Non-toxic Personal Care
Home-made Body Care Products - Alternatives to Commercial Toxic Products:
After Shave ... Astringent ... Body Power ... Body Lotion .... Conditioners ... Dental Care ... Deodorant ... Facial Creams ... Facial Toners ... Facial Mask ... Foot Powder ... Lip Balm ... Perfrumes ... Skin Cleanser ... Shampoo ... Soap & Cleansing Agents ... Tanning Oil ... Tooth Care (includes everything, from mouth wash to toothpaste) .. Tanning Oil ... Tooth Care (includes everything, from mouth wash to toothpaste)
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Specific Problem Areas & Alternative Treatment:
Bookmarks on this page: Acne Treatment ... Age Spots ... Broken Capillaries ... Burns ... Cellulite ... Foot Odor ... Mature Skin ... Oily & Acne Prone Skin ... Stretch Marks ... Sun-burned Skin ... Swollen Ankles / Tired Feet ... Bad Teeth and Unhealthy Gums ... Thinning, Damaged, Greying Hair .... Tired Eyes & Under-eye Circles ... Wrinkles
Specific Problem Areas & Alternative Treatment:
Use either coconut butter or grape seed oil, add a couple of drops of tea tree, lavender, or patchouli oil (organic essential oils).
To lighten age spots, rub lemon directly onto your skin.
Coconut butter as a base, add rose, palmarosa, or parsley oil.
To treat burns, apply Coconut butter with geranium, patchouli or lavender oil added.
Coconut butter, plus add grapefruit, tangerine, or orange oil (essential oils).
- Jojoba: Mimics the skin's own oils and can even remove excess sebum.
- St. John's Wort Oil: Usually mixed with olive oil. Calms the skin.
- Grapeseed oil: An astringent. I use it for my face as I have combination skin that breaks out easily. It's lighter than the coconut oil that I am using for the rest of my body (mixed with other oils).
- Black Cumin Seed Oil & Cranberry Seed Oil: Are especially great for acne because they are both powerfully anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Even though they can be directly applied to the body or face, they are usually blended with a carrier oil.
I am mixing my own body oils to specifically address the problems associated with mature skin.
- Body: I mix Shea Butter, Walnut Oil, Avocado Oil, Borage Seed Oil and Jojoba -- carrier oils that are very effective in moisturizing the skin (you can use just one or several oils - whatever your preference. I mix several as each one has their own benefits. I add the following essential oils: Carrot Seed, Frankencise, Parsley Seed, Lavender and Patchouli (the latter of which is a natural insect repellant and aids against cellulite). The other essentials oils basically are restorative (reducing sun damage) and moisturizing. i use a handheld food blender.
- Face: Grape Seed Oil, Walnut Oil, Borage Seed Oil, Rosehip Seed Oil (best anti-aging oil there is in skin care), Jojoba and Frankincense (ideal for mature, wrinkled skin in need of a lift), as well as Carrot Seed Essential Oil.
- Essential oils.
- Carrier oils (Grape seed oil, walnut oil, coconut oil, etc.)
- Moisturizing and Refreshing Mask: Mix avocado with shredded cucumber. Avocados are rich in protein and Vitamin A. Cucumbers are cooling and cleansing. Use a mashed banana for a skin firming mask.
- Thin / Sagging Skin / Fine Lines:
- NOTE: Experiment with the different carrier and essential oils. Initially, you will buy a lot of ingredients, but they will last a long time. Considering what you are spending on body care products now, you will find that you get better products and yet save money.
- Also refer to this section for great tips!
Mix green tea, chamomile or ginseng tea (made with mineral water or distilled water) with lavender or lemon oil. Green tea is rich in antioxidants which fight free radicals that damage and age the skin. Green tea is said to diminish fine lines. Lavender oil is a good toner and lemon oil is a good rejuvenator and toner. Add Vitamin C crystals as a preservative and antioxidant. MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane) is a natural vegetarian source of organic sulfur good for the skin. Add MSM crystals to your toner, or eat high sulfur foods such as kale or watercress. Prick a vegetarian capsule of Vitamin A, E, or wheat germ oil and smooth directly onto your skin; add to coconut, almond, or apricot oil, or to your toner. Vitamin A is a potent antioxidant and Vitamin E is said to slow down the aging process. Almond oil soothes and lubricates the skin. Apricot oil protects and softens the skin. Wheat germ oil promotes skin elasticity.
For a foot powder, mix cornstarch, baking soda and tea tree or peppermint oil. Baking soda acts as a deodorizer and soothes the skin. Tea tree oil is a natural antiseptic, germicide, antibacterial, and fungicide.
Coconut butter, plus, add palmarosa or neroli oil.
Break open a leaf of an aloe vera plant and smooth onto the skin. The gel is also good for other types of burns and has soothing, cooling, antibacterial, and anti-fungal properties. Strawberry juice, cucumbers, and avocados are also soothing to sunburned skin.
Peppermint oil is soothing to the feet and swollen ankles.
Thinning, Damaged, Greying Hair:
The secret of many renowned hair dressers is coconut oil, and it is used in many commercial products -- however, the ingredients are likely to be inferior to the organic, expeller-expressed, extra virgin coconut oil that you can get at better health stores or online. The richness and highly moisturizing properties of coconut oil are said to promote shine, keep hair from turning gray and, believe it or not, are said to help sparse hair grow thicker and fuller if a few drops of Rosemary Essential Oil are added, which increases blood flow in the scalp. You will literally feel the tingling sensation on your scalp - it feels very pleasant. The oil also helps repair damaged hair, offering essential proteins to strengthen and nourish it.
A hot coconut oil scalp massage once a week is rumored to be the secret of the luxurious hair of Indian women. Follow these steps to do your own treatment at home:
- Heat coconut oil in a pan on the stove. DO NOT MICROWAVE.
- Massage scalp.
- Distribute oil throughout hair.
- Place a clean towel over your pillow and leave oil on over night.
- Rinse out in the morning.
- Enjoy your lustrous look.
Research has established that fluoride makes the teeth WORSE and not better. Dr. Gerard F. Judd, Professor, Chemist and Researcher, in his book, "Good Teeth Birth to Death" offers the below tips to obtain perfect teeth:
- Rinse acids off the teeth during eating.
- Instead of toothpaste, mix baking soda and hydrogen peroxide ... add peppermint essential oil for taste. Use as you would use common toothpaste. Baking soda is less abrasive than normal toothpaste, which protects your tooth enamel from wearing down; alternatively,
- Brush the teeth with bar soap - perfect prescription tooth soap contains NO added glycerin, synthetic sweeteners, silicates (sand), fluoride, dyes, stabilizers or other materials that can damage teeth. All batches of Perfect Prescription bar shreds and liquid soap are made in small quantities to insure you are getting a fresh product. Tooth Soap tastes best if used within 3 months of opening the jar. Perfect Prescription Tooth Soap is made in the USA in a commercial kitchen licensed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and is Certified Kosher by Star-K.
- Take calcium pills with vitamin D daily
- Take freshly made sodium ascorbate daily for gum connections to the teeth
- Avoid all fluoride products. They destroy teeth, unravel enzymes and cause 113 ailments
- Suitable carrier oils and essential oils: Coconut butter, Jojoba Oil or Shea Butter -- add rose, orange or patchouli oil (organic essential oils)..
- Green Tea: Green tea is valued as a wrinkle reverser, inhibiting inflammation and sun damage. An article published in the Archives of Dermatology concurs that green tea may, indeed, ward off skin cancer and signs of aging. Researchers at Case Western University in Cleveland maintain that the secret to green tea's skin-protective properties are its high levels of its high levels of polyphenols and catechins - powerful antioxidants shown to function as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agents.
- Tip: After making a cup of tea, save the tea bags in a closed glass container in your refrigerator and use them as cleansing pads for your face the next morning. They are perfect for exfoliating the skin and green tea has anti-inflammatory properties.
- If you really want to reap the
- Available at your stores -- please make sure that you get the organic, higher-quality variety.
- Vitamin C: Vitamin C topical preparations can deliver even higher dosages of the skin-strengthening vitamin. This stimulates production of collagen, the connective tissue that keeps skin firm and taut. Lotions and serums enriched with vitamin C may also repair and minimize fine lines and wrinkles caused by sun exposure and aging, and protect the skin against environmental oxidative pollutants and other free radicals.
- Vitamin C cream applied daily to healthy female volunteers with sun-damaged skin over a six-month period resulted in a significant decrease in lines and wrinkles, according to a study published in Experimental Dermatology. Skin biopsies revealed improved collagen structure and reappearance of elastic fibers in the vitamin C-treated skin.
- For an at-home vitamin C treatment, Back recommends rubbing a slice of fresh orange in circular motions on the face before going to sleep, three nights a week. "The vitamin C in the orange will help with cellular renewal, naturally exfoliating hyperpigmentation scars," says Back. "Your epidermis will look like a whole new skin."
Tired Eyes or Dark Circles under Eyes:
Place cucumber slices over your eyes. For dark circles around your eyes, place cooled tea bags over your eyes.
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