January 12, 2013

Homemade Organic Icy Hot Recipe

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Jesica Williams

Since 2012, I’ve been creating digital wellness guides and researching natural beauty products, HIIT workouts, functional exercises, body positivity, self love, and tips helping you explore wellness and feel good.

Welcome to this post: Homemade Organic Icy Hot Recipe.

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Homemade Organic Icy Hot Recipe

This is not a new creation of mine, in fact, I’ve been using it for several months now. However, I had yet to share anything about it here on my blog. I use my version of  homemade “Icy Hot” every time before I go for a run. It is simple to concoct, is effective, and contains all organic ingredients. It’s fun to do some DIY activities!

Ingredients:

Organic Extra Virgin or Virgin Coconut Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Sweet Birch Essential Oil

Wintergreen Essential Oil

These oils I recommend are all by Living Libations, my favorite, high quality, ultra clean source for skincare and essential oils. Shopping those links will get you 15% off sitewide; discount auto-applied at checkout.

I basically eye-balled all of these measurements. I started with the coconut oil as a base, then added about 15-20 drops of these 3 essential oils. Coconut Oil is solid at about 75 degrees fahrenheit, so to mix all of these essential oils with the coconut oil, I place my small container of oils in front of a space heater just to slightly liquify it.

The reasoning for using these oils is that they combat fatigue, cramps, act as a “pick-me-up”, and aid in alertness.

I basically rub a big glob of the mixture over both of my entire legs before suiting up in my running tights. I find that it gives me a little pep in my step even before stretching because of the sensation from the different mints. It also makes you smell fresh and minty before going out and getting sweaty and stinky. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by this post & checking out my Homemade & Organic Icy Hot Recipe!

Since 2012, I’ve been creating, covering, and researching Digital Wellness Guides, Natural Beauty Products, Body Positivity, Self Love, Fitness Motivation, Paleo Lifestyle, HIIT Workout, Nutrition, Nontoxic Beauty, Organic Skincare, Digital Wellness Services, and tips helping you explore wellness and feel good. I appreciate you for being here.

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Comments

7 Comments

  1. It does smell really fresh and exhilarating doesn’t it?

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  2. Where do you purchase the birch oil?

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    • At most any health food stores that carry essential oils. Whole foods typically carries it!

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  3. What size is the base of coconut oil?

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    • I just estimated it. You can start with a few dollops of coconut oil, then add the baking soda until it’s your desired consistency for a deodorant. Good luck@

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  4. Seeing the picture I was not sure what this was. Love the simple ingredients.

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