admin | February 25, 2015 | Beauty, Health |
Always use fresh Aloe Vera gel, directly from this plant’s leaves. This way you’ll be sure it is 100% fresh, natural and full of nutrients.
Most of skin care products are Aloe Vera based. So, you’ll be needing it a lot. Today, we’ll show you how you can can prepare your own gel, made of natural ingredients, at home.
Not only does Aloe Vera possess numerous healing properties, it also grows fast and it can branch into many other plants. You can prepare the gel we mentioned by mixing it with some other ingredients.
Ingredients:
- ¼ of a cup of fresh aloe;
- 1/8 of a teaspoon of lemon acid;
- ¼ of a teaspoon of vitamin E oil;
- 1 teaspoon of coconut oil.
Preparation:
Take off Aloe’s external hard part and remove its entire liquid using a spoon. Be sure to leave the leaf for several minutes in order to extract every last bit of liquid. Knowing this plant’s health benefits it would be pity not to use it all.
Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix them until you get homogeneous liquid like mixture. Put the resulting gel in a container close it tightly. Keep the gel in the fridge for at least one month.
This gelhas unbelievable health properties on the skin including soothing inflammation, hybridizing properties. It’s also a great tool for treating burns. It also cools and calms the skin. Apply it onto the affected area and you will feel relief right away. You can use it as part of other recipes based on aloe Vera.
Source: Healthy Food Star