diy Lilac Drops bath bombs

Bath bombs are a fun and easy personal treat that you can enjoy in your bathroom after a hard day and it is also an original and useful gift for those you love. Unlike the products on the market, here I can show you how to make them using ingredients that are environmentally friendly but also that you can easily find.

diy Opora Rays bath bombs

The weather is getting cold and now is the best time to relax on a rainy autumn afternoon with one of the bath bombs I have prepared for you. Opora Rays bath bombs are a sensual combination of pumpkin, vanilla and plum that reminds a walk in the autumn forest or, to be more specific, a walk in the witch’s house who lives in the forest. Hey, it’s almost Halloween.

diy Opora Rays melt & pour soap

Opora was a goddess mentioned by Homer as the personification of Autumn and this is why our new project is dedicated to her. The ancient Greeks considered Opora the deity of the ripened fruit of late summer (opora< ancient Greek “οπώρα”< fruit) while was one of the attendants of goddess Eirene. It is probably represented in reliefs of the temples of Serapis and Isis discovered in Athens.

diy Frau Litsa melt and pour soap

Today we are going to make strawberry soap using the melt and pour method for our friend and neighbour Frau Litsa. It is very easy to make and can be a creative activity during the afternoon coffee with your friends. The formula contains strawberry seed oil and mono de Tahiti butter because we want to give moisturizing properties to our soap and avoid the feeling of dry skin after bathing.

diy Frau Litsa bath bombs

Today we will talk about Frau Litsa’s bath bombs, who as a real Frau demanded in the middle of summer to turn her bathroom into a summer oasis. Exotic fruits such as coconut and mango have been used a lot, I recommended this time to be more traditional by adding strawberries.

diy Coco Choco bath bombs

Imagine yourself relaxing after a long day in a bath tube with warm chocolate. Can you picture it? because the bath bombs I prepared for today smell like a freshly cut piece of chocolate pie with light coconut notes.

diy rose & myrrh body lotion

diy rose body lotion by Stella Crown

My obsession with roses is well-known and while we are in the heart of winter, I decided to make a rich and pink moisturizing lotion with an airy and velvety texture. It leaves the skin soft and hydrated and is suitable for hands and body.

diy Starry Peach bath bombs

Starry Peach bath bombs by Stella Crown

Μy new obsession has a name: bath bombs! They are easy to make, you can set your imagination free, they smell super, while being aromatherapeutic and moisturizing. They are a beautiful and economical way to bring the spa to your home with ingredients that you find easily.

diy vanilla & orange bath bombs

vanilla & orange bath bombs by Stella Crown

Bath bombs are amazing and can be spectacular, while rejuvenating us. However, are they really suitable for our skin? Not necessarily. Unfortunately most that are on the on the market, contain loads of dangerous dyes or inappropriate ingredients such as toxic fake fragrances, glitter, etc. which can cause serious skin issues (this is the best scenario).

The good news is that we can easily make bath bombs at home using certain ingredients according to our own needs.

diy baby shampoo & body wash 2 in 1

baby shampoo & body wash by Stella Crown

A baby shampoo & body wash 2 in 1, which is suitable for adults too. Today, I am giving you a shampoo recipe that I used in the past for my newborn niece. It is a product that has nothing to do with commercial baby products, which in fact are detergents and I'm sure nobody of you wants such substances on your baby's sensitive skin. A web search will lead you to many FDA posts about the chemistry contained in soaps and other commercially body cleansers (well, not only in soaps but also in food).

However, there is no need to be terrified because today there are several ways to make your own shampoo or body wash which can be ideal and suitable for your baby or kid or even for you.

For this recipe I used 2 mild surfactants, having plant origin (explanation below).

recipe for 250 g | 8.8 oz

167 g | 5.9 oz rose floral water

48 g | 1.7 oz milcoside 

36 g | 1.3 oz cocobetaine

2 g | 0.07 oz vitamin E

2 g | 0.07 oz natural preservative

40-50 drops citric acid solution

1 g | 0.04 oz baby fragrance oil

a pH meter

• Before you start making the shampoo- body wash, sterilise tools, equipment, containers and wear your gloves.
• In a beaker pour the two surfactants (milcoside & cocobetaine). Stir gently until the mixture gets homogenised and be careful not to produce bubbles. Add the rose floral water and stir again gently. Pour now, the preservative ant the vitamin E. Mix again carefully.
• The product currently haw a pH 8.5, quite high for a baby’s skin. At this point, add the citric acid solution which you prepare like this:

At 25 g | oz water, add 5 g | oz citric acid powder. Stir thoroughly. Add the solution drop to drop to your mixture, observing the pH being reduced to 6-6.2, by using the pH meter.

• Add the fragrance oil and the shampoo is ready.
• Milcoside (INCI Name: Lauryl Glucoside) is a mild surfactant produced from palm oil and glucose derived from potato starch while cocobetaine (INCI Name: Cocamidopropyl Betaine) is also a mild surfactant derived from coconut oil.
• Rose floral water softens and revitalizes baby and infant skin while vitamin E has antioxidant action.
• Since I made it for my niece, I also adopted it as a body shower. I don’t recommend it for adult’s hair, because while on the sponge foams very well, it doesn’t happen the same to your head.
• Be careful with the eye area.

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diy eléa hair conditioner with olive squalane & provitamin B5

eléa hair conditioner by Stella Crown

If you αre in the process of making your own shampoo, then the next step is making a hair conditioner. Creating your own cosmetics or cleansing products, it's a non-return journey: you will never buy again from the market even if these type of products carry a famous brand name.