Self Care from Head to Toe

2 0 2 1 M L K C O M M U N I T Y C E L E B R A T I O N : S E L F C A R E C O M M I T T E E SELF CARE FROM HEAD TO TOE

12 Recipes to help care for your body

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare" -Audre Lorde

1 2 0 2 1 M L K C O M M U N I T Y C E L E B R A T I O N : S E L F C A R E C O M M I T T E E TABLE OF CONTENTS

Homemade Hydrating Hair Mask 3

Hydrating Avocado Mask* 4

Brown Sugar Facial Scrub 5

Brown Sugar Lip Scrub* 6

Gingerbread Lip Scrub 7

Body Butter* 8

Oatmeal Honey Body Scrub 9

Homemade Moisturizing Beauty Mash* 10

Lemon Hand Scrub 11

Coffee Ground Foot Scrub 12

Brown Sugar And Olive Oil Exfoliating Foot Scrub* 13

DIY Foaming Hand Sanitizer Recipe (No alcohol)* 14

*RECIPES ARE DEMONSTRATED IN THE VIDEO

2 HOMEMADE HYDRATING Ingredients: HAIR MASK Coconut Oil, 2 By: Ancestral Nutrition Tablespoon Servings: 1 mask Olive Oil, 2 Tablespoon Instructions: Optional:

1. Combine essential oils in a small bowl. Lavender Essential 2. Smush (technical term) together until Oil, 4 drops combined. 3. Apply to the middle to ends of hair, I like to use a brush to comb through and coat each strand of hair. 4. Wash your homemade hair mask out in the AM.

3 HYDRATING AVOCADO Ingredients: MASK 1 Ripe Avocado By: Beautiful Eats & Things Plain Yogurt, 1/3 Servings: 1 mask cup Honey, 2 Instructions: Teaspoons

1. Add all ingredients to a blender, and Lemon Juice, 1 blend until smooth. Tablespoon 2. Wash face with a cleanser, dry and then Optional: Rolled apply mask liberally to face and neck. Oats, 2 3. Let sit on face for 20 minutes. Tablespoon 4. Wash mask off face and follow-up with your typical skincare routine.

4 BROWN SUGAR FACIAL Ingredients: SCRUB Raw Honey, 1 By: Kitchen Mccabe Tablespoon Servings: 1 mask Brown Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Instructions:

1. Place the brown sugar and honey in a small bowl and mix together well. Store in a jar with an air tight lid. 2. Keep at room temperature. 3. TO USE: Wash face well. Apply a small amount of scrub(about ½ t.) to wet skin and massage gently in a circular motion. Avoid eye area. Rinse face well and pat dry.

5 BROWN SUGAR LIP Ingredients: SCRUB Granulated Sugar, By: Pinned and Repinned 1 Tablespoon Servings: 3 jars Brown Sugar, 2 Tablespoons Instructions: Coconut oil, 1

1. Mix sugars, coconut oil, and honey in a Teaspoon bowl. Add vanilla. Stir well. Honey, 1/2 2. Add lip scrub mix to jars. This batch Teaspoon yields 3 jars. Vanilla, 1/4 3. Apply generously and rub onto lips Teaspoon Jars to put lip scrub in.

6 GINGERBREAD LIP Ingredients: SCRUB Finely ground By:alifeadjacent brown sugar, 2 Tablespoons Instructions: Fractionated 1. Add the sugar and spices (if included) to Coconut Oil or a small mixing bowl. MCT Oil, 1 2. Next, add the fractionated coconut oil or Tablespoon liquid carrier oil of your choice. Raw Honey, 1 3. Add your essential oils (and stevia, if Teaspoon desired) and mix well to incorporate. Cinnamon, 1/2 4. Carefully transfer to small glass Tablespoon containers. Vanilla Extract or 5. To use your lip scrub, massage gently Vanilla Oleoresin, onto lips and then rinse with warm 3 Drops water. Optional: 6. Pat dry and follow up with a Gingerbread moisturizing lip balm. You can also use a Liquid Stevia or lip mask for even more hydration. Gingerbread Essential Oil Blend, 2 Drops

7 BODY BUTTER Ingredients: By: Natural fit foodie (Modified) Unrefined Shea Servings: 3 jars Butter, 4

Instructions: Tablespoons Solid Coconut Oil, 1. Melt shea butter and coconut oil in a double boiler. Mine took about 10 minutes. 4 Tablespoons 2. Mix in olive oil.Add flour if using (again this Olive Oil, 2 ingredient is optional). 3. Place bowl in the freezer (or fridge) to set. You Tablespoons want the body butter to cool as quickly as Optional: Flour, 1 possible to avoid it going grainy later on. Twenty minutes (twenty-five minutes in the Tablespoon fridge) should suffice. Optional: Essential 4. Cover the bowl to avoid any condensation Oil, 3-4 Drops dripping in. Check that your body butter is semi-solid. Poke it with your finger, it should easily make a dent. If it does remove the bowl from the freezer (or fridge), if not leave it to harden a bit more. 5. Beat mixture with electric beaters until the butter looks like buttercream frosting (takes about 4 minutes) 6. Transfer the butter to a glass or metal container with a tight-fitting lid

8 OATMEAL HONEY BODY Ingredients: SCRUB Unrefined Shea By: Leggings N Lattes Butter, 4 Instructions: Tablespoons Solid Coconut Oil, 1. Put 1/2 cup oats into food processor and 4 Tablespoons blend for 1 minute. Add to your mixing Olive Oil, 2 bowl. Tablespoons 2. Add 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup Optional: Flour, 1 granulated sugar into bowl. Tablespoon 3. Add 2 tablespoons honey to bowl. Optional: 4. Now add 1/4 cup olive oil and mix all Essential Oil, 3-4 ingredients together with the spatula. Drops 5. Look at your mixture, if too dry you will want to add more olive oil. Maybe 1/4 cup more or until it is at the consistency you like it. 6. Put scrub into a sealable container. Use once a week for glowing, beautiful skin.

9 HOMEMADE Ingredients: MOISTURIZING BEAUTY Coconut oil, 3 MASH Tablespoon By:One Good Thing Olive oil, 1 Instructions: Tablespoon

1. Add coconut oil and olive oil to a small Optional: bowl, then “mash” together with the Lavender Essential back of a spoon or fork. Continue mixing Oil, 4-5 Drops until it achieves a nice, smooth consistency. 2. If you’d like, you can also stir in a few drops of lavender essential oil for added benefits. 3. Transfer the oil mixture to an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator if you prefer a firmer texture, or at room temperature for a softer, more spreadable texture.

How it works:

Lavender has soothing and anti- inflammatory effects, so it’s great for treating almost any kind of skin condition.

10 LEMON HAND SCRUB Ingredients:

Granulated Sugar, Instructions: 1 1/2 cup 1. In a medium bowl, add all ingredients Salt, 2 (including food coloring if you opted for) Tablespoons and gently mix with a spatula to fully Coconut oil, 3/4 combine. Cup Melted 2. Transfer the mix to air tight containers Lemon Zest, or small jars with lids. Preferably Dried, 1 3. Store in a cool, dry room. Tablespoon 4. Scrub over dry or dirty or smelly hands Lemon Juice, 1 then rinse thoroughly then pat dry with Tablespoon a towel. Your hands will feel clean, soft Lavender Essential and revitalized after use and will smell Oil, 5 Drops amazing! Lemon Essential Oil, 5 Drops Optional: Dried Lavender Buds, 1/4 Cup Optional: Yellow Food Coloring, 2-3 Drops

11 COFFEE GROUND FOOT Ingredients: SCRUB Coffee Grounds, 2 Serving: 1 foot scrub Tablespoons Sugar (coarse), 2 Instructions: Tablespoons Coconut Oil, 1 1. Mix all the ingredients and prepare a Tablespoon thick paste. 2. Apply it all over your feet and massage for 15-20 minutes. 3. Wash it off.

How it works:

This DIY homemade foot scrub enhances the texture of the skin on your feet. The coffee grounds are excellent for scrubbing your feet and removing dead skin cells. This softens the feet.

12 BROWN SUGAR AND Ingredients: OLIVE OIL EXFOLIATING Brown Sugar, 1 FOOT SCRUB Tablespoon

Serving: 1 foot scrub Olive Oil,1 Tablespoon Instructions: Essential Oil, 2 Drops (chamomile 1. Combine the sugar, olive oil, and baking or peppermint) soda in a bowl. Baking Soda, 1 2. Add the essential oil and scrub your feet Teaspoon with the mixture. 3. Leave it on for at least 20 minutes and then wash it off. 4. Follow up with a moisturizer.

How it works:

This is the simplest of all DIY foot scrubs, but it does an amazing job of keeping your feet happy and moisturized. The sugar granules gently scrub the skin, and the essential oils comfort your feet.

13 DIY FOAMING HAND Ingredients: SANITIZER RECIPE (NO Containers, 50 mL ALCOHOL) Castile Soap, 1/2

By: Everdaywholesome.com Teaspoon Serving: 1 50mL container Essential Oil (your choice Instructions: Water 1. Open the 50 ml container. 2. Put 1/2 teaspoon of Castile soap. 3. Put 5 drops of Thieves Essential Oil & 5 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil. (Or use another combination) 4. Fill the container slowly with water. 5. Leave room for foaming dispenser top.