Welcome to another edition of Wellness Wednesday! This week, in honour of our Customer Appreciation month, we invited Jen Novakovich of Eco Well to join us and share a couple easy DIY skin care recipes with you. A very special Thank You to Jen and for more information check out our guest blog post from Jen below and be sure to watch the how to video above!
About The Eco Well
The Eco Well is a Waterloo local cosmetic manufacturer and educator. We're passionate about making uber clean, evidence driven and therapeutic skincare products. We also do public talks on clean cosmetics and host DIY Beauty workshops throughout Ontario. We're working hard to engage our community about sustainability and transparency, and to empower them to make better informed decisions about their skincare purchases. In addition to all of this, we host monthly local entrepreneur networking nights, donate to local businesses and do fundraiser events for different local organizations.
The Eco Well products can be found at Kultrun Market, Full Circle, Fine Fettle Kincardine, Uptown Woods, Healthoholics, Sante Elora, The Stone Store & Old's Cool General Store as well as online at www.theecowell.com. Learn more about us on our twitter, instagram and facebook feeds!
About Jen
Jen, the owner of The Eco Well is a graduate of the Nutrition & Nutraceutical Sciences program at the University of Guelph, where she took a special interest in cosmeceuticals. She's passionate about public education, science, sustainability & supporting her local community. In addition to running a business, she's a yoga teacher, music lover and a long time rock climbing enthusiast!
AN EASY BODY SCRUB RECIPE
The products we made for the Coach House video were two simple body scrubs, using ingredients you probably have at your fingertips in your kitchen. Though we made 2 separate options, that's by no means the limit! One of the beautiful things about DIY Beauty is, you get to create your recipes and tailor them to what you like. With a little bit of knowledge on different ingredients, you can really start to formulate products that will work for your skin type!
Recipe 1: Brightening & Clarifying Turmeric Sugar Scrub
The first recipe we made was a clarifying sugar scrub with turmeric! Turmeric is one of my favorite ingredients to use for my skin because of how therapeutic it is for a wide range of skin conditions. For acne spot treatment to dull skin, turmeric is a great go to! As discussed in the video, be sure to wash your scrub off well as it stains (but totally worth it). We complemented the scrub with a cheerful blend of essential oils with clarifying effects. Feel free to sub in other essential oils if you prefer another blend (Check out our blog post on Essential Oils to learn more about them!). Finally the oil we chose for both of our scrubs today was avocado oil, a soothing oil that is very low on the comedogenic scale (how likely an oil is to clog your pores). Again, feel free to sub in another oil if you have a preference, although if you tend to get acne, I recommend checking out comedogenic ratings (e.g. coconut oil is quite comedogenic and is more likely to clog your pores). A few other notes on oil, go for good quality oils, just like you'd do for your diet. If you don't have avocado oil around, extra virgin olive and high oleic safflower oil are excellent alternatives that you probably already have on hand.
Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp Fine Sugar
- 4 tbsp Avocado Oil
- 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder
- 10 Drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
- 10 Drops Grapefruit Essential Oil
- 8 Drops Rosemary Essential Oil
1. Mix all of your ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour them into a container of choice.
3. Enjoy!
Recipe 2: Invigorating Coffee Sugar Scrub
Wake up your tired skin with this invigorating sugar scrub! Just like the morning boost we get from our first cup of coffee, coffee grinds are also great for dull and tired looking skin. Pro-tip, use used grinds! All the good stuff in the coffee will be more available to your skin! Note, be sure to use this scrub within a day or two of making it. When water's added to your recipes, they're more prone to microbial growth if not preserved. We complemented this scrub with a blend (lavender, geranium and tea tree) of essential oils that helps to soothe itchy skin, combat acne and promote the appearance healthy looking skin! A note about both of these scrubs, while facial sugar scrubs are very popular on the market, they can be a little abrasiveness on the more sensitive skin on your face. Subbing the grinds used for ground oatmeal, a far gentler option, or even just using a wet towel on your face to exfoliate may be a good option, especially if you have sensitive skin.
Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp Fine Sugar
- 2 tbsp Fine Coffee Grinds
- 4 tbsp Avocado Oil
- 10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
- 10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
- 10 drops Geranium Essential Oil
Directions:
1. Mix all of your ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour them into a container of choice.
3. Enjoy!
A special thank you again to Jen for sharing her DIY recipes! We hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: The information contained in these topics is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, it is provided for educational purposes only. This information shouldn’t take the place of seeing a Naturopathic Doctor or your primary care provider for individualized health recommendations.
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