Pick Me Up Special

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If you have really been getting through bottles of soap like nobody’s business, why not save money by making your own? Buy your favourite fragrance oil and create your perfectly scented hand wash. It's fun, cost effective and can be tailred preci

Chat

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Q What can I use to make my hair super shiny and healthy? Eileen McLean, 63, Edinburgh A To get gorgeously glossy hair, start by using shampoo and conditioner designed to give mirror-like shine. Lee Stafford Coco Loco Shine Shampoo and Conditioner, £

Woman & Home

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This lightweight, hydrating mousse offers flexible hold, with no stickiness. Davines This Is A Volume Boosting Mousse, £20, libertylondon.com Massage in to give hair amazing body, and get an extra day out of your style. Bumble and Bumble Bb Prêtà-pow

Country Life

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(www.soapfolk.com) Fiona McBryde's Cotswold home still bears the scars of her first attempts at soap-making-scorch marks on the kitchen worktop and peppermint-soap batter on the carpet that never came out. Three years later, the seasoned soap-maker

Woman's Own

1 min. di lettura

You can pick up Dove’s new Advanced Care roll-on Antiperspirant Deodorants (100ml) for less as they’re HALF PRICE in Superdrug stores nationwide and online. WAS £3.79, NOW £1.88 each until 3 November 2020. Available in Calming Blossom with Omega 6, a

Grass Roots Magazine

3 min. di lettura

I had long wanted to make soap, but being unsure of where to start and wary of using caustic soda made me a late starter in the sudsy business. I began with a soapmaking kit from Green Living. The kit contained five different oils and two essences fo

Woman's Own

1 min. di lettura

You can smell sweeter this summer for less as Sanex’s new Natur Protect with Natural Bamboo Roll-On Deodorant (50ml) is reduced from £2.50 to £1.50 in Sainsbury’s until 7 July 2020. Available in Fresh Efficacy and Invisible Fresh varieties. Subject t

Ideas

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Take plain glycerin soap (available from most retailers) up a notch by adding coconut oil, rooibos tea leaves, jasmine, rosemary, essential oils… in fact, anything natural that you prefer. DIFFICULTY: medium TIME: two hours Grate the glycerin soap in

Vegan Life Magazine

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Sustainable swaps Neem soap A plastic-free soap that smells divine. £16 for 4 x 125gr bars, onevillage.com Melon & Cucumber Natural Deodorant Balm A deliciously smelling plastic-free deodorant. £8.99, saltoftheearth.uk Hand Wash Trio This amber glass

Clean Eating

2 min. di lettura

Making your own melt-and-pour soap bases can be a fun and budgetfriendly way to check off your gift list this year. There’s no need to handle chemicals, plus your soap will be ready to gift right away. From essential oils to natural exfoliants and co

Farmer's Weekly

3 min. di lettura

Making boerseep involves science, art and more than a little muscle. It begins with collecting rainwater, then adding lye and tallow, and then stirring (and stirring and stirring) by hand until the mixture is creamy and the fat and lye have finally d

RECOIL OFFGRID

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Hygiene is an important part of any survival scenario, especially the long-term situations. Without the ability to clean your hands and body, skin infections and the transmission of bacteria and pathogens are increased. As a survival-minded individua

MOTHER EARTH NEWS

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Soap-making is a homestead craft I had long wanted to try, despite my unfounded perception that it was difficult and dangerous. My ancestors made soap during the Depression using primitive methods — hardwood ashes and rainwater to make lye; fat rende

How It Works

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In March 2020, soap sales in the UK more than doubled. This slippery, bubbly substance has a unique chemical make-up that allows it to rip through viruses, disintegrating microbes in milliseconds. It has truly been a lifesaver during the coronavirus

How It Works

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Ancient Sumerians start cleaning wool with mixtures of ashes and fat. Ancient Egyptians coat their skin with pastes made from oil and soda ash. Ancient Phoenicians make laundry soap using goat tallow and burnt wood. A Greek doctor, Galen, notices th

The Art of Healing

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David Bronner is a fifth generation soapmaker and environmental and social activist. He is also CEO of the Dr Bronner soap brand (he refers to his role as Cosmic Engagement Officer) which is North America’s number one natural soap brand founded by Em

HomeStyle

3 min. di lettura

Long before Ali Johnson enrolled in art school, she’d experienced all kinds of different mediums. Making things was an integral part of her upbringing in rural Australia, and having already explored ceramics, woodwork and metalwork, felting and paper

Woman's Day

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Natural deodorant vs regular deodorant – what’s the difference? “Natural deodorant is gentle on the skin and respects the skin physiology,” says Annabelle. “In comparison, a regular antiperspirant interferes with the natural skin processes by block

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

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The demand for aluminium-free deodorants is on the rise as we become more aware of what we’re putting on our bodies as well as in it. Dove has listened and is now offering a range of roll-on and aerosol deodorisers with 0% aluminium, salts and alcoho

Top Sante

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Faith in Nature 5L refills (from £50, faithinnature.co.uk) help you reduce excess packaging use. Choose from bumper bottles of kind-to-your-skin shampoos, conditioners, body washes, hand soaps and laundry detergents. ■

Capper's Farmer

6 min. di lettura

Kids often grumble and protest when they’re told to wash their hands or take a bath. But if they’re using soaps they’ve made themselves, bath time turns from a struggle to a treat. They may even look forward to their daily bath. Displaying and using

Fairlady

1 min. di lettura

Yes, this is about never using shampoo or soap. The idea is not to expose your body (and the planet) to even more chemicals. Your hair will eventually self-regulate and your scalp will stop producing excess oil when you stop stripping it of oil all t

Woman's Own

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‘For those looking to experiment with their colour temporarily, this gradually fades with no harsh root line.’ WE LIKE: Moroccanoil Color Depositing Mask, £6.85 for 30ml, lookfantastic.com  ‘Blends away greys and will fade after approximately six

How It Works

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■ Hello HIW, I am Jennifer, a teacher. As my profession requires, I need to know a lot of information and always have answers to all my pupil’s questions. I keep reading regularly for at least an hour to keep track of trends and what is going on ever

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Use these long, hot summer days and make your own salt. Also, how to cure smelly feet, and make a lovely bath wash for a baby you love. Worth its salt! This is a lovely old recipe I made up years ago when my first granddaughter was born. It’s e

Capper's Farmer

4 min. di lettura

CREATE a spa experience in the comfort of your own home with soaps and scrubs designed to polish, cleanse, and pamper. You'll appreciate the clean lines of Charcoal & Sea Salt Spa Bars, Floating Dead Sea Mud Bars are sure to become a favorite, and Pi

BBC Science Focus Magazine

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The making of soap dates back at least 5,000 years to the Sumer region (nowsouthern Iraq) in Bronze Age Mesopotamia. Sumerian texts from that era give brief descriptions of ways of making soap from the resin of conifers such as fir trees. These techn

Clean Eating

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Oven cleaner is possibly one of the most hazardous cleaning products in your home. Most use harsh ingredients and can cause burning of the skin and eyes and difficulty breathing if proper precautions aren’t taken. Fortunately, there’s a nontoxic way

New Idea

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1 Start with a volumising shampoo and conditioner duo to build body, before letting your hair dry naturally. If you’re in a hurry, use a diffuser to dry the hair without flattening it too much – it’ll help even the finest hair to hold a wave. 2 Once

How It Works

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You only need two ingredients to make soap: an alkali, like sodium or potassium hydroxide, and a fat, like tallow or olive oil. The fat supplies molecules called triglycerides, which have a backbone made from glycerol. That glycerol is attached to th