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Chickweed, lemon balm and aloe Vera shower gel. Feels amazing. Recipe up soon!

Recipe:

3 cups chopped up chick weed

5 tablespoons of aloe vera gel

1 cup chopped up lemon balm

10 drops of essential oil (optional)

2-3 tablespoons of glycerin (the stuff that you use to make jelly with that gets sold in the supermarket)

food colouring (optional)  

¼ cup of vodka (optional)

Water

Saucepan

Jug

Whisk

Sieve

Put the herbs into the pot and cover with water. Simmer (but don’t boil!) for about forty minutes. Strain and then mix up glycerin according to instructions. Add to the herb water and stir well. When the water is cool (but not set) add in essential oil, vodka and colouring. Mix and then put in fridge overnight. You don’t have to add vodka but it means it’s preserved for longer. 

This shower jelly doesn’t foam (to get it to foam you would have to add liquid soap into the water at some stage) and can be rubbed into skin and not washed off if preferred, as it isn’t oily or soapy. 

You could use your own blend of herbs to make it (Although make sure that they are gentle on your skin first, no cinnamon!) and you can even put it into a squeeze bottle for ease of use.

Without vodka it lasts about a week in the fridge. With vodka it lasts about a month.