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aking your own natural skin care products from pantry staples offers a wide array of benefits, including less cost, less packaging, less chemicals, and customization. As a Holistic Nutritionist and Health Coach, I aim to reduce the toxic load on the body wherever possible, and cleaning up your beauty products is a great place to start. The skin is our body’s largest organ and it has the ability to absorb what we put on it, topically. Many chemicals like fragrance, parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, and dyes found in our daily beauty products can lead to skin irritation and disruption of hormone balance. Alternatives like coconut oil, oats, plain yogurt, flowers and herbs from your garden, honey, apple cider vinegar, essential oils, cacao powder, ground flax seeds, olive oil, sea salt, and sugar are just a few of my favourite pantry staples that go from being edible to being food for your skin. These all have amazing benefits for the skin and hair, from reducing inflammation and soothing, to exfoliating and moisturizing. This holiday season, we might feel the need to focus more on self-care and giving gifts from the heart. My favourite kind of gift to give, and receive, is a homemade one. So much thought and love goes into those little packages and tiny jars of natural goodness.
DIY Skin Care Gifts BY JEN CASEY
DIY gifts are great to give as hostess gifts at holiday dinners, too, not to mention stocking stuffers for the natural beauty care lover. Gather some dried herbs, flowers, and some ingredients from your pantry, and settle in for an afternoon of fun and relaxation, as you mix up these two recipes. Tip: Always remember to include a little info on all the ingredients you used, plus directions for use. You can get creative with your packaging and labels, either by hand writing them, making them on the computer, or tucking the info into the top of the jar. Get festive with your ribbons and sneak in a jingle bell, sprig of rosemary, or snip of cedar to the outside of the jar.
JEN CASEY is is one of Nature’s Fare Markets’ nutritionists and certified health coach through Next Bite Nutrition Coaching. She focuses on holistic, dietfree approaches to weight loss and balancing hormones through nutrition and lifestyle. Check out the nutritionist schedule on page three and book your free appointment today at naturesfare.com.
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