Create your own old fashioned Candy Cane Salt Tubes following these directions posted by BathBodySupply.com. These will make great gifts all year round!… Read More ...
Homemade Body Oils
Julia Coney, creator of All About the Pretty, a website to devoted to all things beautiful, shares directions for creating Homemade Body Oils on Craftzine.com.… Read More ...
Bath Snowballs Recipe
I love these bath snowballs found on Martha Stewart’s website. These fragrant spheres for the bath are made by packing Epsom salts into a plastic mold. These will make a great holiday gift for someone special!… Read More ...
Cupcake Bath Bombs
Little Birdie Secrets posted a tutorial for the most adorable cupcake bath bombs. According to the feature, bath bombs are made up of a few simple ingredients, along with essential oil for aromatherapy and almond oil to soften the skin. Get the recipe here.
Check out the t-shirt design here. Bath Bomb T-shirt.
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Terrific Tuesdays’ Body Scrub Recipe
Body scrubs are especially necessary in the winter months to cure dry skin. Terrific Tuesdays posted an easy-to-follow body scrub recipe. You can also download a cute tag that includes instructions for the recipient!… Read More ...
Angry Chicken’s Lip Balm
Angry Chicken shares a simple recipe for lip balm. She got all her supplies from Mountain Rose Herbs.
“This batch is a teaspoon of cocoa butter, a teaspoon of shea butter, a teaspoon of almond oil, a little vitamin E oil and about 15 drops of sweet orange essential oil. I melted it … Read More ...
Bath Butter Scrub Recipe
Denise of Go Planet Earth shares a Bath Butter Scrub Recipe on her blog. You can purchase a kit to create the scrub here.… Read More ...
Soap Queen Christmas Projects
Soap Queen posted a collection of links to past Christmas projects. I especially like Christmas Tags – Don’t Throw ‘Em Away! and Champagne Bubble Bath.
DIY Glycerin Soap
The Daily Green, a great source for news and information about going green, posted directions for creating a DIY Glycerin Soap. The instructions are from Stephanie O’Dea’s book From Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking. The site also has a wonderful gift guide with 100+ … Read More ...
The Nose “Knows” – Free E-book
Are you tired of paying for high-dollar perfumes and soaps? Wish you could create your own signature fragrance, but think it’s too difficult to try? If you answered yes you need to check out the free E-book from Homemade Beauty Products. The Nose “Knows” provides you with lists of exactly what you need to … Read More ...
Handmade Bath Salts & Soaks
If you’re looking for some ideas for homemade holiday gifts, check out these ideas from The Mother Load. There is a tutorial for creating Oatmeal Cookies & Milk Bath, as well as Candy Cane Bath Salts. They both sound very festive and fun for the holiday season! You can even download a … Read More ...
Warming Choco Chai Body Scrub
Treat yourself to this Warming Choco Chai Body Scrub posted on Beauty Buffet.
Warming Choco Chai Body Scrub
1 tbsp. finely ground cocoa powder
1 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
3 tbsp. sweet almond oil
a pinch of cinnamon, cardamom, clove or 1/4 tsp. essential oils
2 black tea bags
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Roll On Fragrance Recipe
Escents Aromatherapy shares a Roll On Fragrance recipe on their blog. The recipe was submitted by an entrant in their I Heart Aromatherapy Recipe Contest.
Recipe:
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops grapefruit essential oil
5 drops bergamot essential oil
Use the Escents Unscented Roll-on as the base for this recipe. Simply add the … Read More ...
Majestic Mountain Sage
Majestic Mountain Sage, a full-service supplier of raw materials to the handcrafted soap and cosmetics industry, has a great collection of recipes on their website. Recipes include those for various bar soaps, lip balms, and much more. Their blog is also a great source for step-by-step tutorials and more. image from Adventures … Read More ...
DIY Lip Gloss
Between the Lines shares a recipe for creating your own DIY lip gloss. The recipe is from Juliana Foster’s book The Girls’ Book – How to be the Best at Everything.… Read More ...