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GALENS
COLD CREAM Nothing cleans your skin like this stuff. It was invented by a Greek doctor about two thousand years ago. It will help to keep your skin soft as well. |
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84
ml of olive oil
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Put the oil and wax in a bowl and stand it in a pan of water on the stove. Heat slowly until the wax is just melted. Warm the rosewater and add slowly, stirring as you go. When all the rosewater has gone in remove from the pan and stir until cool. |
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SIMPLE
BARRIER LOTION |
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2
tblsp of lemon juice
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Shake all ingredients together. |
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LIP
SALVE |
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2
tsp of grated beeswax
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Put wax in a bowl and stand it in a pan of water on the stove. Heat slowly until the wax is just melted. Beat in the oil. Warm the rosewater and add slowly, stirring as you go. When all the rosewater has gone in remove from the pan and stir until cool. Pot while still warm. |
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MEDITERRANEAN
PERFUME BATH This is said to be divine. |
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dried rose petals and leaves and hips dried orange and lemon flowers and peel dried chamomile flowers |
Place all ingredients in a muslin bag and boil the bag. Put the fragrant liquid in your bath and use the bag as a body scrub |
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NATURAL DEODORANT Take a good handful of cleavers and put it in a pan of water. Bring to the boil and then simmer for fifteen minutes. Leave to get cold and strain. Apply with a spray bottle and keep in the fridge. This will keep for about a week in the fridge and because cleavers is so common you can make it right through summer. |
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SCENTED OILS |
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a
quantity of odourless vegetable oil
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Fill a glass jar with the petals and leaves. Cover the petals and leaves with the oil, cap the jar tightly and leave in a sunny spot for about two weeks. If the scent isn't strong enough, drain the resulting oil, refill the jar with a fresh selection of petals and leaves, and pour the oil back in. Again, leave for about two weeks in a sunny spot. |
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