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Originally Posted by Gingercat
 I bought it from play.com, a British online bookstore (like Amazon but it's got free shipping) for EUR 22.44. But as it is an American book perhaps you can buy it cheaper there!
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Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan
I'd make a very small amount at first until you get the portions where you like 'em. If I were making it, I would start with the following:
1 oz olive oil 1/4 oz calendula infused sunflower oil 2 drops chamomile Shake and smell. Smell your badger oil to compare them. Adjust the calendula and chamomile, as needed. I'd make it in a 2 oz amber glass bottle with a dropper, so you have room to make adjustments. Write down the ingredients and quantities as you go. This is pretty much how I make all my oil blends, except I am not always comparing to a known scented product. |
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Originally Posted by artparent
coconut oil might work well -it needs to be warm to be liquid, though.
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Originally Posted by Gingercat
Finally an update for you: I did make the calming oil blend for my toddler using more or less the proportions you stated above. It is wonderful I must say, although I'll try to make a few changes next time, eg. add a bit more chamomile essential oil. The one "complain" I've got is the intense smell of the olive oil; I've used an organic extra virgin cold pressed olive oil (the one I use for my salads) and therefore my oil blend has a lovely green colour but smells a lot like a Greek salad according to my husband
In any case, I guess I could have used a cheaper olive oil but then I know that pure olive oil is really good for the skin so I'm confident that it'd would be great for my son's sensitive skin! |
Silly question: What does the beeswax even do? I was under the impression it just held it together and gave it consistency, but I don't really know. I know at warm enough temps that combo would just be oil. I'm wondering if melting shea butter would do the same? I keep meaning to do that and add some vit e/ rosehip for an undereye cream and haven't yet.
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Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan
I was looking for this thread to update y'all... I had two major "issues" with my face when I started using the rose hip seed oil:
1. I had a deep line running between my eyebrows with a few small lines on the outer corners of my eyes. The deep line bothered me; the little lines didn't. 2. I had what I consider major skin discoloration across my forehead and the outer edges of my cheeks (in splotches). After three weeks of regular use (1-2 times a day, every day), the rose hip seed oil seems to have done its job quite nicely!  : My skin is more even-toned (and we are still in the height of summer with maximum sun exposure daily) and the deep crease/wrinkle/line between my brows is merely a faint and non-solid line now. I have noticed the biggest improvement in the last week or so, after I mixed the oils. It seems that the rose hip seed oil is more effective in the blend than it was on its own. I am guessing it is due to synergy. Meanwhile, I have been reading more aromatherapy books and am wondering more and more about the quality of straight vitamin E oil versus wheat germ oil. I'm going to further my research in this area.... |
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Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan
I'd make a very small amount at first until you get the portions where you like 'em. If I were making it, I would start with the following:
1 oz olive oil 1/4 oz calendula infused sunflower oil 2 drops chamomile Shake and smell. Smell your badger oil to compare them. Adjust the calendula and chamomile, as needed. I'd make it in a 2 oz amber glass bottle with a dropper, so you have room to make adjustments. Write down the ingredients and quantities as you go. This is pretty much how I make all my oil blends, except I am not always comparing to a known scented product. Keep in mind, you are using slightly different products than what is in the badger baby oil ingredient list, so it may not smell identical no matter what you do. |
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Originally Posted by Gingercat
Thanks a lot sunnysandiegan! Will give it a try and keep you posted
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Originally Posted by Gingercat
MomtoRyan yes I'm still preparing this oil for my toddler but I just use more calendula oil and a few more drops of chamomile EO to avoid the strong olive oil smell. I can tell you the exact amounts if you're interested, but I'm still improving it
I'm thinking of ordering some jojoba oil and add it to the blend, as I noticed that the Badger Baby Oil contains it and I really like its texture and smell! |
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Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan
I was reading up on coconut oil today. My commercially prepared non-SPF lotions are not moisturizing enough for my skin at night now. They are for oily skin and my skin is not oily anymore. Sooooo... I opened my coconut oil tonight and tried it. Mmmm... smelled and felt heavenly!
I washed with my rose face and hand soap, then spritzed with rosewater...both as usual. Then, I dabbed a drop or two of my rose hip seed oil blend on my ring fingers and lightly massaged it around my eye area. Lastly, I squirted one-third of a dropper of organic unrefined cold-pressed coconut oil into my mouth and a second one-third dropper into my palm and lightly massaged it into my face (overlapping the eye area), neck, and upper chest. I kind of ran out partway through my neck, so I used half as much of a third dropper for the entire neck area and upper chest and had leftovers, so I used it on my hands and knees and heels (lightly). It soaked into my forehead and eye area and nose and chin almost immediately, but is still sitting on top of my cheeks and neck and upper chest. I'll be experimenting with the amount over time. Coconut oil is liquid in temps 76 degrees and higher, which we have mostly (70s nearly year-round here). It is solid below that, which will occur for a few months a year here. I hear it will melt easily if held in your palm for a bit, so I think it'll be easy to use year-round. It has a very long shelf-life, too. I love EOs, but not on my face unless I want the healing properties for something specific and short-term. I think I have a good amount of the rose hip seed oil blend mixed up. It is a very small green glass bottle with a screw-top...maybe 5 ml. It is only slightly larger than the tiny clear vials that have the push-in, wiggle-out tops. I'm only using 2-3 drops a day and it will "keep" for a long while due to the vitamin E. I'm hoping for a 2 week to one month supply. I don't want to mix it up every day (too much work; likely to revert back to commercial lotions), but I also don't want it to sit around for months (rancid oils REEK and are not frugal!). I've never used shea butter and would love to hear about your adventures with it. |
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Originally Posted by Gingercat
Here it is (sorry but it is written with the European metric system):
-100 ml extra virgin olive oil -20 ml calendula infused sunflower oil -10 drops of chamomile (Roman) essential oil I'll update when I use the jojoba oil! |
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Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan
Hi MomtoRyan!
I mix up my own blends all the time. Right now, my eye oil is a blend of rosehip seed oil (50%), vitamin E oil (25%), and jojoba oil (25%). I got them at our local health food store, a discount store, and GNC. I do not recall which was where, though. Two are the NOW brand (available in many places) and I don't recall the brand of E oil because I used it all in blends and the original container has been recycled or repurposed without its label. I use Heritage brand rosewater. I got my first bottle at the health food store. I got the rest at a local discount store. You can find this brand online, also. In the summer, I use the coconut oil in its liquid state with a dropper. In the winter, I use the coconut oil in its solid state with my fingernail. I use an amber bottle when it can be poured. I use a small container (shallow, wide opening, screw-top) when it has to be scraped out of the bigger tub we keep in the kitchen for cooking. When it is solid, I scrape out just enough to cover my fingernail and then I warm it in my hands and pat it on my face. I forget the exact temp, but coconut oil melts around 70 degrees so it is easy to melt just what you need in your hands. HTH! |
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