People are becoming more concerned with what products they put on to their skin as awareness about chemicals grow. If you take a good look at the labels on most of your facial products, you may be shocked by the long list of chemicals that is found there. Most people cringe when they really consider what is in the commercial products they put on their skin.

You can really ditch the chemicals and go all natural very easily. By using products found in nature such as antioxident rich fruits, vitamin E rich oils, and natural prodcuts like bee’s wax you can create many beautiy prodcuts at home. Better Basics For Your Home is a great book that contains many beauty recipies.  Plus it also contains tips on green cleaning also. Making your own products is really fairly easy. Take a look at how easy it is to make lip balm: bees wax, organic coconut oil, olive oil, and a little bit of vanilla extract. Once your balm is made poor it into small containers and store the extra in the fridge or freezer for later use. You can purchase premade kit for making chap stick if you prefer to try out some before you make your own.

If you really decide to ditch your chemical laden soaps you can learn to make your own easily from scratch. You can learn to create your own soap creations by reading The Natural Soap Book. By learning to make soaps from scratch you can tailor your soap to be more or less cleansing depending on your skin type. Plus making soaps has come down to a science; the days of getting burns from lye-based soap are over. These lye soaps are incredibly gentle on the skin and are actually super fatted so they are actually moisturizing for you skin.

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