Aroma Pets

Quick GeL Recipes

Measurement converter: 100ml = almost half a cup 

This recipe uses store bought aloe Vera gel, found in health food stores and online shops. Look for a gel that is fragrant free and as free of additives as possible ( nothing store bought will be absolutely pure).
To make 100ml of lotion or 250ml spray. 

INGREDIENTS

• Procedure:
• Put the gel in a glass bowl
• Pour the vegetable oil into a stainless steel measuring spoon and add your chosen essential oils.
• Mix oils into the gel with a glass stirring rod, or stainless steel whisk, or wooden chopstick.
• Slowly whisk in the water or hydrosol to thin the gel to your desired consistency.
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  For Wounds and Itchy Skin:
• The gel can be fairly thick, like a rich body lotion. A drop of gel should sit on your hands without spreading
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  To Make a Spray
• Keep adding water or hydrosol until the mix is thin enough to spray.
• You can adapt this basic gel to every situation by changing the essential oils, hydrosols and herbal oils you use.
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  Reference: The Aromatic Dog: Nayana Morag