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36. Cucumber Loofah Soap

3 oz. opaque soap
2 tsp. powdered loofah
15 drops cucumber fragrance oil
1 T. Aloe Vera gel
green coloring
mold

Shred the soap in a food processor and set aside. Boil 1/2 cup of water over
low heat and stir in the shredded soap. Continue stirring until the mixture
becomes a sticky mass, approximately four minutes. Remove from heat and
stir
in the aloe Vera gel, the fragrance oil and the coloring until well blended.
Spoon the mixture into a mold and let set for six hours or until hardened.
Wrap finished soaps in cellophane.

37. Custom - Scented Bath Crystals

Rock salt or sea salt (you can also use water softener salt for this; it is
much cheaper than sea salt)
Essential oils
1/2 quart glass or clear plastic jar with tight-fitting lid

Add approximately 4 teaspoons of the essential oil to the rock salt in a 1/2
quart container. If container is larger or smaller, add or subtract oil as
needed. Cap the lid tightly and wait at least two days before using.

38. . Custom - Scented Bath Oil

Sunflower oil
Essential oil or potpourri refresher oil in your choice of scent(s)
Corked container
Crystal beads, dried flowers, little seashells, etc. (optional - for bottle
decoration)

Pour sunflower oil through a funnel into the corked container, leaving a
little space at the top, at least an inch. Add 4 teaspoons of the essential
oil per 1/2 quart. Cork the container and agitate the bottle gently. Let
it sit for 2 to 3 days before using. You may add things to the container to
make it as pleasing to the eye as it is to the nose… whatever you want or
will match the decor of your bathroom.

39. Custom - Scented Bath Powder

1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tbs. arrowroot powder
2 tbs. baking soda
Few drops of essential oil of your preference

Combine ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Let stand a few days to dry,
then sift through a flour sifter. Pour into a powder shaker / container.

40. Custom - Scented Bath Salts

1 cup Epsom salt
1 cup sea salt
2 cups baking soda
Essential oil(s)
10 drops food coloring (optional)

Combine the first 3 ingredients in a large bowl, then add 4 teaspoons of
essential oil in any fragrance or combination. Stir. You may also tint the
bath salts if you so desire by adding 10 drops of food coloring to the bowl
after you add the essential oils. Stir again. Store bath salts in a
tightly capped container for 2 to 3 days before using. You can also divide
the bath salts equally between 2 large bowls, tint them different colors,
and then carefully pour them into a clear container, making what appears to
be “sand art”. Or tint one red, and scent both containers with peppermint
oil, then layer it in a clear container and wrap with red ribbon. This
“peppermint stick” makes a great Christmas gift!

41. Custom - Scented Bubble Bath #1

5 drops fragrant oil or essential oil (your choice of scent)
1 quart water
1 bar Castile soap (grated or flaked)
1-1/2 ounces glycerin

Mix all ingredients together. Store in a container. Pour into running bath
water.

42. Custom - Scented Bubble Bath #2

2 cups soap flakes or grated soap
1 gallon water
1/4 to 1/2 cup glycerin
2 cups shampoo or liquid dishwashing detergent
Scented oil of your choice

Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 tbs. glycerin in a pot and set over low
heat, stirring occasionally until the soap has dissolved. (This liquid soap
can be stored in a covered container and used as an all-purpose soap or hand
soap in the kitchen also.) In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the
rest of the glycerin, shampoo and add a few drops of your favorite scented
oil. Put into a quart container and store covered at room temperature. To
use, add about 1 cup to your tub as it’s filling.

43. Custom - Scented Shampoo

3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
20 drops fragrance oil of your choice
Food coloring of your choice (optional)

Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Add the salt, fragrance oil
and food coloring and stir until well blended. Pour into a bottle and
close.

44. Custom - Scented Shower Gel

1/2 cup unscented shampoo
1/4 cup water
3/4 tsp. salt
15 drops fragrance oil
Food coloring (optional)

Pour shampoo into a bowl and add the water. Stir until it’s well mixed.
Add the salt, fragrance oil and food coloring. Suggestions for scents:
kiwi extract, raspberry extract, strawberry extract, coconut extract,
vanilla extract, etc… (I personally like the raspberry and vanilla mix…
smells so good!)

45. Deep Conditioner for Beautiful Hair

1 small jar of real mayonnaise
1/2 of an avocado

Put ingredients together in a medium bowl and squish together with your
hands until it’s a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the
tips. Put on a shower cap or wrap your head with saran wrap. Leave on for
20 minutes. For deeper conditioning put a hot, damp towel around your head
over the shower cap or saran wrap. If you have really long hair and only
need conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to
the ends and just wrap them.

46. Desert Sands Layered Bath Salts

5 drops yellow food coloring
4 drops red food coloring
4 drops musk oil
3 drops Jasmine fragrant or essential oil
3 cups Epsom salts
1 cup baking soda
2 tsp. glycerin

Combine baking soda, Epsom salt and glycerin until well blended. Add scents
until there are no clumps, just a fine powder. Divide the mixture evenly
into 3 separate bowls. In the first bowl add 3 drops yellow food coloring,
in the second bowl add 3 drops red food coloring, and in the third bowl add
2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring. Stir each bowl
until the color is well mixed. Allow the air to dry it for a few hours
before placing in a bottle. Once dried, layer the colors… red first, then
orange, then lastly yellow.

47. Detox Bath

Place in warm tub of water:

Epsom salts–2 handfuls
Organic sea salt–1 handful
Sweet Almond Oil–2 teaspoons
Rosemary–4 drops
Violet Leaf–4 drops

48. Dry Shampoo

1/2 cup cornstarch
Fragrance oil (optional)

Sprinkle cornstarch into your hair and massage into hair and scalp. Allow
it to absorb for a few minutes, then brush through hair. Repeat if
necessary. This is wonderful to freshen-up your hair in a pinch between
shampoos… or great to take on camping trips when fresh water is
unavailable for using a liquid shampoo. You can also add a couple drops of
fragrance oil to the cornstarch for a nice scented dry shampoo.

49. EARTH ANGEL BATH CRYSTALS

You will need:
1/2 cup Epsom salts
3/4 cup baking soda
1/2 cup sea salt
2 tsp. almond oil
20 drop patchouli oil
15 drops cypress oil
5 drops rose oil
green food coloring ( one or two drops)

Mix it all together very well.

Sometimes it helps to add wet together separately in another bowl before
adding to baking soda and salts.
You will need to use a few heaping tablespoons to your tub to use

50. Earth Bath Salts

1/2 cup Epsom salts
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup rock salt
1/2 tsp. vitamin E
2 tsp. light oil (almond, sunflower, etc…)
20 drops Patchouli essential oil
15 drops Cypress essential oil
5 drops Vetivert essential oil
Green food coloring

Mix all salts and baking soda together. Then combine oil, essential oils,
vitamin E and a few drops of coloring in a separate bowl. Add liquid to
salts and mix thoroughly. You can add more green food coloring, if desired,
but I find it nicer when it’s a very light green as it does not look as
artificial. To use, add a few heaping tablespoons to bath.

51. Earth Clay Soap

1 lb. vegetable glycerin soap
1 T. Clay
2 T. Jojoba Oil
1/4 Cup Distilled Water
Colorant and Scent

Be sure to mix the clay separately. I put the T. of clay in a dish and spoon
a small amount of the melted soap and mix it into a paste, then add it to
the soap. This eliminates lumps of clay and makes a nice smooth soap

52. Earth Harvest Bath Salts

1/2 Cup Rock Salt (available in the baking section of your market-for ice
cream makers)
1/4 Tsp. Apple Fragrance Oil
1/4 Tsp. Orange Fragrance Oil
Burgundy, Golden Yellow, Green, Brown and Teal Food Color

Divide salt into two bowls. Add the apple fragrance oil to one and the
orange to the other. Stir each until well blended. Divide the orange salt
into two bowls. Color one with the burgundy food color and the other with
the golden yellow. Stir until color is evenly distributed (about 2 minutes).
Repeat with the apple salts coloring one bowl with the teal food color and
the other with the brown and green. Stir these well, too. Leave the colored,
scented salts uncovered for 6 hours or until dry. Stirring a couple times
during the process. When dry, layer the four colors into a glass jar.
You could also use four different fragrances to go with the four different
colors. Tie a bow with small wooden scoop.

53. Easy Valley Blossom Bath Salts

You will need:

1 cup liquid Ivory soap
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil or Grape seed Oil
2 drops of food coloring, one blue, one red.
9 cups of Sea or Epsom Salt
20 drops of Orchid Fragrance Oil
8 drops of Vanilla Extract
4 drops of Chamomile Essential Oil

Firstly you should mix together the soap, salts and oil in a bowl.
Second you will add coloring to fragrance in another bowl, mix them well.
You can use more food coloring if you like a richer color.
Add color to the salt mixture and stir very well until even colored and
scented. Allow salts to sit in the bowl for about 5 hours for the soap and the
fragrance to disperse for the best results.

After this you can place them in jars with turn fastening tops or cork
seals. Make sure the seal is air tight to keep the salts fresh. You can add
a teaspoon of glycerin if you live in a very humid area to stop clumping.

54. Easy Milk Bath

2 cups dry milk powder
1 cup cornstarch
1/8 tsp. fragrance oil of your choice

Blend together all ingredients in a blender. Add 1/2 cup mixture to hot
bath water.

55. EGG SHAMPOO

1 egg
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 T. castile soap or mild
unscented shampoo
1/2 C. water

Combine all ingredients in a blender and whip until smooth. Use shampoo
immediately, and follow up with a hair rinse. Save any remaining shampoo in
the refrigerator and use the next day.

56. Euphoric Bath Salts

Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well.
Add to tub of running water.

57. Euphoric Epson Salt Bath

Epson Salt–2 tbsp
Sea Salt–1 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, Epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

58. Euphoric Fizzy Bath Salts

Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Citric Acid–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, citric acid and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

59. Euphoric Red Earth Salts

Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Red Earth Clay–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered red earth clay and oils to jar. Gently
shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

60. Euphoric Seaweed Salts

Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to
mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

61. Fields of Gold Milk Bath

4 cups powdered milk
1 cup boiled water
1/2 cup dried chamomile or 5 chamomile tea bags

Steep chamomile in water for 20 minutes. Strain liquid. Mix liquid with
milk and add to bath water. Especially nice after a long day.

62. Fizzy Bath Crystals

8 oz. cornstarch
8 oz. citric acid
16 oz. baking soda
1 tsp. fragrance oil

Mix cornstarch and citric acid together thoroughly. Add fragrance oil as
desired. Blend in baking soda. Package and label. Use 1/4 to 1/2 cup per
bath. Enjoy!

63. Fresh Aloe Vera and Nettle Leaf Soap

1 c. glycerin soap base
1/8 c. aloe Vera gel
2 T. crushed dried nettle leaf
OR
2 T. simmered, macerated fresh leaf

Mix together all ingredients and pour into molds. Once cooled, pop out of
molds, and store them in a dark cool place.

64. Foaming Vanilla Bath

Ingredients:
1 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of liquid soap
1/4 cup of honey
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract

Instructions:
Thoroughly blend all of the ingredients
together and store in a decorative bottle or jar.
Shake well before each use and pour about 1/4
of a cupful under the flow of your warm running
bath water.

65. Foaming Bath Oil Balls

1/4 cup baking soda
2 tbs. citric acid or ascorbic acid (powdered vitamin C)
1 tbs. borax powder (for softening)
2 tbs. powdered sugar (for binding)
2 tbs. sweet almond oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil (preservative)
1/4 tsp. fragrance or essential oil

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir until well blended. Drizzle
in almond oil and stir until mixture is moistened. Add vitamin E oil and
fragrance and stir until well mixed. Take teaspoon size globs of mixture
and form into ball shapes with fingers. (Mixture will be VERY crumbly and
fragile, so do the best you can. Add a little bit more of the vitamin E
oil… I find that helps.) Place the balls on a sheet of wax paper and
leave alone for 2 to 3 hours. After 2 to 3 hours, reshape balls. Let the
balls air-dry and harden for 10 days. Store balls in a closed container to
protect from moisture. To use, plop a ball into your bathtub in warm water!

66. Fragrant Honey Milk Bath Oil

1 cup honey
2 cups milk
1 cup salt
1/4 cup baking soda
1/2 cup baby oil
Fragrance oil of desired scent

Combine honey, milk, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Fill your tub and pour
the mixture in. Add the baby oil and a few drops of the fragrance.

67. FRUITCAKE SOAP

3 - 4oz. Glycerin Soaps (12 oz)
Food Color
Fragrance Oils (Tangerine, Cherry, Pineapple, Lime, Gingerbread and
Cinnamon)

You can use rectangular soap molds, small loaf pans or small bundt pans.
Melt 4 ounces of soap and pour into 4 square or rectangular soap molds.
Immediately add the following in this order:
Mold 1:
3 drops red food color and 5 drops Cherry fragrance oil
Mold 2:
2 drops red, 1 drop yellow food color and 5 drops Tangerine fragrance oil
Mold 3:
3 drops yellow food color and 5 drops Pineapple fragrance oil
Mold 4:
3 drops green food color and 5 drops Lime fragrance oil
Allow the 4 soap to set completely.
Remove them from the molds and cube.
Divide the colored cubes into soap molds.
If you are using pans spray with a very light coat of vegetable spray and
wipe out with paper towel. Melt remaining soap, when melted stir in 1/4
teaspoon
Gingerbread fragrance oil and 5 drops Cinnamon fragrance oil. Add 5 drops
caramel food color or brown paste food color just to create a ‘fruitcake’
color.
Pour soap slowly into molds over the cubes. Set for at least three hours.
Just as the soap is starting to set stir them to spread the cubes around.
Unfold. If you have trouble removing them from the pans, use a hair dryer
to
heat the molds slightly.

68. Gentle Uplifting Bath Salts

You will need:

1 cup of sea salt (or Epsom Salts)
1 tablespoon of baking soda
3 drops bergamot oil
3 drops rose geranium oil
3 drops lavender oil
2 drops frankincense oil

To color these use light pastel colors, to continue the uplifting feeling. I
like light green or yellow personally. Take the oils and mix them together in
a
separate
bowl that you have the salts in. Mix the oils well. Mix the bath salts and
baking soda.
Add the two together. Store in a clear jar with a cork top lid preferably.
These are great for
gift giving.

69. Golden Milk Bath

Ingredients:
4 cups of milk powder
1 cup of boiled water
1/2 cup of dried chamomile or 6 chamomile tea bags

Instructions:
Steep the chamomile in water for about twenty
minutes. After twenty minutes strain off the
liquid if you used the dried chamomile and
then mix the strained or tea bag liquid with the
milk powder and then add it to your warm running
bath water.

70. Gardening Soap

8 oz. M&P base
2 T. white cornmeal
1 1/2 T. fine pumice
1 T. bentonite clay
2 tsp. of a citrus essential oil (orange, lemon, etc.)

Melt base and scent. Stir in cornmeal, pumice, & clay continually until it
gets to the point where it will stay suspended in the soap. By this time the
soap will be quite thick and cool. Pour into molds.

71. Green Apple and Aloe Vera Shower Gel

3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
2 tbs. aloe Vera gel
15 drops apple fragrance oil
1 drop green food coloring (optional)

Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir until well mixed. Add the aloe Vera gel, salt, apple fragrance oil
and coloring. Stir until thick and well blended. Pour into a squeeze
bottle and close

72. Hawaiian Bath Oil

Ingredients:
1/8 cup of canola oil
1/8 cup of apricot oil
10 drops of mango oil
10 drops of coconut oil
10 drops of gardenia oil

Instructions:
Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly
together, bottle until ready for use. When ready add to
the warm running water as you fill your bath tub
and then simply enjoy the wonderful tropical aroma
as your body soaks up the oils.

73. HERBAL GLYCERIN SOAP

1 pound Glycerin
1/2 ounce fragrance oil or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon essential oil, amount depends
on oil used.
1 T. herbal powder of your choice
and/or
1 T. dried flower of you choice

Melt the glycerin in the microwave until completely dissolved. This usually
takes one to two minutes. Avoid stirring as much as possible because
stirring causes bubbles. Pour in herbal powder, dried flowers, and fragrance
oil
while still in liquid state. Stir lightly to evenly distribute the
ingredients.
Pour in the mold of your choice and let set for 1 to 2 hours or longer if
desired. If you have trouble with the bar releasing from the mold, place in
the
freezer for a few minutes and the bar should release easily. I have found
that the
bar of soap lathers better when it is allowed to cure for 3 to 7 days before
use.
This recipe yields 4 - 4 ounce bars of Glycerin Soap.

74. Herbal Milk Bath

Ingredients:
2 cups of dry milk powder
1 cup of cornstarch
2 teaspoons of your favorite herbs

Instructions:
First combine the milk powder and cornstarch
together in a blender, when its all well
combined add your herbs and blend once more. It is now
ready to enjoy simply by adding 1/2 cup of the
mixture to your warm running bath water

75. Herbal Shampoo (For Dry Hair)

1 tbs. dry comfrey root
1 tbs. dry rosemary
1 tbs. dry chamomile
1 cup water
2/3 cup baby shampoo
1 egg (beaten)
1/3 cup milk

Combine herbs and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out the herbs and mix herbal
water with the baby shampoo, egg and milk. Pour into a plastic squirt
bottle or jar.

76. Herbal Shampoo (For Oily Hair)

2 tbs. dry peppermint
2 tbs. dry spearmint
1 tbs. dry sage
1 cup water
2/3 cup baby shampoo

Combine herbs and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out the herbs and mix the baby
shampoo with the herbal water. Pour into a plastic squirt bottle or jar.

77. Honeyed Bath Salts

You will need:
1 1/2 cups of Epsom Salts (or rock sea salt)
1/3 cup of honey (liquid honey)
2 drops of yellow food coloring
3 drops essential oil (optional, honey gives off a nice scent)

To create:

Take the salts and place them in a bowl with the honey. Stir them together
very well. It will seem a little sticky. Add your two drops of yellow food
coloring
to the essential oil if you choose to use it. Oils that are good would be
chamomile,
rose or jasmine. Take the oil and color mixture and stir it into the salts.
Cover in bowl for about 30 minutes so that they call mix well.
Use 1/4 cup of recipe for each bath, drop into hot running water.

78. Honey Bee Soap

4 oz. Opaque MP soap
1 T. beeswax pellets
1 T. honey

Melt beeswax and keep warm/liquid. Melt soap base and then mix in beeswax.
Add honey and keep stirring until melted. Pour into mold.
This recipe looks neat in a similar mold - Milky Way Molds have a bee and a
flower. I’ve also seen a great bee/honey mold (it looks like beeswax sheets
on the surface) at other places.

79. Honey Egg Shampoo

1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons liquid soap
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon witch hazel
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon wheat germ oil or almond oil
1 tablespoon rosewater or cologne

Place all the ingredients in a screw top jar, cover and shake well. Makes
about 2/3 cup

80. Honey Herbal Hair Conditioner
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup glycerin
1/4 cup sage, and 1/2 cup dried chamomile flowers

OR

1/2 cup nettle leaves and 1/4 cup rosemary leaves
1/2 cup witch hazel
1 tablespoon liquid lecithin

Place all the ingredients in a screw top jar. Shake well and let set for 1
hour. Strain to remove herbs, discard the herbs and pour the liquid back
into the jar. Makes about 1/2 cup.

81. Honey-Pollen Shampoo

1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup glycerin.
1 tablespoon witch hazel
1/4 cup orange flower water or cologne
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1 teaspoon liquid soap
1 tablespoon alcohol

Place the ingredients in a screw top jar, cover and shake well. Makes
about
1¼ cups.

82. Honey-Milk Conditioner For Oily Hair

1/3 cup hot water
¼ cup glycerin
2 tablespoons liquid lecithin
1/4 cup Sage
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons dry buttermilk powder

Combine the hot water and sage, and let set for 10 minutes. Strain the
liquid, and discard the sage. Add the remaining Ingredients to the
strained liquid, and mix well. Apply to freshly shampooed hair, let set on
hair
for
about 2 minutes and rinse off with warm water. Makes about 1/2 cup.

83. Honey Treatment for Very Dry Damaged Hair

3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon olive oil

Stir for a minute or so until the mixture is smooth. Apply to freshly
shampooed hair, and let soak in for 10-12 minutes. Rinse off with warm
water. Makes enough for 1 application.

84. Jojoba Oil M&P Soap

1 lb. M&P Soap
1 T. jojoba oil
1 tsp. beeswax

Melt all ingredients together and pour into your mold. It makes a very nice,
hard bar that is long lasting. Because it is much harder, it takes longer to
lather.

85. Kosher Bath Salts

1 cup kosher salt
1 cup baking soda
2 tbs. glycerin

Place ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Put in a decorative container.

86. Lavender Beeswax Soap

4 oz. Unscented glycerin soap
10 drops lavender scent
purple coloring
1 tsp. beeswax
mold

Melt the soap over low heat until liquefied. Add the grated beeswax and stir
until melted. Remove from heat and add the scent and the coloring. Stir
until well blended. Pour the mixture into a mold and let set for three hours
or until hardened.

87. Lavender Citrus Soap

2 cups grated soap
1/2 cup water
6 vitamin E capsules
1 T. ground dried lemon verberna leaves
1 T. dried lavender buds
10 drops lavender oil
20 drops sweet orange oil

Melt soap with water. After it has melted, add vitamin E oil and remaining
ingredients. After the soap has cooled and thickened, scoop out a small
handful of the soap and roll into a ball. Flatten the ball to create a disk
shape. As the soap cures, press the soap into a firmer and smoother shape.
If you like, mix a little orange oil on your hands and polish the soap
smooth. This soap will discolor if the lavender buds are added too soon to
the
melted soap. If you do not like the rough surface and the darkened color,
omit the lavender buds and add extra lavender oil. Or, after a week of
curing, you can slice thin shavings from the soap to smooth it and remove
any dark patches.

88. Lavender Flower Bubble Bath

Ingredients:
16 oz of unscented bubble bath or unscented
shampoo. 1 bunch of fresh lavender flowers tied in a
bunch. A strainer
5 drops of lavender oil
I quart size canning jar

Instructions:
Take your canning jar and place your bunch of
lavender flowers, head first, down into the
jar so that the stems are at the top opening. Now
pour the unscented bubble bath or shampoo over the
lavender flowers in the jar and then add your
5 drops of lavender oil. Close the lid securely
and give the jar a good shaking. Leave the mixture
to rest on a sunny window sill for about two
weeks. Shake the jar every day while it is sitting
and at the end of the two weeks period, you can then
strain the mixture through a strainer and then
bottle your bubble bath liquid.

89. Lavender Dreams Bubble Bath

Ingredients:
1 quart water
1 bar castile soap (grated)
3 ounces glycerin
3 drops lavender fragrant or essential oil
Directions:

Mix all ingredients together. Store in a
container. Pour in running water.
90. Lavender Milk Bath

Ingredients:
1 cup of milk powder
3 drops of lavender oil

Instructions:
Thoroughly mix the lavender oil into the milk
powder and when well combined add it to your
running bath water.

91. LAYERED SOAPS

2 4oz. bars glycerin soap
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice)
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice, different than choice above)
2 drops different colored food coloring (your choice)

In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt one bar of glycerin
soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in one drop food
coloring and 10 drops fragrance oil. Pour half of the mixture into two soap
molds, filling each mold halfway. Wait twenty minutes.
Melt your second bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and
stir in the other drop of food coloring and fragrance oil.
Pour this second layer on top of the first layer (already in molds).
Let soap set for three hours or until hardened.
Your finished bars should come out half one color and half another.

92. Lemon Loofah Soap

You will need:
Dried loofah sponge (1 square inch)
4-ounces MP base
1 tsp. liquid lanolin
1 tsp. aloe Vera gel
15 drops lemon essential oil
1 drop yellow food coloring

With a pair of sharp scissors, cut off one square inch of loofah sponge.
Shred the loofah sponge into tiny pieces, either in a coffee grinder or with
scissors, and set aside. Melt MP base. Remove from heat and add the lanolin,
aloe Vera gel, lemon oil, and food coloring, stirring until well mixed.
Immediately add the shredded loofah and stir until evenly distributed. Pour
into a mold and let set for three hours of until hardened. Makes one bar.

93. Lemon Pie Soap

1. Melt 1 pound of white soap in a double boiler.
2. Fragrance with ½ teaspoon of Lemon Pound cake Fragrance Oil.
3. Color with 4 drops of Cosmic Color Canary Yellow.
4. Pour into a 8 inch metal pie pan.
5. Cover with plastic wrap.
6. Melt 1 pound of white soap in a double boiler.
7. Fragrance with ½ teaspoon of Lemon Pound cake fragrance oil.
8. Color with several drops of cosmic color canary yellow (you will want
this layer much darker in color than the first layer).
9. Uncover the pie pan and spritz the soap with a light layer of rubbing
alcohol.
10. Slowly pour the second batch of soap into the pie pan.
11. Help the layers blend slightly by briefly running a knife through the
mixture.
12. Allow the soap to harden.
13. Melt ¼ pound of soap and color it a dark caramel color. Pour on top of
the mold. This will become your pie’s crust.
14. Allow the soap to harden.
15. Place the hard soap and mold in the freezer for 15 minutes. This will
allow the soap to shrink slightly and then come out of the mold more easily.
Some soap bases will not tolerate being placed in the freezer. Wholesale
Supplies Plus has a soap base that can be placed in the freezer without
damaging the soap.
16. Take the soap out of the freezer and unfold. If the soap is difficult to
unfold, turn upside down and run warm water over the mold.
17. Once out of the mold set aside.
18. Melt ½ pound of white soap in a double boiler.
19. Add ¼ teaspoon of cosmetic glitter to the melted base.
20. Leave the soap in the melting pan and mix with an electric mixer. Start
with the lowest speed possible and work up slowly.
21. Once the soap base is thick and bubbly, place spoonfuls of the base on
top of the unmolded pie.
22. Immediately freeze for 15 minutes.
23. Allow to return to room temperature.
24. Cut into pie pieces the next morning.

94. Lemon-Egg Shampoo for Bounce and Shine

1 egg
1 tsp. lemon juice
3 tbs. unscented shampoo
Fragrance oil of your choice

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shampoo into your hair and rinse well.
The egg will act as a conditioner and the lemon juice will bring shine to
your hair!

95. Lemon Twist Bath Oil

Ingredients:
1/4 cup of almond oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 teaspoon of lemon oil
1/4 teaspoon bergamot oil
2 teaspoons of zest from a lemon

Instructions:
Place all of the ingredients in a sealable
glass container or jar and combine them together by
shaking them up well. This one will create a
very interesting effect as the oils and the vinegar
will keep separating from one another. Just
remember before using to give it another good
shake up.

96. Lilac Scentsational Bubble Bath

Ingredients:
1 quart water
1 bar castile soap (grated or flaked)
3 ounces glycerin
5 drops lilac fragrant oil
Directions:

Mix all ingredients together. Store in a
container. Pour in running water. * a few
drops of red & blue food coloring may be added for
color.

97. Lotion Bars (Solid Bath Oil Bars)

2 oz. deodorized cocoa butter or mango butter
2 oz. beeswax, refined beads
2 or 3 oz. liquid vegetable oil such as jojoba, sunflower or sweet almond
2 tsp. essential oil or fragrance oil of your choice
1/2 to 1 tsp. of Jojoba Wax Spheres in color of your choice for coloring

Melt cocoa or mango butter and pour 2 ounces into an 8 ounce Pyrex
measuring
cup. Add 2 ounces of beeswax beads (total of 4 ounces in cup). Add jojoba
wax spheres. Melt together in microwave. Now add the liquid vegetable oil.
Use 2 ounces for a hard bar, which would bring your total to 6 ounces… OR
use 3 ounces for a softer bar, which would bring your total to 7 ounces.
Stir to mix thoroughly. Add essential or fragrance oil when mixture has
cooled slightly. Pour into small soap molds. Pop out when cool, about 2
hours. For best results, put in refrigerator a few minutes before popping
out of mold.

Some uses include: Rub on body when getting out of shower while still damp,
wet hands and rub with lotion bar, use as a drawer sachet, cut off a sliver
and let melt in hot bath water, massage into cuticles to soften them, rub
onto elbows and knees, or use for massage (softer bar recipe).

98. MECHANIC’S HAND CLEANSER

1 c. borax
1-2 t. pure turpentine
1 t. sweet orange essential oil
1 c. ground soap

With very clean hands, work the turpentine and essential oil into the borax
until there are no lumps left, then work into the soap.
Keep it in a wide-mouthed jar or tin that’s easy to open.

99. Milk and Honey Bath Soak

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of milk powder
1/2 cup of honey
1/4 cup of vegetable oil

Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing
bowl and when thoroughly combined place the mixture
under the warm running water of your bath and
enjoy.

100. Milky Bath Salts

This recipe is different because it combines the beneficial aspects of a
milk bath with that of the minerals you can get from using bath salts.

You will need:
4 1/2 cups sea salt
3 cups Epsom salts
3 cups powdered milk
10 drops vanilla
5 drops strawberry
3 drops sweet orange
2 drops rose
(i.e. 9 tablespoons of scent)

To Create these lovely bath salts simply put it all together and shake in a
large container. If your jars are not big enough to accommodate such a large
recipe than I
suggest mixing salts and milk in one bowl, combining the oils in another and
then stirring the two together with a metal spoon. These will need to sit
about 30 minutes
before being placed in jars to let the scent absorb properly.
I like to jar these in simple square bottles with a little raffia around the
neck fastening the ingredients and name tag.
I do not suggest coloring these salts, they look nice as is.

101. Minty Bath Oil

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of castor oil
1/2 teaspoon of spearmint oil
1/2 teaspoon of orange oil

Instructions:
Simply blend all three ingredients together in
by shaking them up in a bottle or a jar and its
ready to use. This is a mind easing blend for total
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