Chemicals in Your Daughter’s Products and Three DIY Recipes To Try Instead

3. Customizable Soothing Body Spray

If you aren’t able to take a dip in the pool, it’s nice to have a portable solution to a quick summer cool down. This body spray recipe, from Pioneer Thinking, is the answer! Cucumber and witch hazel are cooling and invigorating and the great part about making your own beauty products at home is that you can customize them to your liking. Swap out the lemon essential oil for one of your favorites like grapefruit, lavender, or vanilla.

Who needs all of the toxic ingredients in traditional beauty products when you can make your favorite scents and products at home? Do you like to make beauty products with your teens and pre-teens? What are some of their favorites? I would love to hear about your recipes and ideas for at home beauty! Feel free to leave comments, questions, or links.

Beauty aisle image by celikins via Flickr Creative Commons, Mango image by prolix6x via Flickr Creative Commons, Jasmine image by Glenn Franco Simmons via Flickr Creative Commons, Cucumber image by Island Vittles via Flickr Creative Commons]