I decided to build my own easel with scrap wood laying around in the garage and, actually, it turned out pretty well. I spent three or four days working on it because our table saw is kaput and I had to cut everything by hand - so much fun (not). There are a few nicks here and there because I had to pull some nails by hand, but nothing too bad. When not in use, the top can be used as a workspace. There is enough room to store supplies inside. ...
Here is a recipe for the moisturizing oil that I use on my face morning and night... I found a recipe on the Mountain Rose Herbs Blog that sounded promising and ended up with the one shown below; these oils work really well with my combination skin and don't leave it feeling greasy. What's more, all the ingredients are supposed to do amazing things for your skin. If you are interested in making your own beauty products, I highly recommend Mountain Rose Herbs as a great place to purchase and learn about all things herbal. Moisturizing Facial Serum 2 oz. Jojoba oil 2 oz. Grape Seed oil 18 drops Helichrysum oil 18 drops Carrot Seed oil 18 drops Sea Buckthorn oil 6 drops Ylang Ylang oil ...
After an extensive web search, I decided upon a recipe I found on www.mindbodygreen.com . As you can see from the photo above, the ingredients are pretty basic: oil, vanilla bean, fresh ginger, cardamom, and black pepper. The resulting oil was nice and light, absorbed quickly, and smells amazing! Just heat gently on the stove, cool, and then strain into the container you would like to use - I put mine in a pump bottle. The only thing I changed was to substitute sunflower seed oil for the sesame oil listed in the recipe. ...
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