Traci's Natural Beauty Recipes
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These are my favorite homemade Natural Beauty Recipes. Ever since Junior High, I've been smearing myself with fruits, vegetables, seaweeds and all kinds of concoctions in the titillating quest for eternal youth, perfect skin, and shiny hair. I would excitedly bottle up fresh avocado lotions, fruit masks and herbal tinctures and give them to friends and relatives. I couldn't understand why they didn't want to wear fruit on their faces! These recipes include natural, cold pressed vegetable oils, natural & exotic butters, fresh ingredients you can find at the health food or grocery store, essential oils, and other totally optional stuff you'll have to order from a natural source or chemical supply company. My absolute favorite book, with Tons of recipes, is The Home Guide to Natural Beauty Care by Julia Busch. My favorite places to buy ingredients are To Die For Soap, Liberty Natural, and Mountain Rose Herbs. I like Puritans Pride for all my herbs & vitamins. Very inexpensive and great quality!
These are some of my favorite recipes, and I'm always inventing new ones! If I'm using eggs or cream, I always get free range, grain fed, happy chicken eggs, and cream from well treated, happy cows, because I love animals so much and I would never want to contribute to all the suffering they endure just so people can eat them. I'm vegan, so I only want to support small farms that take good care of their animals.
My favorite oils and butters are (raw, cold pressed) shea butter, extra virgin coconut oil, olive oil, jojoba, rosehip seed, and evening primrose oil. I have two favorite essential oil blends that I use in a lot of my recipes. The first one is geranium, palmarosa, petigrain, lavender, and ylang ylang for a gorgeous flowery smell and superior moisturizing mix, and the second is carrot seed, frankincense, patchouli and fennel for a superb anti-aging combination. Feel free to add (or leave out) essential oils to any of these recipes, and be careful, they're super strong and concentrated! Always mix a few drops with a carrier oil and do a patch test first. I never measure anything, so the amounts may be off. You can experiment to find the best consistancy!
Dream Cream
3 TB raw natural (undeodorized) Shea Butter
1 TB raw natural (undeodorized) cocoa butter (optional)
1 TB raw natural Babassu oil (optional)
1 TB raw virgin coconut oil
Put ingredients together in a container and melt in the sun, or in warm water. Stir together. To make a softer, more spreadable cream or body lotion, add more coconut or babassu oil. You can also substitute more coconut oil for the babassu if you don't have it. For a thicker, creamier consistancy, use more Shea butter. This is my FAVORITE hand cream ever!!!
1 TB raw natural (undeodorized) cocoa butter (optional)
1 TB raw natural Babassu oil (optional)
1 TB raw virgin coconut oil
Put ingredients together in a container and melt in the sun, or in warm water. Stir together. To make a softer, more spreadable cream or body lotion, add more coconut or babassu oil. You can also substitute more coconut oil for the babassu if you don't have it. For a thicker, creamier consistancy, use more Shea butter. This is my FAVORITE hand cream ever!!!
Lime So Lovely
juice from 1/2 lime (or lemon)
1 TB honey (optional)
1/4 C olive oil
Shake ingredients together in small container, store in fridge, should last a few days. Apply to face and neck, leave on, blot off later. Orange juice can also be used. Make sure to wear sunscreen if you're in the sun after using citrus acid on skin, because it makes skin photo sensitive.
1 TB honey (optional)
1/4 C olive oil
Shake ingredients together in small container, store in fridge, should last a few days. Apply to face and neck, leave on, blot off later. Orange juice can also be used. Make sure to wear sunscreen if you're in the sun after using citrus acid on skin, because it makes skin photo sensitive.
Sun Salvation
1 - 2 TB Vitamin C powder (or from capsules)
2 TB Spirulina and/or Chlorella powder
3 TB milk powder
1 - 3 tsp. lavender essential oil (use only a few drops if just for face)
Mix dry ingredients with water to make a thin paste, smooth on skin for 20 min. OR add ingredients to your bath and soak. Reduce recipe if just using for face. Milk, green algae, and vitamin C are supposed to help reverse the damage from a day of too much sun, and lavender oil is very soothing. Similiar to Green Goddess, below, but with more punch.
2 TB Spirulina and/or Chlorella powder
3 TB milk powder
1 - 3 tsp. lavender essential oil (use only a few drops if just for face)
Mix dry ingredients with water to make a thin paste, smooth on skin for 20 min. OR add ingredients to your bath and soak. Reduce recipe if just using for face. Milk, green algae, and vitamin C are supposed to help reverse the damage from a day of too much sun, and lavender oil is very soothing. Similiar to Green Goddess, below, but with more punch.
Flower Power
1/2 oz. Rosehip Seed Oil (cold pressed)
1/2 oz. Evening Primrose Oil (cold pressed)
1 tsp. Calendula Oil
1 tsp. Vit. E oil (optional)
3 - 5 drops each lavender, petigrain, palmarosa, chamomile, and geranium essential oil
Mix ingredients together, and store in a cool place. Rosehip seed oil is very good for wrinkles, but has a short shelf life (3 mo.), along with Evening Primrose oil, and needs to used quickly and stored in the fridge.
Tropical Body Butter
1/2 C shea butter
1/4 C coconut oil
1 TB mango butter (optional)
Mix in wide mouth container, melt in sun, then stir together
Alligator Body Balm
1/2 C shea butter
1/4 C mango butter
1 TB hempseed oil
3 TB avocado oil
Melt in sun, stir together. Super rich for extra dry skin!
Silky Arctic Seal Sunscreen
1/2 C coconut oil (for a less greasy lotion, use sesame or grapeseed oil)
2 TB shea butter, mango butter or lanolin (mango or lanolin will make it firmer)
1 TB of zinc oxide powder (test on skin, to make sure it won't turn you totally white)
2 tsp of Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) optional
Mix together, melt in sun. Warning, Very Greasy! For a good Natural commercial sunscreen that is more effective (and Much less greasy!) than this recipe, look for AquaSport by All Terrain.
Green Goddess Sun Saver
1 TB heavy whipping cream from happy cows
1 tsp spirulina, chlorella, and or blue green algae
Mix together, smear on skin! Increase recipe if using for body. These ingredients are supposed to reduce sun damage, if applied after a lot of sun exposure.
Desert Diva Shimmer Shine
4 oz. golden jojoba oil
1 tsp ultra fine glitter, any color
1 tsp hydrolyzed silk protein (this and everything below are optional)
1 tsp hydrolyzed wheat protein
2 tsp panthenol
2 tsp allantoin
10 drops geranium, palmarosa, and roman chamomile or sandalwood essential oil
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply sparingly to ends of hair for super shimmer and shine!
Sun Goddess Hair Repair
golden jojoba oil
Simple & Miraculous! Apply to length of hair. Use as leave in conditioner, or pre-conditioner. Will totally rinse out when washed!
Mermaid Hair Potion
1/2 C melted coconut oil
4 TB avocado oil
1 tsp kelp or seaweed powder
5 drops blue chamomile essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply to length of hair, leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash well.
Rapunzel's Secret
3 TB castor oil
1/2 C melted coconut oil
2 TB jojoba oil
1 tsp allantoin and panthenol (optional)
5 drops sandalwood, palmarosa, and geranium (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply to length of hair, leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash well.
Coconut Queen Hair Conditioner
3 oz. fresh aloe gel (or store bought)
2 TB melted coconut oil
1/4 tsp silk protein and hydrolyzed wheat protein (optional)
1 tsp MSM powder (optional)
5 drops each of geranium, palmarosa and petigrain, and lavender essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, and apply to ends of hair, (or everything except scalp) leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash out. Keep in fridge.
Super Shiny Shampoo
3 or 4 eggs from cage free, grain fed, happy chickens
1 TB apple cider vinegar
1 TB MSM powder (optional)
1 tsp panthenol, allantoin, silk protein, and hydrolyzed wheat protein (optional)
Whip together in big bowl, place bowl in bathtub, and dunk your (already wet!) hair in. Lather into scalp really well and all through ends. You can use 2 bowls and keep pouring mixture through hair and catching it in the other bowl. Rinse with cool water, towel dry, and watch out for egg particles!!
Empress of Roses Face Oil
2 oz. rosehip seed oil
1 TB evening primrose oil
3 oz. olive oil
5-10 drops each of helichrysum, rose otto, and neroli essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, keep in fridge
Happy Hippie
3 TB hempseed oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB jojoba oil
20 drops patchouli essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle and feel the love!
Pineapple Perfection Face Mask
several oz. fresh pineapple juice or blended pineapple, or just rub pieces over skin
Apply to face, neck and hands, wait 20 min. and rinse. Brightens and renews skin! Keep in fridge. My VERY Favorite Beauty Secret!
Strawberry Siren
mashed up fresh strawberries
2 TB heavy cream from happy cows
Mix together in small bowl, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Makes skin soft and smooth! Keep in fridge.
Jungle Girl
mashed up fresh unripe green papaya (can be blended with honey for better consistancy)
Apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Makes your skin sparkle! Keep in fridge.
Dairy Maid
3 TB cooked oatmeal
1 TB honey
2 TB heavy cream from happy cows
Stir together, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Softest skin Ever!! Keep in fridge.
Easy Egg
1 egg from happy chicken
1 TB honey
1 TB olive oil
Stir together, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Tightens, tones, and makes skin look fabulous! Keep in fridge.
Forever Young Face Lotion (or, if you add too much acid, "Face Off"!)
4 oz. olive or coconut oil
1 or 2 tsp lactic or glycolic acid (these are AHAs, fruit acids, use gloves while pouring, do not get directly on skin)
5 drops each of carrot, fennel, patchouli, and frankincense essential oil (optional)
Depending on how sensitive your skin is, you want about 5%-20% of AHA in your mixture. It should tingle, but not burn! Do a patch test first. Shake together before each use. You can make a stronger concentration for a body lotion. Can cause redness and burning; use at your own risk.
Sea Goddess Face Mask
3 oz. fresh aloe juice
2 oz. fresh heavy cream from happy, well treated cows
3 TB honey
1 egg
1 tsp wheatgrass powder (or other green powder)
1 tsp kelp, spirulina, chlorella, or other seaweed/algae powder
Shake together in squirt bottle, apply mask to face, neck, and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Super soft young skin! Keep bottle in fridge, will last about a week.
Bathing Beauty Bath Oil
1 oz. jojoba oil
10 drops ylang ylang, lavender, and geranium for Flowery OR 5 drops peppermint and rosemary, 20 drops lavender and 10 drops black spruce for Refreshing
Pour into bath.
Sugar Mama
1 C brown sugar
Rub onto wet skin during bath for soft and glowing smoothness!
Youth Power Powder
2 TB ascorbly palmitate
4 DMAE caplets crushed
5 Alpha Lipoic Acid capsules
1 TB allantoin
2 tsp panthenol
2 copper capsules
any other vitamin you want, in powder form!
Make this powder really fine, and keep it in a little container. Sprinkle a little at a time into your hand and mix with favorite face lotion. This keeps your vitamins fresh for every use!
Pirate Princess Liquid Gold
2 TB liquid lecithin
3 oz. jojoba oil
2 TB shea butter and/or lanolin
Melt in sun, should thicken up a little when cool again. Amazing moisturizer!
Lucky Lip Lock Balm
1 TB lanolin
1/2 tsp jojoba oil (optional)
1 tsp Shea butter (optional)
Put in small container, melt in sun. Let cool and firm up. Apply; kiss all night!
World's Best Breasts Oil
5 oz. olive oil (or your favorite)
1 oz. tincture combo of fenugreek, wild yam, and saw palmetto
30 drops fennel essential oil, 20 drops black spruce, 10 ylang ylang, 5 peppermint
To make a tincture, take a few oz. of each dried & powdered herb, and place in a glass jar. Cover with vodka or vinegar, let steep for 3 or more weeks in a dark place, shaking a few times a day. Then strain and bottle. Shake all ingredients together in small squirt bottle, massage into skin before bedtime. Is supposed to firm and enhance!
Best Breast Enhancing Herbs
The best known Breast Enhancing herbs are Fenugreek, Fennel & Saw Palmetto, and these may also be taken daily in capsule form or in tea. I personally like Puritans Pride for all my herbs & vitamins. Please remember, this is not medical advice. Please consult a medical or health care professional before consuming or using any herbs.
the above is not intended as medical advice; please use with discretion at your own risk
Flower Power
1/2 oz. Rosehip Seed Oil (cold pressed)
1/2 oz. Evening Primrose Oil (cold pressed)
1 tsp. Calendula Oil
1 tsp. Vit. E oil (optional)
3 - 5 drops each lavender, petigrain, palmarosa, chamomile, and geranium essential oil
Mix ingredients together, and store in a cool place. Rosehip seed oil is very good for wrinkles, but has a short shelf life (3 mo.), along with Evening Primrose oil, and needs to used quickly and stored in the fridge.
1/2 oz. Evening Primrose Oil (cold pressed)
1 tsp. Calendula Oil
1 tsp. Vit. E oil (optional)
3 - 5 drops each lavender, petigrain, palmarosa, chamomile, and geranium essential oil
Mix ingredients together, and store in a cool place. Rosehip seed oil is very good for wrinkles, but has a short shelf life (3 mo.), along with Evening Primrose oil, and needs to used quickly and stored in the fridge.
Tropical Body Butter
1/2 C shea butter
1/4 C coconut oil
1 TB mango butter (optional)
Mix in wide mouth container, melt in sun, then stir together
1/4 C coconut oil
1 TB mango butter (optional)
Mix in wide mouth container, melt in sun, then stir together
Alligator Body Balm
1/2 C shea butter
1/4 C mango butter
1 TB hempseed oil
3 TB avocado oil
Melt in sun, stir together. Super rich for extra dry skin!
Silky Arctic Seal Sunscreen
1/2 C coconut oil (for a less greasy lotion, use sesame or grapeseed oil)
2 TB shea butter, mango butter or lanolin (mango or lanolin will make it firmer)
1 TB of zinc oxide powder (test on skin, to make sure it won't turn you totally white)
2 tsp of Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) optional
Mix together, melt in sun. Warning, Very Greasy! For a good Natural commercial sunscreen that is more effective (and Much less greasy!) than this recipe, look for AquaSport by All Terrain.
Green Goddess Sun Saver
1 TB heavy whipping cream from happy cows
1 tsp spirulina, chlorella, and or blue green algae
Mix together, smear on skin! Increase recipe if using for body. These ingredients are supposed to reduce sun damage, if applied after a lot of sun exposure.
Desert Diva Shimmer Shine
Desert Diva Shimmer Shine
4 oz. golden jojoba oil
1 tsp ultra fine glitter, any color
1 tsp hydrolyzed silk protein (this and everything below are optional)
1 tsp hydrolyzed wheat protein
2 tsp panthenol
2 tsp allantoin
10 drops geranium, palmarosa, and roman chamomile or sandalwood essential oil
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply sparingly to ends of hair for super shimmer and shine!
Sun Goddess Hair Repair
golden jojoba oil
Simple & Miraculous! Apply to length of hair. Use as leave in conditioner, or pre-conditioner. Will totally rinse out when washed!
Mermaid Hair Potion
1/2 C melted coconut oil
4 TB avocado oil
1 tsp kelp or seaweed powder
5 drops blue chamomile essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply to length of hair, leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash well.
Rapunzel's Secret
3 TB castor oil
1/2 C melted coconut oil
2 TB jojoba oil
1 tsp allantoin and panthenol (optional)
5 drops sandalwood, palmarosa, and geranium (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, apply to length of hair, leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash well.
Coconut Queen Hair Conditioner
3 oz. fresh aloe gel (or store bought)
2 TB melted coconut oil
1/4 tsp silk protein and hydrolyzed wheat protein (optional)
1 tsp MSM powder (optional)
5 drops each of geranium, palmarosa and petigrain, and lavender essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, and apply to ends of hair, (or everything except scalp) leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash out. Keep in fridge.
2 TB melted coconut oil
1/4 tsp silk protein and hydrolyzed wheat protein (optional)
1 tsp MSM powder (optional)
5 drops each of geranium, palmarosa and petigrain, and lavender essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, and apply to ends of hair, (or everything except scalp) leave in for a couple hours or overnight, wash out. Keep in fridge.
Super Shiny Shampoo
3 or 4 eggs from cage free, grain fed, happy chickens
1 TB apple cider vinegar
1 TB MSM powder (optional)
1 tsp panthenol, allantoin, silk protein, and hydrolyzed wheat protein (optional)
Whip together in big bowl, place bowl in bathtub, and dunk your (already wet!) hair in. Lather into scalp really well and all through ends. You can use 2 bowls and keep pouring mixture through hair and catching it in the other bowl. Rinse with cool water, towel dry, and watch out for egg particles!!
Empress of Roses Face Oil
2 oz. rosehip seed oil
1 TB evening primrose oil
3 oz. olive oil
5-10 drops each of helichrysum, rose otto, and neroli essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle, keep in fridge
Happy Hippie
3 TB hempseed oil
3 TB olive oil
3 TB jojoba oil
20 drops patchouli essential oil (optional)
Shake together in small squirt bottle and feel the love!
Pineapple Perfection Face Mask
several oz. fresh pineapple juice or blended pineapple, or just rub pieces over skin
Apply to face, neck and hands, wait 20 min. and rinse. Brightens and renews skin! Keep in fridge. My VERY Favorite Beauty Secret!
Strawberry Siren
mashed up fresh strawberries
2 TB heavy cream from happy cows
Mix together in small bowl, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Makes skin soft and smooth! Keep in fridge.
Jungle Girl
mashed up fresh unripe green papaya (can be blended with honey for better consistancy)
Apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Makes your skin sparkle! Keep in fridge.
Dairy Maid
3 TB cooked oatmeal
1 TB honey
2 TB heavy cream from happy cows
Stir together, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Softest skin Ever!! Keep in fridge.
Easy Egg
1 egg from happy chicken
1 TB honey
1 TB olive oil
Stir together, apply to face, neck and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Tightens, tones, and makes skin look fabulous! Keep in fridge.
Forever Young Face Lotion (or, if you add too much acid, "Face Off"!)
4 oz. olive or coconut oil
1 or 2 tsp lactic or glycolic acid (these are AHAs, fruit acids, use gloves while pouring, do not get directly on skin)
5 drops each of carrot, fennel, patchouli, and frankincense essential oil (optional)
Depending on how sensitive your skin is, you want about 5%-20% of AHA in your mixture. It should tingle, but not burn! Do a patch test first. Shake together before each use. You can make a stronger concentration for a body lotion. Can cause redness and burning; use at your own risk.
Sea Goddess Face Mask
3 oz. fresh aloe juice
2 oz. fresh heavy cream from happy, well treated cows
3 TB honey
1 egg
1 tsp wheatgrass powder (or other green powder)
1 tsp kelp, spirulina, chlorella, or other seaweed/algae powder
Shake together in squirt bottle, apply mask to face, neck, and hands. Wait 20 min., rinse off. Super soft young skin! Keep bottle in fridge, will last about a week.
Bathing Beauty Bath Oil
1 oz. jojoba oil
10 drops ylang ylang, lavender, and geranium for Flowery OR 5 drops peppermint and rosemary, 20 drops lavender and 10 drops black spruce for Refreshing
Pour into bath.
Sugar Mama
1 C brown sugar
Rub onto wet skin during bath for soft and glowing smoothness!
Youth Power Powder
2 TB ascorbly palmitate
4 DMAE caplets crushed
5 Alpha Lipoic Acid capsules
1 TB allantoin
2 tsp panthenol
2 copper capsules
any other vitamin you want, in powder form!
Make this powder really fine, and keep it in a little container. Sprinkle a little at a time into your hand and mix with favorite face lotion. This keeps your vitamins fresh for every use!
Pirate Princess Liquid Gold
2 TB liquid lecithin
3 oz. jojoba oil
2 TB shea butter and/or lanolin
Melt in sun, should thicken up a little when cool again. Amazing moisturizer!
Lucky Lip Lock Balm
1 TB lanolin
1/2 tsp jojoba oil (optional)
1 tsp Shea butter (optional)
Put in small container, melt in sun. Let cool and firm up. Apply; kiss all night!
World's Best Breasts Oil
5 oz. olive oil (or your favorite)
1 oz. tincture combo of fenugreek, wild yam, and saw palmetto
30 drops fennel essential oil, 20 drops black spruce, 10 ylang ylang, 5 peppermint
To make a tincture, take a few oz. of each dried & powdered herb, and place in a glass jar. Cover with vodka or vinegar, let steep for 3 or more weeks in a dark place, shaking a few times a day. Then strain and bottle. Shake all ingredients together in small squirt bottle, massage into skin before bedtime. Is supposed to firm and enhance!
Best Breast Enhancing Herbs
The best known Breast Enhancing herbs are Fenugreek, Fennel & Saw Palmetto, and these may also be taken daily in capsule form or in tea. I personally like Puritans Pride for all my herbs & vitamins. Please remember, this is not medical advice. Please consult a medical or health care professional before consuming or using any herbs.