Saturday, October 27, 2007

Home-Made Body Lotions

Body lotions are used to make skin soft and smooth. People feel younger after using body lotions. There are large numbers of body lotions available in the market. But, a homemade lotion is the best method of saving money. There are various methods to make body lotions at home for maintaining the skin healthy.

Homemade Body Lotions:

Blue Satin Body Lotion

Ingredients:

  • Soap flakes – 3 full tablespoons
  • Witch – hazel about one teaspoon
  • A few drops—perfume and blue coloring
  • Water about four full tablespoons
  • Glycerin one full teaspoon
  • Olive oil – four teaspoons

Procedure:

Take the soap flakes and amount of water into a fry pan and low heat. Remove soap flakes after dissolving and then add olive oil, witch-hazel and glycerin in the mixture. Leave it for few minutes to cool. At last add a few drops of blue coloring. The body lotion is ready to use, it is become as a thin, lovely and cream blue mixture. Use it after taking shower.

Rose and Lime Body Lotion

Ingredients:

  • One tablespoon of glycerin
  • Three full tablespoons of rose water
  • Two full tablespoons of limejuice

Procedure:

Mix all ingredients well. And make a paste. People, who have dry skin, use this body lotion, as it is very effective for them and make the skin soft and smooth. One should store this body lotion in a cool place.

Almond Body Lotion

Ingredients:

  • One teaspoon of almond oil
  • About 10-12 full tablespoon of water
  • Three full teaspoons of lanolin
  • One teaspoon of vegetable lard
  • One teaspoon of petroleum jelly
  • Two full teaspoons of glycerin
  • One full teaspoon of perfume and cornflower

Procedure:

Heat all the essential oils and boiled water separately. Mix both of them after removing from heat. One should pour this mixture of body lotion into an airtight bottle. Always shake well before using this body lotion.

Lavender Body Lotion

Ingredients:

  • One full teaspoon of borax
  • One full cup of rosewater
  • Two tablespoons of warm olive oil
  • A few drops of lavender water

Procedure:

Mix borax in rose water and after this add olive oil in the mixture and beat gently. Leave it for 60 minutes and strain well. Shake well before using this body lotion.

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