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LOL!!!! It never dawned on me to make it for some of the people in my life
LOL!!!! It never dawned on me to make it for some of the people in my life
homemade bath items and home remidies
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I've also used salt mixed with just enough olive oil to make it stick together as a moisturizing body scrub.
I have never heard of chicken poop shampoo, but I do use it as a foot moisturizer at least once a week. It's especially effective between the toes.
Cassandra
I have never heard of chicken poop shampoo, but I do use it as a foot moisturizer at least once a week. It's especially effective between the toes.
Cassandra
Cassandra, the sugar scrub is so very easy and sort of like your salt scrub. I have found that, if a person is diabetic and has foot or skin fungus, the fungus will feed on the sugar in the scrub and the salt is a much better choice. Having said that, if you leave the lid off the salt scrub in the shower, it hardens up quickly, so I prefer the sugar.
2 c. epsom salts
3 c. white, granulated sugar
If you want it to be a pretty color you should add food coloring (a few drops) to the dry mix and just knead it into the mix, you will see what I mean when you are mixing it. Go sparingly with the coloring, you can always add more to get the color you want....but you can't take it away once its in there!
This is also the stage in which I use my chosen essential oil. I just add it until I think it smells just right and this is an individual taste thing, so go sparingly and add small amts. at a time until you get used to making this. This also will need to be kneaded into the mix until evenly distributed. People absolutely go nuts for grapefruit or lime scented!
Add olive oil a little bit at a time until the mixture resembles a snowcone mixture (mix all the time you are adding, to get proper texture). You don't want it too soupy, plus olive oil is pretty expensive, so don't overuse. Too little and the mixture is too dry and won't cling to the skin well. For long time storage, it is best to use a dark container, as the essential oils lose their scent when exposed to light for too long. I have found that this stuff is used so quickly that it doesn't really need the dark containers. When I sell it to the general public I use the dark container, as I don't know when it will leave the shelves.
To use: After rinsing soap off body, take a palm-full of sugar scrub and gently massage over entire body(avoid the face if using citrus based essential oils, as they can be a little harsh to the face if you have sensitive skin). The tub may become a little slippery, but I have never had a problem with drains clogging from the oil in the mix. Rinse. Pat skin dry, don't rub. You will notice the water beading off the skin. This scrub will leave you with soft and glowing skin....I kid you not, you can tell a difference with the first application! The epsom salts and essential oils have natural antibacterial and antifungal properties, the sugar and epsom salts slough off old skin cells much more gently than a loofah or buff-puff, and the olive oil applied in this manner doesn't leave a greasy residue. And your bathroom will smell heavenly, as will your skin!!! The massaging effect of the mix will leave your skin tingling, like a mini-massage in a jar.
Warning: Men LOVE this stuff! You will have a hard time keeping them out of it and you will find it gone before you know it. I can't even keep my teenage boys out of it!!! Some of my best customers have been men and they order it in bulk!
My sister has used my bath salts mix( a whole other recipe!) and her husband uses it all before she even gets to use it. Says it helps his sore muscles and hemmorhoids!!! Ewwwww!
2 c. epsom salts
3 c. white, granulated sugar
If you want it to be a pretty color you should add food coloring (a few drops) to the dry mix and just knead it into the mix, you will see what I mean when you are mixing it. Go sparingly with the coloring, you can always add more to get the color you want....but you can't take it away once its in there!
This is also the stage in which I use my chosen essential oil. I just add it until I think it smells just right and this is an individual taste thing, so go sparingly and add small amts. at a time until you get used to making this. This also will need to be kneaded into the mix until evenly distributed. People absolutely go nuts for grapefruit or lime scented!
Add olive oil a little bit at a time until the mixture resembles a snowcone mixture (mix all the time you are adding, to get proper texture). You don't want it too soupy, plus olive oil is pretty expensive, so don't overuse. Too little and the mixture is too dry and won't cling to the skin well. For long time storage, it is best to use a dark container, as the essential oils lose their scent when exposed to light for too long. I have found that this stuff is used so quickly that it doesn't really need the dark containers. When I sell it to the general public I use the dark container, as I don't know when it will leave the shelves.
To use: After rinsing soap off body, take a palm-full of sugar scrub and gently massage over entire body(avoid the face if using citrus based essential oils, as they can be a little harsh to the face if you have sensitive skin). The tub may become a little slippery, but I have never had a problem with drains clogging from the oil in the mix. Rinse. Pat skin dry, don't rub. You will notice the water beading off the skin. This scrub will leave you with soft and glowing skin....I kid you not, you can tell a difference with the first application! The epsom salts and essential oils have natural antibacterial and antifungal properties, the sugar and epsom salts slough off old skin cells much more gently than a loofah or buff-puff, and the olive oil applied in this manner doesn't leave a greasy residue. And your bathroom will smell heavenly, as will your skin!!! The massaging effect of the mix will leave your skin tingling, like a mini-massage in a jar.
My sister has used my bath salts mix( a whole other recipe!) and her husband uses it all before she even gets to use it. Says it helps his sore muscles and hemmorhoids!!! Ewwwww!
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I am going to make some of this! Shaving gel is so expensive now. And I need a use for the shampoo, conditioner and lotion I never use. LOL I think I will try swapping olive oil for the baby oil. I really hate the smell of baby oil. Does anyone else get that? It smells like poison to me--I don't know how else to describe it except "acrid fumes." Weird, that. My hubby can't stand the smell of baby powder. Makes him feel like he's suffocating. haha Our poor kids.
Cassandra
I am going to make some of this! Shaving gel is so expensive now. And I need a use for the shampoo, conditioner and lotion I never use. LOL I think I will try swapping olive oil for the baby oil. I really hate the smell of baby oil. Does anyone else get that? It smells like poison to me--I don't know how else to describe it except "acrid fumes." Weird, that. My hubby can't stand the smell of baby powder. Makes him feel like he's suffocating. haha Our poor kids.
Cassandra
beekised. i dont understand. is it 2 cups of ebsome salts and 3 cups sugar, but i thouht u said u dont like the sugar,, ummm so basicaly its 2 cups ebsome salts, then what? at sent and water and oil?
can u put it in steps? please and thank you :
can u put it in steps? please and thank you :
I don't recall mentioning adding water???
2 c. epsom salts
3 c. sugar
I DO like the sugar best because it doesn't harden as much as the salt when left open. I don't recommend the sugar scrub for diabetics with skin conditions caused by fungus.
1. Mix epsom salts, sugar.
2. Thoroughly knead in food coloring, if desired.
3. Thoroughly knead in essential oils, if desired.
4. Slowly add olive oil, in small amounts, until the desired consistency....best if like a snow cone, saturated but not soupy.
5. Mix well at each stage.
6. Place in container with a good fitting lid.
7. Use as described above.
2 c. epsom salts
3 c. sugar
I DO like the sugar best because it doesn't harden as much as the salt when left open. I don't recommend the sugar scrub for diabetics with skin conditions caused by fungus.
1. Mix epsom salts, sugar.
2. Thoroughly knead in food coloring, if desired.
3. Thoroughly knead in essential oils, if desired.
4. Slowly add olive oil, in small amounts, until the desired consistency....best if like a snow cone, saturated but not soupy.
5. Mix well at each stage.
6. Place in container with a good fitting lid.
7. Use as described above.
OOOOOOHHH! ok... thanks! i just made it and its reallly nice! but i dont know what esential oils are really... so i just used some lavender sented stuff and vinilla. lol. it turned out good. but still smells like olive oil. lol
im gonna try making the saving gel next. cool.
There is an extra light tasting olive oil that is practically odorless. Would probably be great for that if the smell of olive oil bothers you. I kinda like it.
cassandra
cassandra
Mine never smells like olive oil!
Maybe the essential oils are a bit stronger than regular scenting? I've never tried other scenting than essential oils. I don't think I would have ever tried it more than once if I went around smelling like olive oil!
I don't know about extra light, but there is just a "regular" olive oil available, vs. green/extra virgin etc.
I use olive oil most of the time, with butter sometimes. For the olive oil I buy the large cans (101 ozs.?) by Star, I think, or Bertolli.
They have one which is green, and that one tastes and smells wonderfully of olives, and one which is yellow, which really doesn't. I use the yellow for baking, as it doesn't the affect texture or flavor of baked goods. The green is good for dressings, or cooking savory foods.
Perhaps, Beekissed, you are just using the less green oil?
Either way, the recipe is a good one, and the warning on some health issues a good one. And to think, I have 2 new boxes of epsom salts...ahhhhh! Thank you!
I use olive oil most of the time, with butter sometimes. For the olive oil I buy the large cans (101 ozs.?) by Star, I think, or Bertolli.
They have one which is green, and that one tastes and smells wonderfully of olives, and one which is yellow, which really doesn't. I use the yellow for baking, as it doesn't the affect texture or flavor of baked goods. The green is good for dressings, or cooking savory foods.
Perhaps, Beekissed, you are just using the less green oil?
Either way, the recipe is a good one, and the warning on some health issues a good one. And to think, I have 2 new boxes of epsom salts...ahhhhh! Thank you!
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