How to Make Stretch Mark Reducing Body Cream
Stretch mark reducing body cream is a simple, homemade cream made with common ingredients that are easy to find in most health food stores or online. Calendula flowers, coconut oil and Vitamin E cream are known to help reduce inflamed and damaged skin, making them ideal ingredients to reduce stretch marks. Homemade stretch mark reducing body cream will keep for about one month if stored in a cool, dry place. Store the cream in the refrigerator between uses for even longer shelf-life. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 2 cups coconut oil
- 1 oz. crushed and chopped calendula flowers
- Sterilized mason jar
- 1 ½ tbsp. Vitamin E cream
- 3 drops lavender essential oil
- 3 drops bergamot essential oil
- Sterilized glass or plastic bottle with pump
Instructions
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Place the coconut oil and crushed calendula flowers in a sterilized, dry glass jar. A new mason jar or sterilized peanut butter jar is ideal. Steep for two weeks in a warm place, preferably near a window.
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Strain the mixture through clean muslin cloth while squeezing the cloth into a clean mixing bowl. Discard the used herbs.
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Add the Vitamin E cream and lavender and bergamot essential oils to the mixing bowl. Stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon or with a disposable stirrer.
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Transfer the mixture from the mixing bowl to a clean, sterilized bottle with pump. Let sit for 24 hours before first application.
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Tips & Warnings
Apply the body cream to areas with stretch marks in gentle, circular motions in the morning and before bed, allowing the skin to absorb the cream naturally. Do not wipe off excess body cream.
Avoid mixing any type of homemade skin care or beauty product in an aluminum bowl, as there is some concern about heavy metals entering the bloodstream.
