Hope you like these! I keep these one on hand all summer. The dew drop serum and the summer mist recipes (which are so cooling and hydrating for summer skin) are also in the Summer Glow Recipe Guide, along with three other recipes, to keep your summer skin happy and fresh.
☀️ Take a Hike Bug Spray
An easy to make and effective bug spray, that smells great.
Ingredients
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1/4 cup grain alcohol
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3/4 cups distilled water
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20 drops geranium
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20 drops lemon eucalyptus
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15 drops lavender
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5 Basil essential oil
🌿 Details
Fills an 8oz spray bottle. Not kid friendly & check with your doc if you're pregnant or nursing.
🥄 How to Make It
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Pour high proof grain alcohol, I use Everclear, into a spray bottle.
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Add essential oils and shake to combine.
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Top off with distilled water.
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And label.
🌙 For Most Magical Results
Spray on to keep bugs away. I like to spray on everywhere but especially my hat, ankles, backpack and shoes. *To make a kid friendly version use 4 drops each of Lavender and Geranium in an 8 ounce recipe.
☀️ Summer Hydration Face & Body Mist
A refreshing face and body mist, like a cooling summer breeze that refreshens, cools, and hydrates skin.
Ingredients
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⅛ cup lavender hydrosol
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⅛ cup chamomile hydrosol
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2 drops Vit E (optional)
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1 tsp aloe vera
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¼ tsp Vegetable Glycerine
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2 drops lavender essential oil
🌿 Details
Fills one 2 oz glass spray bottle. Keep refrigerated and use within 1 week.
🥄 How to Make It
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Mix the essential oils and vit e with the glycerine in a measuring cup.
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Then add in the chamomile, lavender hydrosols and aloe vera.
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Pour into a 2oz glass spray bottle.
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Add a label with date and ingredients.
🌙 For Most Magical Results
Spray on skin for cooling, hydration and a skin pick me up. Spritz on face and follow with a dab of dew drop serum and after sun recovery balm. Spray on skin before sunbeam calendula body butter to help hydration. Shake before using, store in the fridge.
☀️ Dew Drop Serum
A lightweight summer face oil-serum that leaves skin soft and dewy.
Ingredients
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1 tbsp oil rosehip seed oil
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1 tbs argan oil (or apricot oil)
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¼ tsp sea buckthorn oil (*optional)
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2 tbs aloe vera gel
Details
Use a 2oz glass amber bottle with a pump or dropper. Store in the fridge, use within one week.
🥄 How to Make It
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Combine all ingredients in a measuring cup.
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Pour into a glass bottle.
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Store in the fridge and shake before using.
🌙 For Most Magical Results
After cleansing face, spritz face with summer hydration face mist (recipe below) and follow with Dew Drop Serum. Works well on arms, legs, and chest area too.
