{"id":2406,"date":"2016-05-11T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2019-06-03T01:42:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T01:42:31","slug":"coconut-aloe-body-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/coconut-aloe-body-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Aloe Body Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;m trying to cut back on store bought toiletries and cosmetics, as much as I can these days. I often buy coconut body lotion from the health food store and two of my three daughters use straight coconut oil as a moisturizer, make-up remover, and hair conditioner, so I thought I&#8217;d give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>This creamy whipped homemade coconut lotion smells amazing and feels so luxurious on even the driest of skin.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, it calls for only 3 ingredients and only takes about 5 minutes to make<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/3 cup coconut oil<\/strong> (solid)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n15 drops of your favourite smelling Essential Oils<\/strong> (I used lavender but I think I&#8217;ll try something that compliments the coconut smell more next time)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1\/3 cup aloe vera gel<\/strong> (I have instructions on how to make aloe gel <a href=\"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/aloe-gel\" target=\"_blank\">HERE,<\/a> but you can purchase the gel in bottles or jars if you can&#8217;t or would rather not buy it fresh)<\/p>\n<p>Place solid coconut oil, aloe gel, and essential oils in bullet, blender, or food processor for a few minutes or until you see the that the coconut oil well combined with the aloe and thick enough to form peaks. Store in a jar below 75 degrees to prevent melting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2416 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2029-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2029\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to cut back on store bought toiletries and cosmetics, as much as I can these days.<br \/>\nThis creamy whipped homemade coconut lotion smells amazing and feels so luxurious on even the driest of skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,474,683,685,684,686,465],"tags":[687,688,689,692,696,690,691,695,694,693],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetvegan.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}