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RECIPE FOR GARDENER'S HANDCREAM
3 Tablespoons of beeswax
½ cup sesame oil
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon of honey
2 Tablespoon calendula tea
3 drops of lavender essential oil
½ teaspoon of baking soda
Mix all ingredients and heat at a medium temperature in your microwave until melted. Allow it to cool down a little then pour into jars.
"Honey bees have shown a preference for yellow and blue flowers"
TURN YOUR FAVORITE BAR SOAP INTO LIQUID FORM
3 cups of water
One bar of your favorite soap
Grate one bar of soap into a microwave safe bowl. Add three cups of water. Heat in microwave on high for 2 mins. Take out and stir... then heat 2 more mins. then stir... 2 more mins. then stir... for a total of six minutes. Allow it to cool and place in your favorite pump container.
"There are 250,000 known species of flowering plants on our planet"
MAKE YOUR OWN GARDENER'S SOAP
Soap Mold
2 T Cornmeal
1 bar of glycerine soap
1/2 tsp of your favorite fragrance oil
Melt glycerine soap. Mix in cornmeal and oil and stir briskly. Pour soap into a soap mold of your choice and allow it to cool and set.
"Flowers leave some fragrance on the hand that bestows them."
PINEAPPLE SAGE SOAP
Soap Mold
6 ounces of Lye
1/4 cup of Palm Oil
1/2 cup of Sage Tea
1 cup of Sunflower Oil
1/2 cup of Coconut Oil
20 drops of Essential Oil
1 T Pineapple Sage Flowers
To make Sage Tea - Boil 1 T Pineapple sage in 1 cup water. Allow it to steep for 2 hours .
Grease molds. Mix & combine Oils, Sage Tea & Sage Flowers & heat until warm. Add lye solution slowly and steadily while mixing. Pour into molds and let it cure for 3 days
"Add 1/3 cup of glycerine to 2/3 cup of rose water
for a simple but lovely hand cream"
CREAMY LEMON MOISTURIZER
Mix 1 egg yolk, 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice and 1 cup of olive oil with a wire whisk until it reaches the desired consistancy.
( Add more lemon if it gets to thick )
"Gardeners know the best dirt"
ROUGH HANDS REMEDY
"If you get rough, dry hands after working in your garden you can soften them very easily by rubbing a mixture of sugar & lemon juice for a minute or two. - use just enough lemon to moisten the sugar"- Contributed by Diane
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