Castile soap (or pure white unscented, such as Ivory)

1/4 cup distilled water

1/4 cup powdered milk

1 tbs. sweet almond oil

1/8 tsp. peach fragrance oil

1 drop orange food coloring (optional)

Shred the castile soap and set aside. Heat the water in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Stir in the shredded soap until it forms a sticky mass.

Remove the pan from the heat and add the powdered milk, sweet almond oil,peach fragrance oil and food coloring. Stir until well blended.

Spoon the soap into a mold and let set for 4 hours or until hardened.

Makes one 4-ounce bar.

1 small bar castile or baby soap, grated (or Dove soap for dry skin problems)

2 cups oatmeal, blended or processed into powder

1 small package blanched almonds, blended with the oatmeal

Mix the ingredients well.

Put in a pretty jar with a plastic spoon. Use 2 to 3 tablespoons in bath water, or use 1 teaspoon to scrub face.

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 disolved. 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.

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.

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

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

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 onlyneed conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to the ends and just wrap them.

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!)

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.

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!