DIY all purpose moisturiser (Cocoa + Shea butter + Coconut oil)

This is an intensive moisturiser for the whole body and hair. This moisturising butter can be used to moisturise your hair and body with loads of packed vitamins and oils that are necessary for a good and healthy skin and hair. Almost 60% of what me apply on our body gets absorbed by the blood and the rest is on our skin on our body. Now we can understand how much of chemicals that are absorbed in our body just from the commercial body butter or any lotion which is packed and loaded with chemicals.

Benefits:

• Cocoa and Shea butter are high in anti-oxidants and fatty acids. Thus help in reducing marks on your skin to fade away and keep your skin healthy.
• Cocoa butter moisturises your skin deep and always keeps your skin soft.
• It is great for sensitive skin.
• Its good for eczema, dermatitis and rashes.
• Shea butter is good in Vitamin A & E and makes the skin healthy and repaired.
• It is a good sun screen and  natural in nourishing skin health.
• Shea butter and Cocoa butter has goodies to restore youthfulness in skin and reduces ageing process.
• They reduce scars and stretch marks. 
• Coconut oil locks in moisturiser. It has anti ageing properties too. 
• Coconut oil has good fatty acids to help skin stay healthy. Coconut oil is only goodness. 
• Can be used as a hair mask before taking bath. It deeply moisturises hair.
• Can be used as a body butter.
• Safe for baby skin.
• Can be used as a lip butter.
• Can be used for face and do not clog pores.
• Tea Tree oil has good healing properties too. It helps in reducing skin infection.

Recipe:

1/2 cup unrefined Cocoa butter
1/2 cup unrefined Sea butter
2-4 tbsp of coconut oil
few drops of Tea tree oil

Note: representational quantities in the image

Procedure:

Heat less method: Blend all the ingredients in a blender until its becomes a smooth creamy texture. Transfer immediately into the storage container. The smooth creamy texture hardens in time and becomes a good hard butter. You can also pour it in a soap mould or a waste carton or cupcake moulds to use it as a cake.

Heat method: Put all ingredients in a bowl and make a double boiler. Heat it up in slow heat and melt the ingredients. Take the melted mixture off the heat immediately after it melts. Keep it in the fridge to cool off for an hour or until the mixture hardens. Take it out of the fridge and whisk to make a butter texture. Transfer immediately into the storage container.

I would not recommend heat method as when inducing heat, the Cocoa and Shea butter tend to loose some of its goodies. It is always better to get all the goodies that they have in a raw form.

Application:

As a Hair mask:
Apply generously on your hair till tip. Use it as a hair mask and wash your hair off after 1 or 5 hrs. You can dilute the mixture with some more coconut oil for a general application.

As a leave-in Conditioner:
Apply a drop or two of butter to wet hair. This cannot be used as a styling product or for heat styling.

As a body butter:
Apply generously on your body, especially on your stretch marks and scares.
 
As a lip butter:
Apply on your lips for smooth and soft lips.

As a nail cream:
Apply on your fingers and nails for soft supple fingers and to nourish nail cuticles.

Note:

• Tea tree oil is essential to this recipe as it acts as a preservative too.

Amazing butter for your whole body. It has absolutely no chemicals and really good for your health. It is recommended for baby skin and sensitive skin so you know how safe this is. Home made butters are best at its quality and goodness. It smells amazing. You can add any other essential oil too for enhancing its fragrance. A little goes a long way. So try and let me know how it goes for you.

Get rid of dandruff and itchy scalp in no time!

Dandruff and itchy scalp is a major concern for many people. It is very common in winter or in cold weather. This treatment is borrowed from a Tamil TV show ‘Naatu Maruthuvam’ which is all about Ayurveda and nature cure. I and my husband want to try this. My husband suddenly had bad dandruff and very very very itchy scalp. We experimented this treatment on him. And tadaaaa… All gone in the first wash. 

Benefits:

• Reduces itchiness
• Reduces and with continuous use stops dandruff.
• Milk is a great hair conditioner and makes it soft.
• Milk is a natural protein substitute, especially for your hair externally. 
• This recipe cleanses your hair and scalp naturally. 
• Black pepper is a natural irritant to skin. Hence increasing blood circulation and improves hair growth.
• Black pepper is treats and heals infections on the scalp. It has natural anti-bacterial property to clear the scalp with infections. 
• Cumin helps in curing itchiness and cools the head.
• Since Black pepper powder causes irritation, cumin powder helps in check for over irritating of pepper on skin. 
• Cumin also promotes hair growth and treats dandruff.
• Cumin and black pepper are rich in iron.

Recipe 1:

Ingredients:

½ cup cow milk (room temperature)

½ tsp cumin powder

½ tsp black pepper powder

Few drops of essential oil (optional)

Procedure:

Mix all the Ingredients and put it to rest for 5 min. 

Application:

1. After shampooing your hair, pour the milk mixture on your hair and scalp. Make sure the whole of you head and hair is covered.
2. After 5 minutes, wash your hair.

Recipe 2:

Ingredients:

½ cup yogurt/curd (room temperature)

½ tsp cumin powder

½ tsp black pepper powder

Procedure:

Mix all the Ingredients and put it to rest for 5 min. 

Application:

1. Apply this recipe on your scalp as a mask. Make sure the whole of you head and hair is covered.
2. After 1 hour, wash your it off thoroughly. 
3. Preferable to soak your hair and scalp for whole night. Use with caution as this recipe is cold for the body. 

Note:

• For dry hair, use a leave in conditioner if necessary.
• These recipes conditions well and holds good for all types of hair.
•  Use until dandruff stops completely and stops reoccurring (reoccurring may be due to other factors as well).  
• If the smell is too much for you to bare, add few drops of essential oil to the mixture. 
• If you are lactose intolerant, please avoid.  
• Mild irritation might occur.

I know it is weird to have this on your head but trust me this really works. It worked on my husband, it worked on my cousin and she still continues to use the milk recipe as a natural conditioner for hair.

The other way is to do a hot oil treatment. Every treatment takes time to show result. You can alter the amount of ingredents in the recipe according to you hair length and comfort. At the same time altering too much might not work as well.

Please try this and also let me know your opinion in the comments box below.