Natural Skin Care - Homemade Body Butter!

Hey Guys,

Today I am showing you a homemade skin care recipe that I made a few days ago...hope you enjoy! :-)

All you will need:
Raw all natural unrefined Cocoa Butter
Raw all natural unrefined Shea Butter
Essential Oil of your choice - I chose Grapefruit.
A blender

Step1...
The raw Cocoa Butter and raw Shea Butter should be a firm solid, I like to put the containers into a bowl of warm water to slowly soften them up a little.



Look at all those benefits of the Shea Butter!



Raw Cocoa Butter is a natural emollient moisturiser, which is rich in vitamins and minerals. It is especially beneficial for dry, chapped, sensitive skin types.

Once the containers have been in the warm water for a few minutes, you will notice the solid butter will melt into an oil...I pour around 3/4 of a cup of each melted oil into the blender and blend on full power.

Once the two oils have been blending in the blender for a good few minutes you will notice the consistency change to a rich, buttery texture.

I now like to add the chosen essential oil, I chose Grapefruit essential oil due to its uplifting scent, it is also nourishing to the skin and has brightening properties.

I add 15-20 drops of the essential oil and blend on full power again for a few minutes - then its done!

I pour the mixture into a glass (not plastic) jar with a tight lid and leave it over night to set back into a solid.

I have been using this body butter on a daily basis! It is so cold here in London at the moment and using this when my skin is still damp from a shower or bath really helps to lock in the moisture!

Let me know if you made this or any other homemade natural body butters...

Until next time you can catch me on Instagram or Twitter.

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Skin Care - Lush Haul!!!

Merry Christmas all!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and you are all ready for 2015...What are your New Years resolutions?

I recently asked my little sister to pick me up some things from the Lush Store near to where she works as there isn't one within walking distance of my work and I work in Central London!

I also went to the Lush store in London Waterloo station and picked up some more stuff!

I love Lush products, they always list all of the ingredients and the properties of the ingredients and they try and keep all their products as natural as possible. A lot of their products contain as little as 6 ingredients so you know it's not full of chemicals and craziness, just good quality products for whatever you desire...

Let me show you what I got...

One of each item that I purchased

Clockwise starting from the Yellow bath bomb:

1. Honey Bee - This bath bomb is huge! It has numerous skin soothing ingredients, Honey (obviously), Aloe Vera, Rhassoul mud which has natural cleansing properties, Orange Oil and Bergamot Oil to name a few. This bath bomb left my skin silky soft and you can purchase yours here.

2. Butterball - This is another bath bomb and by far my fave Lush product EVER, this was the very first product I tried and the one product I repurchase again and again! It has these small little Cocoa Butter bits that melt into the water, these leave the skin so soft and so moisturised, with Ylang Ylang oil which is used in aromatherapy to treat stress and depression so the scent is super relaxing and calming. Love this bath bomb! Check it out here.

3. Bubblegum Lip Scrub - Oh em gee (OMG) ... this stuff smells soooooo good! It smells like those bubblegum flavour bottle shaped sweets that they sell in the sweet shop, with the blue bottom and pink top...slightly sour...you know the ones I mean right? (it doesn't taste like them though...don't ask how I know!) I dab my finger in the jar and rub it over my lips in a circular motion (gently) and my lips feel instantly moisturised thanks to the Jojoba Oil! Defo get your own here.

4. Tea Tree Toner Tab - This product is super good if you suffer from acne, just add the tab to a bowl of boiled water (like you would use to steam your face) the steam from the water will open your pores allowing all the Tea Tree Oil and Aloe Vera goodness to clean them out! Try it out for yourself here.

5. Tea Tree Water -  I use this as a toner, it has Tea Tree oil to fight breakouts and Grapefruit oil to invigorate, brighten and refresh the skin. You can get your own here.

6. Avobath - I had never tried this bath bomb before and I still haven't used it! Not sure about the 'shimmering green effect' it is supposed to have on the water...however I am intrigued by the moisturising properties of the Olive Oil and Avocado (mashed Avocado & Olive Oil makes an amazing face & hair mask). Get yours here and let me know how you like it!

As always, you can catch me on Instagram and Twitter.

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