There ain't no bugs on me... (or sun burn)

So today is the final day of our contest and the day I'll be giving away the grand prize. I hope you're all as exited about it as I am. No one entered yesterday's contest, so there is no winner.

I have recently started making our own lotion bars that Cassie has named the all-in-one beauty butter body balm bar. It's a mouthful. They really are awesome though. They are a moisturizer, eggplant, sun screen, and insect repellent. We go through them, but it's ok with me. It's much better than sunburn and insect bites (and the diseases that come with them) and definitely better than the horrible chemical laden store bought alternatives. Just sunblock alone causes cancer, early menstruation, and its increase in use and be tracked with the increase in skin cancer..... Hmmmm.   Makes you wonder. It's full of phyto estrogens with attack your hormonal systems. Google it! I wanted a safer route for my family.  Something all natural and harmless. Doesn't that just sound better?  That's pretty much when I decided to make our own. I stated reading up on natural spf containing ingredients and came up with a pretty awesome concoction with an spf of 10-12. Nice! When we add that to our antioxidant routine, we're perfect! I'm usually the type that can think about the sun and feel the burn happen so this has Been pretty much amazing. 

You'll need a double boiler or (as in my case) a small metal bowl that fits inside a medium metal pot to create a double boiler. A large spoon, and a cupcake tray or soap mold.  You can also use a crock pot type double boiler too...  putting the small bowl inside the crock pot.  It works quite well, just very slow.

Ingredients
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1/2 Cup Bees wax
1/2 Cup mango Butter
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
10 drops citronella essential oil
10 drops thyme essential oil
10 drops Cedar essential oil
10 drops eucalyptus essential oil
10 drops tea tree essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
dried lavender buds
oatmeal

Melt the bees wax, both butters, and all of the oil in your double boiler until completely liquid.  Pour into cupcake tins or soap molds.  Sprinkle lavender buds and oatmeal on top on bars when about half set (still soft) and gently push into the tops.  If you are using soap molds, you have to wait until the are set and can be removed from the molds the re-dip into melted mixture and push into flowers/oats.  I tired putting the lavender and oats into the molds, but that didn't work very well.....  That's it.  You wait until they;re cooled thoroughly and poop them out and use them!  They work great!  When Lady Bug and I went on her firld trip to the beach neither of our fair skinned selves burned at all...  not even pink.  And I haven't had a single bug bite since I started using them.  They are definitely worth a go.  I LOVE them!

(Insert Picture Here...  Blogger still won't let me upload pics for some reason and it won't recognize the URL from my Drop Box Pics either...  so you'll have to use you imaginations....)

So I say today you should make your own sunblock/insect repellent bars.  They are super luxe, super easy, super good for you, and super worth the effort.  Plus, they smell AMAZING and make your skin soft as butter.  I have strangers brush into me at the grocery have to stop and tell me how amazingly soft I am.  :)  And I feel awesome about it knowing that I am helping to make my family and myself happier and healthier than ever before!

*********CONTEST!***********

This is day 7 of my contest!  Time for my GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!


Today you can enter to win A Dishwasher Tablet, A Laundry Soap Bomb, Scented Laundry Salts, A Lip Balm, Lotion, and a full size All-In-One Beauty Butter Body Balm Bar!  All entrants from during the past 6 days are entered into the drawing already, but anyone who would like to enter today is also welcome to try for a chance.  And for the grand prize drawing I am extending the deadline until 8:00 am est!

Starting May 13, Follow this Blog (by clicking Follow) and Read that day's blog posts and post in the comment section that you read it and you're following, Like and Share my blog post from my Facebook Page, then comment in the Facebook post's comment box that you liked and shared it (and if your Facebook "name" is different than the one you put on the Blog, please let me know who you are.)!  Each thing you do is worth an entry.  You can only follow me once, so most days your going to get 3 entries a day.

1: Read & Comment on Blog  =  1 entry
2: Like & Share Facebook Blog Post Link from Foodies At Heart Page = 1 entry
3: Comment on Facebook Post = 1 entry

4. One time only entry chance when you follow this blog by clicking follow = 5 entries

I'll take entries everyday until midnight. I will have one of the Girlies draw the previous day's winner in the morning and announce the winner here.  Monday through Saturday you win a Mini TOTG Sample Pack and on Sunday I will draw the grand prize out of all of the total tickets accumulated over the week (except for the 6 tickets previously drawn) and will announce the Grand Prize Winner on here next Monday.  I will ship everything out the same Monday as the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner.


(Turns out I don't have a follow button....  I'm so unobservant sometimes.  Sorry about that confusion.....)