I read on Nicola's blog - if it came from a plant about the way she is greening up her toiletries and in paticular, her skin cleansing routine which got stuck in a loop in my brain and eventually I had to do something about it. I'm pretty good at buying green/natural/organic skin care lotions and makeup in the first place but I have a book called 'The Green Beauty Guide ' and I wanted to make some bits an pieces out of that since I was on the cusp of needing more product anyway. So I dug the book up, re-read some parts and dived into the kitchen to make some lotions and potions for myself... Here's what I did... I made up a cleanser with a combination of olive oil (which I normally use), rice bran oil (cause its a lot lighter and not so gluggy), some rose massage oil from the body shop, a few drops of rose and jasmine essential oils with some vanilla extract for scent. It smells divine! I decanted that into a flip top bottle and voila - step