A Day of
Homemade Beauty
Spa Recipes You Can Make At Home
Beauty Tips
Wash face with 1/2 tsp of raw honey. Just pour into damp hands, and
smooth over your face. Let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse with cool water - don’t worry, you won’t be sticky afterwards (but make sure your hair
is totally pulled off your face!). You may experience minor blemishes the
first couple of days - that is the gunk trapped under your skin coming to
the surface. Keep with it, though, and your skin should feel soft and
smooth in no time!
Banana Mask
1/2 ripe mashed banana - this is for moisture
2 tablespoons ground oats - used to soothe (grind in a blender or coffee grinder)
Milk or cream - put in however much you need. Used to soften
Little nutmeg - used as an antiseptic
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour - used as antioxidant
Mix together adding cream or flour until you reach a paste consistency. Spread the
mixture over your face. Leave it on for around five to ten minutes, rinse than dry.
Use Coffee Grounds To Help Reduce Cellulite
The coffee works to improve your metabolism as well as remove some of the fluid
out of the fat because coffee is a diuretic. It is absorbed easily into the skin.
Use 1/2 cup coffee grounds along with 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Take a small
amount of olive oil over the cellulite than rub the coffee grounds mixture in a circular motion. Do this for five minutes than rinse.
Table of Contents
Chocolate Macaroon Lip Balm
Page 4
Knitters Hand Balm (Solid Lotion)
Page 6
Olive Oil Lotion
Page 8
Solid Perfume
Page 10
Shower Pucks
Page 12
Sea Salt Spray
Page 14
Easy Beeswax Lotion
Page 16
Winter Hand Salve
Page 18
Body Butter
Page 20
Orange Spice Sugar Scrub
Page 22
Lemon Salt Scrub
Page 24
Ginger and Coconut Oil Body Scrub
Page 26
Bath Fizzies
Page 28
Bath Snowballs
Page 30
Chocolate Macaroon Lip Balm
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Recipe and Photo © A Sonoma Garden
http://asonomagarden.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/how-tomake-homemade-chapstick/
Recipe
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2 tsp. Beeswax
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2 scant tsp. Coconut Oil (or in other words
just shy of two teaspoons)
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2 tsp. Cocoa Butter
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2 tsp. olive oil
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3 capsules Vitamin E
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10 empty Chapstick tubes
1. Put everything minus the Vitamin E into a
Pyrex measuring cup and melt it all over a
double boiler - you can do it in the microwave if you like.
2. Pierce the Vitamin E capsules with a
toothpick, and add them once everything
is melted, so that it doesn’t lose any of its
helpful properties by being heated too
much.
3. Carefully pour them into the tubes and
wait for them to cool.
Knitters Hand Balm
(Solid Lotion)
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Recipe and Photo © Amber at Amber’s Ambry
http://ambersambry.blogspot.com/2009/03/hand-balmtutorial.html
Recipe
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2.5 oz grated beeswax (or beeswax pastilles)
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3 oz liquid oils (avocado oil, sweet almond oil, golden jojoba oil, rice bran oil, wheatgerm oil, coconut oil, olive oil, or
a blend of these)
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3 oz solid butters (unrefined shea butter, cocoa butter and
mango butter)
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1.5 tbsp starch (corn starch or arrowroot)
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1 - 2 mL fragrance oil or essential oil (depending on desired strength -- you be the judge, but I prefer my scents on
the lighter side and generally don't exceed 1.5 mL)
*This recipe makes 12 mini-muffin sized balms

Measure beeswax, oils, and butters into a glass bowl or
measuring cup set in a pan of simmering water. You can
start the beeswax and oil heating while you measure the
butters. You can also melt ingredients in a slow cooker set
on low.
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Allow mixture to melt.
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Stir in starch.
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Add fragrance, if you are using it.
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Pour into mini-muffin tins, allow to cool for 30-45
minutes.
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Release balm from tins (flip over and use the heat from
your hand on the bottom of the tin), and store.
To use, rub puck between your palms to warm up.
Olive Oil Lotion
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Recipe and Photo © A Sonoma Garden
http://asonomagarden.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/how-tomake-handmade-handlotion-w-label-download/
Recipe
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1/4 cup emulsifying wax
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1/4 olive oil
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1 1/4 cup water
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2 capsules Vitamin E
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Essential Oil ~ 24-36 drops
 In a microwaveable container, heat wax and oil until
wax is melted ~ 1 minute.
 Heat water in the microwave for 1 minute.
 While water is heating, pierce Vitamin E capsules and
squeeze into wax mixture.
 Add essential oils to wax mixture.
 Combine wax and water - your mix should turn white.
 Pour into containers - makes about 2 cups.
Because this lotion uses water, it does not keep indefinitely. Keep an eye on your lotion, and stop using it if it smells or looks off.
Because of this, I tend to make half or quarter
batches, which I can go through in less than a
month. The lotion should keep for at least 3 weeks1 month, and some have reported it lasting for up
to 6 months.
Solid Perfume
Recipe and Photo © Crunchy Betty
http://www.crunchybetty.com/handmade-solid-perfume
Recipe
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Beeswax
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Carrier oil (like jojoba, sweet almond, olive, or grapeseed)
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Essential oils of your choice
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A container suitable for solid perfume (like an old lip balm
container – even if it’s the “stick” variety!)
 In a small container, mix your essential oils - you should typi-
cally use 10 drops per teaspoon of other ingredients.
 Measure equal parts grated or pastille-type beeswax and car-
rier oil. In a double boiler, melt the beeswax.
 When wax is melted, add carrier oil, and stir until everything
is combined and liquid.
 Stir in essential oil blend, and pour carefully into final con-
tainer. Let set for 10-15 minutes, until hardened.
A Few Blend Ideas to Get You Started
Fresh and Kicky (Vetiver, Ginger, Grapefruit)
17 drops grapefruit essential oil
14 drops ginger essential oil
10 drops vetiver essential oil
Romantically Wistful (Rose, Lime, Vetiver)
25 drops rose essential oil
10 drops lime essential oil
10 drops vetiver essential oil
Sensuously Deep (Ylang-Ylang, Sweet Orange, Cedarwood)
20 drops sweet orange essential oil
15 drops ylang-ylang essential oil
10 drops cedarwood (or sandalwood) essential oil
Shower Pucks
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Recipe and Photo © Being Frugal By Choice
http://beingfrugalbychoice.blogspot.ca/2012/03/homemade
-vicks-vapor-shower-disks.html
Recipe
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Baking soda
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Water
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Essential Oils
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Muffin Tins
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Muffin Liners
1. Stir together baking soda and water to make a paste. It
should look like putty. If you are having no luck with
consistency, try 1 cup baking soda to 1/3 cup water.
2. Line muffin tins and spoon in baking soda mixture.
3. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
4. Let cool.
5. Add several drops essential oils to each puck.
6. Remove pucks from liners and store. Will keep indefinitely - discard when you can no longer smell the oils.
7. To use, drop anywhere in your shower, and let the
steam and hot water release the scent.
Sea Salt Spray
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Recipe and Photo © Meghan at BeautyBets.com
http://www.beautybets.com/2011/07/sea-salt-spray/
Recipe
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Clean plastic spray bottle (reuse old ones!), 8 ounces minimum in size
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1 c. of water
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1-3 t. of fine sea salt (use closer to 3 t. if your hair is thick,
closer to 1 t. if it’s thin or super dry. You can always add
more salt to the bottle, ½ t. at a time, if your results aren’t
“beachy” enough!)
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1-3 t. coconut-scented conditioner (I use good oldfashioned Suave!)
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a little dab of hair gel (I use an unscented VO5 gel)
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Optional: a few drops of essential oil—chamomile for
blondes, rosemary for brunettes, tea tree for those with oilier scalps, lavender for everyone else
1. Combine the water, salt, conditioner and gel (and essential
oils) in the bottle.
2. Shake it up and you’re ready to go!
3. To make sure it’s perfectly combined each time you use it,
give it a good shake before you get to spraying. (Also, if
you’re reusing an old bottle, be sure you label it somehow
to avoid any mix-ups!)
Easy Beeswax Lotion
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Recipe and Photo © A Sonoma Garden
http://asonomagarden.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/how-tomake-an-easy-beeswax-lotion/
Recipe
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1 cup Olive Oil
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1/2 cup Beeswax
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1/2 cup Coconut Oil

5 Vitamin E capsules

Essential Oil ~ 20 drops
1. Combine olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax pastilles into
a pint sized canning jar.
2. Put this jar into a saucepan and fill the saucepan with water until it comes 3/4 of the way up the canning jar, being
careful not to get water into the oil mixture.
3. Put on the stove over medium/low heat. Heat and stir occasionally until melted.
4. Let cool to room temperature either by leaving out or
quicken the process by putting into the refrigerator.
5. During the cooling process, put a fork into the jar and stir
vigorously every 15 minutes or so.
6. Once at room temperature, add in the Vitamin E and essential oil. That’s it. You have lotion!
Winter Hand Salve
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Recipe and Photo © A Sonoma Garden
http://asonomagarden.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/how-tomake-an-easy-winter-hand-salve-aka-eczema-fightinglotion/
Recipe
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2 oz Shea Butter

.45 oz Avocado Oil

4 Vitamin E tablets
 Measure out the shea butter and avocado oil on a digital
scale, and put them in a Pyrex measuring cup.
 Put that into a pot of simmering water and let them melt
together.
 When they are completely melted and mixed, take them
off the heat and add the Vitamin E, then let it all cool to
room temperature.
 Put the soon-to-be-lotion into a bigger bowl and set that
bowl into a bowl filled with ice water.
 Blend it with a stick blender. It must be cool to be able
to whip up correctly.
 Finish it off with a hand whip until it looks like meringue.
 Put that into an old lotion container and store it in the
fridge. When you need it, pull it out and scrape off a bit
with the back of your fingernail.
All three of these ingredients are known to help
with eczema, making this a good lotion for people
with that and similar skin conditions.
Body Butter
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Recipe and Photo © Rawmazing
http://www.rawmazing.com/homemade-body-butter-recipe/
Recipe
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1 cup shea butter
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1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup almond oil
1. Melt shea butter and coconut oil in the top of a
double boiler. Remove from heat and let cool for
30 minutes. You may have to chill the mixture for
this step. See above.
2. Stir in almond oil and essential oils of your
choosing.
3. Wait until oils start to partially solidify then
whip until a butter-like consistency is achieved.
This should only take a few minutes.
4. Place in clean, glass jar and enjoy! A little goes a
long way.
Orange Spice Sugar Scrub
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Recipe and Photo © Whole Living
http://www.wholeliving.com/142059/diy-body-scrubs/
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Recipe
Sugar is an inexpensive and relatively gentle exfoliator. This scrub's cloves, rose petals, and orange
zest give it a heady aroma, while sesame oil makes
it feel luxurious.
Combine 3/4 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons ground
cloves, 1 tablespoon dried rose petals, 2 teaspoons
grated orange zest, and 1 1/2 cups sesame oil in a
large bowl, making sure that everything is well
mixed. Use on damp skin twice a week, scrubbing
with your hands or a washcloth in small, circular
motions. The mix will last up to six months when
stored in a cool, dark cupboard.
Lemon Salt Scrub
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Photo © pauladeen.com, Recipe © Lauren Conrad
http://thebeautydepartment.com/2011/05/kitchenbeautician/
Recipe
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5 tablespoons sea salt
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 lemon
1. Mix the olive oil and sea salt together. Once the salt gets
coated by the oil, the lemon won’t dissolve it!
2. Next cut the lemon in half and squeeze over the salt + oil.
3. Mix and mash. (Feel free to adjust the recipe to your liking.)
Then scrub away!!
Ginger and Coconut Oil
Body Scrub
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Photo and Recipe © Food For My Family
http://foodformyfamily.com/the-kitchen-sink/ginger-andcoconut-oil-sugar-body-scrub/
Recipe
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1/4 cup coconut oil

1 tablespoon ginger, coarsely chopped

1/4 cup cold-pressed oil (tea seed, grape seed, sunflower, or
almond oil)
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3/4 cup granulated or turbinado sugar
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1/4 cup kosher salt
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1-4 drops essential oil (I used lemongrass)
1. In a small saucepan over low heat, heat the coconut oil and
ginger pieces. Continue heating for 5-10 minutes until ginger
scent and juice has transferred into the oil. Remove from
heat and press through a fine mesh sieve or through a coffee
filter.
2. While the oil is still warm, mix together with cold-pressed
oil. Stir to combine and allow to come to room temperature.
3. Stir in sugar and salt. Scent with essential oils as desired.
Pack into a container.
To Use: Massage into damp skin and allow to sit 2-4
minutes. Using a washcloth covered in warm water, steam
over face or stand in a steamy shower for a minute. Using the
wet washcloth, wipe excess from skin. Rinse and repeat until
oil is washed away.
Makes approximately 8 ounces sugar body scrub.
Bath Fizzies
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Recipe and Photo © MarthaStewart.com
http://www.marthastewart.com/271871/bath-fizzies
Recipe
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1/2 cup citric acid
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1 cup baking soda
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3/4 cup cornstarch
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1/4 cup organic cane sugar
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About 6 drops food coloring
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10 to 15 drops essential oil(s)
Special equipment: 2-ounce travel-size spray bottle,
plastic pipette, silicone ice-cube tray, storage jars
1. Stir together citric acid, baking soda, and cornstarch in a glass
measuring cup.
2. Pass mixture through a fine sieve or a flour sifter into a mixing bowl. Stir in sugar.
3. Fill spray bottle with water, and add food coloring. Spritz mixture lightly (it should become damp but not fizzy) until you
can pack mixture with your hands.
4. Using pipette, add oil, 1 drop at a time, until strength of scent
is to your liking. Using a metal spoon or your hands, mix ingredients until color is even throughout (mixture will begin to
dry out; when this happens, spritz until packable again).
5. Spoon into ice-cube tray, pressing firmly. Let dry at room
temperature overnight. Pop out of tray gently. Transfer to
jars.
Bath Snowballs
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Recipe and Photo © MarthaStewart.com
http://www.marthastewart.com/264447/bath-snowballs
Recipe
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2 cups Epsom salts
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2 tablespoons water
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A few drops essential oil(s)
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1 drop food coloring, plus more if desired
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Special equipment: plastic pipette, large or small
round bath-ball molds, storage jars
1. Stir together Epsom salts and water in a mixing bowl.
2. Using pipette, add oil, 1 drop at a time, until strength of scent is
to your liking.
3. Add food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until desired shade is
achieved; stir until color is even throughout.
4. Spoon a generous amount of mixture (more than necessary)
into 1/2 of a bath-ball mold. Pack firmly. Repeat, packing mixture into second half of mold. Press pieces together until they
connect.
5. Remove top half of mold very carefully. Let bath ball stand,
mold side down, overnight (set ball on an overturned jar lid to
keep it from tipping over).
6. Remove mold carefully. Invert, and let ball dry completely, 2 to
3 days more. Transfer to jars.
7. Makes 2 large or 4 small balls.