Make Your Own Cuticle Treatment

Cuticle Treatment

For the luxurious feeling of a salon treatment without the expense of a manicure, mix up
a batch of this softening soak.
¼ cup sweet almond carrier oil
2 teaspoons apricot kernel carrier oil
5 drops geranium essential oil
2 drops rose essential oil
1. Pour the sweet almond and apricot kernel carrier oils, then the geranium and rose
essential oils, into a small dark-colored glass bottle, and shake well.
2. Add a few drops of the solution to a bowl of warm water.
3. Soak your hands for 10 minutes

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luxurious body moisturising butter

Body Butter

It’s quick and easy to whip up your own full-body moisturizing butter. If the combined
scents of vanilla, almond, coconut, and cocoa sound too sweet, replace the cocoa butter
with shea butter, and use jasmine or ylang-ylang essential oil. This recipe yields about 3
cups.
1 cup raw cocoa butter
½ cup coconut carrier oil
½ cup sweet almond carrier oil
6 drops vanilla essential oil
1. Place the cocoa butter and the coconut carrier oil in a glass or ceramic bowl.
2. Set the bowl in a pan of water over low heat, and allow the ingredients to melt.
3. Remove the bowl from the heat and let it cool for 30 minutes.
4. Add the sweet almond carrier oil and the vanilla essential oil to the cooled mixture.
5. Chill the mixture in the freezer for 20 minutes.
6. Using an electric mixer or a food processor, whip the combined ingredients until they
look like butter.
7. Spoon the body butter into a glass jar, and store it in the refrigerator between uses.

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DIY Essential Oil Bath Salts

Bath Salts

It takes only a few minutes to create your own bath salts, and you can store them in
attractive containers for display on your bathroom shelves.
3 cups sea salt
3 teaspoons coconut carrier oil
6 drops cedarwood essential oil
6 drops chamomile essential oil
4 drops clary sage essential oil
4 drops jasmine essential oil
1. Pour the salt into a ceramic or glass bowl.
2. Drizzle the coconut carrier oil over the salt 1 teaspoon at a time, mixing after each
drizzle to prevent clumping.
3. Add the cedarwood, chamomile, clary sage, and jasmine essential oils, and mix well.
4. Store the salts in a container with a tight-fitting lid, and add up to 1 cup to a running
bath.

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DIY Bath Bombs

Bath Balls
Toss two of these in the bathwater to delight your children or give yourself a treat. A
basket or bowl of these fragrant little wonders also makes a nice addition to a bathroom
shelf or vanity.
½ cup citric acid
1 cup baking soda
¾ cup cornstarch
¼ cup Epsom salt
10 to 15 drops essential oil (good choices: jasmine lavender, patchouli, vanilla, and
yang-ylang)
6 drops food coloring of your choice
2 ounces water
1. Stir together the citric acid, baking soda, and cornstarch, and run them through a sifter
or sieve to be sure they’re thoroughly combined.
2. Add the Epsom salt, and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the essential oil and food coloring to the dry ingredients, using your fingers to
break up any lumps.
4. Lightly spray the mixture with the water to dampen it. If you use too much water, the
mixture will fizz and expand.
5. Form the dampened mixture into round balls about the size of an egg.
6. Place the balls on a baking sheet, and leave them to dry overnight.
7. Store the bath balls where they’ll be within easy reach for a soothing bath.

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The Insider's Guide to Wellness And Beauty Boosts With Essential Oils

Essential oils can bring

About noticeable improvements

In the way you look

Aromatherapy can support your health and well-being, but it’s most pleasing effects

Come to light when you use it for hair, facial, skin, nail, and overall body care.

Essential oils don’t just smell good. They can also bring about noticeable

Improvements in the way you look. Making your own creams, lotions, balms, and other

Personal care items is one sure way to know the products you’re using contain only

Natural ingredients, including pure essential oils.

If you don’t already have a natural foods store at which you shop, look for one in your

Area. You’ll find ingredients like castile soap, rosewater, raw cocoa butter, raw honey, and

Vegetable glycerine at your neighborhood co-op grocery story, public market, or natural

Foods store (in larger cities, try Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s).

It may surprise you to find how easy it is to mix your own beauty products—and once

You begin using these natural ingredients; you may find it more economical than buying

Expensive department store products loaded with chemicals you cannot pronounce.

Perhaps best of all, you can customize the scents of your homemade bath balls, bath

Salts, deodorant, lip balm, and lip gloss to suit your senses, selecting just the right

Balance of scents from the suggested lists in these recipes

For oily, combination, or acne-prone skin, use essential oils with an astringent effect.

Place a few drops of this astringent onto a cotton ball and smooth it over your face,

Paying special attention to the T-zone area.

2 ounces rosewater

1-ounce witch hazel

2 drops sandalwood essential oil

1-drop cypress essential oil

1. Pour the rosewater into a 3-ounce glass bottle.

2. Add the witch hazel, followed by the sandalwood and cypress essential oils, and shake

Well.

3. Let the solution stand for 36 hours.

4. Shake the solution again, and pour it through a coffee filter to remove the oils sitting

On top of the mixture.

5. Discard the filter, and pour the remaining solution back into the bottle.

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