The home apothecary

EXPERIMENT WITH THE POWER OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS TO CREATE LOTIONS AND POTIONS THAT NOURISH AND CALM BOTH BODY AND MIND

Recipes by JESS ARNAUDIN

Long before we were told to aspire to fancy bottles with fancy labels full of even fancier-sounding ingredients, we were having fun mixing and mashing up our own beauty remedies – smearing avocado across our faces; balancing cucumber on our eyelids. Okay, we may never want to put lemon juice in our hair again, but there’s plenty to be said for playing home apothecarist. For a start, you know exactly what you’re putting into your lotions and potions. Follow a basic recipe and you can tweak to your heart’s desire by adding favourite scents. And it can work out more economical than buying ready-made once you’ve built up your store cupboard of ingredients. Give it a go with these six recipes devised by Jess Arnaudin, ranging from a bath soak to…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2020

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