Hygiene

[alyssa.coppen]

I was wondering about natural deoderants, lotions, and body washes. What does everyone recommend? 

 

[Taol]

You can make some of them yourself.
There are some brands out there that sell deo sticks, spray, etc which are plant based.

In example for spray:
for 100ml
25 ml denatured alcohol 96%
25 ml glycerin
50 rosewater or distilled water
optional: 6 drops eth. oil

This is a recipe for a non roller/spray one:
20 g coconut oil
20 g Natriumbicarbonaat (that is I think the same substance as baking soda)
10 g corn starch (I had to look that word up)
5-10 drops eth. oil
Melt the coconut oil and add Natriumbicarbonaat and corn starch.
To choice add eth oil.
After that pour in a small pot.


There are other recipes online I am sure of that, you'd just have to search for those.

Eth. oil = etheric oil or essential oil, like, lavender oil, tea tree oil (although that might not be a good thing to add in a deodorant.. since it is meant for the smell mostly)

 

[victor markos]

great stuff folks.thanks for posting


On Monday, 17 October 2016, 17:50, "johnson_akemi@... [SSHealth]" <[email protected] wrote:


  Here is what I use:

Body Wash: I use castile bar soap on areas of my body prone to odors, such as my feet, armpits, and groin area.

Deodorant: equal parts baking soda and cornstarch with enough coconut oil to make it come together into a paste. You should melt the coconut oil before mixing it with the rest of the ingredients.

Lotion: The recipe below is more effort than using pure coconut oil, but I have found it to be more effective for moisturizing my skin than plain coconut oil.

1 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup strong chamomile tea
4 ounces beeswax
2 tablespoons shea butter
1 teaspoon lanolin
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
10-20 drops of any essential oils (I use rosemary and lavender)

You will need:
A jar large enough to hold all of the ingredients (I use a clean, glass peanut butter jar)
A pot
An immersion blender (stick blender)

1. Put all of the ingredients into a jar except for the essential oils.
2. Place the jar into a pot and fill the pot with enough water to come up the sides of the jar. Do not get water into the jar. This will be a crude double-boiler to melt the ingredients together.
3. Place the pot with the water and jar inside onto the stove and heat until the contents of the jar are melted.
4. Using tongs or a pot holder, remove the jar from the water.
5. Add the essential oils to the jar.
6. Stir and place the jar into the freezer to cool enough to handle.
7. Take the jar out of the freezer when it has cooled and is starting to solidify in some areas. I take the jar out when there is a thin ring of solid material on the inside of the jar, but the rest of the lotion is still liquid.
8. Blend the lotion with the immersion blender until it emulsifies into a light-colored cream. You need to use an immersion blender. I have tried stirring the lotion with a spoon and that does not work. The water and oil will not emulsify and the water will ooze out of the lotion later.
9. Store the lotion in the refrigerator until needed. The coconut oil in the lotion hardens in the refrigerator, so I like to take a small amount out and keep it in another jar at room temperature for convenience.

 

[alyssa.coppen]

Thank you for your replies! Can i buy all of that at, like, a health foods store? I've never really tried making my own stuff like that, so I'm not sure where to buy all the ingredients. 
Also, i assume the natural stuff is much better for the skin and whatnot (needless to say, i guess). What improvements/changes have you guys noticed? 


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[Alyssa Coppen]

Ah, i see. Thank you! What exactly does the beeswax do?

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 17:53, johnson_akemi@... [SSHealth]<[email protected] wrote:   I was able to obtain all of the ingredients at a health food store except for the beeswax. The beeswax at the health food store was adulterated. Wherever you get your beeswax from, do NOT buy it from Amazon. For every item I looked at on Amazon, the reviews of beeswax indicated that the beeswax was adulterated.

Beeswax should have a pleasant, sweet, honey-like smell to it that is very prominent if you hold it to your nose. If the beeswax smells smoky, foul, or has no smell then it is adulterated with substances like paraffin wax (made from petroleum). I ordered the beeswax online from here: http://www.honeypacifica.com/  Also, you do not need to use the full 4 ounces of beeswax in your lotion recipe. Using less beeswax will make your lotion easier to spread. I have more than halved the amount of wax and the lotion still came out fine.

 

[Alyssa Coppen]

Ah, i see. Thank you for explaining that

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:00, johnson_akemi@... [SSHealth]<[email protected] wrote:   The beeswax is what makes the oil and water emulsify into a paste. Without beeswax in the recipe, the oil and water would remain separate and no matter how much you blend it you would end up with the water on the bottom and the oil floating on top.

 

[starduststreakoflightning]

Is lanolin something natural? Is it essential to the making of that lotion?

 

[Taol]

Certain animal fats are even used for the leather used in coats, shoes, to keep it well.
Or in the making of soap bars.

There are probably even more uses other than this.
Didn't even know everything you said there Johnson.

Very interesting topic though about natural products.
Thing is though that with anything you make yourself out of natural stuff tends to have an earlier expiration date.
Adding eth. oil (tea tree oil or eucalyptus, citron, etc.) to your products can slightly lengthen the expiration date.

There are things (additives?) that can also extend the expiration date, however I haven't had much luck with them during the making of certain products in school last year. Perhaps the materials we used to put this in wasn't sterilized (very easy to do. Just put it in boiling water for a few min. Make sure to not touch any of the inside of the pot and let them dry out).
Also on a note, things that have a water component don't seem to be able to be kept long. But if you put lotion in a flacon somehow its still good perhaps because the contact surface is smaller? I have no idea.

 

[starduststreakoflightning]

Thank you for the answer, Johnson_Akemi.
As long as it's not synthetic, I'm okay with the ingredients. Do you have any suggestion for sensitive skins and oily skins? Overall my skin is pretty sensitive, but my face is oily, prone to acne. Well, a very minimum amount of acne but it's still acne.

 

[HPS Lydia]

I used to have very oily acne-prone skin. I started using pure, virgin, non-deodorized unrefined coconut oil over 4 years ago. Within a month, my skin looked younger, firmer, no acne at all, and much less oily. I use it twice daily after washing my face with an olive oil based soap, and I exfoliate weekly as well.

 

[starduststreakoflightning]

Thank you guys. I will save this advices of yours.