Archive Category: 'Beauty & Health'

• How To Make Cupcake Bath Fizzies: Today’s feature is from The Crafty Chica with PROJECT: Cupcake Bath Fizzies: Set aside the idea of fancy beading, knitting or scrapbooking for the moment. One of the coolest (and cleanest) projects to make right now is soap. Sure, the concept has been around forever, but thanks to recent innovations in materials, crafters are approaching the genre [...]
• Strawberry Leaf Infusion Recipe: Save cuttings from strawberries (leaves, tops) to make this strawberry skin treatment for clearer skin. Ingredients: 1/4 cup strawberry leaves 1 1/2 cups boiling water Directions: Pour water over strawberry leaves in a glass bowl and cover. Steep for 2 hours. Strain and pour the water into a clean jar, seal with a lid and refrigerate. Use this infusion to keep skin [...]
• Honey Hair Treatment Recipes: Honey Hair Shine Recipe Ingredients: 1 tsp honey 4 cups warm water Directions: Mix together well the honey and water. Use: After shampooing your hair, douse hair thoroughly with the honey mixture. Dry hair as you normally would, do not rinse the honey mixture out of your hair. Honey Hair Conditioner Recipe 1/2 cup honey 2 to 4 TBS olive oil (depending on hair type, [...]
• Tip For Unused Lotion Or Body Wash: Today’s feature is from Bohemian Revolution with Turn An Old Lotion Or Body Wash Into A Body Scrub: Lotions make a rich, moisturizing body scrub while body washes make a cleansing one. These can actually be much better than a lot of store-bought body scrubs because you get to control scent and texture. The basic rule is [...]
• Athlete’s Foot Home Remedy: Part 1: 4 TBS Vinegar 2 Cups Warm Water Part 2: 1 TBS tea tree oil 4 TBS olive oil Directions: Soak feet two to three times a day in the vinegar and water solution (15 to 20 minutes each time). Pat feet dry with a fresh towel. Next mix the tea tree oil with the olive oil. Dab and massage the oil [...]
• 9 Home Remedies For Dandruff: Here is my collection of home remedies for dandruff, be careful to not get any of the solutions in your eyes since I’m sure it would sting a bit (just like shampoo and other hair care products). If your scalp has a cut or broken skin, wait till that is fully healed so you won’t experience [...]
• Homemade Rose Bath Oil: Ingredients: Rose Petals 2 oz grapeseed oil 5 drops jasmine oil 5 drops ylang-ylang oil Directions: Put rose petals into a glass bottle and top with the oils. Shake and allow to sit overnight. Add 1/4 oz. of the oil to your bath. Source: Womans World Magazine Oct, 2007
• Dry Elbow Home Remedies & Treatments: Dry & dark patches on elbows can be caused by heavy use (leaning on elbows all the time) and neglect (make sure to moisturize them regularly). Here are a few remedies I’ve collected to help clean those dark patches up. If you have a painful case of dry elbows (cracked, sore), check with a doctor since [...]
• Plant Related Gifts You Can Make: Today’s feature is from You Grow Girl with Plant Related Gift Ideas On The Cheap: Herb Mix Recipes: Every year my recipes are different but they are always based on what I think are the three things people want out of a bath; to heal, to revitalize or to relax. As a result I mix my herbs [...]
• Candy Cane Sugar Scrub – Recipe: Today’s feature is from Natural Beauty Workshop with a free recipe for Candy Cane Sugar Scrub, plus tips on scrubbing and preservation: There are many scrubbing techniques out there, but this is one I am particularly fond of. Step into the shower and before turning the water on, scrub your body all over! (Of course, avoiding [...]
• How To Stop Hiccups: Today’s feature is from Growing Happiness with The Best Cure for Hiccups, there’s a twist to this you may not know: When I was younger my mother told me that the only way to cure hiccups (hiccoughs) is to drink water. I’ve tried this many, many times with inconsistent results. I’ve also tried many other [...]
• Homemade Rose Dusting Powder Recipe: Ingredients: Petals from 4 roses (medium size) 1 cup cornstarch 3 TBS baking soda 3 dried roses Directions: In a small cardboard box, layer the petals and cornstarch. Fit the cover on but don’t seal tight, you want the contents to still have a bit of air. Leave for 24 to 36 hours. Sift the petals from cornstarch then add the baking [...]
• Recycle Makeup Compacts Into Perfume Carriers: Today’s feature is from Planet Green with Turn a Used Makeup Compact into a Perfume Carrier: With his usual knack for creative recycling, Danny Seo, author of Simply Green Parties (2006, Collins), demonstrates how a used makeup compact can be turned into a solid perfume carrying case, whether it’s as a last-minute gift, or for you [...]
• How To Make Fragrances Last Longer: Here are a few quick tips to help perfumes and colognes last longer when you wear them: First rub in a dab of vaseline to the areas that you will be applying perfume to, then spray or dab on the perfume. The vaseline will moisturize the skin which helps hold the perfume longer than dry skin [...]
• Home Remedy: Headache Soother Sachets: Ingredients: 1/4 cup dried lavender 1/4 cup cloves Sachet: Made from fabric such as muslin, cotton Directions: Mix the lavender and cloves together then fill a fabric sachet or small drawstring pouch. When you feel a headache coming on, open the sachet and breathe in the fragrance to help soothe away your headache (breathe in around 5 or 6 times). Press [...]
• Tipnut Mailbag: Homemade Pre Wet Shave Lotion: Here’s a recipe the fellas will appreciate, it’s sent in by Dan Russell for his homemade Pre Wet Shave Lotion that he perfected for a comfortable wet shave. This was based on a shaving liquid bought from the body shop, which seemed to be mostly soap and sunflower oil. Homemade Pre Wet Shave Lotion Mix 3 parts [...]
• Herbal Decongestant Steam Blend: Winter is definitely here where I live, very cold with a couple more months of winter stretching out before us. Sometimes in this cold weather a deep cold with a congested head, nose and chest sneaks up on us and it’s no fun. Here’s a nice, soothing decongestant steam that uses a dried herb blend to [...]
• Bath Cookies Recipe: This is an interesting recipe, you first cook a batch of bath cookies then add them to your bath after they’ve cooled. The batch makes 24 which is enough for about 12 baths (if you use 2 per bath). My hard copy looks like a photocopy of a newspaper clipping, but I’m not sure which newspaper or [...]
• Homemade Herbal Sleep Pouches: Did you get enough sleep last night? Two methods for falling asleep on those “restless nights” are reading a good book (but not one that’s too stimulating) and reaching for a lavender filled pillow or sachet. In folklore, pillows were filled with lavender flowers to help the restless fall sleep. There is now scientific evidence to [...]
• Tip List For Removing A Ring That’s Too Tight: Use glass cleaner (ie. Windex)–spray generously then slide off the ring. Liquid dish detergent–drizzle the liquid soap over the ring then turn the ring around a few times, trying to get some soap underneath it. Slide the ring off. Soapy water–soak your hand in some soapy water then try to wiggle the ring off the finger. Ice water [...]
• How To Make Homemade Soap: Today’s feature tip is from MillerSoap with Miller’s Homemade Soap Page. If you ever wanted to learn how to make your own soap–this is the place for you! I have been making our soap for over 30 years and in the beginning we got some of the materials from raising our own beef. Since getting [...]
• How To Beat The Soda Pop Addiction: I used to be a heavy cola drinker (somewhere between 2 to 4 cans a day) and I decided that for me, cola was ok in moderation but drinking it daily in the amounts that I was just wasn’t a healthy habit. I found the trick to kicking the soda pop addiction was finding a replacement [...]
• How To Give Yourself A Manicure: Here’s a simple step-by-step list for how to do a manicure that also includes a hand soak recipe. If you’ve always wanted to know how to give yourself a Classic French Manicure, there’s a really good video I found and it’s included at the bottom. How To Give Yourself A Manicure Remove all nail polish from [...]
• Home Treatment for Age Spots: Ingredients: 4 TBS oatmeal (ground) 2 TBS yogurt (plain) 2 TBS lemon juice (fresh) Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Allow to sit for about a minute. Making sure your hands are freshly washed, apply the paste to the tops of your hands. Allow treatment to work for 30 minutes, then wash off. Dry hands then apply your favorite [...]
• Home Treatment For Calluses & Corns: Calluses are a buildup of rough, thick patches of skin on your feet (and sometimes hands). Corns are similar to calluses, yet the buildup of hard skin is more concentrated in one area and can be deep at their core. They can be soft or hard, depending on what area of the skin they’re on. For [...]