Below you will find many
different recipes for body and bath products you can make on
your own. Use them either to pamper yourself, or package
them in cute jars for special gifts. I am open to
selling my fragrance oils by the ounce if needed.
Email me at:
joyfuldesigns@hushmail.com if interested.
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Milk Bath
- 3 cups powdered milk
- 1/4 cup oatmeal
- 1/4 cup dried orris root (has a soft violet scent)
- 1/3 cup almond meal*
- 1 capsule vitamin E (break open into dry
ingredients)
1/3 cup cornstarch
Directions:
Makes enough for a few baths. Combine ingredients make
sure its completely mixed. Store in a container. When you
are ready to add it to your bath, scoop the desired amount
of the mixture and tie securely in a muslin bag or even a
facecloth will do. Tie to the faucet allowing the warm water
to run over the bag.
To make almond meal:
Using a blender, grind up blanched or slivered almonds to a
powdered consistency.
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Sea Salt Body Scrub
1/2 oz. Beeswax
8 oz. Sweet almond oil
3-1/2 lb. Finely ground sea salts
1 Tbs. each lavender, rosemary and peppermint essential
oils, or your own combination of scents.
Melt the beeswax in the sweet almond oil, then allow it to
cool.
If starting with coarse sea salt, grind it to the
consistency of table salt. Then add the cooled beeswax/oil
mixture and the essential oils.
Don't use it on facial, broken or sensitive skin. This scrub
exfoliates, invigorates, and leaves your skin feeling soft
and smooth
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Sweet Dreams Bath Salts
2 cups kosher salt
2 cups baking soda
5 drops lavender scented oil
handful of lavender buds
*4 tablespoons of liquid glycerin
Combine all of the above ingredients and
stir well. The liquid in this recipe might contribute to
clumps forming, so simply break apart with the help of a
fork.
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Simple Sugar Scrub
50 percent white cane sugar
50 percent avocado oil to moisten the sugar
small amounts of aloe vera gel
1 or two drops of essential oil, adjust to your preference
Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some of the scrub
onto your hand and massage gently onto your skin for a
minute (the scrub will actually tighten onto your skin like
a masque). Leave on for 3 to 4 minutes before rinsing.
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Body Butter
Makes a 1 lb. batch
10 oz. Shea Butter
6 oz. Oils (you can use all one, or use different oils equal
to 6 oz. soy, sweet almond, grapeseed, or avocado)
2 tsp. Corn Starch (optional)
.1/2 oz. fragrance oil (more or less to your preference)
In a large pyrex measuring bowl, melt your shea butter in a
pan of water (double boiler method) on the stove. Once
melted, add your oils, fragrance oil and corn starch. Stir
very well.
Remove the pyrex bowl and set it inside of a large metal
bowl filled with ice water for a cold water bath. This will
help cool the butter faster and is much easier than having
to keep putting it in the freezer in between whipping.
Using a hand mixer, whip the butter continually for several
minutes just like you would frosting. It will begin to cool
and as you keep mixing, it will start to look like whipped
cream. Once the butter has solidified and has the right
whipped texture (it will have peaks on top just like cool
whip!), spoon it into your jars and you are finished!
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Spearmint Foot Soak
w/baking soda
Relax those tired toes with a refreshing foot soak of baking
soda and spearmint oil! Take regular baking soda & add a
few drops of Essential Oil, and shake well. Package in
baggies with directions to add approx. � cup of powder to 1
gallon warm water and soak feet.
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Soy Sugar Scrub
Blend soybean oil, white sugar and fragrance oil. For an 8
oz jar, use 1 cup of white sugar and a few drops of
essential oil to desired strength (you can use all soybean
or a blend of various oils). and two Vitamin E capsules or �
tsp Vitamin E. Fragrance with � tsp essential oil.
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Foot
Sneaker Powder
Not the sandal type? Use corn starch and add a few drops of
spearmint fragrance, shake well and package in empty spice
shakers. This is perfect for feet that tend to sweat in
tennis shoes!
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Lip Balm
- 1/2 ounce beeswax beads
- 4 ounces sweet almond oil
- 1 teaspoon colored jojoba beads
- 2 teaspoon essential oil
Directions
Put the 4 ounces of sweet almond oil in glass cup add
beeswax beads and jojoba beads and melt in microwave. Stir
with spoon. Let it cool for a few minutes, then add
essential oil. Pour into lip balm jars.
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Homemade Lotion
- 3/4 cup of almond oil
- 1/3 cup of coconut oil or cocoa butter
- 1 teaspoon lanolin
- 1/2 oz grated beeswax
- 2/3 cup rosewater
- 1/3 cup aloe vera gel
- 1 to 2 drops rose oil
- 1 Vitamin E capsule
Melt almond oil, coconut oil, lanolin and beeswax over
low heat. Mix well and let cool.
Mix rosewater, aloe vera gel and rose oil. Add the
contents of the vitamin E capsule. Whip this mixture into
the beeswax mixture until well blended. Store in a jar with
a tight lid.
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Scent Combination Ideas
Here are some ideas of nice smelling
combinations you can use for any of the above recipes.
Experiment to find your favorite scent. The combinations
are endless.
sandalwood vanilla
sandalwood rose
jasmine sandalwood
eucalyptus spearmint
rosemary spearmint
lemon peppermint
lavender chamomile
lavender vanilla
lavender bergamot
bergamot sage
