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Herbal Makeup Recipes * Kirsten Anderberg

Herbal Makeup Recipes

The following recipes were collected by Kirsten Anderberg over a 30 year period. She makes no medicinal claims about these recipes and cautions people to make sure you know what herbs and plants you are dealing with before using them.

Glitter Body Gel
1/4 c. aloe vera gel, 1 t. vegetable glycerin(available at health food and drug stores), 1/4 t. mica or glitter(www.displayandcostume.com and art stores), 5 drops essential oil(any scent), pinch of mica for color. Mix aloe and glycerin in small bowl. Stir in glitter, oil and mica. Store in little container.

Beet Red Lip Gloss
1/4 c. beeswax, 1/4 c. castor oil, 2 T. sesame oil, beet juice Melt beeswax, remove from heat and add oils, add as much beet juice as desired for color. Store in jar.

Beet Red and Apricot Orange Lip Gloss
1 t. beeswax, 1 t. apricot kernel oil, 1 t. calendula oil, 3-4 drops essential orange oil, beet juice Melt beeswax, add oils, stir, remove from heat, add beet juice, when cool, add orange oil. Store in jar.

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Bulk organic herbs, spices and essential oils. Sin

Chemical Coolness: Anti-Capitalists in Makeup and Hair Dye
I am trying to figure out why so many of my friends who are eco-conscious, anti-capitalist, and anti-authoritarian, wear tons of toxic chemicals and corporate beauty products in the form of hair bleach and dye and face makeup. The pollution created from the making of the toxins on many an anarchists' head is equal to an SUV's pollution, I would guess. I do not believe all of the counterculture is buying bio-friendly hair bleach. Does that even exist? And I also know that a lot of the counter culture is buying cheap hair dye, full of toxic chemicals not only in the dye itself, but in the output in pollution in the making of those hair dyes at chemical factories. Additionally, most punks and anarchists I know cannot afford the designer organic face makeup available in health food stores. Many of them use cheap chemical cosmetic products, such as Maybelline. But even "health" products are made in polluting factories. "Tom's Toothpaste" makes it sound like he is making that stuff in a stream in his backyard. But I have heard from people who have visited the town Tom's factory is in, and Tom's toothpaste is made in a factory, polluting like all factories do. I have been trying to figure out for decades now, why buying a bunch of chemical crap from corporations, then smearing it on your face, is considered radical or anti-establishment in any way. (Read more...)

Another article by Kirsten on the Beauty Industry, Monkeywrenching the Beauty Industry (Altar Zine, NYC, 2004)

DISCLAIMER: Do not eat or drink tea from any plant you have not fully studied and identified properly. Please consult with your local alternative herbal care specialist before using herbs you are not familiar with.

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