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Body Care  RECIPES

SUGAR SCRUB RECIPE

  • ½ Cup Coconut Oil
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • Body safe Liquid Dye
  • 10ml fragrance oil or 5ml essential oil

Microwave coconut oil in the microwave for 15-25 seconds until softened.

Mix coconut oil, 1-2 drops of the liquid dye, sugar and fragrance oil together. Add extra colour if needed. Spoon scrub into an air tight container.

SALT SCRUB RECIPE

  • 1 ½ Cups Fine Sea Salt
  • 2/3 Cup Almond Oil or Coconut Oil
  • 15ml essential oil or 30ml fragrance oil
  • Dried Flowers
  • Fresh Orange Peel (optional)

Blend ingredients together and spoon into a sealed container.

To use, apply to wet skin and gently massage. Rinse well.

CARAMEL VANILLA SCRUB RECIPE

  • 80g shea butter
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon almond oil
  • 20ml caramel vanilla fragrance
  • 1 tablespoon ground oatmeal (optional)

Melt shea butter in microwave until fluid.

Mix ingredients together. Spoon into an air-tight container. 

To use, apply to wet skin and gently massage. Rinse well.

ROSE MILK SEA SALT SOAK RECIPE

  • 1/2 Cup of Course Himalayan Rock Salt
  • 1 Cup of Fine Sea Salt
  • 1/2 Cup  Milk Powder
  • 3 Tablespoons of Rose Buds
  • 10 ml of Rose & Lily fragrance oil

Mix all ingredients together, adding in roses and fragrance last.

Spoon into a sealed container or upright bag.

To use, add 2- 3 spoonfuls of bath milk to your bath.

We also sell scoops and muslin bags which are great to add in with your bath soak.

RELAXING BATH SOAK RECIPE

  • 1 Cup Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 1/2 Cup of Course Himalayan Salt
  • 1/4 Cup Fine Sea Salt
  • 1/4 Cup of Almond Oil
  • 5mls of lavender essential oil or 10 ml of lavender fragrance oil
  • 2-3 Tablespoons of lavender petals

Combine the bicarbonate soda, himalayan salt, fine sea salt, almond oil, fragrance oil together and mix well.

Add in lavender petals and mix through.

BATH MILK RECIPE

  • ¼ Cup Bicarbonate Soda
  • ¼ Cup Epsom Salts
  • 1 Cup Milk Powder
  • 12 drops of essential oil or 15 ml of fragrance oil

Blend with a fork and spoon into a sealed container or upright bag.

To use, add 2 spoonfuls of bath milk to your bath.

FLORAL BATH SOAK RECIPE

  • 1  Cup of Course Himalayan Salt
  • 3/4 Cup Epsom Salts
  • 5mls of your favourite essential oil or 10ml of your favourite fragrance oil.
  • 2-3 Tablespoons of red rose petals
  • 2-3 Tablespoons of Calendula flowers

Blend salts and fragrance together and then pour into your air-tight container. Decorate the top placing the red rose petals on one half and the calendula flowers on the other half of the salts.

 

To use, add two-three spoonfuls into your bath.

BEESWAX LIP BALM RECIPE

  • 1 Tablespoon of Beeswax
  • 2 Tablespoons of Coconut Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons of Shea Butter
  • 10 Drops of Essential Oil or 5ml of lip balm flavouring
  • 10 lip balm tubes

Melt beeswax, coconut oil and shea butter either in the microwave or on a stovetop.
Add essential oil or lip balm flavouring.
Gently pour into tubes.
You will have a little bit of the mixture left over, keep it for later.
Once lip balm has set, remelt the remainder mixture and top up the tubes as the balm does sink a little as they set.

Makes 10 tubes.

Note: If you find your lip balms have a grainy texture over time, try melting down the shea butter before blending it, putting it into the freezer and then remelting it with your beeswax and coconut oil. 

EASY PERFUME RECIPE

  • 10ml perfume bottle
  • 7mls of Almond oil (Or any other non pungent base oil)
  • 3mls of Essential OR fragrance oil
  • Flower Petals - Optional

Fill Pefume bottle with 7mls of Almond oil. Top up with your fragrance OR essential oils. Place lid on bottle and shake gently to combine ingredients!

Try adding flower petals in your roll on perfume bottle to add some colour!

You can use any perfume bottle just keep the ratio of almond oil to scent at 70:30! 

FOAMING BATH BUTTER RECIPE

  • 200g Foaming Bath Butter
  • 200g Sugar
  • 30mls of Almond Oil
  • 15mls fragrance oil OR 10mls essential oil
  • Liquid Body safe dyes
  • Body safe glitter

Add a drop of your liquid dye into your Almond Oil.  Stir to blend the dye until you have the desired colour shade. Blend bath butter, sugar and coloured oil. Whip with electric beaters for approximately 2 minutes until the mixture has doubled in size.  Add fragrance and whip for another minute. Add to your container and gently sprinkle small amounts of glitter through your bath butter until the container is full.

 

To use, scrub the bath butter onto skin and rinse off in shower. 

BODY LOTION RECIPE

  • 50g of Coconut Wax
  • 2.5mls Fragrance Oil OR 2mls Essential Oil
  • 50ml container

Combine coconut wax and fragrance oil into mixing bowl.

Whip with fork until fluffy.

Scoop into glass container.

Rub into skin and use when desired.

COFFEE CARAMEL SOAP RECIPE

  • 700g of your favourite white melt and pour soap base
  • 1 heaped teaspoon of fresh coffee grounds
  • 10mls of Almond Oil
  • 25mls Salted Caramel fragrance oil
  • 1-2 drops of brown body safe liquid dye
  • Silicone soap mould
  • Isopropyl Alcohol spray
  • Cling wrap

Cut your melt and pour soap base into small chunks and microwave in 15 second intervals until liquid.

Mix in coffee grounds, almond oil, fragrant oil and 1-2 drops of your liquid body safe dye.

Pour into soap mould and spray generously with the isopropyl alcohol spray until bubbles have dispersed.

Allow a couple of hours for the soap to set.

Once it has set, wrap your soap in cling wrap to hold in the moisture and fragrance.

 

ROOM SPRAY / PILLOW MIST RECIPE

  • 120ml spritzer bottle
  • 70mls distilled water
  • 30mls isopropyl alcohol
  • 10ml fragrance oil or 5ml essential oil

Mix all of your liquids together and pour into your spritzer bottle!

Your room sprays are so inexpensive to make and fragrance the room so well!

We recommend trying the relaxation or the lavender essential oils for your pillow mists. Spray onto your pillow just before bedtime and enjoy.

 

KAOLIN CLAY MASK RECIPE

  • 3 Tablespoons of Kaolin Clay
  • 3 Tablespoons of Rose Otto Water

Mix ingredients together until your reach the texture of a soft paste. 

Apply to face and leave on for up to five minutes before washing off.

Rose water helps maintain the skin's PH balance and cools, hydrates and tones the skin. It also helps to reduce puffiness and contains vitamin C.

LIQUID SOAP RECIPE

  • 110ml Square Soap Dispenser Bottle 
  • 90ml Organic Liquid Castille Soap
  • 10ml Polysorbate 20
  • 10ml fragrance oil or 5ml essential oil

Combine equal parts of fragrance oil / essential oil to Polysorbate 20, stir until mixture is no longer cloudy. If mixture is still cloudy add more Polysorbate 20 until mixture is clear. (Note: Some fragrance oil / essential oil may not become completely clear because of their properties) 

Slowly add the Polysorbate 20 mixture to your liquid soap, slowly stirring until clear again. Pour into prepared bottle.

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