An oopsie that turned out rather beneficial

Yesterday I decided to make a new batch of moisturiser in readiness for our trip to Oz.

My hand slipped as I was putting the Sesame Oil in. It is usually a quarter teaspoon but it simply sloshed in - oops! Then I added the Vitamin E oil, intending to do a few squirts into the already melted oils, but blow me down...being a new bottle from a range I'd never used before I never realised that it didn't have a squirty top...and a huge blob (half the bottle) plopped out!

Universe in action - I wasn't really thinking about the need for protection whilst in Oz - the temperatures out there this time of year can hit the mid 40s (Celsius). I was simply doing it all by rote, having done it countless times over the years. I do change the recipe on the odd occasion, simply because the skin needs a change and sometimes I feel I need more of one oil than another. But when I do, I think about what I am changing.



But not yesterday.

On thinking about it, I realise that there was a reason for more Sesame Oil and Vitamin E:

sunscreen - humungous protection against UV radiation and acting like a sunblock - but allowing that which I need in.

The only problem is that it smells like burnt toast because of the Sesame Oil, so I added Citronella as a precaution against mozzies. It smells better now, but strangely enough the burnt smell disappears a couple of minutes after being applied to the skin.

Actually, I am rather pleased with this new concoction. It is very creamy and smooth.

If you want to know more benefits of these two oils, click on these links Vitamin E and Sesame Oil.