expand a few hundred times
their original size, so pick a bowl large enough! Stir the colored
mixture to saturate all the crystals. Wait. Every 10 minutes or so give
the crystals a stir. After about 30 minutes all the water should be gone
and the crystals should be gel-like. I f not, wait some more. It will
absorb all the colored water. Next, you can add the fragrance oil to the
whole bowl of gel OR you can split it up into separate bowls and scent
them separately. You only need a few tablespoons of scent. After you add
the fragrance oil, stir well. I make it rather strong so it never runs
out of scent. Line up the jelly jars, fabric squares and jar top rings.
Add the jelly to the jars almost to the top. Place a fabric square over
the top. Screw the jar top ring on to secure the fabric in place. Then
pour a tablespoon of water through the fabric top. Do not let the water
come out the top. Fill almost to the top only.
Lastly, tie a ribbon around the ring if you want to or just
leave it as it is. Don’t throw away the jar top circles! These are great
to use when you don’t want to use the smelly jelly right away. Just put
these on the jars BEFORE the fabric is added, to seal in the scent. Then
take them off and reapply the fabric and rings when you’re ready to use
your smelly jelly. These last for months, but remember - water must be
poured through the fabric top every week or so to keep them from drying
out - very important!! If you happen to forget, they can be brought back
from total dry out though. I forgot one and had nothing but crystals and
oil in the jar, but I added some water… a few hours later, a perfect
smelly jelly!