DIY Beauty Recipes with Nirmal VCO

Beauty products like lip balm, lipstick, body lotions, conditioners and the like are always at the top of the shopping lists. With virgin coconut oil, one can easily prepare effective and natural yet inexpensive beauty products that are safe to use on skin and are also free from harmful chemicals and artificial ingredients.

Let us check out some of these recipes to create natural beauty products at the comfort of the home:

Virgin Coconut Oil Lip Balm for Chapped Lips:

Apply this natural lip balm on chapped lips and experience soft and moisturised lips for the rest of the day.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoon Nirmal virgin coconut oil
• 2 tablespoon petroleum jelly
• ½ tablespoon of cocoa powder or rose mica powder (optional: for colour)

Procedure:

• Melt petroleum jelly in an oven
• Mix all the ingredients with VCO
• Pour mixture into a container
• Freeze it for 30 minutes
• Apply on chapped lips

Homemade Virgin Coconut Oil Toothpaste

Prepare this healthy homemade toothpaste and prevent cavities, whiten your teeth, reduce bad breath and improve your overall oral health.

Ingredients:  

• 6 tbsp VCO
• 6 tbsp baking soda
• 25 drops essential oil
• 1 tsp sugar-free

Procedure:

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl & whip well.
• Pour into a jar
• Use it while brushing

https://o6txaleu22-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_01122.jpg

Homemade Virgin Coconut Oil Body butter

This body butter will leave your skin soft, supple and moisturised. It reduces the sagging of the skin and wrinkles and is easily absorbed into the deep layers of the skin.

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup cocoa butter / Vaseline cocoa butter petroleum jelly
• ¼ cup VCO
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essential oil (optional)

Procedure:

• Melt all ingredients
• Cool it for 20 mins
• Add vanilla essential oil
• Whisk/whip the mixture for 5 mins
• Store it in a glass jar

https://www.organic-beauty-recipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/coconut-body-butter-1-600.jpg

Virgin Coconut Oil Soap:

Want to learn how to make natural soaps? The following recipe is one of the easiest and will keep the body clean and moisturised.

Ingredients:

• 3 ½ cup VCO
• 5- 6 tbsp castor oil
• 10 tbsp lye (caustic potash)
• 1 ½ cup water
• 2 tbsp essential oil (optional)

Procedure:

• Mix lye and water & let it cool.
• Pour VCO and castor oil in a bowl or steel pot. Let it cool at room temperature.
• Add the lye solution & the oils and blend when warm.
• Keep mixing until it reaches a light trace.
• Add essential oil if needed.
• Pour mixture into moulds & let it harden overnight.
• Cut soap into bars with a sharp knife.

https://www.mommypotamus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/how-to-make-coconut-oil-soap.jpg

DIY Lipstick with Virgin Coconut Oil

The following DIY lipstick will make you look beautiful and keep your lips moisturised.

Ingredients:

• ⅛ teaspoon beeswax pastilles
• 1 teaspoon shea butter
• 1 teaspoon VCO
• Empty lip balm container
• ¼ teaspoon essential oil (optional)
• ¼ teaspoon cocoa powder (optional)

Procedure:

• Melt all ingredients
• Add essential oil & cocoa powder (optional)
• Pour liquid mixture and let it cool for sometime.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QS_UfpNJhNI/Tcng1SzqKXI/AAAAAAAAG0c/MFvs2ckS1jw/s1600/_MG_0594.JPG

DIY Virgin Coconut Oil Conditioner

This natural conditioner will help get rid of the tangles and also keep the hair smooth, soft and nourished.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp VCO
• 1 tbsp shea butter
• 1 tsp argan oil
• 10-12 drops essential oil (optional: peppermint, lavender or rosemary)

Procedure:

• Melt VCO and shea butter
• Let it cool until solidified
• Add a few drops of argan oil
• Whip the mixture for 5 mins
• Apply on dry hair and leave on for 30 mins
• Rinse hair with shampoo.

https://www.biome.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/7CBF21DF-AA9D-4F3C-B719-625FF3B1731E.jpg

People usually think that it is difficult to make natural beauty products at home but it is easier to make such daily use products with Virgin Coconut Oil. It will be light on the wallet and also be less harmful to skin and hair. So, say goodbye to all the commercial and artificial products & make your own beauty products with Nirmal VCO and feel the difference!

For more information on Nirmal VCO – visit www.nirmalvco.com