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BoM 10/12, 9/13, & 8/14
A few of you have asked for me to post this, so, here it is:
1 part castor oil
1 part olive oil
1 part grape seed oil
8-12 drops of essential oil, flavor of your choice
It's great, works well, and is much cheaper than anything on the market. You can pick up everything you need in one trip to the grocery store. There are a ton of recipes out there, do a search and pick your poison. This is my favorite as most go heavy on the castor oil, which makes the product heavier than I prefer.
You can make your own essential oil, it takes a while but you can make a ton and it'll last forever. YouTube has several helpful videos, but the short version is to take a bottle of grade seed oil (it is the cleanest medium, almost no scent), heat it in a pan on the lowest setting (you do not want it too hot, very low heat is all that's needed, you're steeping, not cooking), and add whatever you want to infuse it with (if you want citrus, just use the peel). Steep it for several hours, the longer you steep it, the more concentrated it will be. I don't do this as it's a pain and essential oil is cheap and comes in lots of good flavors of stuff I can't easily acquire. In the winter I use saddle wood and I the summer I use citrus/eucalyptus.
This is worth the time. You can make enough to last the rest of your life for the same price as one bottle from the art of shaving. Their recipe, btw, is equal parts castor and olive oil with some essential oil.
If you have a favorite recipie, please share it.
1 part castor oil
1 part olive oil
1 part grape seed oil
8-12 drops of essential oil, flavor of your choice
It's great, works well, and is much cheaper than anything on the market. You can pick up everything you need in one trip to the grocery store. There are a ton of recipes out there, do a search and pick your poison. This is my favorite as most go heavy on the castor oil, which makes the product heavier than I prefer.
You can make your own essential oil, it takes a while but you can make a ton and it'll last forever. YouTube has several helpful videos, but the short version is to take a bottle of grade seed oil (it is the cleanest medium, almost no scent), heat it in a pan on the lowest setting (you do not want it too hot, very low heat is all that's needed, you're steeping, not cooking), and add whatever you want to infuse it with (if you want citrus, just use the peel). Steep it for several hours, the longer you steep it, the more concentrated it will be. I don't do this as it's a pain and essential oil is cheap and comes in lots of good flavors of stuff I can't easily acquire. In the winter I use saddle wood and I the summer I use citrus/eucalyptus.
This is worth the time. You can make enough to last the rest of your life for the same price as one bottle from the art of shaving. Their recipe, btw, is equal parts castor and olive oil with some essential oil.
If you have a favorite recipie, please share it.
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