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Bath Salt. Homemade bath salt is a great gift and it only takes a few minutes to make!

Bath Salt

Everyone loves a relaxing bath and sweet smelling bath salt is the perfect touch to help you wash away the cares of the day. You can create bath salt with just a few simple ingredients and your prettiest jars. Bath Salts/Oils/Herbs. Guest Post by Destri of The Mother Huddle: I tend to take my bath with bubbles, but lately I have discovered essential oils, salts, and herbs.

Bath Salts/Oils/Herbs

It has taken my bath from ho-hum to deserving of a Calgon commercial. Plus salts have a wealth of health benefits that bubbles just can’t seem to live up to – throw in the herbs and oil and, well…no contest! One trip to your local health food store is all it takes. There are many recipes you can make depending on the kind of day you’ve had, but if yours are anything like mine, you need the “hallelujah, I made it through the day” blend – so that is the one we will make today. Bath Tea Supplies: Epsom Salt or Sea Salt or bothEssential oil – I used sweet orangeHerbs – I used chamomile flowers and lavender budsEmpty press and brew tea bags, organza, or your wash cloth and elastic Start with 4 cups of salt.

Now add 1 cup of chamomile and ¾ cup of lavender and mix well. DIY Bubble Bath. Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub. Before I post another recipe for Mother’s Day, I want to share a quick Homemade gift idea that you’ll love.

Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub

Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub! Sugar Scrubs Recipes. Lavender Sugar Scrub. Time for Tea Soap. Creative/Unusual Soap Designs. A few of these look quite delicious but these aren't for eating.

Creative/Unusual Soap Designs

What we have here is 'Creative Soap Designs' from all over the world. Soap Cake: "Almond scented goat's milk soap cake. The icing is colored with natural caramel color and the fragrance is Bramble Berry's Cinnamon Sugar. " Garden Party: "Hot pink & lime green with a sprinkling of gold mica. " Soap Making Instructions - StumbleUpon. DIY Lotion. Few things are more satisfying to the body and the ego than homemade lotion.

DIY Lotion

In addition to the obvious benefits of being more economical and free from mystery additives, it works far better than its store-shelf counterparts, which, more often than not, leave my skin feeling dry and overall unsatisfied. Do you ever have that experience? As an added bonus, making lotions yourself allows you to give your moisturizers fresh, natural scents like coconut, lavender, and chocolate – a far cry from the artificial, lab-manufactured fragrances.

DIY Lip Salve/Moisturizer. This is not exactly desert, no, but a Sweet Sunday it still is… being Sunday and all.

DIY Lip Salve/Moisturizer

If your lips are begging for moisture but you reply back to them, “Dear lips, I can’t stand what’s in store-bought lip-moisturizers these days” then you are in luck my friend. For here is a natural and fabulous recipe (not to mention a scandalously-simple one) for homemade salve. The best part? Putting it in a cute jar or vintage tin. YOUR WILL NEED: ——— 2 oz infused oil or 2 oz dried herbs ——— 2 T Bees Wax ——— 2 drops essential oil (optional) WHAT TO DO: Warm the oil over low heat until just hot.

Lip Balms. To make more than one kind of lip balm at a time, divide the recipe in half and scent and color the batches separately. For lip balms, we like to use essential oils that have an "edible" scent, such as citrus. Beeswax pellets are available at crafts stores. Our how-to makes two .15-ounce tubes and two 1/2-ounce tins or pots. Cool Mint Lip Balm. On Tuesday I showed you the sparkly strawberry lip balms I made for my Christmas cracker gifts.

Cool Mint Lip Balm

They'd be great for the gals, but I also needed something for the lads so I made cool mint lip balms with a white leaf atop. Christmas gift : Cool mint lip balmIngredients. All Natural Lip Balm. The week leading up to the new year wasn't exactly how I had pictured it.

All Natural Lip Balm

It was the last week of the boys winter break. I had envisioned walks around downtown looking at the lights, taking down the Christmas tree together, continuing our holiday baking marathon and maybe even a little post Christmas mall browsing. Citrus Facial Refresher. In a small sauce pan, bring water to a boil.

Citrus Facial Refresher

Add vitamin C tablet and stir until dissolved. In a medium glass bowl, add the lemon peel. Pour the hot water over the lemon peel and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to steep overnight on the counter. Pour mixture into four (4 oz.) plastic spray bottles, removing all but one piece of the lemon peel in each bottle. Perfume Watch/Locket. Try as I might, I cannot seem to grasp even the most basic of feminine beauty rituals.

Perfume Watch/Locket

Herbal Eye Pillow. These eye pillows are great at the end of a yoga session during relaxation (Savasana). They help to ease any tension around the eyes , allowing the muscles in the face to release more. And with a wonderful lavender scent, the aroma itself is relaxing too. Herbal Foot Soak.