DIY Alovera Gel
This Instructable will show you how to make homemade Aloe Vera Gel.
I personally use it as a moisturizer on my aging sun-kissed, exposed chest skin and neck, hoping that it will rejuvenate it over the long run and keep that part of my skin looking young.
One of the reasons I am posting this tutorial is because I know this mixture helps heal sunburns. My friend burns easily and in a pinch, I have rubbed straight aloe vera goo from the plant on her bright red extremities. It just works.
I have also read up on this mixture helping with eczema, but am only getting that from personal blogs around the net (mentioned in Step 4.)
There are so many uses for this gel that I know it could be used for many ailments.
The recipe is spot on, I have personally used it, and I am going to share the process of making it with you.
Read on friends and enjoy.
I personally use it as a moisturizer on my aging sun-kissed, exposed chest skin and neck, hoping that it will rejuvenate it over the long run and keep that part of my skin looking young.
One of the reasons I am posting this tutorial is because I know this mixture helps heal sunburns. My husband burns easily and in a pinch, I have rubbed straight aloe vera goo from the plant on his bright red extremities. It just works.
I have also read or research about it that it treat eczema as well
There are so many uses for this gel that I know it could be used for many ailments.
The recipe is spot on, I have personally used it, and I am going to share the process of making it with you.
Read on friends and enjoy.
TO MAKE THIS GEL, I use:
1/4-cup Aloe Vera pulp
1-tablespoon coconut oil
1/4-teaspoon Vitamin E oil (optional)
1/8-teaspoon citric acid (optional)
Tools/Materials:
Food processor
clean container with lid
To Harvest Aloe from plant
work gloves (optional)
paper towels
spoon
knife
container to hold pulp or measuring cup
I use approximately six 6 depending on size aloe leaves ranging from four 4 to six 6 inches in length to make a generous 1/4-cup amount.
To harvest the Aloe from the plant, you will need a work space, paper towels, a spoon, a knife, a container to put the pulp in, and (optionally) kitchen shears.
In order to make about 1/4-cup of pulp, you will need anywhere from four 4 to six 6 leaves about 4 to 6 inches long.
With my work gloves, I pulled off the leaves at the base of the live plant near the center of the stalk.
This could have been done with kitchen shears to maximize the length of the plant, but you can tell the plant is healthy when the leaves snap off pretty easily.
The leaves you want to use should be at least 1-1/2-inches wide, and when you push a leaf in between your fingers, it should feel like you are pressing on your own finger. There should be some give, but you can’t squish it completely either.
The next step is to wash your hands. It’s important to do to minimize the amount of bacteria that could make mold grow quickly on the final product.
The step after that is to clean off the aloe leaves. That can be done with a moist, clean paper towel.
If you are sensitive to the spines of the plant, you can use a paper towel to wrap the leaf, OR prior to cleaning your plant, you can leave the work gloves on and slice or snip off the thorns using a knife or the shears. You could also “peel” the thorns using a potato peeler. I don’t do either one of these as I’m just used to getting the pulp out.
Slice through the top of the leaf skin using a clean knife, trying to get through just the top layer of skin.
The previous three steps described how to make Aloe Vera gel.
Rather than re-iterate what others have written, I have included this step as a resource for your research on how to use this gel for your own purposes.
Two of the photos show my ice cube tray and frozen cubes of gel.
Please remember that this post is for information only, and it is not intended to recommend treatment. ~ Thanks!
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