Natural Carrot and Citrus Soap
Why carrot in a face soap? Carrots have beta-carotene and are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that are great for aging skin. Here's my recipe:
30% carrot-infused olive oil (see explanation below)
20% coconut oil
20% palm oil
10% shea butter
10% grapeseed oil
10% sweet almond oil
Scented with litsea and orange essential oils, .5 ounce per pound of oils
Colored with dehydrated carrot powder, 1 Tbs. per pound of oils
To make carrot-infused olive oil, simply place a few carrots in your food processer and chop into tiny pieces, or you can grate. Place in a crockpot. Cover the carrot with olive oil. I used about 20 ounces for two large carrots. Put your crockpot on the warm setting and leave overnight. Use a coffee filter and colander to strain the oil from the carrot and keep in the fridge until ready to use. The oil will be a slight orange color.
You could also make your own dehydrated carrot powder. Slice your carrots super thin, place in the oven on a dehydrator rack for several hours, until the carrots are crispy and completely dry. Pulverize into a powder with your food processor.
The beautiful creamy orange color from this soap comes from the slightly orange carrot-infused olive oil and the carrot powder.
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