Easy DIY Bodywash

SIMPLE LIFE BODYWASH

I mean it's awesome to be able to whip up your own bath and beauty products, but I'm still pretty busy and have lots of other (fun) things to do so I don't want to spend all day making soaps or cleansers. The simplest bodywash recipe I use has only three ingredients. Sometimes I add something extra such as aloe gel or an essential oil for fragrance, but this I can mix up in less than five minutes and hop right in the shower! You can make a large quantity or whatever fits your bottle. I use 1/4 cup of each of these three ingredients because that fits perfectly into my plastic squeeze bottle, but you could make a smaller or larger batch depending on your needs.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 part Dr. Bronner's Castille Soap (any scent, I use the unscented baby mild.)
• 1 part oil (olive, avocado, jojoba, grapeseed, I use melted unrefined coconut oil sometimes with a little bit of EEVO.)
• 1 part honey (it's best to use locally harvested, raw, organic honey. Any honey will work.)

Optional ingredients include essential oil for fragrance (5-25 drops), baking soda to help gel the mixture (I use 1 tsp. if I'm making the 1/4 cup size batch), aloe gel, melted shea or cocoa butter, herb-infused oils. The options are limited only by your imagination, so have fun & experiment by adding a little bit at a time. I love growing fresh herbs to use not only in the kitchen, but for my hair and bodywash products too!

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix well.
2. Use.

It could not get much easier than that! Well buying it at the story may be easier but check out the ingredients in your store-bought bodywashes, soaps, face washes, lotions and shampoos. Visit http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/  to learn more about the products you use on your and your family's skin, hair and bodies every day. I want to avoid toxins, chemicals, and long sciency sounding words I cannot pronounce. Soap. Oil. Honey. Yep, I can pronounce those and know what they are. Do the quick research, try out your own recipe, you may realize it's pretty easy and much nicer to just do it yourself. 

Be sure to check out my other DIY natural bath & body products.

Do something extra nice for YOU this week! Spring is only 18 days away! What are you growing this year?