Soap Making, Oils and Recipes
Now that the weather is turning chillier and your skin may be getting drier, try this great recipe for a herbal facial steam. Steaming helps rehydrate your skin, boost circulation and make your skin glow again! The lavender, geranium and calendula ingredients will help tone your skin and instill a sense of calm.
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Martha Stewart’s website has got a super quick and easy project for making a seashell soap dish. Any local craft store is a great place to pick up beautiful shells if you don’t live near a beach.
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I came across an interesting and easy recipe for a homemade hair remover on bellasugar using ingredients you can easily find in your kitchen. I’m not quite brave enough to try it out myself yet, but if you make it, please let me know how it is!
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Tipnut has a great recipe for making your own lavender water, great for freshening linens, adding to the bath, or helping you sleep.
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Snowdrift Farms has a CP recipe for a beautiful and festive pomegranate punch soap. Start now and it will be ready in time for holiday gift giving!
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The Soap Queen has posted another fantastic recipe on her blog, this time for a pumpkin seed exfoliating mask. The mask uses pumpkin seeds, the oil of which helps moisturize skin and erase fine lines.
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Do you like to change your décor with the seasons? EHow has some great (and affordable!) tips on decorating your bathroom for autumn. … Read More ...
Tipnut has a recipe for making a rose scented dusting powder. If you’re not a rose lover, you can substitute lavender to make a dusting powder for linens to help you sleep. See Tipnut for the directions.… Read More ...
I love to give hooded towels as presents for baby showers and kid’s birthdays. Skip to My Lou has a hooded towel tutorial made from a bath towel and a hand towel that is sure to please any little one! See Skip to My Lou for more.… Read More ...
Marcy Paulson has a lovely tutorial on making autumn inspired potpourri, full of nutmeg, pine, cinnamon and other spicy scents. This recipe would also be great for the Christmas holidays. Visit here for the instructions.… Read More ...
Purl Soho has got an easy to knit bath mat tutorial on its blog, the Purl Bee. Click here for all the details.… Read More ...
Here is a tutorial for a great embedded bug soap for an easy melt and pour project. There’s still a week left before Halloween to make these!
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As an admitted germophobe, I love using yoga mat disinfectants after my yoga classes. This antibacterial yoga mat spray from our friends at CraftBits does the trick.
Ingredients:
Filtered water
1/4 cup of Vinegar
3 tbs Alcohol
Eucalyptus essential oil
1 tsp Tea Tree Oil
spray bottle
Directions:
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Not only are these green tea bath bags are easy to make, but green tea is great for the skin, as the the polyphenols in green tea have anti-inflammatory properties.
1 cup Green tea leaves
1/4 cup Lavender buds
1/8 cup Chamomile flowers
4 tbs Dried lemon peel
8 drops Bergamot essential oil
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The Soap Kitchen has a very detailed recipe for a solid shampoo for cold process soap makers.
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