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Facial Oil

Blend 2 drops frankincense
2 drops rosewood
2 drops rose otto
2 drops lavender
15 ml base.

As a base, I recommend
2 ml evening primrose
2 ml calendula
1 ml wheat germ
10 ml sweet almond oil
or any other base of your choice ( 2 ml is aproximately 1 Tablespoon ).
Smells wonderful and feels great on the skin.

Submitted by: Lonnie
















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Moisturizing Milk Bath

1 cup dry milk powder
1 cup epsom salts
1/2 cup Corn Starch
2 Tbsps grated cocoa butter
2 tbsps cream of tartar
1/2 cup ground oatmeal (optional)

Mix all ingredients well and store in jar or gift bag
*Recipe from Voyageur Soap & Candle Company*
Submitted by: Lisa

Natural Beauty Honey Facial Mask


Massage a small amount of slightly heated honey over your face. Leave on for
15 minutes.

Honey is antiseptic, cleanes pores, and tones your skin. Good for oily or blemished skin. Wheat germ can be added to the honey to provide someabrasion and also contains protein and vita-mins.

Hot Oil Facial For Dry Skin

Cleanse face and if possible steam for 5 to 10 minutes to open pores (a
good hot bath or shower also does this). Apply warm olive oil or any other
vegetable oil to your face and throat. Put a warm, wet washcloth over your
face and lie down for ten minutes. Remove oil with another
warm, wet washcloth and a liberal application of witch hazel or any
other skin freshener. The vegetable oil not only supplements the skins
natural oil supply, but that act of absorbing it stimu-lates the skins own
oil production.

Note: The skin can absorb all vegetable and animal oils, but
mineral oil - which forms the base of most ordinary commercial cosmetic
creams - cannot pene-tratethe skin; it merely lubricates the surface

Magickal Bath Salts

D.J.Conway

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Fantasy Bath Salts or Love

1 cup salt
8 drops honeysuckle oil
8 drops rose oil
4 drops patchouli oil

Aura of Venus Bath Salts

1 cup salt
8 drops jasmine oil
4 drops frangipani oil
4 drops lavender oil
4 drops rose oil
4 drops synthetic musk oil

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Lip Gloss

1 teaspoon Glycerin
1 teaspoon Distilled Water
2 drops Orange Essential Oil

Mix together and pour into a roll on bottle for easy application.

Lavender Ointment

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons olive oil
3 to 4 tablespoons beeswax
3 tablespoons cocoa butter
2 teaspoons lanolin
10 drops vitamin E oil
15 drops lavender oil

Combine the olive oil, beeswax, cocoa butter and lanolin and heat thoroughly in the top of a double boiler. Remove from the heat. Add the vitamin E, lavender oil and beat well. Pour into little jars and allow the mixture to cool before covering.

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Lavender & Chamomile Body Powder

Ingredients:

1 cup white Clay
2 cups cornstarch
*1 tsp orris root powder (optional)
1/8 cup dried lavender
1/8 cup dried chamomile
4 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops chamomile essential oil

Combine all ingredients and blend well. Allow to sit overnight before storing in containers. Package in powder cylinders (if you dont have any you can also use a glass parmesan cheese container)*Orris Root Powder helps "fix" the scent.
Submitted by: Lisa

Honey Almond Bubble Bath

1T light oil (olive oil)
1/2c honey
1/2c liquid soap (I use WalMart liquid antibacterial)
1T almond extract
1T glycerine

Mix all together in a squirt bottle. Use 1/4c per bath.
Submitted by: Patsy Miller