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Facial Scrubs
Essential Oils can be incorporated into many facial products. A facial
scrub to try includes:
1/4 cup yogurt
1/4 cup cornmeal
5 drops Lavender essential oil
5 drops Patchouli essential oil
5 drops Grapefruit essential oil
Mix together and refrigerate a couple of hours before using. Store in
the refrigerator.
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Orange Body Scrub
This is a very easy scrub to make with ingredients usually on hand.
4 tbl sugar
2 tbl almond oil
15-20 drops Orange eo
You may substiture Lavender or another eo. |
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Chocolate Champagne Body Wrap Spa Recipe
4-5 fresh strawberries
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup chocolate morsels (chips)
1/2 cup champagne
*Affordable version
4-5 frozen strawberries, thawed
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup chocolate morsels (chips)
1/2 cup sparkling cider
Additional items: small clean paint brush, plastic cling wrap, water
bottle
Directions
Melt morsels in microwave. While cooling, puree strawberries and honey,
then add to chocolate. Apply to entire body with pain brush, starting at
feet. Once covered, spritz on a military of cider and water and wrap
well with cling wrap. Wait 15 minutes. Rinse. |
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Footsie White Choco Latte Spa Recipe
2 cups moisturizing milk
1 cup Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
*Affordable Recipe
3 cups milk
1 tsp cocoa butter
1.2 tsp vanilla extract
Mis: foot basin and hand towel
nail polish
Directions
Heat milk until warm and mix with cocoa butter and vanilla extract in
basin. Soak feet for 10 minutes, rinse, Pat dry, then massage more cocoa
butter into feet and coat nails with polish. |
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Lemon Drop Martini Facial Scrub Spa Recipe
1 tsp Absolute Citron Vodka
1 T. sugar
*Affordable version
1 tsp lemon juice
1 T. sugar
Direction
Mix sugar with lemon juice to make a paste. Then use fingers to massage
over clean, dry skin for one minute. Rinse well. |
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Hot Buttered Thumb Manicure Spa Recipe
1 T brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 tsp Rum
sprinkle each of cinnamon and nutmeg
*Affordable recipe
1 T brown sugar
1 cup milk
sprinkle each nutmeg and cinnamon
Additional items
small bowl and hand towel
hand cream and nail polish Directions Fill small bowl with milk and cinnamon. Soak hands for 5
minutes, then rinse well. Mix brown sugar and nutmeg with enough water
to make a paste, massage into hands, then rinse and pat dry. Massage
hands with lotion and slick nails with a festive shade of polish.
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Oatmeal Complexion Soap Oatmeal was the first filled soap that I made. It has a textural beauty that is hard to match. I find this soap a pleasure to make because it thickens so perfectly and cures much faster than other soaps. I love the simple, natural scent of the oat grains. Traditionally, oatmeal soap has been used for bathing children who have chicken pox or measles Oil Blends 24 ounces olive oil24 ounces coconut oil
38 ounces vegetable shortening (Crisco) Alkaline Solution 12 ounces sodium hydroxide (lye) 32 ounces rain-, spring, distilled, or tap water Essential or Fragrance OilNone Filler8 ounces powdered oatmeal (blenderized oats) |
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Grapefruit-and-Fennel Facial Steam 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1/2 teaspoon grated grapefruit rind
1 cup coarsely chopped, fresh fennel stalks and leaves Mix ingredients together in a large bowl and add 4 cups boiling water. Drape a towel over your head and inhale deeply for 10 minutes. Feathery fennel fronds make this botanical brew beautiful as well as healing. Grapefruit gives the steam an antiseptic and astringent quality; fennel deeply cleanses, removes skin impurities and reduces inflammation when applied as a compress. |
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Facial Masks Clay based masks are tightening and cleansing because of the clay's ability to absorb oil and toxins. Clay tones and refreshes the skin while stimulating the surface circulation.
They are slightly drying so if you have dry or mature skin you may not want to use. Use 5 drops of essential oils per 1/3 oz. Clay such as green or pink clay. Problem Skin 2 drops Tea Tree
2 drops Eucalyptus
1 drop Lavender Normal Skin 2 drops Lavender
2 drops Eucalyptus
1 drop Rosewood |
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Solid Bath Oil Bars
Ingredients:
2 ounces deodorized cocoa butter or mango butter
2 ounces beeswax, refined beads
2 or 3 ounces liquid vegetable oil such as jojoba, sunflower, or sweet almond
2 teaspoons of essential oil or fragrance oil of your choice
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of Jojoba Wax Spheres in color of your choice
Melt first oil (hard oil) and pour two ounces into 8 oz Pyrex measuring cup.
Add two ounces of beeswax beads (total of four ounces in cup). Add jojoba
wax spheres. Melt together in microwave.
Now add the liquid vegetable oil. Use 2 ounces for a hard bar, which would
bring your total to 6 ounces or 3 ounces for a softer bar for a total of 7
ounces. Stir to mix thoroughly.
Add essential oil or fragrance oil when mixture has cooled slightly. Pour
into small soap molds. Pop out when cool, about two hours. For best results,
put in refrigerator for a few minutes before popping out of mold.
Uses:
- Wet hands and rub with lotion bar
- Rub on body when getting out of shower while still damp
- Use as drawer sachet
- Cut off a sliver and let melt in hot bath water
- Massage into cuticles to soften them
- Rub into elbows and knees Massage - use softer bar recipe.
Another hard oil you can use is Shea Butter
- use 2 ounces of liquid oil with this in addition to the beeswax. It makes
a very nice bar, especially when using essential oils and jojoba.
You can also use our regular, chocolate smelling cocoa butter. Use scents
such as peppermint or spearmint oil which will compliment the chocolate
smell of the cocoa butter.
Use sunflower oil when you want a lotion bar that absorbs readily into your
skin. Sweet Almond oil is great for cuticles and for a heavier, more
moisturizing bar.
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| Facial Scrubs Essential Oils can be incorporated into many facial products. A facial scrub to try includes:
1/4 cup yogurt
1/4 cup cornmeal
5 drops Lavender essential oil
5 drops Patchouli essential oil
5 drops Grapefruit essential oil
Mix together and refrigerate a couple of hours before using. Store in the refrigerator
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Solid Bath Oil Bars
Ingredients:
2 ounces deodorized cocoa butter or mango butter
2 ounces beeswax, refined beads
2 or 3 ounces liquid vegetable oil such as jojoba, sunflower, or sweet
almond
2 teaspoons of essential oil or fragrance oil of your choice
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of Jojoba Wax Spheres in color of your choice
Melt first oil (hard oil) and pour two ounces into 8 oz Pyrex measuring cup.
Add two ounces of beeswax beads (total of four ounces in cup). Add jojoba
wax spheres. Melt together in microwave.
Now add the liquid vegetable oil. Use 2 ounces for a hard bar, which would
bring your total to 6 ounces or 3 ounces for a softer bar for a total of 7
ounces. Stir to mix thoroughly.
Add essential oil or fragrance oil when mixture has cooled slightly. Pour
into small soap molds. Pop out when cool, about two hours. For best results,
put in refrigerator for a few minutes before popping out of mold.
Uses:
- Wet hands and rub with lotion bar
- Rub on body when getting out of shower while still damp
- Use as drawer sachet
- Cut off a sliver and let melt in hot bath water
- Massage into cuticles to soften them
- Rub into elbows and knees Massage - use softer bar recipe.
Another hard oil you can use is Shea Butter
- use 2 ounces of liquid oil with this in addition to the beeswax. It makes
a very nice bar, especially when using essential oils and jojoba.
You can also use our regular, chocolate smelling cocoa butter. Use scents
such as peppermint or spearmint oil which will compliment the chocolate
smell of the cocoa butter.
Use sunflower oil when you want a lotion bar that absorbs readily into your
skin. Sweet Almond oil is great for cuticles and for a heavier, more
moisturizing bar.
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Garden Spray - Essential Oil Recipe Preparation time: 15 minutes Yield: 4 ounces Essential Oils Needed: Peppermint, Rosemary Other Ingredients / Materials: Garlic cloves, water, cayenne powder, liquid dishwashing detergent (biodegradable), spray bottle Directions: Place 5 garlic cloves, 1 cup water, and 1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder into a blender and mix. Strain through a fine strainer or coffee filter. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon peppermint and 1/2 teaspoon liquid dishwashing detergent. Pour solution into spray bottle and use on vegetables and flowers. |
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| BROWN SUGAR SCRUB Mix all ingredients together and pour into clean glass jars. Ensure that the rims of the jars are clean, affix sealing disks before capping. Makes : 16 ounces * Using brown sugar rather than white makes this scrub gentler on the skin, and less likely to affect sensitive skin. |
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Cornmeal Chamomile Scrub Cornmeal Acts as a natural exfoliate, while chamomile tea soothes tired skin. Use fine cornmeal and chamomile tea that has been brewed and cooled. Mix together equal parts fine cornmeal and cooled chamomile tea to form a gentle scrub. Massage onto face, let dry, then gently rub off and rinse face. This scrub is not recommended for sensitive skin. |
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