Make-Your-Own-Mouthwash

Like I mentioned in my last post, I'm on a really big homemade body care kit right now.  This mouthwash is super duper easy to make and doesn't use any ingredients that are weird or too hard to find- I got everything I needed at the Co-op (of course). So if you want to save a lot of money on mouthwash, give it a try!  

Peppermint-Clove Mouthwash

1/4 cup water

1 Tbsp. witch hazel (optional)

1 tsp. vegetable glycerin (optional)

1/4 tsp of baking soda

1 drop of  peppermint essential oil

1 drop of tea tree oil 

1 drop clove oil

I can't believe how awesome this stuff feels and tastes!  It's super refreshing and I can pronounce all the ingredients, unlike most mouthwashes.  The glycerin makes it taste kinda sweet and feel less drying, but isn't necessary.  It does make it feel more like conventional mouthwash, though.  Be sure to only use good quality essential oils for this.  And don't swallow!

Potions

Last month I went to a class all about bath soaks,scrubs and cremes and it only fed my obsession with making things myself that are easily purchased.  Now I can't stop making body care products.  I scrub my hands with olive oil-sea salt-citrus scrub and soak in lavender-clove Epsom salts.  I've mixed up homemade mouthwash, lip balm and deodorant.  And now I've made my own potion.



By potion, I mean lotion.  That's just what my family calls it.  This isn't just any potion, though.  It's Rosemary-Mint Body Butter.  It's filled with fair trade shea butter, cocoa butter, organic coconut oil and evening primrose oil.  And it's all whipped up in a blender until it looks like the most amazing butter cream frosting you've ever seen.  I almost want to eat it (Hannah Dog DID eat some).

The sad thing is that I can't share the recipe because I didn't write it and it belongs to the teacher of the class...But if I tweak it next time and make the recipe my own, then I'll share!  If you want to take the class, though, she's teaching at Linden Hills Co-op tomorrow and next week-  Here's the schedule.

For now, I'm set with enough potion to last me a while, even in this horribly dry, cold weather.