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Suzanne
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From: Suzanne
To: Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:15 PM
Subject: [Bath_and_Body] Recipes


Here's some more recipes I looked up. I think some of these are in the link
posted a few days ago. But I already had them in my file!!

There's 2 with olive oil that are supposed to be for babies and the "Smelly
Jellies" are great anywhere -- I especially like them in the kitchen and have
used many for gifts. They're great in your gift baskets with like fragrances.

Enough looking up recipes -- it's time to go play with some of them!
Suzanne

HERE GOES!!!
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.

Party Time Confetti Soap

Transparent M&P soap
Opaque M&P Soap
various colors to make a bright display
Scent (optional)

Melt transparent soap and split into separate dishes and color. Pour into
separate molds and let harden. When hard, pop out and cut into small pieces
(1/4-1/2 in.).
Melt opaque soap and scent. Spay confetti pieces with alcohol and place in
mold. Let opaque base cool for a while until a skin has formed twice (you
don't want to melt your confetti!). Pour over confetti pieces in mold.

This recipe works nice in any tube type mold (try PVC with an end cap!). If
you use a tube mold you'll want to make bigger pieces of confetti and pile
them up in the mold and pour over, let harden and then slice.

SUNTAN LOTION

2 oz. salt-free mayonnaise
2 oz. black tea (brewed very dark)
Juice of 1 lemon
5 (400 IU each) vitamin E capsules

Mix mayonnaise, tea and lemon juice in a blender. Pour into a storage
container and squeeze contents of vitamin E capsules into it. Keep
refrigerated no longer than 1 week.



Creamy Sun-Tan Lotion

3/4 cup (180 ml.) water
3 tea bags (do not use instant tea)
1/4 cup (60 ml.) lanolin
1/4 cup (60 ml.) sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml.) perfume (optional)

Heat the water to boiling, add tea bags. Leave them to brew for 20 minutes
and squeeze them occasionally before removing. Put lanolin, sesame oil and
1/4 cup strong tea into blender. Cover and process at low speed. Remove cap
immediately and pour in the remaining tea in a steady stream. Use a rubber
spatula to keep ingredients arend the processing blades. Add perfume and
give fragrance to the sun-tan lotion. This recipe makes about 1 cup of a soft,

tan-colored cream which spreadssmoothly on the skin, and gives a sensation

of moistness. It dries without feeling sticky. This cream actually repels
water

and will stay on though swimming. Creamy Sun-Tan Lotion will screen out

about half of the burningsun rays while allowing a large percentage of the

tanning rays to get through. However, if you burn after 5 minutes of exposure,

do not rely on this cream to protect you



Insect Repellant Cream

1/4 cup pennyroyal-infused grapeseed oil
1/4 cup mineral oil
1 tspn coconut oil
2 Tbsp beeswax
1/8 tspn borax powder
1/4 cup distilled water
5 drops lemongrass EO
3 drops citronella EO
20 drops lavender EO
10 drops rosemary EO
10 drops eucalyptus EO
10 drops pine needle EO
20 drops cedarwood EO

Melt together pennyroyal-infused oil, beeswax and coconut oil. While
wax is melting, put distilled water and borax in a pint jelly jar, and
microwave for less than a minute, to dissolve borax. When beeswax is
melted, pour oil/wax mixture into borax/water mixture, and stir to
blend. Add all the EO's, then put the lid on the jelly jar and SHAKE
vigorously. Shake, then check, until mixture starts to become a
cream (it wont take long). Makes 1 pint.

OLIVE OIL CREAM

1/2 tsp. borax
2 tsp. boiling water
4 T. petroleum jelly
4 T. olive oil

Dissolve borax in boiling water. Melt petroleum jelly and olive oil over low
heat until liquid. Add borax mixture. Stir to mix thoroughly. Remove from
heat. Beat as the mixture cools to emulsify. Store in the refrigerator.

Chamomile Baby Powder

2 tbs. crumbled dried chamomile flowers
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tbs. orrisroot
1/2 tsp. alum

Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Sift and store in powder shaker. Use
to keep baby's skin soft and dry.

Custom - Scented Liquid / Gel Soap

2 cups soap flakes or grated bar soap
1/2 gallon water
2 tbs. glycerin
Fragranced or essential oil of your choice
Food coloring of your choice (optional)

Mix first 3 ingredients together in a large pot or dutch oven. Set over low
heat, stirring occasionally, until the soap has dissolved. Add fragrance
oil and food coloring and mix well. Transfer to a jar and cover tightly.
For a less thick gel soap, use 1 gallon of water.

Frizz Tamer for Hair

1/2 cup conditioner
1/4 cup honey
1 tbs. almond oil

Mix ingredients well. Pour mixture over damp hair, work it in. Leave it on
for about 20 minutes for a good deep conditioning. Wash out. This works
for all hair types.

"Smelly Jelly" Air Fresheners

1/4 to 1/2 cup AGROSOKE polymer crystals (sold at Walmart, Lowe's, Home
Depot, etc...)
Clean water (distilled, bottled or from a water filter)
Food coloring
HIGH QUALITY fragrance oil (that's the key)
Jelly jars and ring tops (Mason makes nice quilted-looking ones in 3
sizes - perfect)
Pretty lace fabric OR very loose-weave fabric cut into squares (4" x 4" or
a little larger)

Get a large bowl or pot and put the 1/4 to 1/2 cup of crystals in it. Fill
it up 3/4 full with hot water and a few drops of food coloring. Remember -
these crystals expand a few hundred times their original size, so pick a
bowl large enough! Stir the colored mixture to saturate all the crystals.
Wait. Every 10 minutes or so give the crystals a stir. After about 30
minutes all the water should be gone and the crystals should be gel-like. I
f not, wait some more. It will absorb all the colored water.
Next, you can add the fragrance oil to the whole bowl of gel OR you can
split it up into separate bowls and scent them separately. You only need a
few tablespoons of scent. After you add the fragrance oil, stir well. I
make it rather strong so it never runs out of scent.
Line up the jelly jars, fabric squares and jar top rings. Add the jelly to
the jars almost to the top. Place a fabric square over the top. Screw the
jar top ring on to secure the fabric in place. Then pour a tablespoon of
water through the fabric top. Do not let the water come out the top. Fill
almost to the top only.
Lastly, tie a ribbon around the ring if you want to or just leave it as it
is. Don't throw away the jar top circles! These are great to use when you
don't want to use the smelly jelly right away. Just put these on the jars
BEFORE the fabric is added, to seal in the scent. Then take them off and
reapply the fabric and rings when you're ready to use your smelly jelly.
These last for months, but remember - water must be poured through the
fabric top every week or so to keep them from drying out - very important!!
If you happen to forget, they can be brought back from total dry out though.
I forgot one and had nothing but crystals and oil in the jar, but I added
some water... a few hours later, a perfect smelly jelly!




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