Friday, May 1, 2015

Basic Bath Salts

1 cup Baking soda
5 cups Epsom salt
3 cups Sea salt or Kosher salt
Food coloring, opt.
Essential oil, opt.

Combine well. Store in airtight container. Add a scoop to bath water. About ½ cup.

Coffee Egg Face Mask

1 egg white, whipped
½ cup ground coffee powder

Combine and apply to face. Let dry completely and then wash off with tepid water. Tone and moisturize.

**May feel slight tightness as the mask dries. This will disappear with washing off the mask.**

Cocoa Butter Coffee Face Mask

4 Tbsp. ground coffee powder
3-4 Tbsp.  Cocoa butter
½ cup cream or whole milk

Mix to make a uniform paste. Apply to face; let dry 20 minutes. Rinse with cool water. Tone and moisturize.

Foot Soak & Detox

Large Batch:
1 cup Epsom Salt
1 cup Sea Salt
2 cups Baking Soda

Small Batch (1soak):
1 Tbsp.  Epsom salt
1 Tbsp. Sea salt
2 Tbsp. Baking soda

Combine well. Use ¼ cup for 1 pan of hot water. Soak feet for 20 minutes.

Honey Heel Cream

1 cup honey
1-2 Tbsp. Milk
Juice of ½-1 orange

Warm honey slightly. Stir in warmed milk (not hot) and the juice of ½ orange. Combine well.
Spread a layer of the cream evenly onto heels, massaging as you go to help it sink in. The layer doesn't need to be super thick.
Leave on 45 minutes, rinse, if desired, with warm water, dry feet throughly. Do this 2x daily.
Keeps up to 1 month if refrigerated.

Rose Water II

1 cup packed rose petals, about 2 roses
distilled water
Vitamin E oil

Place rose petals in small pan. Fill with ditilled water, cover and heat over very low heat. Allow to steam (do not boil) until petals lose color. Add few drops Vitamin E oil and refrigerate. Ready to use!!

Rose Water #1

½ cup dried organic rose buds
Hot distilled water

Place rose buds in a bowl. Pour hot water over the buds to cover. Let set 2 hours.
Strain well, squeezing buds to extract rose water. Store in refrigerator. Lasts 1 week.