Make your own gifts
We're sharing inspiring, sweet-smelling ideas & recipes that will help your loved ones go natural, both beautifully and effectively. These recipes are easy to make. Let's get started!
The jar of wonders
A pretty glass jar in which you put lots of little touches: neroli roll-on, rose powder, soap, plum oil...
A pink & marshmallow face mask
The easiest recipe on earth, a rehydrating mask to soothe and illuminate all skin types!
For a small transparent glass jar, to be mixed or alternated
4 teaspoons rose powder
4 teaspoons marshmallow root powder
4 teaspoons of pink clay
Use: mix the powders together and take two teaspoons of the mixture, to be rehydrated with a hydrosol or a little warm water, until you obtain a homogeneous paste. Apply to a cleansed face, leave on for 5 minutes and then rinse off with clear water.
Storage: this mixture will keep for at least 6 months in a dark and dry place
A body balm
A very comforting recipe to nourish the skin in winter. A beloved classic!
For a 100g amber glass jar
9g hazelnut vegetable oil
10g of coconut vegetable oil
20g natural shea butter
25g of cocoa butter in a tablet
4 drops of jasmine absolute
16 drops of bergamot essence without bergapten
Method
1- Melt the vegetable butters and coconut oil in a bowl in a bain-marie.
2 - Remove from the bain-marie and add the hazelnut vegetable oil and essential oils and mix.
3 - Pour the mixture into a jar and leave to set in the fridge.
Use: apply to the whole body or just to very dry areas after a shower.
Storage: your balm will keep for at least 6 months
A beautiful dream pillow mist
For young and old, ideal for nightmares, to fall asleep in a cloud of orange blossom and mandarin.
For a 100ml amber glass bottle with spray
70ml orange blossom hydrosol
20ml vegetable glycerine
8ml solubol
2ml mandarin essence
Method
1 - In a small bowl and using a mini whisk, mix the mandarin essence and the solubol.
2 - In another bowl, mix the hydrosol and glycerine.
3 - Add the mixture from the first bowl to the other and mix.
4 - Pour into your amber glass bottle with spray.
Use: Spray on pillow, sheets before going to bed. Suitable for children over 6 years, for toddlers, spray orange blossom hydrosol alone.
Storage: at least 3 months in a dark place
A small face balm
A melting treatment with rose sun macerate to nourish, protect and preserve the skin's youthfulness.
For a 30ml jar
5g of May rose macerate in jojoba oil
25g of natural shea butter
1 drop of vitamin E
10 drops of rose geranium bourbon essential oil
Method
1- Melt the butter in a double boiler.
2 - Remove from the water bath, add the rose macerate, vitamin E and essential oil, mix.
3 - Pour the mixture into a jar and leave to set in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes.
4- Take out your balm and store it at room temperature in a cupboard.
Use: as a day and night care, apply to the whole face, on clean skin, previously toned with a hydrosol
Storage: your balm will keep for 6 months in a dark place
A sweet almond scrub cream
For a 100g amber glass jar
45g of natural shea butter
45g of sweet almond vegetable oil
6g of olive exfoliating powder
15 drops of vitamin E
Method
1 - Melt the butter in a bain-marie with the sweet almond oil.
2 - Place the mixture in the freezer for 10 minutes.
3 - Add the olive stone powder and vitamin E and mix.
4 - Transfer the mixture to an amber glass jar and place it in the freezer for another 20 minutes to set.
Use: Apply with a gentle circular massage and rinse with warm water.
Storage: your recipe will keep for 6 months