Here is some recipies for anyone who likes to make their own beauty products this was passed down to me through my great gran. She kept an old note book and apparently used these when money was tight.
Great Grans Nourishing Cream
12 floz sunflower seed oil
6 floz witch-hazel
3 1/4 oz lanolin
5 teasp wheatgerm oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
Gently melt lanolin in a heat proof bowl standing in a pan of water and add sunflower oil, stirring continously. Cool slightly and blend in witch-hazel together with wheatgerm oil. Cool and add lavender. Continue stirring until cooled.
Great Grans Lip Balm
1 oz Beezwax
1floz Apricot Oil
1floz Wheatgerm Oil
4 drops Lavender Oil
Melt the apricot and wheatgerm oils with beeswax. Add Lavender Oil when cool.
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