This morning Sienna and I did a DIY workshop on how to make lip balm and a body perfume at Biome at Paddington. They also have stores at Indooroopilly, City and Balmoral in Brisbane. It's a beautiful store with lots of Eco friendly items to purchase and/or learn how to make your own make up, skin care products and house hold cleaning items. The workshop was $20 per person and you got to take away 3 little jars of lip balm each. You could make lip balm and/or perfume using essential oils. The class is very popular and there were 16 people around the table today. The workshop space is beautiful and we both had a lovely morning.
This is a list of recipes you can make they have on their website that you can make at home. You can bring your own jars in and purchase ingredients to make them just like a bulk food store. These places are becoming more and more popular and the DIY of home cleaning products etc. are becoming more important as we move away from cheap and nasty chemical cleaners. They also sell a lot of things for your DIY like bottles and sprays etc. If you get a chance to visit one of their stores or do a workshop I can highly recommend it.
That looks like such a fun thing for a Mum and daughter to do! I've just finished making a body cream here at home with cocoa butter, and olive and sesame oils (all organic). In our town a new zero-waste shop has just opened - you bring you own containers and fill up on whatever you need, from beans and nuts, cereals and foodstuffs of all kinds (much of it organic) to herbs and spices and washing liquids etc. I am hoping it does really well. Good to see these are opening where you are too.
ReplyDeleteYou will love the bulk food store...we get all our bakers flour etc. from the bulk food store here along with other items.
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