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Homemade Body Products for Active People

All right, so, body products, um I kind of trying to when I did the chose the body products, when I wanted to kind of lean towards kind of the athletic crowd, what you might need. Um The stinky. Yeah, the people who sweat a lot and stuff like that. So I kind of geared it towards that. So first we're gonna start off with deodorant. Um coconut oil is uh well what what does anybody know what causes you to smell bad? Is it this does anybody know? Yeah, the bacteria, So coconut oil is a natural antibacterial. Um So that is the base of our our deodorant. So what you're saying is that your sweat doesn't, your sweat is not going to make you stink. It's the bacteria feeding on the stuff in your sweat. Yes, now sweat can be unsightly. So I'm this I'm not gonna I'm gonna tell you straight up this is not like an antiperspirant. Um It's not gonna stop you from sweating, but it's gonna make you not smell bad when you sweat. So do not believe that it's going if your math teacher with the sweaty armpi...

ts, sorry about that with baking soda. Even if there's baking baking soda will absorb it to a point, but there's a point where it stops and like, so, you know, it's a give and take kind of, it will make you not smell that, I'll tell you that right now. Okay, so this is um sorry, this is 68 tablespoons of coconut oil. It can vary. Um And I'll tell you, why is that go along and then this here is a quarter cup of arrowroot which is also very absorbent? So we're putting in some a lot of absorbent absorbent um stuff in here and then a quarter cup of baking soda which is also and absorbent. Um arrowroot, you can also use white clay, white clays, what women put on their faces, the mask, it draws out toxins and also um is an absorber too. So you want to use that to and we're gonna just basically this one requires some stirring, it's gonna get really, really solid here in a bit. Um and if it doesn't, that's ok because coconut oil the colder it gets, the more solid it gets. And actually a really nice way to keep your deodorant is in the fridge because it's very cooling when you put it on. So, but we don't have to do that in the northwest because it's just cold everywhere right now. And I will be that that lazy athlete who admits that sometimes I just walk into the kitchen, grab a spoon, dip it into the coconut oil jar, dab some in my hand and go like this before I head out. Sometimes I don't even dip into this. Now you can also send this however you like with whatever you like. Um spearmint is also an immense are nice ones because they're cooling, it's got a cooling effect. Also another good one is tea tree oil, which is what we have here, which is also an antibacterial. Now, what about sandalwood or clothes? Would either of those be okay? Especially for a guy? Well, kind of smell musky. Yeah, I was going to see the club might be a little burning I would say because it's kind of got a warmer, certain essential oils uh, trigger different feelings. Like peppermint is cooling and spearmint and all those mints. Even tea tree oil, tea tree oil is cooling. Um, but there are also ones that like oranges, invigorating, ginger is invigorating. All stimulate a different, a different emotion and some are warm. So I would say clove is kind of warm, but I wouldn't use it, but you're more than welcome to. So what's not okay next. Since you keep bringing up the foot powder thing, I'm gonna show you how to make your own cooling body powder or foot powder. However you would like to use this, this can go in more places than just your shoe. So, um basically in a body powder, like Ben was saying it's very similar to what goes in your deodorant a lot of times. I even remember my grandmother, she had a little puff powder and she powder herself everywhere. Um to deodorize basically. So it's a different way of deodorizing. Um and it's also great for like places that get very hot like your feet and sweat a lot. And um, so you want to absorb those orders and kind of make them smell sweeter I guess It's the best way to describe it. So what you're going to need is you're going to need a cup of baking powder which absorbs smells. A cup of era route, which also absorbs, I think it's almost the identical ingredients of your foot powder. I was gonna say this is sounding kind of familiar. A cup of arrowroot flour and a cup of white clay powder. Okay, only difference on mine is you're going to be using powdered mint. Um You can get mint tea and open the packages and powder it in a coffee grounder or grinder. Um You can grow your own mint and dry it and you know, powder it whatever however you want to get it. Um and then this is a powdered orange peel. Um So we're gonna throw that in there. It's an invigorating smell. So great if you're working out orange peel smells so good. Yeah. And um you get what you want to know how I made this? I think our hotel housekeeper, thanks for pretty crazy. I basically basically got in an I. P. Old a bunch of oranges and just let it sit out on, out on the counter and I put a little note for her not to throw it away. Yeah, so you can let it dry on the counter, it took me um three days during the counter or you can use your dehydrator and it will take a couple hours for its dehydrate. You just dehydrated and then throw it in your coffee grinder and just grind it. It's also great for um um that's where you can throw in with like mexican mochas and stuff like that and get a nice orange flavor. So there's lots of uses for orange peel, so don't throw that away. You can um you can um put it down your garbage disposal and just turn that thing on and you have a nice orange smell. I like to boil my orange peel so that I get, it's almost like an air freshener. Um So lots of uses. Don't throw those away, they're good for you. Okay so I'm gonna stir all of this stuff up and then we're also going to put in 100 drops of lemon oil and mint essential oil. So the next thing I'm gonna show you is how to make a nontoxic simple sunscreen. Um The best way but basically what you want to do is you want to find your favorite lotion. Okay. Doesn't matter. I don't care what kind of lotion you use whatever you prefer. I like to make my own lotion. Um There's really great. There's some really great lotions out there that don't have um all of the preservatives really your best option for lotion. Your lotion should really only have like a month shelf life if it's sitting on the counter or three months in your fridge. Otherwise if you can't find a lotion like that, it's probably full of preservatives. Um there's just no way of getting around that. So, um so here we go. So here we have our lotion and zinc oxide, which is really what people have been using since Ancient Rome as a sunscreen. It's basically what it does is it doesn't absorb into your skin. It actually sits on top of your skin and the sun literally will touch it and bounce off. It's like a mirror almost. If you were wearing a mirror all over your body when you wear it, it's got a white kind of look to, it doesn't, it doesn't, it's not your natural skin color, you're gonna look a little white if you wear this stuff, but it doesn't have all the chemical properties that you're gonna find in other sunscreens. So as long as you don't hang a giant camera around your neck and wear a floral print shirt, you'll probably be okay? Be that tourists walking around the white face. I'm going to use one of these locals. So what you're gonna, so this is the exact zinc oxide now, like I said, it does not, it sits on top of your skin. Um you don't want to inhale this stuff. So when you're making your own sunscreen. Um you don't wanna be breathing this stuff in because it is not good internally and like I said, it does not absorb. So um I'm actually gonna use this, What I would do is I normally he's a ball, but here's our lotion. You can make your own lotion or you can purchase your own lotion. Do you know what the SPF 30 of zinc oxide is? It's 30. However, I'm gonna give you a little warning. This stuff does wash off eventually. It is oil base, your lotion is oil based, so it will resist water naturally. Um So if you're going to be in and out of the water or you're sweating a lot, you're gonna want to reapply this more than you would a commercial sunscreen. Commercial waterproof sunscreen. So you have your lotion and then you use about two tablespoons of. I got here, I have 3/4 A cup lotion and then two tablespoons of zinc oxide. And like I said, you don't want to breathe this stuff in. So be careful when you're stirring actually. You don't want to use citrus in lotion, it actually interferes with the zinc oxide. Um So any citrus lotions are not a good option. And you don't want to add citrus essential oils, like an orange or a lemon type of lotion or oil. Yes, exactly. So that was a good question. Thank you. Ben. But yeah, any pretty much any other scent is okay, but if you're like purchasing your lotion, it probably already has a scent. Um And actually if you make your own oil or your own lotion at home, it has a real strong coconut smell to it because it generally it's made a cocoa butter or um coconut oil. So that just smells like the beach anyways. Right? So what we are going to make is body mist and like I said, you can make your own distilled water or you can purchase it. So you're gonna have five ounces of distilled water, pour that into our little bottle, two ounces of which hazel you can actually use vodka if you like or some kind of perfume carrier. Um But which hazel is probably the least expensive. Um But if you have liquor in your cabinet, that's fine too. Um to one of our ultimate performers use vodka. Never, never. Um then you can use two teaspoons of whatever essential oil you would like if you're using it for like jim purposes for sweating and that kind of thing. I would tend to use a tea tree oil. I don't like to use a Reagan oil because it kind of can be burning um in tea tree oils, a little milder topically in my experience. So I'm using tea tree oil here for all our gym enthusiasts. Okay, And then just a half a teaspoon of glycerin, which is not a lot. Um There you go. It's just a nice little oil um in there so that it's not like drying as drying because which hazel can be drying if you just use it straight. So I'm not sure if that actually made it in there, but order in time. So. And then basically all you do is give it a shake. So this is simply something you would missed on your body, say, after workout. Or maybe if you were on stage, uh sweating, putting out if you were in a situation where you just need to make yourself smell good real quick.