how to make homemade soaps and lotions
I have eczema – how do I cure myself?
I know how to (temporarily) get rid of my eczema. My usual treatments involve quick showers (all less than 5 mins!) with oatmeal-soap, moisturizing daily with lotion or Vaseline if and when I get dry or itchy, and a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables with the occasional lean meats. Sometimes vinegar helps out if my breakout is that bad but it usually heal up within a couple of weeks.
I recently moved in a farm (I had no choice in the matter) and I’m basically exposed to all my eczema triggers! Dust, pollen, I even sweat a lot which makes my condition even worse! What do I do? All of my usual treatments no longer work. please what other alternative homemade treatments can I try out?
Hmmm, Looks like you need a new plan, for sure! First off, your body is more stressed because of the move, so your outbreaks getting worse is only natural. Perhaps find some extra time during the day to relax with a good meditation or relaxation, guided imagery CD. Try soaking in a lukewarm tub of oatmeal water for 15 minutes instead of just using oatmeal soap. Before you dry off, use organic olive oil or coconut oil/butter all over your effected skin and pat your body dry.
You have triggers because you need to boost your immune system and other body systems in order to do away with them totally. A good body cleanse will aid in this. In fact, chances are good that you will rid yourself of ecczema altogether!
Hope you’ll find these tips helpful! 
Good luck and hope you can find joy in your new farm-life! (I’m jealous – I want to live on a farm!)
how to make homemade soaps and lotions
Kukui Oil – making homemade soap
First, here is a little history about natural kukui oil. Kukui oil is cold pressed from the seeds of the aleurites moluccana or kukui tree, the official state tree of Hawaii. The kukui tree came to Hawaii by early Polynesian settlers. This natural oil was used to anoint babies from weather elements, skin irritations, wounds or burns. It was also used, for many hours a day, to massage members of royalty.
Today, kukui nut oil is excellent to use in making homemade soap! It has a semi-clear color with a very light, sweet, nutty aroma. Its aroma is so light; some claim it to be odorless. It is becoming a very popular soap making oil. Why? It offers an abundance of healthful and nourishing skin care benefits! It can be an expensive, for the average soap maker, but learning how to use it in your homemade soap recipes or in your soap making process can help you save costs!
SOAP MAKING BENEFITS AND MORE:
Kukui oil adds a rich, creamy, stable lather to soap with wonderful conditioning properties. When used up to 10% of your homemade soap recipe, it will provide a richer, creamier homemade soap.
This soap making oil can be expensive but a little goes a long way. Depending on how you incorporate its use, in your soap making process, may help you to cut costs. For example, you may want to superfat this oil. Blend approximately two tablespoon of this oil, for every five pounds of soap, at the light or medium trace soap making stage. If you use it this way, instead of at the beginning of your soap making process, it may help you cut costs. When using it at this light to medium trace stage, it will not have to saponify with all of the rest of your soap making oils, as it would if used at the beginning your soap making process.
This soap making oil has a shelf life of one year. Storing it in a cool place, out of direct sunlight, and refrigerating it after opening will help to extend its shelf life.
When used at 5% to 10% in homemade skin care recipes, it is great for homemade lotion, cream, balms and scrub formulations. It helps to soothe and soften skin. You can make all kinds of homemade skin care products using natural kukui oil! Depending on your location, you can find lots of natural skin care products, made with kukui nut oil. You may purchase them from a soap maker or decide to make them yourself!
A word of caution should be heeded! There are no known documented allergies to kukui oil, but those people with nut allergies should either avoid or use this soap making oil with caution, as you would with any oil or skin care product containing a nutty base.
If you are confused and do not know where to begin when it comes to making homemade soap consider taking soap classes, attending community events, workshops, watch demonstrations or even learn at home, with a master soap maker! You can learn how to make soap, at home, with a soap making DVD! This DVD provides all of the soap making information you will ever need with, step-by-step, soap making instructions taught from a master soap maker! You will be learning from a well established, master, soap maker who teaches soap making classes throughout the southeast USA!
You can, actually, make homemade soap in your very own kitchen, using kukui oil or any soap making oil of your choice! Learning from a master soap maker will save you time and money. So, are you ready for some fun? Get busy! You can make your very own homemade soap and enjoy the healthful skin care benefits for a very long time.
About the Author
Find kukui oil and more, at:
http://www.natural-goat-milk-soap.com/kukui-oil.html
Learn how to make soap, at:
http://www.natural-goat-milk-soap.com/how-to-make-soap.html
How to make lotion, soap, bubble bath, shampoo, shower gel, ect?
i looked all over the internet and can not find out what is in those or how to make them. I am making a homemade spa gift basket for my friend. thanks for the help.
– vi
Try a craft store, if you want to buy the directions, the library if you just want to try out a few formulas. Try the craft section in the library but also investigate any book with the word “Formulary” in the title.
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