handmade christmas

Christmas gift ideas - DIY handmade skincare & body Care recipes from Amour Natural

Give extra special gifts this Christmas by making skincare and body products yourself.

Try these simple recipes courtesy of Amour Natural, whose products we stock at Daily Bread Cambridge!

Amour Natural oil burners and essential oils at Daily Bread Co-operative, Cambridge.

AMOUR NATURAL LIP SCRUB RECIPE

Simply stir together 4tbsp cane sugar and 4tbsp sweet almond oil in a bowl, and add a few drops of essential oil.

Amour Natural products

AMOUR NATURAL WHIPPED BODY BUTTER RECIPE

Amour Natural Organic Cocoa Butter

Melt 100g Amour Natural cocoa butter buttons and 100g virgin coconut oil in a bain marie.

Stir in 50ml Amour Natural sweet almond oil. Put in the fridge until it starts to harden round the edges.

Add 10-15 drops of essential oil and whisk with an electric whisk until soft. Store in a jar and keep cool.

 

LIP BALM RECIPE

Biona organic virgin coconut oil

Melt 1tsp beeswax and 2tsp virgin coconut oil in a bain marie. Take off the heat and stir in 1-2 drops of essential oil. Pour into a little jar or pot and allow to cool.

AMOUR NATURAL FACE CLEANSER RECIPE

Use 10ml almond oil, add castor oil: 1ml for dry skin, 2ml for normal skin, 3ml for oily skin. Blend with 2-3 drops of essential oil. Massage onto dry face and wash off with cloth and hot water.

Amour Natural Sweet Almond pure seed oil

Amour Natural organic Castor Oil

We stock a selection of Amour Natural’s oil burners, essential oils (including their Festive Aroma oil), carrier oils, among a range of their other products. Visit us and have a browse!

Amour Natural Festive Aroma 100% pure essential oil

At Home With Aromatherapy by Faye Willmott

The recipes in this blog post are from Amour Natural’s leaflet.

Alongside our Amour Natural products you can find a copy of their book ‘At Home With Aromatherapy’ to peruse in the shop (or our coffee shop!), it features ‘essential’ information about essential oils and how to use them.

Small Business Saturday - Daily Bread Christmas Gift Ideas Guide

It’s Small Business Saturday so we’ve included some of our smaller suppliers in our Christmas gift ideas guide! For small businesses like ours and those of our suppliers’, every sale really counts and keeps us thriving (and at the moment for many it’s a case of keeping us afloat too.) All festive products are available at Daily Bread Co-op Cambridge while stocks (and socks!) last.

Blue rectangular logo with white text saying Small Business Saturday, 3rd December.
  1. Baby bamboo bear socks in a bag - Thought

  2. Festive stocking - made with sari off-cuts - Siesta Crafts

  3. Scented candles & wax melts - Emily’s Corner

  4. Vegan gingerbread men - Lottie Shaws

  5. Handmade gift wrap - Shared Earth

  6. Fair trade, sustainable felt octopus decoration - Felt So Good

  7. Plantable seed paper gift tags - Triple Kiss Designs

  8. Festive Aroma essential oil - Amour Natural

  9. Fair trade, sustainable felt dog decoration - Felt So Good

  10. Quentin Blake King’s Choir Christmas cards - Curated Cambridge

See our social media accounts (links below) for more festive products available in the shop this year including food, drinks, candles, cards, socks, and stocking fillers!