Assembly Line

Can't tell you what I kick I get out of making skin care:

Those three iron nails (in the background) are 125 years old. When we did the third-floor reno, we found them in the walls.

• Neroli eye balm. This stuff is NICE. (Neroli hydrosol, apricot kernel oil, rosehip seed oil, emulsifing wax, vitamin E oil, carrot seed EO, lavender EO, ylang ylang EO, Germall Plus preservative)
• Grapefruit/Rosewood body oil
• Face Serum A

 It's so easy to give this stuff away!

I now make my own body oil, eye balm, face serum, hand cream, lip balm, arnica salve and calendula salve.

How much would I spend on that if I bought it? Just so happens I can tell you:

• Body Oil (Weleda) - $25
• Eye balm (L'Occitane) - $70 
• Face Serum (various) - @$70
• Hand Cream (various) - $20
• Lip Balm (Korres) - $15
• Arnica Salve (Thompson's) - $15
• Calendula Salve (Thompson's) - $15

Costs a fraction of this to make your own product and it's fun!

(Next up: Roll-on oil perfume, solid perfume and handmade deodorant.)