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Beauty products help us to look and feel our best.
These products have been associated with helping us keep our mind
and spirit healthy as well as our body by playing a role in
helping us maintain a high self esteem.
Beauty products don't need to be costly. You can
achieve professional results at home!
HERBAL SHAMPOO
The easiest way to make herbal shampoo is to start
with a gentle base of commercial shampoo and then add you own
herbal infusions and a few drops of essential oil to scent your
hair. Baby shampoo is a good mild soap to use in adding herbals.
You will need to add one part shampoo to five parts herbal
infusion. There are a large variety of herbs you can use but you
need to study the properties of each herb in order to use them
safely for your intended purpose. These are some of the herbs you
can use and their properties. Cloves and Ground Walnut shells will
highlight dark hair colors. Lavender is good for oily hair.
Parsley improves the shine of your hair and helps prevent dandruff
as does Rosemary. Rosemary and ground Walnut shells can also
darken your hair. Lime flowers will soften and conditions your
hair as does Thyme. Nasturtium helps your hair to gain healthy
growth and Sage will not only color dark and gray hair as well as
conditions it.
HONEY HAIR RINSE
1 teaspoon of honey
4 cups of warm water
1 drop of your favorite essential oil or perfume
Wash hair as you would normally. After you are done
pat dry and add this mixture to your hair slowly covering all of
your hair strands. Let your hair air dry for a shiny and soft
feeling.
BATH SALTS
Mix:
6 Cups Epsom Salts
6 Cups Sea Salt
2/3 Cups baking soda
A few drops of Essential Oils and Food Coloring is
optional
To make a sandal wood musk bath salt use 14 drops
of sandal wood essential oil and 10 drops vanilla musk oil with 6
drops of chamomile.
A delightful citrus bath can be made using 10 drops
bergamot, 10 drops orange, 5 drops grapefruit, 2 drops lemon and 5
drops honeydew.
Whichever kind of bath salts you are making you
will want to mix the salts and baking soda in a bowl very well.
Divide the mixture up between several small bowls to create a fun
layered look in your container. For best results mix your coloring
and essential oil separately to each bowl. After letting the bowls
sit for 24 hours you can add a scoopful to your container. You can
make Vanilla, Strawberry and Orange Bath salts and layer them
alternately in a sundae dish for a fun gift idea or layer them in
a glass pasta jar and tie a wooden scoop on with a piece of raffia
or ribbon. Use peppermint essential oil and red and pink
food-coloring to make a candy cane bath salt. You can even layer
the salts in a recycled old plastic candy cane that you find candy
sold in at Christmas time!
HOME-MADE FACE MASKS
To moisturize your skin and make it glow with
beauty you can make many different home-made face masks that can
help dry or tired skin look and feel its best.
Citrus Fruit Mask
Mix one Tablespoon Honey to two Tablespoons orange
juice. Mix completely then add 1 Apple, cored, quartered and
pureed till smooth with 1/2 teaspoon sage. Mix it together well
and secure your hair back out of your face securely. Heat the
mixture a few minutes in the microwave and smooth evenly on your
face. Keep it on your face for 20 minutes and then wash clean with
a warm wash cloth. This can enhance all skin types.
Cucumber Mask
Add 1/2 a Cucumber, 1 Egg white, 1/2 teaspoon Lemon
juice, 1/2 teaspoon Lime juice, 1 tsp Apple Mint Leaves to a food
processor or blender and puree for 5 minutes until smooth. Keep
the mixture in the refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply the mixture
to your face while cool and leave it on for 20 minutes. Rinse it
off with hot washcloth to loosen your pores and then rinse with
cool water to finish your treatment. This mask is especially good
for oily skin.
Peach Tightening Mask
1 Peach, ripe, peeled, pitted
1 Egg white or 1/4 cup cornstarch
1 mint sprig
Whip the peach, egg white or cornstarch and mint
leaves together in a blender until smooth. Smooth mixture evenly
over your face and leave on to tighten for 20 minutes. Rinse off
and pat dry.
FOOT SCRUBS
Making home-made cleansing scrubs are very easy and
a great way to rejuvenate and cleanse tired and warn out feet.
This mixture can also be a wonderful way to remove calluses from
your feet with continued use.
1 Tablespoon of coarse, clean sand
1/4 cup light canola oil
1/4 cup liquid hand soap
1/4 cup sea salt
1/4 cup Epsom salt
OATMEAL SOAP ON A ROPE
1 Cups either oatmeal or cornmeal
1 Cups soap crumbs -- (broken small pieces or hotel
bar sized soap)
2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
2 Tablespoon water
Braided or twisted nylon cording
Cut a 6 inch piece of cord with a knot tied at the
end of it. Take the soap and oatmeal and place in your blender.
First blend and then using the pulse option, pulse until the
mixture becomes fine. Add the soap and oatmeal mixture,oil and
water together. Jojoba oil is a nice additive but can be
expensive. Almond oil is also a wonderful option and very light
but even a light commercial canola oil works great,the cheaper the
better!
Roll your mixture into a long rectangle shape or
ball. Use the back of a table spoon to make a indentation in the
middle of the soap. Place the knot from your cord into the
depression. The soap will need to dry completely at least 2-3
days.
BATH BEADS
2 cups baking soda
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup citric acid
1/2 cup powdered goat's milk
Orange essential oil
3 Tablespoon. dendrite salt (optional)
1-2 T. almond oil
Witch Hazel
Mix the dry ingredients first and then mix your
essential oil to the almond oil and citric acid. slowly add your
moist ingredients gently while working it into a ball of dough
like consistency. Pack it into cand or soap mold or use a melon
baller to create a round bath bead. Let you finished product sit
about 1 hour then remove them from your mold if you are using one.
Set them in a warm, dry location for 1-2 days.
BATH COOKIES
4 cups finely grained sea salt
1 cup baking soda
1 cup cornstarch
4 Tbsp. light canola oil
2 tsp. Vitamin E oil
4 egg whites
10-12 drops rosemary essential oil
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the
ingredients and push it into a candy or soap mold. If you want a
round bath bead, use a melon baller to make rounded beads. Place
it on a ungreased cookie sheet and bake the beads for about 10
minutes or until they are lightly browned. Let cool completely for
a wonderful gift.
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