00:00Hi, Naturally Curly World. I'm Amanda, an editor at Naturally Curly, and with me today is Curl Boss
00:13and founder of Carol's Daughter, Lisa Price. Tell us what we're going to be making today.
00:17Well, we are going to make a blended oil that you can use on your hair as well as your skin.
00:30So, although I work at Naturally Curly, I'm not the biggest DIYer, and I would love to use a blended oil for my hair and body
00:39that's really simple, easy for beginners to grasp.
00:42Well, it's really, really easy to do because you don't have to do any cooking at all.
00:47You're just going to pour and drop and blend, so it's pretty simple.
00:52So, what I've selected for our blend today is grape seed oil, some liquid jojoba,
00:59and then also some apricot kernel oil. And the reason that I've selected these is a few reasons.
01:04The molecular structure of the oil is small, which just basically means when you rub it onto your skin
01:11or put it in your hair, it's going to soak in. These also don't have a very strong natural odor,
01:17so if you didn't want to put any fragrance or essential oils into them, you don't have to.
01:22And then the recipe is pretty simple. It's about 4 ounces of oil to about 12 drops of essential or fragrance oil.
01:31And you can go up or down with that depending on your own preference, but that's a pretty good gauge and a good place to start.
01:37So, we're going to do this sort of eyeball. I've been making products for over 20 years, so I kind of know my ounces by sight.
01:44But roughly, we would have the grape seed oil be 2 ounces of our 4 ounce mixture, so about half.
01:55We tend to think that jojoba is an oil, but jojoba is actually a wax, so this is a liquid wax.
02:01So you don't want to put a lot of wax on your hair or skin, but it's still a really great moisturizer,
02:06so we're just going to put maybe about a half ounce of the liquid jojoba.
02:13And then we're going to finish up with the apricot kernel, which would be about an ounce and a half to roughly make our 4 ounce amount.
02:22And for the essential oils, we have lemongrass, which is really great for your scalp,
02:28but then when it comes to your skin, lemongrass is a good oil balancer for your skin.
02:34And then aromatherapeutically, it's great for keeping you sort of calm and joyful.
02:41It can't make you happy, but it sort of balances you. There's something uplifting within it.
02:47Then we're going to use jasmine, because I adore jasmine, and it's a beautiful floral that smells great in your hair.
02:53It's not something that sort of turns in your hair. You don't want something that when it gets heated up,
02:59it smells funny, and jasmine is not one of those things.
03:02And then warm vanilla to ground it. Since we're using this for body and for hair,
03:07we want to be mindful of what we're putting into it so that it blends into a nice fragrance.
03:12So your vanilla is your grounder, and then we're going to move on to the jasmine.
03:17I think I had about six drops of vanilla, and I love jasmine.
03:21I can go for the whole 12 with the jasmine, but I'm going to leave room for the lemongrass.
03:27So I noticed that you said one of the oils is balancing, and I noticed that more naturals are incorporating the oil cleansing method into their regimen.
03:36So would you say this is okay to put on your face?
03:41I would not put this particular blend on your face.
03:45Okay.
03:46If you wanted to do a face version, I would maybe make an ounce bottle, very small, use a dropper top on it,
03:54and in that one ounce maybe have about four to five drops of a lemongrass oil.
03:59Then that would be fine for your face. And you could skip the vanilla, and you could skip the jasmine.
04:03And then this is ready to pour.
04:10What's really great about dropper tops is you're making this in your kitchen.
04:24You don't have a preservative system necessarily that you can put into it, so the least amount of contamination, the better.
04:32So you're not touching the actual oil. You're touching the dropper.
04:35Okay.
04:36Or if it's a squeeze bottle, you're squeezing the bottle, which is great because it'll help that stay fresh longer.
04:41And you just did DIY.
04:44That's fantastic. Thank you.
04:47And it wasn't painful.
04:48It was not. It's very simple.
04:51This is a really simple recipe that I could use at home.
04:54I can change out the essential oils and the ingredients to my liking.
04:58Absolutely. There are so many different base oils that you can work with.
05:02It's really the person's preference, what their skin responds to, what textures they like, what scents they like.
05:08And, you know, the possibilities are really endless.
05:10So this is just a beginning.
05:12And then you go into the kitchen and you play and you create your own.
05:15So if you have any recipes that you want to share with us that may potentially be featured in a Naturally Curly article,
05:20just share it below in the comments section.
05:23And thank you so much for joining Lisa and I making this DIY blended oil.
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