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Autumn and winter are ideal seasons for richer textures and warmer scent profiles. Here are nine useful ingredients for balms, body butters, scrubs, oil serums and other seasonal cosmetic formulations.

You do not need complicated formulas to start making cosmetics at home. With a few basic oils, butters, waxes, clays and bath ingredients, you can create lip balm, lip gloss, bath truffles, scrub bars, whipped body butter and other simple products.

A handmade gift feels especially personal. With a few basic ingredients, you can create melt-and-pour soap, scented candles, bath salts, scrubs, lip balms and other customised gifts.