DIY Face Scrub

What is also great is you use ingredient already in the pantry.

Natural Beauty for the Natural Witch: A Guide to Making Homemade Beauty Magical

Thank you for the recipes and the ratings. I am a big fan of coconut oil mixed with essential oils to address many skin and body issue for me and my pets.

moodymoons's avatarMoody Moons

Although the natural/organic homemade bath and home products craze is decidedly mainstream at this point, we pagans have been attracted to natural living for decades.

It makes sense, of course.  Most of us have a lot of experience with the key ingredients.  Herbs, essential oils, natural waxes, resins and organic bases are things common to the practice of witchcraft.

The high value placed on living close to the earth naturally makes us inclined to make good use of these skills in the mundane world as well as the magical.

While many bloggers have covered the subject of homemade beauty products at length, none that I know of have approached them from the spiritual perspective of a witch.  To fill this gap, I decided to give you a review of the most common recipes along with some suggestions about how to use them in a ritual context.

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Thank the Heavens for Coconut Oil

I have just renewed my acquaintance with coconut oil, so this recipe is just what I needed

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coconut oilYou can’t walk into any store now without being able to find coconut oil. This oil has seen such an increase in interest which is a far cry from when I first discovered coconut oil and could only purchase it online or at whole foods. But hey, I’m not complaining especially now that I can find tubs of coconut oil at Sam’s Club and Costco. And for good reason; coconut oil has a long list of benefits.

I’ve been using coconut oil for nearly 7 years, in fact, coconut oil was the thing that lead me down the path to learning about aromatherapy and making my own skin and hair care products. My discovery of coconut oil was literally the beginning of my life. It’s my go to moisturizer for my skin, my face and my hair. But lately I’ve been so focused on making my “beauty” business work and…

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