Do-it-yourself recipes

Here's a super easy recipe to create a scented candle that will keep mosquitos away from your summer evenings! The secret ingredient of the recipe is the essential oil mix "Natural Defence"!

Here is a quick and easy recipe to make a coconut body scrub, ideal for summer and for the driest skin in need of pampering.

By self-producing our scrub, we will be able to independently choose the degree of scrubbing action that our skin needs most. If we have very dry skin, which flakes and we need to regenerate in depth, we can choose to use coarse salt. Attention in this case: it could scratch the skin so it is recommended to massage it gently. If, on the other hand, we prefer a lighter action, we will add table salt up to our formula.

Among the ingredients there is also sugar which can be white or cane. We can replace this ingredient with used coffee powder, the one that remains in the filter of the moka pot or of our home machine: in this way we reduce waste, in a perfect zero waste perspective!

Here is the procedure for making your own homemade mint soap using the cold process. Always remember to work with gloves, goggles and an FFP3 filtering face mask. Enjoy the whole process!

Here's how to make a massage candle at home!

What is a massage candle? It is a candle made with natural butters that melt with the heat of the flame and that you can then take with your hands to make warm massages that will be good for the body, nourishing the skin in depth, and for the spirit, for a burst of energy involving all the senses!

For 100% eco-friendly massages and to breathe clean and deliciously scented air thanks to a mix of essential oils that we can create according to our taste!

A comfortable all-natural and super-nourishing lip balm to be used 365 days a year to take anytime, anywhere with us. customizable in a thousand different ways to give to the lips we love most!

A recipe for the whole family! A body milk that nourishes all skin types in the best way, leaving them soft and fragrant.

We offer you another recipe that Laura has experimented for us: calendula and chamomile soap, emollient and anti-inflammatory, suitable for delicate skin!

But let's hear what our self-producing friend tells us:

”I would like to share with you one of my first recipes for home-made natural soaps. Driven by the desire to create a soap to use in the shower, that would avoid me buying shower gel and above all that would respond to the needs of my skin, I formulated this recipe thinking of one of my favorite flowers and which is best suited to my needs: the calendula. In fact, the main ingredient of this recipe is the marigold oil, very easy to self-produce at home, which embodies the anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and emollient properties of this beautiful flower; combined with the Chamomile infusion, it makes this soap suitable for those like me who have delicate skin, which tends to dry out and get irritated very easily. "

If you want to have the characteristic coconut smell, you must use virgin coconut oil (which is easily available in organic supermarkets) otherwise coconut oil has no smell.

The essential oil of ylang ylang can be replaced with that of sweet orange, according to your tastes!

Here is the recipe for the moisturizing face cream shared by Stefano!

Some of you have "tasted" a small piece of it and were enthusiastic about it, others have asked us for more information on the soap cake that we created for the inauguration of the new website www.lasaponaria.it.

Given the great curiosity aroused, we decided to share the recipe with you!

In this recipe we will tell you step by step how to make a soap cake, an original idea as a gift to celebrate your anniversaries with relatives and friends instead of the classic dessert!

Our recipe for the "vegan lemon cream, almonds and coffee" cake

Summer is approaching, and your skin isn't ready yet? Here are some tips for making your own natural facial scrub at home! Exfoliating scrub is a product that should never be missing from our beauty routines. Whether for the body or the face, it's a product that, when used regularly, helps remove dead cells, promotes cell renewal, and gives the skin tone and vitality. Exfoliation removes dead cells, stimulates the lymphatic system, and aids in the elimination of toxins, improving the facial microcirculation. The result is smoother, translucent, and radiant skin, a healthier and more radiant appearance. Making your own scrub is very simple (and cost-effective!), and it reduces the risk of unpleasant allergic reactions, often triggered by synthetic ingredients or overly intense and aggressive fragrances in commercial products. It's important that the scrub is as gentle as possible to avoid irritating delicate facial skin. Let's look at three simple recipes suitable for various skin types to make our own scrub at home.

Olive oil, which is present for 65%, is self-produced and absolutely organic.