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Beauty tips: how to make your own herbal eye mask. Bath Bombs and Bath Melts Recipes from the Snowdrift Farm Formulary. Exfoliating Foot Scrub. Exfoliating foot and body scrubs have become very popular.

Exfoliating Foot Scrub

And no wonder—not only do they feel good to apply, but they leave the skin feeling soft and wonderful afterwards! Try experimenting with different essential oils or blends or try combining different exfoliating materials until you find your own personal favorite. Instructions: Pour 1/4 cup of either coarse sea-salt, fine sea-salt, epsom salt or raw sugar in a bowl (Note: while salt works very well as an exfoliating agent, it can sting if it gets into open cuts or sores, so be sure to either warn recipients to only use on unbroken skin, or use sugar as your exfoliator instead).

Add 1/4 cup of sweet almond oil and stir together. Extra Ideas Use ultramarine powders or other natural powders and oil-soluble colorants to color your scrubs. If you are looking for some blend ideas that you can use for your exfoliating scrub creation, try the book 500 Formulas for Aromatherapy by Carol & David Schiller. Excellent Living Guide – Remixed! » The Fast Guide To Making Bath Bombs. Finally, A New Version – December 2010!

Excellent Living Guide – Remixed! » The Fast Guide To Making Bath Bombs

The fast guide has finally been updated with several error fixes and some new info. It now weighs in at 51 pages. Buy a printed version from Lulu here – $11.95: Excellent Living Guide – Remixed! » Bath Bombs For Beginners. If you’re a beginner to making bath bombs, here is a quick overview of the ingredients and process.

Excellent Living Guide – Remixed! » Bath Bombs For Beginners

You will see that there’s nothing to it — seriously. Three whole ingredients for the basic bath bomb! Of course, it’s pretty boring, but this is the foundation of bath bombing. Everything else, the color, fragrance, oils, corn starch, etc, is just icing on the cake, so to speak. Bath bombs. By far the best bath bomb recipe and instructions I found in my search are given by Brenda Sharpe (thank you Brenda!).

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So go there and read those and look at great the photos. Ok? Ok. She mentions the need to keep the bath bomb mixture as dry as possible, but I live in a very damp climate. My first few attempts failed pretty miserably because of this. Skip to: notes | instructions | afterthoughts on where to get the ingredients Baking soda is baking soda, you can get it in any grocery store. A note about corn starch update Feb. 19th, 2003 This space used to say: Ingredients for How To Make Massage Oil At Home.

Botanical names of essential aromatherapy oils. Here is a listing of the botanical names of many essential oils.

Botanical names of essential aromatherapy oils

You may find some of these oils difficult to find, but you can do very well with only a few of these these in your medicine chest to start with. Preference for oils is a very personal thing, so experiment with a few oils to see which ones you like best. The botanical names of plants are in Latin and are always listed as genus first, then species. So the genus of the Angelica flowering plant is "Angelica" and the species is "archangelica. " In botanical names the genus is always capitalized, while the following species name is in lower-case letters. These botanical names are linked to pages containing more information. Bath Bombs and Bath Melts Recipes from the Snowdrift Farm Formulary. Essential Oil Profiles. The Essential Oils Directory provides over 110 essential oil profiles.

Essential Oil Profiles

Each profile includes the properties, uses, benefits and safety information for each essential oil. Absolutes and CO2s are also covered. The Essential Oil Directory also includes essential oil guides and other helpful information about properly using and enjoying essential oils within the scope of holistic aromatherapy. Important Note: The information provided in the Essential Oil Profiles area is for educational purposes only. Making Bath Salts: Free recipes for making bath salt.

Bath Salts Sea salts and essential oils are a wonderfully synergistic combination.

Making Bath Salts: Free recipes for making bath salt

The relaxing properties of hot water compliment the effects of well chosen salts and essential oils. Aromatic baths can provide relief from stress and anxiety, assist with muscle and joint pains, and treat the symptoms of more severe skin conditions. Both men and women are enjoying aromatic baths in increasing numbers. The therapeutic benefits of sea salt baths are well known and often recommended by doctors for treating a wide range of medical conditions. Chemical Names of Common Substances. Herbs: List by Scientific Name. Essential Oils Glossary brought to you by SpaIndex.Com. Photos Of Pretty, Pretty, Well Defined Shaped Fizzy Bath Bombs Recipe - 367465 - From Food.com.

Fizzy Bath Bombs Recipe - Food.com - 71301. Homemade Spa Treatment and Beauty Recipes. SpaIndex.com: Guide to Spas is the most popular resource on the web for spa recipes.

Homemade Spa Treatment and Beauty Recipes

We are pleased to share with our readers with a fantastic collection of healthy recipes — for your appetite, your brain, and even your skin. Our recipes for spa cuisine and DIY spa treatments emphasize using fresh, healthy ingredients, but leaving room for an occasional indulgence — we can’t be saintly all the time. “Moderation in all things, including moderation.” — Petronius.