GET I T
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Home Spa
Three all-natural grooming recipes.
Plus: environmentally friendly shaving
Photos by Garry McLeod
Need a shampoo, wax, or shave? Stop
dropping coin on costly, chemical-filled
products at the salon and instead cook up
these home-brewed recipes. Then flip the
page for a what, why, and how-to on the
(nearly) lost art of wet shaving.
RECIPES
by Natalie Karneef
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2 cups sugar
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup water
1 tbsp almond oil
Cornstarch
Muslin, cut into about 40 2" x 4" strips
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½ oz. solid beeswax
2 oz. water
1 oz. liquid castile soap
1 oz. glycerin
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1 tsp dry horsetail
1 tsp dry coltsfoot
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1 oz. liquid castile soap
1 tsp almond oil
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