SPECIALTY INGREDIENTS Many of the recipes in this book call for simple ingredients that you probably already have such as baking soda olive oil or vanilla extract sugar cornstarch cocoa powder yogurt apple cider vinegar pourdered milk salt olive oil baking soda But there are some specialty ingredients that you likely won't find at home Luckily they can be found at health food stores or organic grocery stores near the spices pharmacy or beauty aisles Or shop online Here are some of those ingredients and the reasons you need them in your recipes
Aloe vera gel Aloe vera gel moisturizes skin and hair and it can help soothe sunburns with a natural cooling effect Beeswax Beeswax helps firm balms and creams These recipes call for grated beeswax which can be made by using a cheese grater on a bar of pure beeswax Or you could buy beeswax pastilles which are small granules or pellets Citric acid Citric acid is a powder that helps create a fizz in bath and shower products It can be found in the canning or bulk spice aisle in health food stores Coconut oil Coconut oil moisturizes your skin and hair Distilled water Distilled water has been boiled to remove impurities and it will help your ingredients last longer It can be found at grocery stores Always use distilled water in these recipes rather than tap water Epsom salts Epsom salts soothe aching muscles and relieve itching Jojoba oil Jojoba oil is soothing when applied to irritated skin from acne to sunburn Rosewater Rosewater soothes and strengthens skin and it also conditions hair It has a floral aroma Sea salt The rough texture of sea salt helps exfoliate skin while naturally detoxifying Shea butter Shea butter moisturizes soothes and balances skin without clogging pores It can even help heal cuts and scrapes Vegetable glycerin Vegetable glycerin naturally attracts moisture when applied to skin Witch hazel Witch hazel soothes itchy or irritated skin including acne and some foot rashes and infections It can also tighten and moisturize skin
aloe vera gel coconut oil beeswax pastilles Epsom salts jojoba oil rosewater vegetable glycerin sea salt shea butter
ESSENTIAL OILS Many of the recipes in this book call for essential oils Essential oils are used for aromatherapy they smell lovely and can make you feel great and for health benefits for your hair skin and body They can be found at health food stores organic grocery stores or online Here are the essential oils used in this book and the reasons you might use them in your recipes
