Homemade Gifts for a Chocolate Lover on a Diet. Welcome to 52 Kitchen Adventures, your source for creative & delicious desserts! See my Recipe Index for more. Don't want to miss another recipe? Subscribe via RSS or email. Have you entered my giveaway for a $50 Amazon giftcard? One of my favorite bloggers, Kimberly Michelle, hosted a homemade gift exchange via Elfster (a fun gift exchange site that arranges “Secret Santa” giveaways). Elfster lets you ask anonymous questions to people in your gift exchange, so I was able to find out that my giftee, Amy, loves chocolate but is on a diet. Sugar scrubs are an easy homemade gift that are especially great in the winter for dry, chapped hands. Apply to wet hands and lightly rub in a circular motion. You end up with soft, moisturized hands! I still wanted to make something edible (I am a food blogger, after all) so I went with a chocolate meringue kisses.
Are you making any homemade gifts this year? Recipes: Chocolate Hand Scrub Combine cocoa powder, brown sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl. Coordinately Yours Entertaining & Design that Celebrates Life: Gifts | Sugar Scrub. I enjoy making gifts for those dear to me. When contemplating what to give one of my friends for her birthday, I knew that I wanted to give her something natural.
After all, we often talk about taking a step back and looking at products we use and the things we consume and considering chemicals, artificial flavors, etc. Years ago, a friend got me into making my own bath products. I immediately recalled the scent-rosemary mint! It’s so invigorating for winter! It makes a great hostess gift! Labels {Paper Bag Rectangle from Paper Source} sugar grapeseed oil {health food store/Trader Joe’s}…can substitute EVOO rosemary spearmint essential oil {health food store} mixing bowl spatula ice cream scoop Mix 3 cups sugar, 1 cup oil thoroughly.
Add the mixture to your containers using an ice cream scoop. Coordinately yours, Julie. Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub—Homemade Gift for Mother’s Day. 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! Who wouldn’t want to be pampered and have smooth and silky skin?
Plus, smelling amazing after a massage? Yup, you can achieve all of the above with this budget friendly homemade gift. This super simple Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub is the answer! Honestly, I love receiving homemade gift because it just shows how much someone cares to take the time and love to make me something from scratch. The ingredients in the scrub are super simple as well. To use, simply take a spoonful (or more) of the scrub, gently massage it on your hands, your feet, elbows, or wherever your skin feels rough and needs some love. Meyer Lemon Sugar Scrub: (Printable Recipe) Makes 1 (1 cup) jar Zest of 2 Meyer Lemons (you can substitute with regular lemon as well) 1 cup of granulated sugar 2 tablespoons of organic virgin coconut oil 1 tablespoon organic extra virgin olive oil.
Crafts: Ginger Honey Sugar Scrub. Sugar scrubs are so easy to make and customize to your tastes. This is one of my own recipes and a personal favorite. Ingredients 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 2 tbsp ginger 1/2 cup Macadamia Nut Oil 2 tbsp honey Thoroughly mix the brown and white sugars, the white sugar will keep the brown from clumping too much so there will be an even consistency. Sugar is a humectant, and will help retain moisture. Then add the ginger, which is a natural anti-inflammatory. You may wish to add more or less than 2 tbsp depending on how strongly you like the ginger scent. Then add the oil and honey mixing very thoroughly. There are many other oils that can be substituted or mixed if you prefer, vitamin E, sesame, grapeseed, olive, jojoba, almond, apricot and sunflower, to name a few.
Now you'll want to pour/spoon the scrub into a container, mason jars do nicely, and add a ribbon if it's a gift or if you just like pretty things. Poofy Cheeks: Mother’s Day Body Scrub and Printable. Mother’s Day is sneaking up! It is less than two weeks away! This year I am putting together pampering kits for the Mothers in our family. It can be hard to take time for yourself (at least that is what I have found!) , so I hope this will encourage them all to pamper themselves a little. This body scrub is going in their kits and it is super simple to make at home. You need: A jar of some sort Epsom salt Olive Oil Essential or Fragrance Oil Soap colorant or food coloring These printables – HERE Full sheet shipping label paper 2 inch circle punch To make the scrub, fill your jar 3/4 of the way with Epsom salt and then pour olive oil in until the jar is almost full. If you want to use the printables just print the file onto one sheet of shipping label paper and use a 2 inch circle punch to cut them out.
Enjoy, Homemade Sugar Scrub | Rosemary Mint Sugar Scrub Recipe. Rosemary Mint Sugar Scrub beauty, DIY, handmade gifts | 54 comments Not only is it incredibly easy and fast whip up a batch of homemade sugar scrub for yourself, jars of homemade sugar scrubs make great inexpensive gifts for any occasion. This homemade sugar scrub recipe is something you’ll want to take note of for the upcoming holiday season, but don’t forget to pamper yourself once in a while too!
Homemade Sugar Scrub Supplies To make a batch of homemade sugar scrub for gifting purposes you’ll need just a few things. SugarKosher or Epsom SaltCarrier OilPure Essential OilsPretty JarsRibbon and/or tags I like a combination of sugar and salt in my scrubs, but you can use all salt or all sugar if you desire. What is a Carrier Oil? A carrier oil is a base oil that is added to homemade sugar scrub recipes. Pure Essential Oils need to be diluted with a carrier oil because they are too strong to use full strength to moisten the sugar/salt scrub portion of the mixture alone. More Homemade Gift Ideas: