Time for Tea Soap | Cucumbersome. Drinking tea is such a lovely ceremony, what with the dainty cups and small spoons and little dishes reserved only for steeped tea bags. The aroma is such a huge part of that experience. Sadly, I’m finding that one can only drink so much tea in a day. So why not pull those luscious scents into our lives in other ways? This was my thinking when this idea popped into my head. I have included a full, rather detailed tutorial for you to make these yourself. You can buy all the materials you need here. which some may think is cheating, but I think it’s fantastic.
Which has more bergamot than usual. 1. 4. 8. Here are the tags that are available (click here to view and print): Now I’m off to have a cup of tea… Thanks for reading. One Pretty Thing - DIY craft tutorials. Tutorial: make a yummy natural sugar scrub | oh my! handmade goodness. With the holidays around the corner and cold, dry winter weather upon us here in eastern Canada, I wanted to share a nice sugar scrub to make a great handcrafted gift for family and friends on your gift list this year.
This scrub will tame the dry, flaky skin winter brings, and makes an excellent stocking stuffer. Here’s what you need to make your own Moisturizing Sugar Scrub: Equipment: Mixing BowlKitchen ScaleSpoonTowel (7)Heavy Bottomed saucepan (5)Pipette or measuring spoons (4) Ingredients: 90 g white sugar (1)30 g brown sugar* (2) *You can substitute turbinado or demerara sugar for a coarse scrub45 g shea butter (honey can be substituted) (3)5 g liquid vegetable glycerine (optional)5 g jojoba or extra virgin olive oil (6)25 drops essential oil of your choice (some popular choices are lavender, sweet orange, and clary sage)2 Vitamin E capsules, broken and contents squeezed into recipe 1. 2/3.
Homemade Lotion Bar Recipe. Thank you for visiting Little House in the Suburbs. Please subscribe and you'll get great simple living tips and how-to articles delivered to your inbox, for free! What is a lotion bar? It is a soap-hard manifestation of moisturizer you can make yourself that doesn’t go bad and doesn’t contain: . . . and stuff like that. And lotion bars are child’s play to create. I have a Cadillac lotion bar recipe, but I will lead with the, um, shall we say Ford Escort of lotion bars. 1 part vegetable shortening 1 part vegetable oil 1 part beeswax Melt the shortening and beeswax a double boiler or a little pan in a bigger pan of simmering water.
To use: Let the warmth of your hand melt a little of the bar and rub into dry skin–hands, feet, elbows, etc. Yes, it’s oily at first. Here’s the Cadillac version: 1 part shea butter 1 part avocado oil 1 part beeswax 1200 IU vitamin E (1 lg. capsule) per every 6-8 oz. other oils essential oil (optional) Note: Shea butter can occasionally become grainy.