Natural Body Care Products for Real Foodies – Real Food Wednesday

I get to be the first one in Mr. Linky!! My post is about coconut oil deodorant. It’s amazing! Read the blog, make some deodorant! Maybe tomorrow I’ll write a comment about my no-poo routine, or maybe I’ll just blog about it in the future. I love that too!!

Alyss’s last blog post..Coconut Oil Killed my Stink!

This is a great topic. I can’t wait to read everyone’s tips.

I wrote about how I failed miserably at No Poo. (Think Seinfeld’s Low Flow Showerhead episode.)

And I shared a bunch of natural and organic products I love.

cheeseslave’s last blog post..Natural Beauty Products for Real Foodies

I added a link to my post about what I use for facial cleanser, moisturizer, eye-makeup remover and lip balm. There are also links to what I use for deodorant, soap, and toothpaste. Soon I will be posting about my no poo results.

Shannon’s last blog post..Personal Care 101

Im fairly simple in my natural bath and body products:
for soap, i LOVE to buy from this place: http://www.chagrinvalleysoapandcraft.com
I LOVE her soaps and her customer service is LOVELY (she’s a lovely woman)
I also buy my shampoo bars from her
I also love using pure African black soap from http://www.agbangakarite.com (i usually buy it in bulk, 12 bars for about $45, last me up to 6 months) because its great for conditioning the skin and washing my hair.

For body moisturizing, i either use Chagrin Valley’s whipped cocoa butter (SO decadent!) or pure coconut oil or agbanga karite’s pure shea butter.

For body exfoliating, i use put a cup of brown sugar in a jar with about half a cup (maybe?) of olive oil (or coconut oil would work too) and then maybe fragrance it with some essential oil. But there are many sites with body scrub recipes, just put “body scrub recipes” into google and then jump down the rabbit hole lol.

For lip moisture, i just put a small dab of pure shea butter on my lips

For fragrances (which i use VERY rarely and sparingly), i just buy frangrance oils from my local street or ethnic corner shop vendors.

I also like to make my own face mask by mashing together one small banana, a few drops of lemon juice and/or a few drops of orange juice (you can add a tbsp of baking soda for exfoliating). My skins BEAMS after that mask lol.

If i just want to exfoliate, i just put a palmful of baking soda in my hand and then wash my face as usual or lately ive loved using this crushed walnut facial scrub (sounds abrasive but its not because the walnut is ground VERY finely) from http://www.productsoftheearth.com The scrub is like $17 but it comes in this sizable jar and a little goes a LONG way so i dont forsee needing to buy it again for at least a year (and thas with exfoliating once or twice every 7 to 10 days) and thas MORE than getting your money’s worth in my opinion and my just SINGS afterwards, lol.

HTH!

Oops, forgot to add what i use for deoderant….i just buy it from hear http://www.productsoftheearth.com

BUT, if i dont apply some coconut oil to my underarms first, the deoderant doesnt last as long as I want it to. So, im about to visit http://realfoodmyway.blogspot.com/2009/03/coconut-oil-killed-my-stink.html to see if this works a little better!

Love these posts – so interesting – great to have recipes to follow that are effective. I’m just getting into using homemade personal care items from better brand names like Aubreys and Terressentials so am excited for all the posts – thanks everyone!

Annie – Hip Organic Mama’s last blog post..Your Biggest Organ

I love to use honey and yogurt masks for your face! It drips a little so do this while taking a nice bath ; )

I like to use old Avocado as a hair conditioner. OMG! your hair is so nice. Just mash it up and mush it in! Better than any salon treatment they can think of. If you have frizzy hair add a little bit of coconut oil to it, and your frizz will be tamed.

I second the baking soda as a face scrub. The best ever! For a toner mix equal parts peroxide and apple cider vinegar. Only if you have oily skin, as I do. Vinegar should be good for normal skin.

If you have build up on your scalp try scrubbing it with brow sugar. This makes my scalp feel so nice. I add rosemary and lavender oil to it. These are the best for hair.

I like products by The Vital Image when it comes to creams, and eye gel. They are steep so I use them sparingly, but they are awesome!

You girls are AMAZING! I have just recently been turned on to the idea of all of the types of things you talk about here. I think I am much older than all of you, and wish that I had known these things when I was your age. The deception of all of the mass marketed products whether food, skin/body care, or pharmaceuticals is beyond my comprehension. I don’t have a blog or website, just wanted you to know that I am very interested in what you have to say and also very impressed! I am so new to all of this, but would like to learn. Don’t really know much about blogs, but I may have to step out there and give it a try. May need some help along the way. Thank you for all of your info.

I shared a link to the Passionate Homemaking blogs Homemade Shampoo recipe. My husband uses it as shave cream too! He has to rub it between both hands to get a lather, then slathers it on his face.

Kimberly

Kimberly Hartke’s last blog post..Exercise at Your Own Risk

I buy most of my products from: http://www.prairielandherbs.com I use their shampoo bar my favorite is the Rosemary Nettle. I also use their bar soaps for my body and they have Luxury Soaps that I use for my face. I use their soft roses scent deodorant which is my favorite natural deodorant. I have their Sandalwood Amber perfume which smells nice. For conditioner I usually do the ACV vinegar rinse and sometimes I will use Aubrey Organics conditioner. I use coconut oil as lotion and for my face I use jojoba oil. I buy mineral makeup from: http://www.jlynnecosmetics.com/ Alison

For soap: Dr Bronner’s is the best. The ingredients are superb, and the quality is second to none. Invest in the gallon size, and the price gets very reasonable–especially if you buy from a co-op. For branded good skin care products of any sort: keep an eye on your local salvage grocery place. I’m in the Bay area, where we have Grocery Outlet. They’ve had a lot of JASON personal care products lately, and I found good butter (Anchor brand) there yesterday, so I am going back this afternoon to stock up!