Candy Cane Bath Salts:
2 cups epsom salts
1/2 c. sea salt
4-6 drops peppermint oil
2-3 drops red
food coloring.
Place one cup of epsom and 1/4 cup sea salt in a bowl or resealable
plastic
bag. Add 2-3 drops
peppermint oil.
Place the remaining ingredients in a second bowl. Mix all ingredients
well.
Layer the red and
white salts in a clear bottle or jar. Tie with a
ribbon and
some small candy canes. This makes a great holiday gift
for friends.
Dusting Powder: Fill an empty powder box with cornstarch, spray with perfume, shake, and let stand overnight.
Herbal Bath: In a cheese cloth pouch, put 1 tablespoon each dried lavender, rosemary, and thyme. Fill tub with 1 inch
hot water. Steep pouch 5 minutes. Remove and fill tub with your bath water.
Homemade Bubble Bath: 2 cups vegetable oil, 10 drops perfume, 3 tablespoons liquid shampoo. Beat in blender for 3 minutes.
Homemade Bubble Bath 2: Filll a 10-ounce, wide mouth bottle or jar with 7 ounces of mild liquid, scent free, bubble bath,
1 ounch of baby oil, and a handful of fresh flower blossoms, herbs or a combination of the two. Some suggestions are baby's
breath, sweet alyssum, rose petals, lavender or mint. Gently shake the mixture and let is set for a few days to combine and
get stronger in fragrance. It is best to use three to seven days after mixing. Pour a quarter of a bottle into the tub and
enjoy. Make sure that if you give this as a gift to attach a card that gives directions for use.
Bath Bags: You will need pieces of muslin about 8 or 10 inche squares, dried herbs and flowers, yarn. Place a handful
of the herbs and flowers in the center of each square. Bring the corners together and make a bag with a yarn tie. You can
hang these bags from the bath tub faucet. While the tub fills, the water will flow through the bag and make scented bath water.
Look under Homemade Bubble Bath 2 for suggestions on flowers and herbs.
Message Soaps
Needed:
Wax paper or plastic cloth
Heart-shaped soap molds
Cooking oil
Alphabet beads
Uncolored glycerine soap bars
Butter knife
Microwavable measuring cup
Food Coloring
Popsicle stick
Toothpicks
1. Cover work surface with wax paper or plastic cloth
2. Coat soap molds with cooking oil
3. Spell out words with beads (such as love, kisses, xoxo). Arrange words to read right to left facedown on the bottoms
of the molds. Set aside.
4. Shave soap into slivers with a butter knife and place them in measuring cup.
5. Microwave the pieces until liquidified. Do not boil.
6. Put a drop of food color on wax paper, barely touch the edge of a popsicle stick to the drop, and dye the soap with
the stick.
7.Slowly pour the melted soap into molds. If beads move, push them back with a toothpick.
8. Put molds into the freezer for 15 minutes. Turn the molds over and pop the soap out.
