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How to Make a Rose Hibiscus Whipped Body Butter

3/25/2017

By: Lex Golez

Whipped body butter is popular among skin care enthusiasts particularly in moisturising, hydrating, and treating dry skin. It is considered as more luxurious than the regular body lotion because of its thicker consistency and ability to retain moisture in skin for a longer period of time.

Rose Hibiscus is one of the most preferred whipped body butter by skin care experts and people who are determined in achieving a healthier and moisturised skin. Rose Hibiscus whipped body butter has a perfect texture and a great smell, as it is made of different kinds of essential oils which are excellent in moisturising and pampering the skin with antioxidants.

Aside from its skin care benefits, Rose hibiscus whipped body butter is also budget friendly. It’s very cost-effective and can be made right straight in your own home. All you need to do is to gather the following ingredients and follow the necessary procedures.

Ingredients and Materials Needed:

1 Teaspoon of Almond Oil
1 Cup of Coconut Oil
Brewed Hibiscus Tea
Rose Absolute Essential Oil
Glass Jar with Lid
Stand Mixer
3 Tablespoon of White Sugar {Optional (for sugared rose petal)}
2 Tablespoon of Cup Water {Optional (for sugared rose petal)}
Organic Roses or Rose Petals {Optional (for sugared rose petal)}

Directions:

1. Measure out the almond oil in a medium-sized bowl.

2. Add in the coconut oil.

3. Add some drops of hibiscus tea on the mixture for colouring. You may add more to achieve your desired colour.

4. Add some drops of Rose absolute essential oil to add fragrance on the mixture. As for this mixture, we used about 8 drops.

5. Using a stand mixer, start whipping for approximately 10 minutes or until the mixture becomes fluffy and forms peaks. Beating the mixture requires a bit of patience. So just be patient and continue whipping until you finally achieved the right consistency.

Sugared Rose Petals

Sugared rose petals are used as decoration for the whipped body butter. However, the following directions are optional. If you don’t want to add these to the mixture, then you’re done. But if you wish to have these, you may follow the following steps:

6. Mix the 2 tablespoons of white sugar and 2 tablespoons of water in a pan. Boil and stir the mixture until the sugar is caramelised. Allow the syrup to cool down and dip the rose petals into it.

7. Sprinkle the rose petals with white sugar and allow it to dry overnight. Top the rose hibiscus whipped body butter with rose petals and enjoy!

Rose Hibiscus whipped body butter is a very easy DIY project that you can freely do at home. This a fun and exciting activity you will surely enjoy. If you wish to have fresh roses as one of your ingredients for this project, you can always contact a local florist in Perth.

Did you ever have successful DIY projects before? Please don’t hesitate to share your success stories with us. Let’s continue the discussion below.
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Author’s Bio:
Lex Golez is a development communication enthusiast who want to use her passion in writing to inspire and motivate others to keep going regardless of all the adversities in life. She is also a writer from floristcollective.com who just recently realized her fondness for fresh and beautiful flowers.

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5 Must Have Natural Beauty Apps

3/10/2017

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By: Ryan Stewart

When it comes to beauty, natural is best—no toxins, no artificial or synthesized goop being put on your body. Many are following the trend of going back to natural in all aspects of their life: simplifying, paleo and organic food diets, the use of essential oils, and green, organic beauty products. However, sometimes finding these products and learning how to use them can be a challenge.

Thank goodness for smartphones. Just because we like the all-natural sense when it comes to our body doesn't mean we are going to live like cavemen. Technology has actually helped women and men live their natural lifestyles more easily thanks to many apps available for Android or iPhone. Listed below are the trending mobile apps for those who prefer a natural regime.

Beauty Craft

Natural beauty is something we all strive to highlight. But, using overpriced makeup that is full of toxins is not always the best route. Enter Beauty Craft. This app was designed to teach consumers that much of what they need to make their own make up exists right in nature.

With over 1000 recipes, this app can help you create your own beauty products that are completely clean and free of toxins. Product recipes range from makeup, skincare and hair care. The app’s creators focused on five tips when they wanted to make know when creating their app.

Don’t be afraid to try new things when it comes to natural beauty products.
Common and well-known herbs are great beauty products.
Essential oils are a great thing to try.
Refrigerate your homemade products.
Check the ingredients of products you purchase.

Natural Beauty Tips

With the rise in desire to go green, men and women alike are looking to find answers to questions about the products they use.

We all know how frustrating it is to read about a product that offers everything we need only to find out it is overpriced and ineffective. Natural Beauty Tips sides with consumers when it comes to shopping for products. The app’s primary goal is to help consumers avoid purchasing ineffective, expensive products.

If you are looking for an app to help guide you in your decisions making with regard to the products you use and their effectiveness, Natural Beauty Tips is a great choice. This app is full of advice on skin care, eyebrow care, hair care, and much more.

Think Dirty App

Want to know the adverse effects of a product you are using in your beauty routine? Use Think Dirty. Think Dirty prides itself on its ability to remain unbiased when it comes to product reviews. The company’s primary goal is to educate consumers about what their beauty regime might be doing to their bodies.

Using their database of over 305,000 beauty products, Think Dirty rates the toxicity of each product and if it is related to cancer. From there, the app provides you with a visual representation of the toxicity in the products you use.

Farmers Markets Australia

Your diet is also an important factor in your beauty routine. When you make sure you put high quality food into your body, you appearence reaps the benefits. The Farmers Markets Australia app is a guide to where you can buy high quality locally grown foods.

The app, created by Get Agr, provides you with as much information as you need about your local farmers’ markets. It includes hours of operation, location, and insight into markets you probably didn’t even know existed.

Australian Wild Flowers

No naturalists’ smartphone is complete without a guide to the flora in the area. Australian Wild Flowers shows you flowers based on colour, size, shape, etc. It’s a great 21st century replacement for any bush walkers field guide. With this trusty app, you can find the perfect ingredients to make your own natural beauty products.

Final Thought

Didn't find an app for what you were specifically looking for? This isn't a comprehensive list, but there aren't many apps out there for this type of lifestyle. But, that's the glory of smartphones and apps. People are thinking of new app ideas as we speak and the application developers are working hard to bring those ideas to life. Be sure to check for what you’re looking for periodically or you can take the initiative and develop your own app idea.

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Chateau Ambiance - Raw Sugar Body Scrub - Review

3/9/2017

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Chateau Ambiance, an Australian made luxury spa brand, have a created a deliciously scented raw sugar body scrub. Channeling the luxurious nature of France’s best chateaus and spas, I love anything French, so if a product can make me feel as though I'm in a luxurious French spa, this is for me!

The scent used in this scrub is Tahitian Vanilla, an exotic scented vanilla which smells so beautiful. This is an incredible aroma, I keep it in my shower and after I use it the scent just fills up my bathroom making it smell so nice and comforting, the aroma is a creamy vanilla with a touch of coconut.   So warm and tropical.

Using the scrub feels quite invigorating and it feels great for my skin circulation. The raw sugar scrub is very effective in removing dry skin, but at the same time it's very gentle, as the oil combination of organic coconut oil and rice bran oil actually moisturises my skin and leaves it feeling really soft. I like how it removes flaky skin, but at the same time keeps it feeling supple.

Rice bran oil has deep moisturizing abilities, due to it’s Vitamin E content and fatty acids.    Combined with the skin benefits of coconut oil, which works as a deep cleanser, removing toxins and is also a deep moisturiser, helping to heal irritated skin.

The fine texture of the organic raw sugar exfoliates skin gently without leaving harmful residue.   The natural glycolic acid in sugar actually helps to regenerate skin and moisturize skin, so yes, sometimes sugar can be our friend!

I've been using this scrub every day, sometimes twice a day and find it to be very luxurious and great for sensitive skin. I can see this scrub being used in chic organic beauty salons, it gives me a very pampered feeling, but is a lot more affordable!

Available at Chateau Ambiance.

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