How To Make Your Own Aloe Vera Gel

How To Make Your Own Aloe Vera Gel

Aloe vera is one of nature’s most amazing gifts to us and you’ll know just from browsing around the Nature Hacks site that there are lots of ways that you can use it – as a soothing remedy to a beauty treatment and so many tutorials and remedies out there list all vera gel as an ingredient.

What better way to use aloe vera gel than to know exactly where it comes from and get it directly from the source so you know that it’s 100% fresh, 100% natural and 100% full of nutrients?

A lot of homemade skin care products call for Aloe Vera gel, why not make your own. I love my aloe plants; I have had them for years.  My great friend Abby shared a huge plant with me and that plant has expandedinto many many plants I have shared with many many people!  That is the true beauty of the aloe plant.  It is incredibly medicinal along with being prolific!¼ cup fresh aloe
1/8 teaspoon citric acid (in the canning section)

¼ teaspoon vitamin E oil

1 tablespoon coconut oil

Remove the goodness from the aloe leaves.  The easiest way I have found to do this is by splitting the leave from the top to the bottom only piercing one layer of skin.  Use a spoon to scrape the gooiness from the plant.   I have noticed when the plant sits for a minute after you have extracted the center some additional juice will pool; it is hard to waste anything so wonderful!

In a blender add all the ingredients.  Blend till all the chunks of aloe are gone.

The citric acid and the vitamin E act as preservatives, therefore the citric acid is optional.

Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for at least a month.

This gel is wonderful for burns.  It can be used as is or it can be used in other recipes that call for Aloe Vera Gel.