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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Plank it!


This is the challenge I've been doing. I'm posting it here so I have a quick reference. I'm tired of searching through my timeline for it!!!

I forgot to mention Sunday that I made my own hand sanitizer. This is the recipe I used, which I amalgamized from a few different ones.

1- 2 oz glass squirt bottle (can be found at health food or beauty store)
1 Tbs Witch Hazel
2 oz Aloe Vera Gel (99% aloe)
1/4 tsp. Vitamin E oil (I actually have a jar of those little pods. I used one pod, which is about 1/4 tsp.)
10 drops doTERRA essential oils

  • 2 drops each On Guard, White Fir, Lavender
  • 4 drops Melaleuca (Tea Tree)
Put oils in a non-plastic bowl (glass is best, but you could use ceramic or metal). Add Witch Hazel and swirl around. Add Vitamin E and then Aloe Vera. Whisk together. Pour into squirt bottle. You could also use a flip top, as long as the bottle itself is glass and preferably a dark color. The Vitamin E will act as both a moisturizer and preservative. Give your bottle a quick shake before each use as the components will naturally separate over time. 

I have no idea how good this really is. Maybe it's more expensive than just using all the little bottles of hand sanitizer I have lying around? Certainly all the ingredients are more costly for me to get myself, but I use way less per pump, and it doesn't accidentally spill all over or pour too much out, or leave my hands dry, and it's not chemical laden. All this stuff about how anti-bacterial everything has lead to super-bugs really skeeves me out! I'm not a germophobe at all, but I also have no desire to catch MRSA. 

So there's my recipe for something that already has a million recipes out there. Give it a try! Tell me what you think!! 


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