Bath & Body Luxuries
Treat yourself or someone you know with homemade bath and beauty
products.
Lemons and Loofahs
This delightful soap smells like fresh lemons, and when the powdered
loofah is mixed in, it will make the soap extra-exfoliating. Loofah, a
plant that grows much like the cucumber, can be dried, shredded and
added to soap. To make the powder, loofah can be cut up into tiny pieces
using a pair of sharp scissors, or you can purchase it in powder form.
Materials:
One 4 oz. bar unscented glycerin soap
1 teaspoon powdered loofah
15 drops lemon oil
1 drop red food coloring
Steps:
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt your bar of glycerin soap until
liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in powdered loofah, lemon oil and
food coloring. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three hours or
until hardened.
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One Latte and a Cappuccino please!
This soap is for the coffee lovers in your life. It has a deep brown
color and smells like fresh coffee when you use it.
Materials:
One 4 oz. bar unscented glycerin soap
1 teaspoon ground espresso
1 teaspoon powdered milk
10 drops coffee fragrance oil
Steps:
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the bar of glycerin soap until
liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in ground espresso, powdered milk
and coffee fragrance oil. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three
hours or until hardened.
You can use soap molds to form your soaps or candy molds to create
miniature guest soaps. A clean milk carton is great for making square
soaps, or use a clean tuna can for a round soap.
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Raspberry and Oatmeal
The oatmeal in this soap is perfect for unhappy, itchy skin.
Materials:
One 4 oz. bar unscented glycerin soap
1/3 cup dried oats
15 drops raspberry fragrance oil
1 drop red food coloring
Steps:
Place 1/3 cup oats in a food processor and grind until it becomes
powdery. Set aside. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt your bar of
glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in ground oats,
raspberry fragrance oil and food coloring . Pour soap into a mold and
let set for three hours or until hardened. This easy-to-make soap is
great for the complexion.
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Two Soaps in One
This recipe makes two bars of luxurious layered soap. Use your two
favorite fragrances to make your soap. Favorite combinations are mango
and
strawberry, violet and musk, chocolate and orange, cinnamon and rose,
and raspberry and peach.
Materials:
Two 4 oz. bars unscented glycerin soap
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice)
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice)
2 drops different colored food coloring (ex
1 orange, 1 blue)
Steps:
In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt one bar of glycerin soap until
liquefied . Remove from heat and stir in one drop food coloring and 10
drops fragrance oil. Pour half of the mixture into two soap molds,
filling each mold halfway. Wait 20 minutes . Melt your second bar of
glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in the other
drop of food coloring and fragrance oil. Pour this second layer on top
of the first layer (already in molds). Let soap set for three hours or
until hardened. Your finished bars should come out half one color and
half another.
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Bubbly Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Victorian Essence Foaming Concentrate, or
substitute 1/2 cup
unscented shampoo
3/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt - regular table salt is
fine
15 drops cherry fragrance oil
2 drops red food coloring
Steps:
Pour foaming concentrate into a bowl and add water. Stir gently until
well mixed. Add salt, and stir until mixture thickens. Add cherry
fragrance oil and food coloring, and place in decorative bottle. To use,
add one tablespoon to warm running bath water. To create your own custom
scent, you may use any fragrance oil you choose in this recipe.
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Shower Gel
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Victorian Essence Foaming Concentrate, or
substitute 1/2 cup
unscented shampoo
3/4 cup water
3/4 teaspoon salt - regular table salt is
fine
15 drops lime fragrance oil
1 drop green food coloring
Steps:
Pour foaming concentrate into a bowl and add water. Stir gently until
well mixed. Add salt and stir until mixture thickens. Add lime fragrance
oil and food coloring. Pour mixture into decorative bottle. You may use
any fragrance oil you choose in this recipe to create your own custom
scent. Kids like bubblegum-scented shower gel. Add a teaspoon of
powdered loofah to your shower gel for an exfoliating scrub.
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Peppermint Hair Conditioner
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cholesterol-type conditioner - available at beauty
supply shops and
drug stores
3/4 cup water
15 drops peppermint essential oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional, for a
pink color)
Steps:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, and stir until well blended. Pour
into decorative bottle. For oily hair, add one tablespoon aloe vera gel
to your conditioner; it will help moisturize without excess oil. For dry
hair, add one tablespoon of corn oil to your conditioner.
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Bath Oils
Mix the ingredients of the following recipes in a glass bowl and let
cure overnight:
Stimulating oil:
1 1/2 to 2 cups soy oil
4 to 5 drops of jasmine essential oil
3 drops of juniper essential oil
contents of 4 to 5 vitamin E capsules
Soothing oil:
1 1/2 to 2 cups almond oil
4 to 5 drops of lavender essential oil
3 drops of rose essential oil
contents of 4 to 5 vitamin E capsules
A Splash of Vodka
Perfumes are concentrated fragrances. Their scent will last a long time.
Simply add 1 teaspoon of fragrance oil (any fragrance) to 1/4 cup
100-proof vodka. Shake well.
Cologne is lighter than perfume and will give you a lighter fragrance.
Mix 1/2 teaspoon fragrance oil with 1/4 cup 100-proof vodka. Shake well.
After-bath splashes are great to use when you get out of the tub or any
time you desire a light, wispy fragrance. Simply combine the following
ingredients in a bottle and shake well:
1/2 cup 100-proof vodka
1/2 teaspoon fragrance oil
1 tablespoon glycerin
1 drop food coloring (optional)
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Dusting Powder
This lightly fragranced dusting powder is the perfect touch after a
bath.
Cornstarch helps absorb excess moisture and leaves the skin feeling
smooth.
Materials:
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon of finished perfume (see
recipe above)
Steps:
Place cornstarch in a small bowl and add perfume, one drop at a time.
Stir with a fork until lumps are crushed out. Let powder sit in the open
for a few hours and then re-stir to remove any lumps. Try running the
powder through a flour sifter to get out all lumps. Powder should be
kept in a sealed container.
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After-Shave Gel
This recipe for after-shave gel is perfect for all skin types. Vodka and
witch hazel help to tone the skin without irritation. Merely combine the
following ingredients in a bottle and shake until well blended:
1/2 cup aloe vera gel
2 tablespoons vodka
1 tablespoon orange flower water
2 teaspoons witch hazel
10 drops sandalwood fragrance oil
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Men's Cologne
Fragrant oils like sandalwood, musk, lime and orange are good choices
for men's fragrances. Cologne can be made by mixing the following
ingredients in a bottle and shaking until well blended:
1/4 cup 100 proof vodka
1/2 teaspoon fragrance oil (your choice) |
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