Introduction

The reason you’re reading this right now is because you’re sick and tired of looking down and not being satisfied of the size and look of your tummy, am I right? In that case, welcome to the Flatten Your Belly eBook App.

Firstly, let’s not beat around the bush. You most likely have too much fat, you don’t have the flat abs you desire and you’re fed up of it. You want to change. The great news is that you’ve made then right decision by reading this book.

Only one thing works in life and that is hard-work! But it’s not anywhere near as hard as you think. It’s a case of seeing through hype and forcing yourself to accept reality as it is and to then go forward with a positive attitude and make an effort.

A simple diet and a bit of exercise can net you unbelievable results! Most people tend to quit when they don’t see results right away but it takes time for results to happen as nothing is immediate. This is where willpower is required, to help you stay on track. If you can stay focused on your goal to lose weight and get in shape, you will succeed.

But have you ever wondered why you want that body so badly in the first place?

Chapter 1: Presuppositions On Six Pack Abs

According to the media, the fitness industry, and every other industry that has to do with reaching out to the masses,

Six packs are the thing to have!

And we have come to expect six packs from those industries.

When we are relaxing at home watching TV shows and we see someone take their shirt off, and they are overweight and don’t have a six pack, it’s not uncommon for at least one person in the room to say, “Ew.” This scenario happens all the time, and most of the time the person saying it doesn’t even have a six pack themselves.

The point of this is that the media, the TV, movies, magazines, and everything else that’s designed for mass consumption, is reorienting our views for what’s normal in our society.

If we listened to the media, everyone on earth would be weak and inferior. Why? Because most people don’t have six pack abs. Don’t believe me? Think of how the media portrays people of power or influence. They almost always have a six pack.

Every warrior in the movie ‘300’ had a six pack and even the Twilight movies show six pack abs almost completely throughout. And that’s just counting the men. Nowadays it’s not uncommon for women celebrities to sport a six pack, too.

That’s because six packs signify power, sexiness and our media is letting us know that having them means that we’re special. We’re not just common; we’re someone to be respected. That is how the media depicts people with six pack abs.

But the truth is, having a six pack is healthy, too.

 

Chapter 2: Having Abs Is Good for Your Health

Having a six pack shows that you have strong abdominal muscles. One of the best effects of strengthening those muscles, is you essentially help your back perform better. Your posture will be better, you will walk straighter, and you’ll have fewer, if any, back problems in the future.

If you have a bad back, and you follow the information in this eBook, your back pain could literally disappear. It’s amazing how getting in shape can cure many of our ailments.

The fact is, having just a little bit of fat on your midsection can make you susceptible to sickness and disease. When you get your six pack, you will feel healthy for the first time in a long time. You’ll find that you get sick less often, if you get sick at all, and you’ll have an easier time warding off certain diseases like cancer.

But probably the most important features of getting a six pack is that it has such a great effect on your attitude and overall mental health. Around the world there are a record number of people suffering from depression. We’re also getting fatter by the year. Coincidence or not?

I know when I gain a few pounds I feel pretty bad. The world isn’t just gaining a few pounds, however, it’s facing obesity on an epidemic level.

So it’s no wonder the world is depressed. If you feel down more times than you feel good, you just might be able to get out of your funk by finally attaining a six pack.

While I’m not saying that having a six pack will cure mental illness, not by any means, I’m merely saying that having a six pack will improve your outlook on life exponentially.

Chapter 3: Why Are Six Pack Abs So Elusive?

The majority of the western world are fat

Most people don’t have a six pack, and that’s obvious. Every holiday we hold, no matter your religion, typically revolves around food. And when there’s abundant food, there’s usually alcohol, too. It’s no wonder our society is so gluttonous.

But it may be more than just the availability of food. The Italians also celebrate with food, but they’re not known to be a very overweight culture. What could be causing us all to gain weight? And what could be holding you back from your dreams of attaining a six pack?

A moment ago I mentioned that the world is getting increasingly depressed as they get fatter. Some scientists think that putting on weight is one of our body’s defense mechanisms.

Some studies have concluded that children who are sexually abused gain weight as they grow so as to hide their bodies. The fat they put on essentially acts as a buffer between them and the rest of the world.

This may sound like a lot of psychosomatic mumbo jumbo but lots of studies have proven its relevancy. What we think and how we feel affects how our bodies change and develop. By relaxing and telling your body that you really want to achieve this goal, you’ll be more likely to reach it once and for all.

Most people are looking for that magic pill. That term ‘magic pill’, I hate to use it because it’s used so often. But it perfectly describes what people are looking for in their quests to lose weight.

It’s not easy. In fact, it can be downright hard at times. But you know what? Most people wouldn’t know because they quit prematurely, before the plan their on even has time to produce any action.

If you can just keep eating right and doing the exercises I’m going to tell you about, you’ll notice your waist shrinking and that six pack poking through before you know it. So are you ready to head into the six principles to six pack abs? What are you waiting for then lets go!

Chapter 4: Principle 1 – A Full 7-8 hours Sleep

The first principle may not exactly what you were thinking it would be however this is where we will start. A full 7-8 hours sleep is a must to any sort of healthy way of life and is something that every human being should strive to achieve. Sleep is so important to your health that some have even said that…

“Sleep Is More Important Than Food”

Don’t know if you agree on that? Well, Here are some facts from the national sleep foundation around sleeping and your health.

“Studies have found a relationship between the quantity and quality of one’s sleep and many health problems. For example, insufficient sleep affects growth hormone secretion that is linked to obesity; as the amount of hormone secretion decreases, the chance for weight gain increases. Blood pressure usually falls during the sleep cycle, however, interrupted sleep can adversely affect this normal decline, leading to hypertension and cardiovascular problems. Research has also shown that insufficient sleep impairs the body’s ability to use insulin, which can lead to the onset of diabetes. More and more scientific studies are showing correlations between poor and insufficient sleep and disease”

Pretty sobering findings from these studies right? This is the reason we must start our 6 principles to a six pack abs book at this very part right here.

In this day and age it appears that the world is sleeping less and less what with the technological advancements of tv’s, computers, pads and smart phones. There is so much to distract us from sleep  and divert our attention away from the body’s tiredness. Ever played games on your smart phone in bed? If you have you know what i’m talking about.

But in order for you to put away your phone and sleep, you need to know the benefits of a good 7-8 hours of sleep.

This again from the national sleep foundation

“Sleep helps us thrive by contributing to a healthy immune system, and can also balance our appetites by helping to regulate levels of the hormones ghrelin and leptin, which play a role in our feelings of hunger and fullness. So when we’re sleep deprived, we may feel the need to eat more, which can lead to weight gain”

So what do you do? How do you get more sleep?

It’s recommended that to get into a good sleeping pattern you must have a routine when going to sleep. For instance, drink a relaxing tea or hot milk, shower, brush your teeth and read 5 pages from a book (real book). By doing this routine over and over again your body will recognize this routine and prepare itself for sleep thus making it easier for your mind and body to relax and enter sleep and increase the actual time you are sleeping.

A tip to enjoying a good full sleep is keeping the room cool and dark. If you are feeling the slight bit hot, it affects the way you sleep and the length of your phases of sleep. So try and keep the room cool and dark at all times when you are sleeping. The reason for keeping it dark is when your body see’s that it is dark, it starts releasing melatonin which as researched and discussed here by the university of Maryland medical center

“Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the brain. It helps regulate other hormones and maintains the body’s circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm is an internal 24-hour clock that plays a critical role in when we fall asleep and when we wake up. When it is dark, your body produces more melatonin; when it is light, the production of melatonin drops. Being exposed to bright lights in the evening or too little light during the day can disrupt the body’ s normal melatonin cycles. For example, jet lag, shift work, and poor vision can disrupt melatonin cycles”

Read more: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/melatonin-000315.htm#ixzz21VDv4pu0

Exposure to any color other than the color RED – however dim, however brief – during the mid night trip to the bathroom or to check on the children. Any of this will interrupt the release of our melatonin and send a signal to our brain that it’s time to wake up – so our ability to go back to sleep can be affected.

So the secrets to a full good sleep are the temperature of the room and the amount of light in the room. Get these right and you are on your way to sleeping better and getting those six pack abs

Chapter 5: Principle 2 – Hydration is a must

Why We Need Water

Our bodies are estimated to be about 60 to 70% water. Blood is mostly water, and our muscles, lungs, and brain all contain a lot of water. Water is needed to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to all our organs. Water also transports oxygen to our cells, removes waste, and protects our joints and organs.

When we exercise, we build up heat in working muscles causing our internal temperatures to rise. During hard exercise, your muscles can generate 20 times more heat than when you are at rest. We cool ourselves by perspiring. It is this evaporation of sweat from our skin that helps us maintain a lower core body temperature.

When there is a lot of moisture in the air, evaporation isn’t an effective cooling means and we keep sweating and losing fluids in order to try and stay comfortable. If you did not sweat, you could cook yourself to death. A body temperature higher than 106°F damages the cells. At 107.6°F, cell protein coagulates (like egg whites do when they cook), and the cell dies. This is one serious reason why you shouldn’t push yourself beyond your limits in very hot weather. As a result, we have to drink more water to replenish this fluid lost in the form of sweat.

So why do experts suggest that we drink lots of water and why is it considered so essential to a healthy life? Well first off it helps to avoid dehydration and it keeps the kidneys functioning well by assisting in the elimination of waste products plus it helps to increase your metabolism which helps you to lose weight.

But aside from listening to what experts tell you, you should make it a priority to listen to your body first and foremost. When you are thirsty, then naturally you will drink water to replenish yourself. Depending on the kind of work that you do, you should try to get into the habit of drinking water regularly or even better, keeping a water bottle handy, especially on really hot days since the heat causes you to sweat and your body loses water and thus you will need to replenish yourself.

This is why water is so important in our lives. Not only is it zero calories, it is basically the best source for quenching your thirst AND the healthiest. You may consider adding water to all of your meals over time and doing away with fruit drinks and sodas ultimately as it will help reduce your caloric intake and you’ll also feel much better without the added sugar that comes with the other drinks.

Signs of Dehydration

We lose water through urination, respiration, and by sweating. The water we lose through sweating comes from blood plasma. Plasma is the vehicle for red blood cells, which contain the oxygen that muscles need in order to perform. As you become dehydrated, your total blood volume is reduced, and the oxygen-carrying capability of your blood decreases.

The first drawback to dehydration is diminished performance. If you continue to exercise without proper fluid intake, you may experience a drop in blood pressure; feel faint, dizzy or nauseous. These are the symptoms of heat exhaustion. If you keep going, your body’s ability to dissipate heat is further impaired and you may suffer heat stroke. .

Symptoms of mild dehydration include chronic pains in joints and muscles, lower back pain, headaches, and constipation. A strong odor to your urine, along with a yellow or amber color indicates that you are not getting enough water.

How Much Water To Drink

A good rule of thumb is to take your body weight in pounds and divide that number in half. That gives you the number of ounces of water per day that you need. For example, if you weigh 160 pounds, you should drink at least 80 ounces of water per day. If you exercise you should drink another 8-ounce glass of water for every 20 minutes you are active. If you drink coffee or alcohol, you should add at least an equal amount of water. Coffee and alcohol are diuretics and remove water from your system. These should not be counted towards total fluid consumption. When you are traveling on an airplane, it is good to have 8 ounces of water for every hour you are on board the plane. If you live in an arid climate, you should add another 2 servings per day. As you can see, your daily need for water can add up to quite a lot.

Drink a glass of water every fifteen minutes during your workout. This may sound like a lot, but it is necessary to keep you hydrated. If you can’t drink that much water at once, take smaller amounts every ten minutes. Seemingly tough at first, once you schedule it into your regular training routine, you will quickly adapt to having fluid in your stomach. In fact, the fuller your stomach is, the faster it will empty. Gastric emptying is greatly influenced by its volume. Emptying rate decreases exponentially as fluid volume is depleted. Therefore, an effective way to speed up gastric emptying is by maintaining high fluid volumes in the stomach.

When you consume fluids, the rate of gastric emptying is speedy in the first few minutes, and then steadily slows down. To prevent this, you should consume small amounts of fluids frequently throughout your workout. Large amounts of water ingested quickly (such as 600 ml) during exercise, often causes gastric and intestinal distress. Around 400 ml of water can be cleared in 15 minutes for use, so it would be best to have 200-400 ml of water every 15 minutes for ample hydration.

After exercise, drink water to quench your thirst, and then drink even more. If you weigh yourself before and after your workout, drink 16 ounces of water for every pound of weight you lose after exercise.

By following the principle of keeping hydrated you will be well on your way to six pack abs

 

Chapter 6: Principle 3 – Adequate Protein

Principle 3 is making sure you consume adequate protein during the day. The term protein is derived from the Greek word proteios, meaning “primary or of first importance” This is the foundation block for a healthy diet.

Every tissue in your body is made from PROTEIN (ie; muscle, hair, skin, nails). Proteins are the building

blocks of muscle tissue and cells. Without it, building muscle and burning fat efficiently would be impossible.

Its importance is paramount. Protein also helps increase your metabolism every time you eat it by 20%! That is huge everyone. If protein increases your metabolism, then to burn fat efficently it is imperative to be consuming an adequate amount of protein

It also makes the carbohydrates timed released, so you get sustained energy throughout the day

Nobody should consume more than 3kg of protein per lean body mass. For people who are not as active should consume aprox. 1.5kg to 1.8kg per lean muscle mass. Protein should be balanced out in correct ratio with the other nutrients to best suit your needs or goals in sport or weight loss.

How Much Protein Should I Consume?

At this point in time there will be lots of conjecture and differing thoughts when confronted with the question “How much protein should I consume. I remember one day asking a professional bodybuilder “how much protein do you consume on a normal day?”.  And he replied “320grams per day, You’ve got to eat to grow and you’ve got to eat to diet. Protein is paramount in all seasons”. He was consuming a ratio of 75% protein, 15% Carbs and 10% good fats

Now when looking at this example this is not a normal person but a competitive bodybuilder, so although protein requirements are not that high the importance of protein to your diet can not be understated.

So what is advocated for General Health and Weight Control is a ratio of Protein 40% Carbohydrates 40% and Fats 20% (good fats mostly)

So how do I get this protein in?

Try to get in 1 of the following servings of protein at each meal

Good Examples of Protein Are:

Eggs (1 yolk to every six eggs): 10 eggs

Chicken breast (cooked, skinless and boneless): 200grams

Turkey (cooked, skinless and boneless): 190grams

Lean (90% lean) red meats, rump or sirloin: 160grams

Tuna (canned or fresh): 185kg tin

100% Whey Concentrate or Isolate Protein Powder: 40g serve

Each serving size approximately equals 40 grams of protein.

An added bonus to consuming adequate protein is that it keeps you fuller for longer and reduces the cravings to splurge out and eat bad food.

In essence the need for protein in your daily dietary requirements is not only of upmost importance but is almost a must do if you want to lose the fat and reveal your six pack

Chapter 7: Principle 4 – 20-30 mins cardio exercise every day

If you are serious about revealing your six pack abs it is imperative that you add in at least 20-30 mins cardiovascular exercise into your daily routine. The main reason your abs are not visible is there is a layer of fat covering them and the most effective way of burning that fat is to do some sort of cardiovascualr exercise combined with healthy eating. It is this importance that makes cardio exercise a principle to six pack abs

Cardiovascular exercise is beneficial to you by developing the lungs to be stronger by boosting levels of oxygen to the body and the heart by helping it to use that oxygen more efficiently.

2 Main Styles Of Cardiovascular Exercise.

No matter what type of exercise you choose to do. There are 2 main styles that all cardio exercises come from. And that is AEROBIC  and ANAEROBIC.

The word aerobic translates to with oxygen, or with air.  Exercise that is less intense and longer in duration is aerobic. With aerobic sessions, an athlete implements the same big muscle area in a steady motion for between fifteen and thirty. A maximum heart rate of about sixty to eighty % is the goal to maintain. Swimming, cycling, light running, and walking are some examples of aerobic exercises. These exercises should be able to be done without someone breathing hard. If you cannot carry on a short conversation while working out, you may be moving it up a level by anaerobically exercising.

Muscle groups get extra blood and oxygen from the body during an aerobic exercise session. Halting all of a sudden in the midst of an aerobic session is not a wise move. This can lead to dizziness and muscular cramping. After a fairly intense work out, a cool off session is usually a wise idea. Moving in place for a few minutes is a good idea if somebody gets too exhausted during a work out session. Anaerobic exercise is different from aerobic in that it is usually shorter in time span and greater in intensity.

With anaerobics or high intensity cardio, the body wears down faster and muscles build more quickly. Football, soccer, skiing, basketball, and weight lifting are sports considered anaerobic exercises. Sprinting or running is another example. Anaerobic exercise has been noted to be more effective in increasing the speed of your metabolim thus burning more throughout the day. It’s proven that high intensity cardio exercise has your metabolism burning calories hours after you have finished exercising

Which One Is Better?

Have you ever wondered which cardio exercises are best for burning off extra body fat? Is walking (low intensity) better or running (high intensity) better for burning body fat?

Well, both low and high intensity exercises will help you burn off body fat. The question is which is more effective and burn more body fat. What is your fat burning zone?

When scientists first reported that during intensive exercises, your body burn glycogen, which is a form of stored carbohydrates stored in your liver and muscles for energy and during low intensive exercises, your body burn body fat, everyone suddenly change their workout routines to perform low intensity exercises to burn body fat.

Does it work? Obviously it does not work because there are still so many fat people around although they are working out with low intensity exericies isn’t it? Why is that so?

Well, the scientists were right when they said that our bodies burn more body fat during low intensity exercises like walking or a leisurely swim. But during a high intensity exercise like running, our bodies burn a lot more calories. Even if some of the calories burnt are from glycogen, we will still burn many fat calories as well.

To add icing to the cake, when your store of glycogen is low, the carbs from your meal you eat later gets converted into glycogen to fill up the store and will not be converted to body fat when left unused for energy.

Furthermore, high intensity cardio exercises crank up your metabolism even after your workout is done. This means that you body will continue to burn body fat hours after you have left the gym. This effect is almost non existent in low intensity cardio or aerobic workout. Accumulatively, your body burns up many many more calories during and after high intensity cardio exercises than lower intensive ones.

You can inject high intensity exercises to your cardio workout by introducing some interval training. You can walk briskly for 5 minutes, then breaking into a jog for another 5 minutes. Then walking briskly again until you caught your breath and then sprint for a minute before walking again for another minute. From this point, alternate between a sprint and a walk, a minute each and do this for the next 15 minutes and you are done.

Do this for 5 days a week and before long, you will be steadily losing unwanted body fat and weight healthily and naturally

This type exercise is without a doubt an essential part of getting six pack abs even though it may be a little hard at first. A good body requires regular cardiovascular sessions and is a continuous process. People who have already achieved good cardiovascular condition can keep this by exercising a minimum of three times a week. Four to five intervals a week should be the intervals of people who are attempting to lose weight and elevate their level of health.

Chapter 8: Principle 5 – Record Your Journey

Well we’ve reached the fifth principle out of our 6 principles to six pack abs. This principle is something that is not only imperative to incorporate immediately but is something that you should aim to do for the rest of your life and that is tracking your progress and recording your journey.

This principle right here is not anything to do with you achieving your six pack abs physically, However, One of the biggest factors in whether or not you will achieve this elusive thing is the belief and feeling of seeing the amazing changes you have made. Sometimes you may feel down or not motivated but when you see what is really happening with yourself and the changes you are making, it spurs you on and gives you more fuel to achieve your goal.

Tracking this info isn’t meant to be a punishment, it is actually motivation!  If you track all of your physical activity you will be able to look back at all you have accomplished.  When you have those mornings where you feel like you just CAN’T exercise, check out your progress and take in all that you have done. It will get you out and active. If you have a calendar and you put a red X through everyday that you got enough physical activity, you will want to keep that streak alive.  it seems like such an old fashioned tip, but our minds work like that. We will want to keep the streak of X’s going as long as possible.

You can also see the improvements.  If you are working out with weights, keep track of how much weight you are lifting. It is a great feeling to watch those numbers climb.  You can do the same with running, keep trying to outdistance yourself each day.

Keeping track of your workout progress could even help you diagnose problems.  If you notice there are certain days that are danger areas for you, then you can figure out what happens on those days that throws you off.  Just figure out the things that only happen on those days, do you see any patterns?

Tracking progress is a nice step for your nutrition too.  one of the easiest ways to do that is using the calorie counting tip from the first lesson.

If you are looking for something visual you can do something like the calendar trick but related to nutrition.  Everyday you eat right you put an X.

So to sum up, Tracking progress is a great step in any ab seeking venture.  It helps you visualize everything you have accomplished, makes it easier to diagnose negative patterns and motivates you to keep on track.

 

Chapter 8: Principle 6 – Effective Ab Workouts

When it comes to the exercises, the number one rule is that you don’t need to spend money. Turn the infomercials off! All you need is a floor and your body. If you want to get an ab ball, that’s OK, but that’s it. The ab ball can actually help you target your abs really well, but you can do the same exercises on the floor.

Crunches vs Sit-ups

Some people advocate crunches to get really ripped abs and some say that sit-ups are better. The truth is that it doesn’t matter what abdominal exercises you do. As long as you put some intensity into them, and you feel the burn, they will give you the rock hard abs you’re wanting.

Reps/Sets

When it comes to reps and sets, do as many as you feel is necessary. Remember when I said that your body speaks to you? It will let you know when it’s had enough. But make sure you push yourself and give it your all so that you’re not giving up before you actually get yourself working.

Remember that, in order to exercise your abdominals correctly, you have to exercise your side, upper and lower abdominals. You can do this by doing side bends, crunches, reverse crunches where you raise your butt in the air instead of your shoulders, etc. Those exercises right there will give you a great workout that will have your abs showing before you know it, as long as you change your lifestyle and follow the rest of my advice.

The goal of six pack abs mainly depends upon losing weight by completing exercises that focus on the muscles in the abdominal area. There are literally dozens of such exercises including many that are meant for other major muscle groups, but that can be modified to include a workout for your abdominal muscles.

Here are just a few of the major abdominal emphasis exercises.

CRUNCHES

Crunches are done by lying on the floor either on a mat or not, with your arms crossed in front of your chest. Many people do crunches with the hands behind the head, but this can create lower back problems because of the pull on the head and neck. A slightly different position has the finger tips placed behind the ears, rather than crossed on the chest. It is important not to pull on the neck or on the ears for assistance in rising off the floor. Instead, suck the abdomen back toward the spine and inhale through the nose at the same time. Raise the shoulders toward the knees using only the muscles in the abdomen. The entire back should not be lifted from the floor, as this is likely to create back strain. No additional benefit to the abdomen is gained by raising the entire torso. The key part of the crunch is the initial flexing of the abdominal muscles as the shoulders are lifted off the floor. As the shoulders clear the floor, exhale through your mouth. Complete the exhalation with a gasp to expel the last of the air from the lungs as your shoulders stay clear of the floor. Lower the shoulders back to the point where the shoulder blade touches the ground while inhaling. It is important to maintain the proper breathing control and muscle flexing to get maximum benefit from crunches.

SIT UPS

Once again start in a position on the floor with your feet flat and your knees bent. The fingers should be placed behind the ears, or you can cross your arms on your chest. Slowly raise the entire back off the floor while inhaling deeply and exhale as you reverse the move. This exercise can be made more challenging in several ways. For instance, you can do sit ups from an incline with your head lower than your lower body. You can then add weights on the chest to lift while you are sitting up. Weights can become heavier on an incline bench. The next difficult step can be attained by holding the feet off the ground while doing sit ups or making a bicycle peddling motion while doing sit ups with your legs. These exercises may not be easy, but are very beneficial to the abdominal area.

LEG LIFTS

Leg lifts begin with the legs straight and the hands at your sides while lying on the floor. Lift both legs up at the same time without bending the knees until the legs are at a ninety degree angle or a close as possible. Not everyone is flexible enough to reach the ninety degree angle. Lower the legs as close as possible to the floor without actually touching and repeat several times. Increase the challenge of this exercise by adding weights to the legs while lifting them. Another challenging exercise for improving definition and musculature in the abdomen is to hang from a pull up bar while lifting both legs to a ninety-degree position. As with most other exercises, try to stay conscious of breathing while slowly doing the routines.

JACKKNIFE SIT UPS

This exercise begins by lying flat on the floor with the hands at your sides in order to provide better balance. At the same time you raise your knees, bring your torso up slowly till the face and knees meet. Return slowly to the original position while in full control of the movement. The jackknife name comes from the natural tendency of the legs to bend at the knee with the feet dropping to the hips presenting the shape of a jackknife. The difficulty level of this position can be increased by holding a weight between the feet while performing the sit ups.

V UPS

This exercise begins with you on your back on the floor with the arms extended over your head. Bring both legs and torso up at the same time without bending the knees or the arms. Keep the pace slow and steady and reach for your feet with your extended hands at the top of the arc. If possible, try to touch your feet, but this move can be tricky until your level of flexibility increases. As with other exercises, adding weight between the feet increases the difficulty level.

Conclusion: Get Going Now! Not Tomorrow

Now that we’ve learnt the 6 principles to six pack abs, everybody knows what to do. They read the material, they realize they need to take action and put in the effort but the truth of the matter is, people seldom do. Unless you discipline yourself to resist the temptation of eating unhealthy foods and motivate yourself to eat healthy foods, you will find it difficult to get on the road to a healthy life.

No amount of reading or saying “Yes, I can do it” will help you unless you take that first step. It takes a strong commitment to get on track and it takes an equally strong commitment to keep at it. Most people give up after a short time because they’re not satisfied with their results. If you can commit and keep yourself motivated and continue to aspire to eat well and train well, you will achieve your goal. You just need to go out there and make the effort and do the work required.

Over the course of time, not only will you mentally adjust to your training regiment but you will develop a great amount of discipline and self-confidence and you will naturally maintain a positive attitude which means easily being able to resist any kind of temptation. Everybody needs to start from somewhere. Setting your goals little by little as opposed to attempting to go all-out and trying to sweat out 10 pounds on the treadmill in the course of a week will do more harm than good. Starting the process slowly is key which means going for a brisk walk to help acclimate your body to the more rigorous runs you plan to do in the later weeks.

One mistake people make when starting out is going all out which leads to injury and soon they decide that training is just too painful and taxing. As before, set a schedule and if necessary, consult with a personal trainer about what might be good for you if you feel uncomfortable coming up with a schedule. Although you do not need to make the process so difficult. If your desire is to lose weight, all you really require is a small daily window allotted to your exercise and keeping an eye on what you put in your body.

Simply be confident and work towards your goals. Be positive and you will get the results you want. Now is the time to begin developing that plan and taking a course of action so you can get on the road to the super healthy lifestyle you deserve!

 

Disclaimer

All the material contained in this book is provided for educational and informational purposes only. No responsibility can be taken for any results or outcomes resulting from the use of this material.

While every attempt has been made to provide information that is both accurate and effective, the author does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or use/misuse of this information.

 A Guide to Quit Smoking

 

A Need of Willpower to Quit Smoking

Smokers do want to quit smoking and they are waiting for that auspicious day eagerly. But still quitting the smoking becomes impossible for them. They do try but again got caught in the same grip of an addiction. They want to get succeed but again find themselves standing on the same point from where they have started their journey for a good cause.

This does not happen with one or two smoker. It is a case with every other smoker. They are trying hard to quit it but are not capable because of the love for nicotine. Nicotine is a deadly drug but its addiction is very powerful. The fortunate thing is that thousands of people are successfully trying to escape its grip and many have already succeeded. They are same people who once have thought that they would not be able to quit. Finally they won over evil and turned their dream into the reality. Their determination has worked for them.

You can follow their footsteps too:

You need to fulfill the commitment you have done with yourself and with your near and dear ones. The first step you need to do some alterations in your thinking. Be optimist and change way of living a little. The activities you have associated with habit of smoking needs to have some modifications. Just change the way of dealing with them and you will notice a great change in you.

You need to associate a good reasoning behind cause of quitting and have to think about good consequences that follow. If you do not feel good about quitting, then you will never be able to quit smoking. You should be mentally as well as emotionally strong to escape this deadly danger.

If you properly condition yourself mentally then you can certainly come onto the commitment you have done with yourself. People are generally scared of the withdrawal effects without giving thought to their long term benefits. They never think that pleasures, comforts and enjoyment that they are getting from smoking is shot term. These feelings exist at subconscious level. Studies say that we experience 60,000 thoughts a day. Unfortunately most people give rise to the negative ones in that percentage.

You must pen down what you think about smoking and its quitting. In general most people including smokers are against smoking. Things will start working effectively if you start applying what you say rather than what you feel.

Advantages of Quitting Smoking and Disadvantages of Smoking

Do you know that around 1000 Americans are dying everyday because of smoking?

One out of every six men is dying in United States because of smoking. It is quite clear now that smoking is one of the major causes of death. If you smoke then you are also enhancing the chances of diseases that will end up in death. The major diseases due to smoking are the coronary heart disease, lung cancer, mouth cancer and severe problems regarding throat, bladder, kidney and pancreas. Most of the diseases are so severe that there are no treatments available for them. The severe gangrene problem has been found in the Diabetic patients, who smoke a lot.

Now, this is the high time and you must quit smoking immediately. Do not think that it is impossible for you to quit it, as there are many chain smokers, who have quit smoking. The only thing one needs is the determination and once you achieve your destination then you will feel happy and contented.

Follow these rules and see the results:

Firstly, you need a firm determination of quitting this bad habit. When you have determined firmly, and then decide a date. Now, from this particular date, you will not touch the cigarette determine it firmly.

For a smoker, smoking is one of the essentials. Now you have decided to quit it and to attain the quitting, try some other work at the time of smoking.

As the date of quitting is approaching, try to minimize the intake of cigarettes and the conditions when you smoke. Take a glass jar, fill it with water and drop all the butts of cigarette into it.

Try to concentrate on the advantages after quitting cigarette, in your free time. You will find that quitting smoking have much more advantages than smoking. If one quit smoking then there will be considerable minimization in the risk involved due to heart disease, cancer and other deadly diseases. Earlier you use to get tired up easily, but now you have more power. You will also gain resistance from cough, cold and flu.

Quitting cigarette will also save the money, which you were burning to destroy your health. Put all the money you spend on your cigarette in the glass jar and in one month see your savings.

In the initial phases, nicotine will show its effects. It would be almost impossible for you to handle this temptation. However, try to divert your mind. You will also have to face a lot of problems like headache, irritation and coughing. All these are positive signs. To avoid them drink water, make your hands and mouth busy. Do not bother about them, as they will reduce with the time. During the initial phases of quitting smoking, you may feel anxiety. To get rid of anxiety does not take caffeine drinks, inhale deep breaths and go for walk. The best way to handle the problem is start-doing exercises.

Moreover, quantity of carbon monoxide in your blood will minimize and a considerable increment of oxygen. There will be glow at your face and your skin will turn pink. Your heartbeat will be normal and lungs become clearer. Your risk to heart attack gradually decreases, if you are not smoking for a year or two.

To make it more interesting, look out for a friend interested in getting rid of it. Both of you can do wonders. Always try to avoid places that encourage smoking. After quitting, many people usually put on a lot of weight. To avoid this, go for an exercise program, eat healthy food and improve your way of living.

Some drugs can replace the harmful nicotine. But, it should not be taken without the advice of Doctor. For instance, Nicotine gum, Bupropion, Nicotine inhaler and Nicotine nasal spray. These drugs will surely helpful in quitting smoking.

Now, you have acquired your destination. It is the time to reward you for your achievement. Get that glass jar and you will be wondered to find the amount you have saved.

Many times, even after quitting people smoke. Do not think that your efforts have gone wasted. You should only consider the advantages of not smoking and start following the path of not smoking. The best thing one can do for quitting smoking is the faith in oneself. Have faith in yourself and you will attain the unachievable.

Affect of Smoking on Mother’s Womb

Smoking is much dangerous for a pregnant woman than any other person. Smoking affects your unborn child. If you are going to plan your family or are already pregnant, then you need to concentrate on facts related to smoking. A Mother always wants to give a healthy and fit life to her baby. But continuing with your smoking are you really fulfilling your wish?

When you take a puff then the smoke that you inhale goes into your baby’s body. It affects his weight resulting into less resistant body. Smoking affects his height too. Such babies whose mothers had smoked during their pregnancies are generally short in height.  This possibility is much less in case of the women who smoke a full pack during pregnancy. At this stage even no physician suggests to continue this habit. Baby’s body needs more supply of oxygen to survive in mother’s womb. Supply of nicotine deprives a baby to consume his share of oxygen. Such children are not able to adjust socially than children of non smoking mothers.

Studies show that possibility of infant morality is 50 percent higher when the mother smokes than in case of non -smoking mothers. Children of many smokers die of sudden infant death syndrome, or crib death. If pregnant women stop smoking by their fourth month of pregnancy then still they are out of danger zone.

Parenting is a tough job. If you do not sound well in your health then how will you be able to take care of your child? Most women suffer from lung cancer that is a deadly disease. A child always seeks for his mother’s shelter. If you want to be there all time for your child, then you need to stop smoking at once.

Passive smokers are more prone to the diseases than chain smokers are. This applies on children also. As a matter of fact, they are too sensitive to problems raised by the passive smoking.

By quitting the smoking you are rendering a new life to your child. You and your child both will enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Quitting smoking is not an easy thing to do for the usual smokers. But alternatives will certainly work for you. There are many support centers that can help you out. Just enroll yourself in them. You can see your health care provider for solutions and suggestions. Your one step to quitting the smoking will lead your unborn to the path of a safe child.

All About Smoking

Some people are under misconception and take smoking as a hobby. According to recent studies conducted by AMA, American Lung and Heart Associations and the American Cancer society smoking is one of the main causes of premature death. Smoking means you are giving to yourself a slow poison treatment. Smoking does not only meteorites the smoker’s health but it also affects the nearby standing person like your kids as their organs are on developing stage.

Smoking problem

It has become an accepted fact worldwide that cigarette smoking is the main agent of avoidable and premature death rate. It results in one in five deaths in United States. The data shows the deaths of over 400,000 people from 1995 to 1999 in U.S per year. Smoking acts as a catalyst in lung cancer, coronary heart diseases and chronic airway obstruction.

If we exclude adult deaths which is commonly a result of secondhand smoke, we see that both adult males and females have lost on an around 13 to14 years of their life expectancy. If this pace of consummation of tobacco goes on then approximately 6.4 million children will loose their lives prematurely. Economy has to endure the expenditure of over $100 billions in health care costs annually which results in loss of productivity including the death rate and medical expenses. Smoking has direct relation to the sources causing the lung cancer, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

The primary cause of the death in U.S is cardiovascular disease which is again partially an outcome of the tobacco use. A survey shows the deaths of 65000 women who died of the lung cancer and 85000 men who died of lung and bronchus diseases. This shows that smoking is much injurious to health than the most people are aware about its harmful effects. This data should act as a statuary warning for people but instead of becoming aware they get back to the same habit again.

Some people do want to quit smoking and some even tries to make an attempt which is  good starting for a good cause as done in 2001 by many  people but to increase this figure it is essential that the victims should be encourage so that he may get counted in the list of successful.

Believe In Facts

Everything in this world is made for a purpose, so do the tobacco. Tobacco serves several medicinal purposes, but its wrong use has created more wrong than right. We human beings are responsible in converting the blessings of God into a Curse.

We often read in newspaper, serious warnings from health ministry about the hazards of smoking. For instance, smokers die young as compare to non-smokers. Instead of these warnings, there is a considerable increment in the number of smokers.

A recent survey has shown increment in production, sale and the number of smokers in Nigeria. Along with it, there is also an increment in the death rate due to smoking.

A survey conducted reveals the growth in the number of death of passive smokers. In a year, more than 11,000 people die in UK due to passive smoking. You can conclude, if this is the data of passive smoker then what about the smokers.

In public places, health experts and Doctors are demanding complete ban on smoking. Due to growing death rate of passive smokers, they are demanding certain rules and regulations for their protection.

There are several causes of death such as household structure, unemployment, passive smoking and active smoking. On the base of researches done over the causes of death, it has been found that smoking is the main cause.

Tobacco one of the main ingredients of smoking is already causing a lot of harm. But, still its producers are making a lot of money from its farming. Tobacco is nothing but death of our loved ones; still we love to have it. We are spending a lot of money in buying this poison. Over the cigarette pack, it is clearly written that ‘Cigarette smoking is injurious to health’. Still we go for it and the cigarette companies are making a lot of money form our death.

When all of us know, that cigarette smoking is dangerous and harmful for health then why do not we quit it. A few significant steps are also needed from the side of the government. They need to ban all the products related to addiction such as cocaine, heroin, Indian hemp etc.

Moreover, we also need a powerful determination of quitting smoking. Based on a few misconceptions, we should not make a fool of ourselves that we cannot quit. Make your mind clear from all the wrong beliefs and determine that ‘I will never smoke’.

Can Quitting the Final Cigarette be A Bliss?

We always think what will happen after giving up bad habits?  Let us analyze it thoroughly in case of smoking. The benefits that follow are according to the timeline before which the smoker has quitted smoking like:

What happens after 20 minutes giving up smoking?

Smoking always results in high blood pressure which is harmful for heart as it increases the danger of heart attack. But the minute we give up this habit, the risk minimizes and blood pressure rate becomes normal.

The next is after 10 hours:

The level of carbon monoxide becomes half after 10 hours of giving smoking. It is one of the major pollutants that produce ill effects on cognitive skills and health and oxygen is one of the most vital substances which are necessary for survival. High level of carbon monoxide decreases intake of blood from lungs which can give birth to serious problems.

We increase our energy levels by smoothing the passage of oxygen as we curtail the level of carbon monoxide by quitting smoking.

Let us next analyze what happens after 24 hours of quitting smoking;

Not smoking for 24 hours is a marvelous starting for the chain smokers that provides them strong bearing power, less level of fatigue after exercise and quick recovery.

Moving to 48 hours from one whole day gives new experience to person as nicotine is removed from their body which earlier has resulted in bad side effects by causing vomiting, stomachache and it also enhances the possibility of hypothermia.

What happens after 2-22 weeks?

Person gets rid of bad circulation and also of numerous other problems like slow skin healing, cold feet, Raynaud’s disease and peripheral vascular disease (PVT).

What happens after 1 year?

According to the studies conducted in U.K, smoking results in around 20,000 deaths due to cardiovascular diseases. Quitting smoking for 1 year reduces the risk of heart attack to half.

What happens after 10 years?

After minimizing the danger of heart attack our good habit of quitting smoking results in reducing the danger of lung cancer to half. In 1999, most of cancer death was due to lung cancer which was in return an outcome of the smoking.

What happens after 15 years?

After this much of the time period person who once was chain smoker leads a healthy life as a normal man who has never smoked. At last the good habit has repaid back.

Developing A Habit Can Be Dangerous

Many people are well aware of disadvantages that are caused by smoking, still smoking is a problem. Few of them are able to give up the habit. Studies show that reason behind is myth of addictions.

Addicts love nicotine and think it is not allowing them to quit smoking. It is a physiological addiction. The physical suffering intensifies if body has to wait for the fix it is longing for irrespective of the fact whether person is awakened or sleeping. People of UK holidaying in Canada always prefer to keep a pack of cigarette with them to resist the long journey of around 10-12 hours. On choosing holiday destinations according to flight length they choose pack of cigarette. But their body has to forget smoking only for the flight duration.

There are many chain smokers who smoke 30 cigarettes a day not because of their body craving for nicotine but because they have become habitual. They need it to satisfy their habit.

Heroine addicts are the worst sufferers. They have to indulge themselves in crimes like robbery, stealing because they have not got the cash to fulfill their body longing. Under certain circumstances some people has to go for smoking and once you inject this habit in yourself, it becomes passion for you.  This is what clinical addiction does and tobacco manufacturers take advantage of this blaming entirely to habits.

An interesting reality is that when we continue smoking the effect of drug lessens but arouses a psychological need for more doses to increase effects. This is how; we become mere puppets of our own body.

Smoking is a problem of mind and not of body. It is not an easy habit to get rid of.  If we can make our body understand to quit habit in flight hours then why can not we make it understand it at other events?

The answer is habit has an environmental trigger. It switches on picking up the phone, on sitting in car, after meals etc. Smokers think that smoking gives them pleasure. Studies show that quitting smoking is an easy task. Hypnotherapy is an effective means by which people can quit smoking easily.

A smoker is just as a driver of a car whop always presses the brakes whenever any car comes in front of his car irrespective of the fact that his own car is not started. This happens because of habit. Quitting habit is much difficult than quitting anything else.

Do you still want to switch onto smoking after knowing these side effects?

Necessity For Expecting mothers

God has bestowed all His blessing on Mother by giving her a chance to nurture one more life in her body .Then why they want to become life snatchers to their child only for the sake of a bad habit?

Expecting mothers should at once stop smoking as it can prove very dangerous for your unborn. It is vital to quit this worst habit prior knowing about pregnancy as well as during pregnancy. Consummation of alcohol and smoking contaminates baby food due to which the risk of birth defects is more. A little carelessness can result in irreparable losses. Timely care will definitely help to get rid of worries. A visit to health care is must at this stage. No physician prescribes to continue habit of consuming alcohol so it becomes all more necessary to quit this habit.

Bestowing a safe life to the baby is responsibility that falls on shoulder of mother. Would be mothers must be aware of the facts relating to healthy stay of their child. Women who continue to smoke during pregnancy are literally giving a slow poison treatment to themselves as well as to their baby.. Smoking affects your unborn fetus resulting in various respiratory defects in child later on in his life stages. When baby is in mother’s womb, his body parts are attached to his mother parts. Anything which mother eats goes directly in baby’s body. When a pregnant woman smokes then baby gets less oxygen than he usually would. We all know oxygen is the most vital thing to ensure survival. But smoking deprives the child of a healthy stay. Less supply of oxygen results in irregular development of baby body parts and also contributes to preterm labor, hence is threatening to his life.

Consulting a physician:

At this stage it is essential for you to pay a visit to your health care provider.

Your physician will design a time table for you that would be feasible and easy to adopt. Following the prescribed schedule you will be able to quit your unhealthy habits ensuring a safe life to your child. There are many helping aids available for expecting mothers which help efficiently at this trying time. Work out classes is also given by these support groups which lessens your stress. Timely taking up better things will provide your unborn child a safe delivery and a healthy life.

Do You Want To Free Yourself Of Heart Diseases?

If the answer is yes, then follow the following steps to minimize the risk of heart attack:

1. Take out time to relax and do proper exercises. Cardiovascular exercise is must for people who have already experienced heart attack. Exercise not only reduces the risk of heart attack, it also relives us of tiresome schedule by making us stress free.
2. Be optimist. Never give yourself to despair. Ensure that living unhealthy and unhealthy thinking is one of the main causes of the heart disease. After nurturing positive hopes we will start feeling good about ourselves as well as relieved. You will find yourself on top of the world. Feel yourself enjoying everything.
3. Take balanced diet, full of green leafy vegetables and pulses and drink 8 to 10 glasses of water everyday.
4. Try to associate yourself more with the good habits that determine quality of life and improve lifestyle. Do not take the initiative fast. Slowly try to abstain yourself from bad habits. Healthy habits bring ecstasy, health and make life a pleasant experience.
5. Quitting the worst habit smoking is an essential step to save yourself from the risk of heart attack. Smoking contains nicotine which fills laziness in us and makes us addicted to cigarette. By continuing smoking we are shortening our lifespan. Quitting smoking will help us to take physical fitness regimen. You can start with slow walking, deep breathing as well as cycling. Gradually you will get into habit of a proper exercising schedule.
6. Every one has room for temptations. One must learn to control temptations and longings for bad habits. If once we learn the art of controlling cravings then we will surely ensure our healthy stay.
7. Discover your own ways to enjoy yourself. Laugh whole heartedly. Laughter is an abundantly available medicine that increases the life span and moreover it is natural, free and does not have any side effect so why not to get it?
8. Avoid eating fried and junk snacks and also the food that contains saturated fats. This food stuff increases the cholesterol level in blood. Higher cholesterol is again a symptom of heart attack.
9. In drinks try to avoid red wine, alcohol. These are detrimental to our health.
10. 10.  Avoid spicy food. Eating healthy diet helps us to control our carbohydrates, fats and blood pressure.

Does Smoking Rob You Of Your Facial Charm?

Good and healthy skin is one thing that everyone wants to have. Skin originates from within. The food that we eat gets broken into simpler substances and nutrients. These nutrients and oxygen get mix with blood and are transported to all our body parts through thousands of bloodstreams. Larger parts of these nutrients get absorbed by the skin which is essential for healthy stay of our body cells.

Internal health and external beauty are two sides of the same coin. We get oxygen naturally through our breathing but smoking results in inhaling of harmful carbon monoxide. Cigarettes not only contain carbon monoxide but also contain poisonous gases like ammonia, butane, nicotine, carbolic acid, formic aldehyde, prussic acid, pyridine, parvoline, arsenic and cadmium. Carbon monoxide, the most intoxicated gas mixes with the hemoglobin present in the blood. Our blood cells absorb carbon monoxide gas much faster than oxygen. In this way carbon monoxide displaces oxygen in large quantity depriving our skin cells of their healthy life. Skin and smoking are inversely related with each other.

Skin has its own repairing system. Smoking destroys its natural system and results in premature aging. At this stage skin loses its natural glow and charm and develops a pale look.

These outcomes on the skin are catastrophic. Smoking deprives skin of vitamin C which is an essential vitamin. Moreover it is an unstable vitamin and cannot be produce by body. Vitamin C helps the skin inn generating new healthy cells giving the skin a youthful look. Breaking of the collagen results in wrinkles.

You have often noticed that chain smokers usually have sunken eyes and dark circles around their eyes. It is because smoking damages the cells making it scaly and causing wrinkles. It does show its effect on lips also making the lips black and robbing them of their natural appearance.

People spent much money on cigarettes and tobacco which gives them nothing but diseases and side effects. Each one of us know that smoking is injurious to health still we are not able to favour our self by quitting our worst habit.. Instead of depriving our self of healthy and natural glow, we can spend that much amount on facials and good skin rejuvenators. Taking a balanced diet, rich in fibers help in elimination of wastes resulting in healthy skin.

Educate Your Child On Smoking

Studies show adults can quit smoking under care of a counselor and physician. But this possibility is next to impossible with teenagers. Pre- teen age is an age in which we want to gain each and every experience whether good or bad. Our habits start forming at this stage like smoking. Most of us take first puff only to boast it about to our friends and later on it becomes a harmful habit. Some steps can help parents to ensure safety of their child:

1. Generally a child learns from the habits of his parents. If you are a smoker then the foremost step needs to be taken by you. Get yourself free from the smoking habit and try to figure out the bad effects of smoking in front of your child. If a child sees his parents using good manners like eating healthy food then he is likely to follow those good habits. On the contrary if he sees his parents smoking, he surely takes up that. Only verbal explanation would not help. You have to practically put them.

2. Talk to your kids. You can start with explaining them functions of heart and lungs and how bad habits harm their smooth functioning. Insert a mental picture of the outcomes. Instead of praising the smoking trend, try to criticize actors who smoke in movies and T.V programs. Make sure you do that in front of your kids.

3. Tell him about the harmful effects that smoking leads to like it blocks the bloodstreams, robs the face charm, causes pale look. Try to encourage kids more abut good habits by telling them about its consequences like healthy skin, active body, physical fitness.

4. Help your child to get involve in the activities in which they are interested. A child should learn to develop an optimist point of view towards life. Encourage them to make good friends and not to get involve in bad company. Appreciate your youngsters on their good deeds and also not forget to scold them on their bad ones. Do not pamper them. Your child should be able to judge between right and wrong so they are able to say no to their bad habits when the trying time comes.

5. Spend some good time with your ward. Be aware of your child activities. Talk to him about different topics. Start with asking him how he spent his day. All you need is the tact to handle your kid with care.

Enjoy Life After Quitting Smoking

Are you aware of the consequences of smoking?

Smoking exposes you to several deadly diseases like cancer, asthma and heart problems. Your near and dear ones are also being exposed to these diseases along with you. Thus, for the sake of health of your loved ones you must quit smoking.

If you are quitting smoking that means, you are giving way to healthy and fresh life. Moreover, there are certain sudden changes you will experience after quitting smoking.

These are mainly positive changes and you will only benefit from them. When you quit smoking then within eight hours, the amount of carbon monoxide gas will be normal. Due to excessive smoking, the content of carbon monoxide gas in the blood enhances. But, the moment you quit smoking it becomes normal.

The chances of heart attack also reduce within 24 hours. Do not forget the money that you were burning while smoking. Quitting smoking means instant saving. Make it a routine of keeping the money that you use for buying cigarettes into a jar. After a month, check your jar and enjoy the achievement.

After two or three months, you will experience more benefits of quitting smoking.

You will be much healthier. The lung will function much better and its functioning will increment by 30 percent. After one year, the chances of heart diseases will reduce to half. Moreover, the risk of death due to lung cancer will also decrease.

You can enjoy several other benefits by quitting smoking. You are also saving your children from acquiring deadly diseases. If a pregnant woman is a smoker then she is exposing her baby to several deadly chemicals. These deadly chemicals will harm the baby a lot. The baby will weigh lower than the normal babies will; organs will be of smaller size and more chances of taking up tobacco. Such babies will never be able to lead a healthy and active life. Thus, for the sake of your baby’s health you must quit smoking. If a pregnant woman quit smoking then she is blessing life to her baby.

All it need is a decision from you. Your determination of quitting smoking guarantees healthy future for you. You will feel active. There will be glow at your face. Earlier you were having pale yellow fingernails. Now, you can see the difference.

Then, why do not you enjoy all these benefits of quitting smoking?

Thus, the decision is in your hands.

EXERCISE- A FRIEND FOR WHOLE LIFE

Can you define a friend? One who is always there with you in difficulties and make your life beautiful and enjoyable. We are having a lot of friend, but there is one person who gives you more than a friend. She is none other than our, Mother. Mother, this very word when we listen or say, gives us relief as we are sitting in the comforts of home. She is the one, who takes care of everyone in the house and makes life and things easier for us. She is the one, whom we could say a caregiver.

Hey! What is this caregiver?

Caregiver is the one, who always helps you, when you are in trouble and take care of your wants. But, who takes care of the mom? She also gets tired or her muscles get fatigued. For all the moms out there, apart from doing household jobs and taking care of your family members, you should also take care of your health. Mothers are the backbone of a good home, so all of you must take care of yourself. If you spend a little time on exercise from your daily routine, then surely, you can give more to your family members than they demand. Exercise will give you more energy, flexibility to your body and power to do work. After exercising, there will be a feeling of freshness and you can do work, more efficiently. It is also prevent you from getting fatigued. Sometimes, one may get the frustrated with the same regular job. Exercising makes you fresh and act as an exit door for every frustration and all.

Apart from making you mentally fresh and emotionally strong, it also has many benefits regarding your health. It is quite helpful in minimizing the ratio of heart problems, diabetes and obesity. It also enhances the levels of blood pressure, prevents osteoporosis, provide balance to your body while climbing stairs or walking. Lastly, the one thing, which every woman in the world wants to maintain, is her beauty. Exercising regularly will bring glow and freshness at your face. The cause of this radiant complexion is the inner freshness that you are experiencing.

Getting started

There must be many questions or excuses in your mind regarding exercises.

For Instance, I am too busy to do all these things, or how could I exercise at such an age? On the other hand, where should I exercise?

Do not worry; there is a solution of each of your query. First, you can take out some time for exercise, from your daily work easily. There are easy exercises that you can perform without any need of extra time. Such, as gardening, going for short walks in the evening, housework or if possible then you can also join a club.

Second thing one must consider before joining any exercise program is the proper medical checkup. You must consult your family physician or any other doctor, before going for an exercise program. Get all your tests done, such as the blood or ECG etc. Due to any complication in your tests, if your doctor advises you not to do exercise then simply follow your doctor’s advice. On the other hand, if he says you are perfectly fit then you should definitely follow this exercise program.

There is one question in your mind, which is disturbing you a lot. Who will take care of the small baby, or old grandmother, or any other family member, who is unwell? To solve this problem, call an agency or your family members can help you out or any of your friends. Thus, you need a proper planning to overcome the problem.

Now, you are ready to follow this program, but still one question is disturbing you. You are concerned about your safety. It may be possible that you will get hurt or seriously injured. To avoid such situations, always appoint a trainer or a buy a book or video CD, sport shoes etc.

Plan exercise program for you

The best exercise program one can follow is under the guidance of a trainer. In your staring phases, never exercise too hard. According to your MHR (maximum heart rate), one should exercise at 70 to 80 percent of heart rate.

The different types of exercises are:

1. Aerobic- This involves walking, swimming, dancing etc. All muscle related activities.
2. Weight training-It enhances the muscle power and balance of the body.
3. Warm up exercises minimizes the chance of injury. Pursue warm up exercises before performing the exercise program. On your fitness level, maintain your THR for 20 to 60 minutes.
4. To avoid dizziness, you should end with five minutes of cool down exercises.

Within the periods of two to six months, you will surely feel some change in you. Thus, to lead a healthy life, continue this program throughout your life.

Expecting mothers-Quit smoking

All mothers-to-be, who are waiting for their babies desperately, must take care if they are smokers. Your only priority is the unborn baby and you must be attentive regarding his health. The first thing you can do for your baby is to quit smoking. Several problems can arise to your baby because of your smoking habits. The unborn baby is at maximum danger of many kinds of diseases because of your smoking habit. Every mother wants a healthy baby. But, your smoking habit will never fulfill your wish and it may harm your baby. Statistics show the considerable increment of smoking among women in United States.

The woman who is a chain smoker, when she decides to have a baby or when she is already expecting, should immediately quit smoking. Quitting smoking will prove to be beneficial for you as well as your baby. If a woman wants to quit smoking then pregnancy is the best period to quit it. It is the time, when your only priority is the baby and it would be easier for you to quit it. During the early period of pregnancy, it would be tough for you to quit smoking and you feel unwell. However, at the same time it would be easier to quit also, as it will not taste well to you.

Regarding baby’s health, if you quit smoking before conceiving then it would be much beneficial. During pregnancy, your body should have no nicotine, as it will narrow down the blood vessels. The blood vessels that are contracted because of nicotine, also includes the placenta and the baby. It will be better for your baby, if you even avoid any other replacement of nicotine, such as patch or gum. All these things are a little tough to you. But, if you make yourself mentally strong and do certain planning, then definitely you are going to quit it. A smoker woman if quits before conceiving then the weight of the baby will be same as of the non-smoker woman’s baby. Moreover, if a smoker woman quits smoking during the initial phases of pregnancy then your baby will be quite normal and you are saving him from many severe diseases.

After the birth of baby, do not start smoking again. The baby is always closer to the mother and indirectly you are passing all the bad effects of smoke into him. So, never think that it is too late now to quit. Whenever you feel that, I must quit now that is the best time to quit.

Some deadly diseases, which you are passing to your baby directly, but unknowingly:

Abruption is caused because of nicotine that at an early period separates fetus from placenta. This could also result in the death of the baby.

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels, which are carrying food and oxygen to the baby. It also damages the placenta, which is actually a link between mother and the baby. Due to smoking of the mother, baby weighs less than the normal baby does.

Your smoking habit will also degrade your child performance in school. There is the danger of leukemia, due to mother’s smoking habit. There are also dangers of attack of pediatric asthma and other kinds of allergies to the baby. There are also several cases of Infant death due to smoking mother.

In spite of such a long list of bad effects on the baby, if the mother still prefers to smoke then you must be ashamed of yourself. Your smoking habit is killing you and your baby. So, determine to quit smoking and bless your child with healthy and long life.

Getting Familiar With The Working Of Smoking

You know that with each puff of a cigarette, you send a definite amount of nicotine to your brain. Nicotine is a quick acting drug than heroine. It injects addiction into the veins. When a person begins his cigarette, the level of blood goes down to half within the time limit of half an hour and more than half within an hour.

Smoker suffers different symptoms after extinguishing his puff as the nicotine starts to leave the blood stream quickly. The restless feeling starts overpowering his mind arousing a desire to have one more cigarette. To satisfy his longing he puffs more and for 5-6 minutes, the craving ends. In this way smoker gets the fresh supply of nicotine. This is not the end. The mechanism is like a vicious circle, a never ending process. We need to break this chain but again the question arises HOW?

It is our mistake that we take nicotine for an order that has to carry out. Actually it is nothing but a monster which requests its food after every minute. We do not need to obey it all the time. But still we do. It can be term as a panic which after some time sends message to the brain to demand more of it.  Puffing smoke, we expose ourselves to thousands of harmful chemicals, some of which causes cancer. Smoking also increases our heart beat rate. Smoker soon gets prone to different cancers than a non smoker does.

Studies show women who smokes are 20 times more prone to cancer than men are. Breast cancer is one of the worst forms of cancer that generally makes women its victim.

Smokers have to bear the pain of heart attack as the smoke which they inhale blocks the heart veins. Blockage of vein results in fast supply of blood and ultimately an attack.

A severe attack sometimes results into death. Finally we become food of the monster.  We can do everything to save ourselves but still we are incapable of escaping. There are so many ways which can help us a lot like exercise, taking a nutritious diet rich in fibers that helps in elimination of wastes. We awake when we come face to face with the problem and that delay causes us to suffer whole life.

Good Bye Smoking

After a long time, you have finally decided to say good-bye to smoking. Good-bye to smoking means, a complete change in your way of living. Now, your first job is to bring a change in your normal routine.

You need to develop a brand new atmosphere for you. Developing a new atmosphere is also a part of exercise in quitting smoking. Make everything around you such that it will give a fresh feeling to you. For Instance, if you often smoke near the telephone then change its place.

Set a new timetable for you. Include the visit to gym in your daily routine. If going to gym is not possible then go for a morning walk or jog. This is the healthiest way for the beginning of the day.

Take care that getting started is easy, but making it a routine is a little tough.

People often begin in a great way, such as buying tracksuits, gym wear or running shoes and enjoy a lot the earlier days in gym. But, as the time passes they take it as a burden and find it difficult to manage their time for gym.

There is a common mistake done by most of us. We go to gym, in evening. In evening, we are completely tired and no more enthusiasm is left on us. So, it would be beneficial to go the gym in the morning. In the morning, we are fresh after a long rest. Secondly, exercise enhances the flow of blood in the body and gives us more energy. Moreover, our exercise program will not effect in the morning and we can make plan for the day.

Fresher should do exercise under the expert guidance. A professional trainer is must for a proper start. One can also go for a few simple exercises that do not need any trainer. Swimming and walking are also the best form of exercises. You only need to get up early in the morning and enjoy the fresh and pollution-less city.

Go for tea instead of coffee, clean your houses and try to divert from everything that reminds you of smoking.

Do something interesting in evening, but take care not to play on money. Create a list of those things that stresses you and try to avoid them completely. Never make excuses for smoking. For instance, stress is the most common excuse. But you can de-stress yourself by doing something more creative such as breathing exercises or meditating.

Thus, apply these steps in your routine and say good-bye to smoking.

Handling the Pain

When you ask smokers the cause for their smoking, their instant reply will be to de-stress. Suppose your three-year-old toddler is crying for a toy. How would you react? You will give him the toy, leave him, or give him some drugs to keep him calm. Similarly, your child is anxious about the coming tournament. In order to calm him down, you will advise him, or give him some kind of drugs.

In all the above said examples, the child is suffering from some kind of pain or anxiety. You can control the temper of your child by a little advise, support and assurance. The cause for their anxiety is the demands during the development phase. When we grow physically, emotionally, academically or spiritually, we experiences anxiety. We should never take our growing phase as burden. All of us have the tendency to become sad or feeling pain or anxiety. But, we must try to overcome this attitude. We can never be happy without this growth. Growth plays significant part for our contentment and happiness.

We can never introduce our child to this deadly addiction, as we are well aware of its consequences. Do you think it is good to smoke for attaining relief?

Smokers make several excuses for smoking. For Instance, feeling lonely or having a lot of job stress. One of the several common excuses of smoker is that there is no fun in social gathering without smoking. This clearly shows that smokers make excuses to smoke. They smoke in stress as well as fun.

Women often say that quitting smoking means putting a lot of weight. Do you think it is a justified cause to smoke?

Smokers are well aware that smoking is injurious. Thus, to divert their minds they make such excuses. The cause for these false excuses is the addiction of nicotine.

Once you quit the smoking habit, you will realize that smoking only harms. It does not help you from overcoming the stress. But, it is the cause for several deadly diseases. Even after quitting smoking, you may tempt to have a cigarette. You may be tempted at social gatherings or feeling lonely or sad. Before taking cigarette, remember that smoking is nothing but killing oneself. It never helps you. It only harms you and makes you weak.

Whenever you want to smoke, just give a few seconds to yourself. You will realize the blunder, you are about to commit.

Hookah: Another name of Smoking Equipment

Smoking a Hookah is a very slow and comfortable experience of smoking. Smoking hookah demands a little preparation. You need to prepare tobacco. It is not similar to nicotine addiction or the puff of cigarette. But, it is like relaxing among your friends. People continue to smoke hookah for 30 to 60 minutes.

The preparation for Hookah smoking goes like this. Firstly, cleaning of Hookah is done with cold water. Then select a bowl of tobacco, light it and add charcoal to it. The aroma of hookah will come out through the bubbling water. After filtering it with water, it becomes cool and soft. The pleasant smoke of hookah will charge up the senses.

Certain techniques are also applied to enhance the experience of hookah smoking, such as putting ice in the water or chilling of the hoses. Addition of fruit juice or wine in the water leads to enhance the flavor of hookah smoke. To develop a special flavor, customers as well as the manufacturers mix tobacco with other flavors.

But, before smoking Hookah take these precautions and steps. Charcoal used in the Hookah should be appropriate, as there are certain harmful charcoal briquettes that can lead to intake of carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas. Take a little quantity of Hookah tobacco in the bowl. Some people add more tobacco to enhance the flavor of Hookah, but it is a wrong notion. If you are not getting the desired flavor then it is because of less heated coals. Add more fresh and hot coals and enjoy flavor of Hookah smoking.

Hookah smoking is mostly done among friends and family members. It is more or less like a culture or tradition. Thus, Hookah smoking has certain rules and regulations. For Instance, Charcoal heat should never be utilized for lighting cigarettes. On another person’s face, never blow smoke. But, if the person demands and want to enjoy the flavor then you can blow the smoke. Never share the plastic mouthpiece with other person. When a person set a hose on the table that means he had finished smoking. Now, other person can use the hose. Wrap the hoses around the stem, after the completion of hookah smoking. While smoking hookah only go for tobacco.

So, enjoy the Hookah smoking with your friends.

How A Non Smoker Can Get Breast Cancer?

Some people have taken smoking for fashion but this trend of theirs can lead them at the threshold of most ugly form of cancer-Breast cancer. The studies and researches draw a line between truth and myth.  One of existing misconceptions is the myth that young men generally get addicted fast to smoking. But it has been found that young women adapt this bad habit much quickly than young men. The next horrid conclusion that comes forward is that passive smoker is at high risk of breast cancer than chain smokers.

World health organization shows us the true picture of smoking by associating it with 25 cancers like uterine, kidneys, cervix, and pancreas. Women and non smoker are finding more prone to the breast cancer than any other form of cancer and unfortunately sufferers’ list is going high day by day. It proves that smoking is not only deteroiting chain smoker health but also showing its side effects on health of persons standing near by him. For women, smoking is synonym of death as it enhances the risk of heart strokes and heart attacks making them the worst victim and the chances get ten fold if they are using medicines for birth control along with smoking.

List of ill effects produced by smoking never ends making it a never ending process. Smoker take cigarette happily thinking that it will free them of tensions and stress but it releases them of their life. Dull look is easily visible on face. They soon develop wrinkles. They suffer of bad breath and yellow teeth and are ever complaining about tongue and stomach ulcers.

Children adopt bad habit more quickly than elders do. Parents who smoke inspire their wards to follow their black footsteps by their wrong habit and setting wrong example for them. Children of such parents can never differentiate between good and bad because from their initial developing stage they have only seen bad deeds.

Smoking blocks person thinking capacity. It makes one so much addicted that for every tense stage in life he needs its help.

How to Quit Smoking with the Help of Water Therapy

Like they say, it is easier said than done. Likewise, it is easy to admonish someone who smokes, or to ask him to quit the habit. Ask someone, who has quit smoking, how hard it had been for him/her. The reply you get will help you understand the almost super-human effort that goes into the entire process of quitting the habit.

The urge to smoke that one last cigarette is always there with people who have already quit the habit. People who have quit active smoking for years report to have had those occasional urges to smoke. Unfortunately, many, who after having successfully quitted the habit, get back to smoking just because they could not hold back the temptation of smoking that occasional cigarette their friend offered.  There is no point getting back to square one after what a smoker goes through to quit smoking in the first place. Those occasional urges need to be controlled strongly.

Thankfully, smokers can opt for a very simple and inexpensive way out of this dilemma. Water is said to help people get out of their craving for a smoke. The good news is that it is helping fresh quitters during the initial weeks. People who have been smoking for a long time get used to nicotine, a strong drug. When a person quits smoking or is in the gradual process of quitting, the body craves for nicotine it is used to having on an every day basis. Nicotine needs to be flushed out of the system, which water can do rather effectively. The more the water consumption, the more is the elimination of toxins. On an average, a person who has that urge to smoke should double his intake of water. What is thought more practical is a gradual reduction in the number of cigarettes a person smokes. That way the body gets used to the lesser intake of nicotine on an ongoing basis. Sudden quitting upsets the body and the resultant craving can create more withdrawal symptoms. Headaches are one of the common symptoms of withdrawal.

If you have quit smoking, but gave in to the urge, do not feel guilty. All you need to do is gulp down 3 or 4 glasses of water to flush out the toxins you introduced to the body. Make a fresh resolution not to give into the urge again. When the urge is on, remember not to give in to it. Instead, drink a few glasses of water reminding yourself not to add more toxins to your system.

Hypnosis- The Best Way To Quit Smoking

Smokers, who are getting aware of the possible health hazards and want to quit smoke at any cost, need not worry. There are several options for them. All of us know that smoking is nothing but addiction of nicotine. There are several companies manufacturing pills or nicotine replacement patches. These nicotine replacement pills are quite helpful in quitting smoking. Apart from these pills, there is one more option for quitting this addiction of nicotine. It is Hypnosis!

Most of the smokers stop smoking for some time after using these products.  However, after sometime they start smoking again. The cause for again taking up smoking is that they were always conscious of having replacement pills for smoking. This means they were always conscious that smoking provides them something. Thus, the desire to smoke still exists in them. On the other hand, Hypnosis completely changes the attitude of smoker towards smoking. It put an end to the inner desire of the smoker for smoking. Once the smoker put an end to his inner desire for smoking, then he will never take up the cigarette again.

If you are a little health conscious then you can understand the importance of Hypnosis rather than nicotine replacement pills. The cause of your quitting smoking is that you want your body to be healthy, free from all kinds of toxins. However, nicotine is still getting entry into your body through the intake of these pills. So, consider Hypnosis rather than pills.

Duration taken by Hypnosis to quit smoking is quite shorter than the replacement pills. You would be astonished to know that Hypnosis takes only one hour or less to quit smoking completely. On the other hand, these replacement pills take many weeks.

In US, from your taxes you can remove the cost of programs that you have attended for quitting smoking. The cost of these programs can be added in the medical expenses amounts.

There is no provision for including the amount you have paid for drugs, in the medical expenses. The cause for not including them in the medical expenses is that they do not require any prescriptions. Thus, it would not be beneficial for you not to buy these drugs.

Finally, the result of Hypnosis on the smokers who wants to be a non-smoker is 70-80%. On the other hand, result of nicotine replacement pill is 50-60%. The cause of there low success rate is the inner consciousness of the user that, “I want to smoke and so I am substituting it.” However, Hypnosis completely puts an end to smoker’s inner consciousness and he never feels the desire to have it again.

KILL YOUR ENEMY

People love chewing tobacco, although it is the source of several diseases. Being a harmful and toxic substance, tobacco is available everywhere. Moreover, there is no crime in selling this toxic substance, as it is legal to sell. Appropriate steps must be taken for banning this poison. It is like giving a license to kill.

Tobacco has harmed the humankind severely. Still no one is taking action against it. If the government helps in the fight of injustice or against terrorism or any natural or manmade calamity then why they are not paying concern to the tobacco. But, before reforming of the whole society, one should reform oneself.

Do not love your body?

You must know that smoking cigarette means giving entry to 4000 toxic chemicals into your body. You can imagine the amount of damage that these 4000 poisonous substances can do. Think for a while, of pouring adulterated fuel or any other harmful substances into your favorite car tank. You can easily estimate the damage you have done to your car. Similarly, making the entry of 4000 poisonous substances is like killing yourself.

Is it possible for you to pour harmful substances into your car?

No, you cannot do this to your car, then why you are doing this with you.

People are unable to quit smoke due to several of misconceptions. It is nothing but the addiction of nicotine that completely overpowers them.

For Instance, smokers say smoking makes them feel nice, or the taste of tobacco is simply great. There is one very common excuse for smoking is that to de-stress oneself. Whenever smoker gets tired, he felt the desperate need of cigarette.

All these are quite common excuses. Now, ask a non-smoker about these excuses of smoking. He would certainly be happy without smoking, as it makes him fit and healthy.

If you really want to quit smoking then simply decide not to smoke. Your own decision will help you in quitting smoking. Even a chain smoker can quit smoke if he determine firmly.

Just pay a serious concern to a few issues.

The first thing you must consider is your body; you must take care and keep it healthy.

Secondly, decision to kill your enemy who is killing you.

Thirdly, cost that smoking has caused for you. You have spent a lot on this poison. Lastly forget the past that will help you in quit smoking. Just remember that nicotine is my enemy and is killing me slowly.

Lame Excuses Never Work

It is not easy for anyone to quit a habit quickly. One needs time and must be granted that duration to help oneself, but what about those who love to continue with this bad habit and even make excuses to retain it. It is common among chain smokers to search for lame excuses. One such excuse is ‘Concentration Con’. A smoker explains that a puff helps him to concentrate. This excuse does not have any medical base but is just a fake explanation that renders a chance to the smoker to continue smoking.

Every habitual person who is in the process of getting rid of smoking has to face withdrawal symptoms but may not last long. At times, the person becomes irksome and restless. He takes this nature as a negative effect and again wants to have a puff to feel at ease. But when this misconception unveils itself, we come across a fact that smoking lessens the concentration power instead of enhancing it. The ease that the smoker feels after puffing another cigarette is just an effect of nicotine. Nicotine intoxicates the mind making it relax for a short time. This way the person feels temporary pleasure and takes smoking as his best buddy.

Nicotine works in a vicious circle. Its effect goes on increasing and after some time comes to the same point from where it has been started showing its black magic. Nicotine holds a smoker in such a way that he begins craving for more and more dose. If the smoker does not provide the requisite dose, he experiences restlessness. There is a vast difference between concentration power of a smoker and that of a non-smoker. It is an accepted fact that we derive less pleasure from the things that we always have. The same happens with a chain smoker. He goes on puffing and never reaches to a satisfaction level.

Doctors have concluded that cigarettes block arteries and reduce supply of oxygen to the brain due to which person lacks concentration. ‘Concentration Con’ is an outcome of psychological perceptions of most of the smokers. Those who use this excuse to shield their smoking need to be familiar with the underlying truth. Quitting the habit of smoking helps a person to take out his thinking man out of the smoke that has captured his mind. Veiling the smoking will not help. One needs to come forward to escape this habit rather than continuing it with the help of futile excuses.

Someone knowing fully well that if he drives his car in high speed may lead to an serious accident, still he does that. So it is like that you know smoking is bad for you but still you enjoy smoking.

You have to make up your mind to develop the desire to quit. You can now plan to draw up a list of merits of your smoking. You can also make a list of de-merits of smoking recently you experienced.

Be generous and make list of most idealistic reason that could lead you to quit smoking. You may like to prove yourself a great economist “save money for tomorrow”, “be honest to your family”, “The most obedient husband” etc.

Go on reading the lists everyday. It will motivate you fast to quit smoking.

Fix an appointment with your physician to see a human lungs picture taken out of smoker’s body. Ask your physician what good thing you are going to achieve after you have given up smoking etc.

When you have a definite desire to quit smoking you an really go through deeply with your list of ‘benefits of smoking’. You may take a comparative statement how a non smoker relives boredom while you cannot do without smoking what leads a non smoker to relax and get away with stress etc.

You should be careful enough to know that much of the positive parts of smoking are temporary with no for reading results to yield good to you.

You have already examined your benefits you get while you smoke but now is the time to workout on replacement for your cigarettes by and by continue to receive benefits that smoking was providing you. Have a see through within yourself and find out is really the so called    benefits giving you any useful atmosphere where you can feel calm and relaxed. If so then try to consider the fact how a non smoker relax.

So, in the list of your benefits add some more points which may replicate other than smoking. You can really feel different than what you are today; if you sincerely try re-invent your life.

Positive Useful Tips to Help You to Get Rid Of Smoking

1. Built up a strong belief in you blended with stronger will power to quit smoking. Consider giving up smoking as one of the very difficult things you have done in your life. It’s all up to you.

2. Develop your plan and take a decision right away for doing things accordingly.

3. make short note why you want to quit (benefits of quitting)live longer far better, for your family , some money, smell better to find a mate easily etc. you know very well what is bad about smoking and what you will achieve by quitting smoking. Put the same on a paper and read it daily once.

4. Seek a all out support from your family and friends for your decision to quit. Tell them in the very near future you may become irritable, even irrational as a cause of quitting smoking habit.

5. Get on with a set date for quitting and also decide on what day you intend to say a final good-bye to cigarette. You may hold a small ceremony when you smoke your last cigarette. It’s up to your liking.

6. Speak to your doctor about quitting. A whole hearted support from a physician would work out as proven way to better off your shames to quit.

7. An exercise program on daily basis is going to help you relive of stress, and recover from years of damage from cigarettes, may be you can start walking ones or twice per day. You may also consider about some rigorous activities 3 to 4 times per week. Consult your physician prior to begin any exercise program.

8. Practice some deep breathing every day 3 to 5 minutes breath in through the nose slowly hold breath for a few seconds, exhale slowly through your mouth.

9. Begin to visualize your way as a non-smoker. Close your eyes imagine yourself turning down offers of cigarettes, offered by someone, throwing all of your packs of cigarette away, winning a gold medal for doing so. A powerful visualization really works.

10. Cut back on cigarettes keep it with a gradual speed. (make sure a quit date till then) This scenario would call for a clear cut plan as to ‘how many cigarettes ‘ you will smoke everyday reducing the number following each day; you buy only one pack at a time, changing brands means you don’t enjoy smoking as much pall on cigarettes to someone else when feel like to smoke you have to ask for each time.

11. Mostly smokers feel if to give up smoking take firm decision once for all, just to quit abruptly, no point trying to go slow and steady. You are the best judge quitting cold turkey or by gradual quitting.

12. Make a genuine attempt to find out another smoker who is also trying to quit help each other disusing some positive thought just because quitting becomes different.

13. You have ‘clean sheet’ now after quitting smoking your area non smoker. You can now think of celebrating the milestone of your journey step by step. After a period of two weeks see a movie, visit a funny restaurant a month after. Covering a time span of three months move out for you after six months. A year after have a party for yourself, invite your family friends to your birthday party, celebrate your new beginning of life.

14. To drink lot of water. Drinking of more would help flushing out nicotine and chemical out of your body.

 

15. avoid triggers, learn to plan alternative means and way to deal with the trigger like you feel smoking when in stress, in the end of a meal, arrival at the work, entering a bar etc.

Quit smoking- Mission Impossible and Making it possible

To leave one of your favorite habits is really a very tough thing. Even, cutting up the quantity is also a difficult thing to do. For Instance, after doing your check up, your doctor has advised you to take little amount of sugar in your tea or cut down the amount of salt in your food. Cutting the amount of either salt or sugar is very tough; you will feel as you are going through a torture. Similarly, if the lessening of amount is tough, then completely quitting up your favorite time pass or habit sounds impossible.

One will feel that he has been given a ‘mission impossible’ to accomplish. But, as we all know that smoking is like a poison and its only work is to destroy the person, who is having it with such a delight. The only thing one need is to determine to quit it at any cost. Do not bother about the time you are taking in quitting it. You have already taken the first step towards quitting this habit. If one even determines of quitting it, that means you have already won half of the battle.

It is quite possible that you will not get your desired destination in the very first attempt. So, never lost your cool, keep trying, and always remember that ‘every cloud has a silver lining’.

To get rid of this smoking habit is a difficult task to perform, as cigarettes and all the smoking objects has nicotine in its content. Nicotine act as an addictive and the smoker becomes addicted to it. Nicotine enhances the quantity of dopamine in the body. When this dopamine enters the brain, the smoker gets a nice feeling, due to its effect.

Sometimes, experts advise to intake a little quantity of nicotine, until you get rid of it completely. It is a slow but in the meanwhile an effective process in getting rid of the smoking habit permanently. There are several products available in the market that can replace nicotine, such as nicotine patch or gum. Apart from all these options, the most important thing one must take care is the determination of quitting it permanently.

One major hindrance on your way to quit smoking is the routine you are following to smoke. In your daily routine, you have given a special place to this habit. While working in an office, you often smoke during intervals, or after dinner, or having drinks in a party, or when doing nothing, just to pass your time.

The first thing you must do is to decide a proper date that from this day onward ‘quit smoking’ mission starts. Begin this mission by not to smoke during these intervals. It may be possible in the beginning to find it a little difficult. So, try to divert your mind on some other things and slowly you will notice a considerable progress in you.

Your decision of getting rid of smoking completely is not only good for your health, but your family members will also get benefited from it. It will not only benefit you health wise but will also enable you to utilize these intervals creatively. Moreover, the money you were burning on it can also be used for some good cause.

While quitting this bad habit, do not get pessimistic but try to enjoy this phase with something constructive. The best thing one can do is to join any exercise program under the guidance of an expert trainer. Exercise is the proper replacement of smoking, as smoking makes you feel a little elevated, so do the exercise.

Always try to keep your hands and mouth busy by having chewing gum or ice cream or anything that engage your hands and mouth.

Quitting is not an easy task for the smoker. The smoker has to go through many difficult phases, but one should never dishearten and keep trying. One thing you must consider is to be ready for every kind of situations and still not giving up the determination. The quitting of smoking will give you and your loved one’s, lungs and hearts a new life.

Quit smoking- Needs your determination

Is it possible for a smoker to quit smoking?

It is quite tough for a smoker to leave his/her beloved. After all beloved is the one whom we cannot leave at any cost, at even our cost of life. But, do not you think that this beloved of yours is slowly but steadily destroying you. All the smokers are very well aware of all these things, but still they love to have it. The best way to put an end to this growing menace is by putting an end to its manufacturers.

Putting an end to its manufacturing is not possible, as the manufacturers are earning millions of dollars from these stupid smokers. We all know there will be no end of smokers until there are cigarettes available. In the same manner, as long as there are smokers, there are also the smokers who want to get rid of this bad habit. Interestingly, many counselors, doctors and companies are offering new ways of quitting this poison. Similarly, smokers are also of different varieties. If certain idea is effective on one smoker that does not mean this idea will work on the other smoker also. If such a thing happens then there will be no smoker in the world. There will be only one treatment that will be help the smoker in getting rid of it. The problem is that if something works for one smoker then it is not sure that it will also work for the other smoker. This is one of the main causes behind the ever-increasing smokers in the world.

Many researches on medicines that will be helpful in quit smoking by the major drug manufacturers, has not given the desired results. Millions of dollars have been spent on the invention of new medicines that will be helpful for smokers. However, this huge effort is only helpful for 20 to 50 percent of smokers. These drugs are quite fruitful in quitting smoking habits permanently, but as earlier said that there are different varieties of smokers. On some smokers these drugs works, but on others, they are simply useless.

After reading this, do not get disheartened. If someone is able to quit smoke with the drugs is fine. On the other hand, if you are unable to quit smoking then try some other way. There are millions of ways available, only thing that one needs, is the attitude or your determination. If your determination is strong and approaching with right attitude, then nothing in the world is impossible.

You are determined now that you are going to get rid of this bad habit. Now, nothing is impossible for you, as you have this much-needed will power and attitude. Go ahead, as there are many paths in front of you and there must be one path that will lead you to your destination. Therefore, the best way to quit smoking is the way that suits you. Your work is to keep trying until you succeed. Thus, never get disappointed that you are unable to quit smoking even after several attempts. Just tread along this path steadily and one day you will surely get rid of this bad habit. You must have heard, “Slow and steady wins the race”.

Quitting Smoking- A Personal Analysis

It is a fact that smoking is more of psychological addiction than physical addiction. The Nicotine addiction in your body can be controlled, but mind addiction is tough to control.

One thing that helps you in quitting smoking is a complete personal analysis.

Take a paper and make two columns in it. In one column put heading, the cause for quitting. In another column, write down the cause for taking up smoking.

Firstly, write down the causes for taking up smoking. It may be some kind of pressure, or family trouble or financial trouble or any other reason. Now, find out whether these troubles still exist or not. If they do not, then there is no need to smoke.

Now, write down the causes for quitting smoking. It may due to the scare of deadly disease you may get, or your fear of passing them to your family members. Thus, health is one of the causes for quitting smoking.

However, it is quite possible that health reasons will not convince you in quitting smoking. They all have the possibilities. It is not sure that these things can happen. Lung cancer might happen or you may die early.

There are certain genuine causes that you are experiencing while smoking.

Write down those causes in the second column. For instance, you experience breathlessness while coming upstairs. Your feet are cold due to high blood pressure. You are always suffering from cough and it makes you feel uncomfortable.

Apart from health reasons, there are certain other reasons also. Such as, premature aging and drying of skin are due to smoking. Your fingernails, teeth are of yellow color and gives bad impression. When you smoke at public places, people make faces at you. You are spending a lot on cigarettes along with the mouth fresheners. You can save a huge amount by quitting smoking. You can use that amount for a good purpose. You can go for a holiday.

Think about your family. They would feel more secure, after your quitting smoking. Your house would be clean, no dirtier walls, or stinking cars. Several genuine reasons are there for quitting smoking.

Thus, you can divert your mind easily by thinking these genuine effects of smoking. However, your hands are still free. Try to make your hands busy by indulging it in some activities, for Instance knitting, cooking etc.

So, do not waste time and go ahead.

Quitting Smoking-Using Thoughts

We are well aware of the consequences of smoking. Still, we are unable to quit it. The cause for unable to quit smoking is the addiction of nicotine, along with the weak determination. A firm determination can make one able to leave this addiction of nicotine far behind. You only need to play certain mind games, as we all know that mind controls the body.

There are a few examples of mind games. For Instance, you have decided to quit smoke, but your decision is not firm. You have the habit to smoke with your friends. Before meeting them, your mind has already started working. You would find it tough to sit there without smoking. You would start feeling miserable and weak. You will become frustrate by these thoughts. Finally, you will start smoking. One can easily conclude that mind was the only thing that had prompted you in taking up smoking again.

On the contrary, you can avoid this situation. It only needs a little diversion of your mind. If you divert your mind on some other thing then surely you can help yourself. Along with the diversion, it need positive outlook on quitting smoking. Never feel that life will be miserable without smoking, or it is impossible to quit smoke.

Now, handle the same situation in this manner. You are going to meet your friends. Your mind will start working as usual. However, try to think positively. You should consider it big achievement, if you do not smoke with your friends. Never feel that life would be miserable, if you have not smoked. On the contrary, think that you are blessing a healthy life to you, as well as your family. You are able to breathe fresh air, after quitting smoking.

If you are unable to resist the temptation at your friend’s place then do not go there. It would be better for you to avoid that place. Try to do something creative that will divert your mind completely.

Think about your kids. Take your family for a long drive. The quality time that you spent with them was more precious then wasting it by smoking with your friends. You will find that you were actually making yourself a fool by indulging in smoking activity.

Whenever your urge for smoke grows, only think about its bad effects upon you. The smoke has made you its slave. But, you have to overcome this slavery and quit smoking at any cost, as smoking is costing you a lot.

READY, STEADY AND GO

Half of your battle is over, once you have decided to quit smoking. However, after the decision of quitting smoking comes the much difficult part. The resisting of temptations and it also needs your determination. Whenever you feel the desire to smoke, just remember certain things and you can easily put an end to your temptations.

Suppose, your friends are smoking and inviting you to smoke then it would be better to leave the place. After leaving that place, remember these things.

The Cause of Your Quitting

Simply start thinking about the various reasons that lead you to quitting smoking. It would be more beneficial, if you carry a paper and list all the causes. Now, if you feel a craving for smoking then read the list of causes. After reading them, you will overcome over the temptation.

Always Be Ready

After quitting smoking, still you can meet temptation any time. It could be your friends or any particular place. So, you must be ready for such instances. In a blank paper, make two columns in it. On the first column, write the possible chances that can lead you to smoke, such as watching TV or drinking tea. On the second column, write the action that you will perform to divert the craving of smoking. For Instance, you can read a newspaper if you feel the craving for smoking. Try this formula and see it really works.

Water

If you are feeling a strong urge to smoke then chew something. Chewing will definitely consumes a lot of your time. After chewing, start drinking a glass of water with the help of straw. While doing this you will forget the desire to smoke. It would be beneficial if you drink 8 glasses of water.

Praise yourself

Whenever you pass a non-smoking week, do not forget to praise yourself. Always decide something in advance to gift yourself, after a non-smoking week. Write name of the gift on the paper, along with the non-smoking period. This will increase your spirit.

Divert Your Mind

You can divert yourself by doing any other task. Make a cup of tea or read a newspaper.

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

Make a call to your close friend or anyone who can talk to you for a while. You will forget the craving for smoking while talking.

The Punch

Get a picture of smoker’s lungs and always keep it with you. See the picture, when you feel the craving for smoking.

Say No to Cigarette

Smokers can give an endless list of excuses for smoking. Such as, some gets energy from smoking. Some look smart, when they smoke. Some are able to maintain their figure because of smoking. Some smokes, as they are lonely and sad. Some smoke to celebrate. This list of excuses never ends. There are some exceptional cases also. Such as, a woman was suffering from chest pain after quitting smoking. The chest pain was cured when she started smoking again.

However, none of the given excuses is logical. There is only one reason for smoking. It is the addiction. The addiction is more psychological than physical. Smokers are actually addicted to those toxic chemical substances.

Nicotine is one of the major components of addiction in Cigarette smoking. The smoker is unable to get rid of this nicotine. The Nicotine is running in his blood level. When the level of Nicotine decreases in the blood, he shows certain nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The smoker smokes to cover up the deficiency of Nicotine in the blood level.

This nicotine withdrawal symptom clearly shows the cause for smoking relieving the stress. Some physiological effects also occur due to stress, such as, the urine acidic.

Smoking helps in calming them down is a general misconception. It does not reduce their stress. On the contrary, it maintains the reducing level of nicotine in blood that make them relieved.

Similarly, consumption of Alcohol also enhances the level of smoking. The Nicotine level drops and to compensate the dropping level smoker smokes a lot while drinking. Thus, it is important for the smoker to know the real cause for their smoking. It is not calming down their stress, but to maintain the level of poison in their body. This thought will help the smoker to be an ex-smoker.

Once you have decided to quit smoking from that very day this poison will start reducing in your body. Make a promise not to touch it again. Within two weeks, this poisonous substance nicotine will leave your body. You will experience no nicotine withdrawal symptoms and would be able to live normally.

You will realize the benefits of quitting smoking, only after quitting it. All the advantages of smoking were nothing but misconceptions. You will get an independent feeling within you. Now, you are no longer addict of anything.

However, the ex-smokers have to take extra care. The moment they chew tobacco or taken a single puff, you will become nicotine addict again. So, keep distance from cigarette.

Smokers and Ex-smokers

Smokers always feel that smoking helps them in getting rid from unhappiness, stress, boredom, anxiousness and loneliness. The life without a cigarette means complete boredom and frustration. Most of the smokers feel that they will put on weight after quitting cigarette. They can work faster and better after a puff of cigarette. While smoking they can be more sociable. Smoking is also a way to celebrate on special occasions. Smokers feel that everything loses its charm without smoking. They are unable to enjoy social gathering, fun, games, drink, or even the company of their spouse. According to this data of smokers, smoking has so many great attributes.

However, one more data contradicts this data. In America, almost 33, 000, 000 Americans have quitted smoking and are leading a healthy life. A non-smoker would never be able to understand the great qualities of cigarette. However, the ex-smokers are well aware of these wonderful qualities. Still they have decided to quit. Are these 33, 000, 000 people mad?

These people are not mad, but they understood the disadvantages of smoking. They had also gone through the painful withdrawal symptoms of Nicotine. Still, they managed all the pain. They fought not only with the physical addiction, but also with the psychological addiction. The psychological addiction is a little tough, but they managed that too. They convinced themselves fully about the bad consequences of smoking. This demands a lot of firm determination from their side and a positive approach.

These smokers must be appreciated for coming out from this addiction. The earlier phase of quitting makes smoker a little insecure. However, you must have confidence on yourself that it is possible to live without cigarettes.

Once come out of the tight and dangerous grip of smoking. You will understand that you were on a wrong track. You were living in the world of misconceptions. After quitting smoking, they will realize that life without smoking is healthier, calmer and beautiful.

It depends on the ex-smoker, whether he/she wants to smoke again or not. Now, it demands a logical reasoning from you. However, many smokers again start smoking. The cause for their again taking up smoking is that they forgot the bad consequences of smoking. There is one more cause of taking up smoking again is the urge that they are unable to resist.

Therefore, all ex-smokers have two choices, either to quit it or to start smoking again. It is useless to be an occasional smoker, as it is also harming you a lot. Thus, make a promise of not letting even a little bit of Nicotine into your body.

Smoking – An Addiction or Phobia

Smoking a much better talked about issue presently, is fast becoming an addiction with smokers. Perhaps you never have thought on those lines simply because you felt that smoking is an important part of your life style.

You may not remember when started smoking; may be when you were very young or you were thrilled when you saw your friends smoking. After a short period you may have had the felling that you could not do with smoking, which must have had created tension with you.

Later on, you may have felt whatever your parents try to make you understand about the ill effects of smoking on your health was right. You must have tried to get rid of smoking but then you may have been unable to take a decision as to what may happen to your smoking breaks.

The facts findings show differences about smoking as an addition with every smoker. A smoker would term smoking as a ‘stimulant’ or smoking which may provide him extra energy or so. The smoker is totally unaware that the stimulant is simply an addiction which is constantly completing him to remain hooked and not allowing him to come out of it.

Adopt a positive attitude, uncovering your self about smoking, its negative and positive effects on you as you feel. Now if really care to take a close look at what happens to you when you don’t smoke or don’t get cigarettes. You may fell lonely, bored; you may feel irregularly; you feel you need to touched up with glow when you light up a cigarette, so on and so forth. The non smokers on the other hand relax on there own naturally, they don’t require a light up cigarette to relax. You may go through some simple steps below to know about what you are addicted to and how to combat it.

• For a day or two whenever you smoke you write down the feelings you had before smoking every cigarette. Not whether felt bored, tired, and hungry, exhausted, or stress out.

• Write down some ‘plus’ points you experienced after smoking that cigarette, you may have felt sleepy, it may have helped you to make up early or reduced your boredom.

• If you review your list, you may find a pattern to your addiction.

• A total diversion of your thoughts, surely help you distract your feeling of smoking.

• It’s not that difficult to give up smoking if you are sincere about it.

Smoking – Making A Fool Of Yourself

Whenever you talk with a smoker and advise him/her to quit smoking, he/she will give thousands of reasons of unable to quit smoking. For Instance, they consider smoking as a thing that helps in de-stressing from anxiety. On the other hand, it is impossible for them to resist the temptation of smoking. They had included smoking in their daily routine. They are completely addicted to it.

Nicotine is the substance of addiction. Experts consider nicotine as the most addictive substance. In spite of this, they are unable to prove that nicotine can lead to physical addiction. Nicotine does not lead to high physical addiction.

There are certain substances such as Heroin, Cocaine that are highly addictive. When addicts do not get the doses of Heroin and Cocaine, they becomes out of control. They are unable to manage themselves without the intake of these substances. On the other hand, if a smoker quits smoking then nothing happens like this. Their bodies are in complete control. Several of smokers quit smoking daily but they never experience any physical problems.

Even chain smokers never smoke by waking up at night. But, a Heroin or Cocaine addict often wakes up at night to have it. They are able to sleep only after having it.

While watching a movie in a theater a smoker can simply spend a couple of hours without having a cigarette. This shows clearly that smoking is not at all a physical addiction. But, there are smokers who claim that they cannot sit for such long hours without cigarette. Thus, we can only say ‘Exceptions are always there’.

Now, one can easily conclude that cigarette smoking is simply not addictive. If it leads to certain addiction then you cannot live without it for long hours. Like in several flights, smoking is prohibited or in various public places, you cannot smoke.

You are making yourself fool by assuring yourself that smoking is an addiction. Thus, you are unable to quit it. Smoking Cigarette means killing yourself by inviting several dreadful diseases. Smoking can only harm you, whether physically or financially.

The ever-growing Tobacco companies are the one, gaining from your smoking. They are only making you fool by selling this poison to you. Along with these companies, you are also making a fool of yourself. Before quitting smoking, smokers already declare that they could not live without smoking.

Now whenever you decide to quit then remind yourself only one thing. That quitting smoking will not lead to any physical problems and it is not a physical addiction.

Smoking- A Never Ending Problem

In spite of so much awareness about the ill effects of nicotine, smoking apparently continues to chase everyone, everywhere. It not only influences our lifestyle but also affects the lifestyle of our colleagues and family members. They too may become part of this habit or psychological concerns that may result from this addiction.

Earlier, smoking was a craze among adults only but now teenagers too have joined the trend. A surprising fact is that adults are more likely to quit smoking on being encouraged by friends, family and counselors, but getting teenagers to quit smoking is not all that easy. They start smoking under the influence of the peer group or friends, and even if they try getting out of the addiction, the same influences do not allow that to happen. Teenagers get well entrapped wherefrom it is not that easy to escape.

Smoking is making its presence felt in every sphere of our life, be it a school, home or work area. It is more an addiction than habit and therefore no one is able to escape its clutches in the first go.

Smoking is not only injurious to health but to one’s wallet as well. Studies showing expenditure made on the pack of cigarettes has come with stunning outcomes. A person could have easily afforded a comfortable life with the money that one wastes on buying these stuffs. But the thing is that we never think about such consequences that are adversely affecting our life to a great extent.

In USA, it has been made mandatory for employees not to smoke at work. In case someone does not follow the rule, the Company has a right to fire that employee. Such smokers will not be insured by the Company. This has become a hot topic on the chat shows in America.

Most of the smokers are working hard to quit the habit of smoking but unfortunately, a few of them are able to do it.  Many counselors have developed a program that has been proved successful for interested volunteers. This ‘stop smoking’ program works according to the Behavior Theory. It is different from other programs and helps a person not to depend on cigarettes at every tense circumstance of his life. This way the smoker learns to resist his cravings for another puff.

It has become essential to take necessary steps to control smoking before we have any more sufferers in its grasp. Friends, family and counselors can only suggest but one has to take the initiative on one’s own to enter a healthy lifestyle.

Smoking: A nurturer or a destroyer

Smokers are generally very eager as well as anxious to quit smoking. Smoking has leaded them at the threshold of many diseases like heart attacks, cancers, emphysema. Most of the smokers know that smoking is rotting their body from inside and slowly have started deteriorating their physical charm. Still smoking is their buddy and still an existing problem. We need to search for the reason of its existence.

Many smokers associate several activities with their smoking. The lure of continuing those activities persuades them to endure smoking as well. These activities include their daily routine. For them, being a non smoker means that life has lost its importance. Smokers also think that he has to come across painful symptoms while working for quitting smoking. These reasons keep a smoker away from taking up of good habits. They can die for smoking but are afraid to quit it.

If every one of us starts following thinking of the above sited smokers, then life will certainly lose its significance without smoking. Bit the fact is that they all are living under misconceptions. They will live a better life after quitting smoking than living with smoking. Pleasure that a smoker gets after the puffs is a deceptive pleasure and just the effect of nicotine that blocks our thinking power. Convincing smokers about this sometimes become next to impossible. These pleasures work as a stopper for smokers.

When smokers get out of their bed they feel slight headache, depressed that arouses a need for a cigarette in them and they go for it. When he feels depressed then also he feels for a cigarette or two to relax his nerves. Therefore he begins to expand his friendship with this deadly drug. But these are the symptoms that are taking them to their destruction.

If a smoker starts giving some space for the realities then he can quit smoking. He himself will be surprised to see the changes. He will feel taking up the things more efficiently than before. Morning will bring a different freshness for him. Feeling of panic reactions under the stress that were the outcome of the lower level of the nicotine will not be scaring him anymore. And slowly he will see the true face of smoking that once was his best buddy. Any ex smoker can experience his growing strength, increased energy level than before when he was a smoker.

Even his fear of withdrawal symptoms will not last for many days. They would peak within three days and will completely lose their existence in all more two weeks. He will experience a simpler, happier, cleaner and above all a healthy life ahead of him.

Smoking and Connected Diseases

A research review reveals smoking and weight loss can never go together. The most talked over issue of the day is obese population. The health care people are trying to find out useful alternatives, towards obese along with important community. A number of options have already come up to cope up obese, as fast as possible.

Some of concrete truth about smoking and its co-related solution to the problem of excess of body weight; have look over myths and reality about smoking in the next paragraph.

A statistical observation by US centers for disease control and prevention points out that women are quitting smoking more in numbers than that of men. Data connected by the centers put down the percentage of women smokers to 20%even below than that in 2003 the figures of women smokers was only 19.2% compared to male smokers at 24.1%.

The opinion holds that exposure to cigarette smoking may cause damage to woman fertility. A study compiled about embryo quality and fertilization, divided into three groups. Says there was clear evidence of differences in the pregnancy rates per embryo transfer, it is around 48% with non smokers, the smokers around 19% and with the others 20%.

Smoking and impotence have practically no relationship. As of now it has been found that cigarette smoking invites innumerable deadly disease like lung cancer, heart disease emphysema, erectile dysfunction etc. the ill effects of smoking can affect the digestive system and may be the cause of human importance.

To generalize the facts quitting smoking will not lesson the importance. Men who have erection problem may try to create some improvement by quitting smoking.

But according to doctors once the spot is damaged it cannot be restored by quitting smoking. Since everybody is different it may improve or even may not improve. The whole world knows about Viagra for erection. For some owe it may not work, especially to heart patients Viagra strictly forbidden.

Quitting smoking is possible if you ready think on in twice looking at the reason below.

• The factors that involve cancer risk.
• Money
• Bad breath
• Stained teeth and fingers
• Cough sore throat.
• Breathing problem
• Fatigue
• Wrinkles
• Arguments with friends or
• Spouse who want stop you smoking
• Heart disease risk
• Gum disease etc.

Think if you are following a right pain.

Smoking And Pregnancy

Smoking, as such, is considered harmful for health. But, pregnancy is a state where one has to be very particular about certain habits, including smoking. You might have your reasons to smoke, but not at the cost of your health, and not at all at your baby’s expense. Who would not love to have a healthy baby? May be, smoking would-be mothers do not, or do they! If you are planning to have a baby, quit the habit of smoking first. Do not play around with your and your child’s health.

You may have a look into the effects of smoking on pregnant mothers. Nicotine and carbon monoxide are poisonous substances that can cause a lot of harm inside the body. During pregnancy, smoking leads to increase in the levels of carbon monoxide and nicotine in the mother’s bloodstream. These substances have frightening effects on the mother’s body, as the blood vessels are constricted and restricted, effecting the supply of oxygen and nutrients. The baby is denied its full share of nutrients and oxygen, which hampers the growth of the baby. You can compare the whole scenario to your being hungry and being offered an insufficient amount of food laced with poisonous substances. When you smoke, this is what exactly your baby experiences.

Babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy are likely to be premature. If the pregnancy lasts a full term, the baby may be born underweight and small. Such babies need special care under medical supervision, which extends their stay in hospital.

During pregnancy, the baby of a smoking mother is denied proper oxygen, which can lead to miscarriages or fetal brain damage. Sudden infant death syndrome can be a result of smoking, according to certain studies. Smoking is found to affect the blood pressure of the developing baby. This adversely affects its development and the child’s learning ability, like attention deficit disorder retarded mental growth. The child may also develop respiratory problems like asthma, when young.

Once your baby is born, it still is needed to be protected from smoking. Smoking leads to reduction in milk supply, and can hamper breastfeeding. Moreover, the baby gets a fair dose of nicotine through breast milk, which can cause illness in the form of diarrhea, nausea, colic etc. Second hand smoke is not good for the baby, since it affects the lungs through the nicotine it inhales. You would not like your baby to develop breathing problems.

Smoking Has Tendency to Affect Your Spirits

People have their own reasons to smoke.

Some people smoke to relax and some to feel more alert when they feel dull. Some take up smoking because they want to relax their nerves when feel stressed, bored or to overcome their anger. A cigarette becomes their doctor, their buddy, their life. It all happens because of chemicals present in cigarettes. These chemicals result in psychological effects that they have on the nerves of a smoker.

The head of these chemicals is Nicotine. It works as a stimulant. It has the same components and functions that cocaine, amphetamine has. Smokers want to have a boost up feeling when they feel depressed, irritated and frustrated. The resistance to overcome all these feelings is provided by the nicotine. It also increases their heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate due to which a smoker feels more alert than before. It helps in his spontaneous but deceptive recovery. After sometime a smoker finds himself at the same point with more deteroirating health.  Cigarette has products like acetaldehyde and carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is harmful of all the substances. It makes one feel dull as if someone has locked you in the stuffy room. These chemicals have property of reducing the tensions, anger and irritation. They hold these feelings but not eliminate them. Something which is suppressed comes out more strongly. This same case happens in smoking.

People smoke, when taking coffee, consuming alcohol and eating desserts. It becomes a comfortable habit for them and they start taking it for granted. A smoker gets involved in different fantasies as he feels that his stress is bothering him less after a puff, he is able to concentrate more.

Getting addicted

Initially a smoker smokes for false pleasure but when he continues his habit, he does so out of his habit for having nicotine. Until and unless he gets a dose of nicotine, he can not work properly. He gets addicted to the deadly drug.

Need to understand

Try to differentiate between feelings when you were craving for the puff and when you have finished with your cigarette. The come up differences will make you understand your position that later will help you to quit the smoking.

Smoking- More a Habit, Less a Pleasure

Smokers failed to experience desired pleasure from smoking. To get their intended bliss, they keep on switching from one product to another when they feel that their brand is not gratifying them anymore. Initially when smoker begins smoking, he experiences warmth that seems him to fill their hollowness.  Therefore they take this deadly drug as their life long companion. This delight that they enjoy is nothing but a pharmacological action of nicotine. It relaxes the smoker nerves depriving him of his thinking power. Smoking gives him false impression of being confidant, mature, and more social.

We all want to escape the bad circumstance of our life. Similarly when a smoker wants to do the same, smoking lends him a helping hand and gives all the false happiness to him that he has always wanted. This forces him to puff more like 5 to 6 cigarettes a day. But gradually he gets dependent on the cigarettes. Then his habit urges him to puff more not his problem. If he does not answer his urge then he feels irritated, frustrated, nervous, angry, and nauseous and ignored. To ease these symptoms he has to smoke and all the time he hopes that he will get support from the cigarettes and that becomes dream for him. He does feel better but only for a little time and after that blessed minutes the process again shape up itself.

The effects after quitting smoking bless him. He does not experience those horrible urges, headaches and no longer does he get into those withdrawal symptoms. He begins enjoying his liberty without worrying all time about need of smoking. His headache also gives him the pleasure because now he knows that this headache is a part of the process that ensures his healthy lifestyle.

But again something happens inside him. He starts re-picturing the warmth given by his best cigarette in his life. Long thinking about it forces him to focus on it and to bring that same pleasure in his life again that he obeys. Once again he got caught up in the same grip of an addiction. In this grip he smokes more and enjoys it less. He wants to continue to survive in the same grip at the cost of his liberty, his health and is life. Smokers who really want to enjoy their life with its true meaning needs to concentrate on the side effects of smoking otherwise they will find themselves at the threshold of the death.

Smoking- Not a Solution

Stress is directly proportional to smoking. All the smokers out there will agree with this fact. It is a common slogan of all the smokers that because they smoke of stress. But, this is a misconception. People often get stressed, due to their smoking habit. Even after quitting smoking, smokers often start smoking. The main causes for taking up smoking again are social gatherings, parties, stress and alcohol.

There are several smokers, who want to get rid of this deadly chemical. After few failed attempts, they even say bye to smoking. But, after a certain period their urge for smoking begins. They feel that life is boring without smoking. The ex-smoker becomes nervous, upset and depress without smoking. These kinds of depressions are one of the effects of not smoking.

In our daily life, we experience stress everywhere. The stress can be job related or family or friends or financial. In such stressful situations, the ex-smoker wants to take the help of smoking. He would go for smoking, as he thinks it to be helpful. However, this is a complete misconception of him.

For Instance, you are having a lot of work pressure in the office. If you use to smoke earlier, then you would immediately think of having cigarette.

Is it reasonable of having cigarette in such a situation?

Instead of organizing the schedule of your work, you are thinking about having cigarette. Can you give any cause for having cigarette in this situation? Neither cigarette can help you in easing the work pressure, nor can do the work. Thus, there is no cause for smoking in such stressful situation. You are only making a fool of yourself. You are again allowing the entry of numerous deadly chemicals. These chemicals will result in harmful deadly diseases. Moreover, your near and dear ones are also being affected

Thus, the job stress is nothing in front of these deadly diseases. The smoking will make you more anxious. It enhances the frustration. You will take another cigarette, when the first one ends. In this way, you will start smoking again. You have quit smoking, after several failed and sincere attempts. But, due to certain stress you are again taking it up. Even, if you are going through some major crisis period, remember that smoking will not get the solution for you. Several times, we are unable to handle our situations. Such as, death of a near one or getting bankrupt, or major illness and ended up in taking cigarette. But, always remember that smoking is not going to solve your problem.

Smoking-The Game of Nicotine

Everyone is well aware of the bad consequences of smoking, even the smokers. Still, they do not quit smoking. One major cause for their not quitting smoking is their love for smoking. Most of the smokers would agree to this fact that they love smoking. But, do not you think it is a wrong word for smoking. It is actually a misconception. The cause for their smoking do not depends on their love for smoking. But, the real cause is that they do not like not smoking.

Several deadly chemicals enter through smoking. Nicotine is one of the major content of cigarette. It is an addiction, making the smoker addicted for it. This Nicotine is running along the blood stream of smoker. When the level of Nicotine decreases in the smoker’s blood level, he/she will become tense. The smoker needs continuous doses of nicotine in his/her blood to behave normally. When the level of nicotine decreases, the smoker would immediately smoke. After smoking, the level of nicotine becomes normal and smoker would be automatically normal. This is the only cause for smoking.

Nicotine should be consumed up to a limit. The exceeding limit of nicotine content in your body can do serious harm to your body. A successful smoker is the one, who is able to manage the content of nicotine.

When smokers decide to quit, they have to gone through several difficult phases.

They are well aware of the pain that they are going to experience without smoking. The earlier phases are very tough, as they have to face the problem due to decreasing nicotine level. The urge for smoking will be too strong. But, gradually their urge slows down. Smoker has the tendency to smoke frequently. However, when the interval grows, they will be able to manage themselves without smoking. In this way, one can quit smoke.

But, if you continue smoking no one can help you. You need your help in quitting smoking. Otherwise, ruin your life in your continuous battle for maintaining the level of nicotine. This harmful fight costs your life as well as your bank balance. You have already wasted a huge amount in buying this poison. Along with the money, you are also destroying your precious health.

Only one puff of smoke causes the entry of so many deadly chemicals in your body. Next time when your urge for smoke arises, just remember these words.

The Art of Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking does not make everyone gain weight but it results in gaining a few extra pounds. Weight gain is much possible for chain smokers. It gives the smoker the false feeling of weight gain which is actually due to water retention after which the body comes to its previous position.

Chain smokers are more prone to health dangers when they try to quit smoking and the main symptom is weight gain.

How to preserve health after quitting smoking:

1. Physical  fitness

• Daily exercise can be a good reminder to make one realize that how much of the energy he has lost due to smoking as he will find it quite tough to exercise properly. Physical fitness enhances your energy levels and by bringing you close to the nature, it also diverts your mind off smoking.

• Beginners should exercise for 30 minutes initially not essentially on regular basis. Exercise not only ensures good health but also helps in controlling weight. You can go for exercises like brisk walking and playing.

2. Good eating habits

• Good eating habits ensure prevention of weight gain and make you feel good. Eating nutritious diet on regular basis helps a lot but you should not change yourself too fast as it can result in fatigue.

• Never try to quit smoking during bouts of tension only to prevent snacking. It can result in consuming more snacks or taking to smoking again and the person becomes addicted once again.

3. Resisting longings

• Once you quit smoking, you should also learn how to resist craving for cigarettes and food. If one learns to overcome craving for 5 minutes, then it generally goes off.

• Try to busy your hands and mouth with things like chewing gum, solving puzzles to replace smoking.

• Try not to accompany your loneliness with tea or coffee. It can increase the nervous feeling.

• Have required sleep when tired and also try to lessen your anger and loneliness. Go for meditation and relax properly.

• Take up another subject to talk other than smoking.

• List the places where you feel urge to smoke and also list things you can have as a substitute of smoking. Avoid going to the pubs, having chips when watching television.

• Some anxious smokers can also go for nicotine gum or patch known for reducing the weight gain only on being prescribed by the doctor.

4. Be optimistic

• Eating habits become better with the passage of time as you left smoking and food tastes nice when you become habitual of eating healthy food.

• Don’t be pessimist and let yourself not to be afraid about weight gain. If it happens you will surely lose weight with the help of your eating habits and be confident about your choice to stay healthy.

The Deadly Secondhand Smoke

When a person inhales smoke that comes out from the burning of tobacco is known as side stream smoke. On the other hand, when a person inhales smoke while a person is smoking is called the mainstream smoke. Both these types of smoking are called Secondhand smoke or ETS.

Do you know the number of poisonous substances we inhales while a person smokes?

The ETS mainly consist of about 4000 poisonous substances. They make entry into our body and 40 among them can be carcinogens. Whether you are smoking or just inhaling the smoke exhaled by a smoker, it does not matter. The consequences are dangerous and lead to several respiratory problems.

ETS belongs to the class of carcinogens. The amount of carcinogen in ETS is much higher. The cause for high rate of carcinogen in ETS is that it is unfiltered. Thus, active smoker is inhaling lower quantity of carcinogen than the ETS.

There are two main places in cigarette that produces smoke. The tip of the cigarette is the one from where smoke released. Secondly, the hot smoke releases through the cigarette and its filter from the remaining part of the cigarette.

The major portion of ETS incorporates cigarette’s burning tip. It is around 70 to 80 percent of ETS. The major components are nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and carcinogens. Thus, ETS is more harmful and deadly than the person smoking directly.

There are several hazards of Secondhand smoke. It causes eye irritation, sore throat, dizziness, nausea, headache and cough. Apart from these effects, it also leads to certain long-term illness. The major disease caused by it is the lung cancer. When a non-smoker suffers from a deadly disease like lung cancer it is because of Secondhand.

Based on recent survey, it is found that hospitality workers have more chances of lung cancer. Those workers who are more exposed to secondhand smoke have more chances of acquiring this deadly disease.

Cardio vascular problems are also one of the diseases caused by the secondhand smoke. Certain chemicals block arteries and that leads to heart attack or hypertension. Asthma and Breast cancer are also caused by secondhand smoke.

Your children are also getting affected and have more chances of acquiring deadly diseases.

If a pregnant woman smokes then she is harming her baby directly. The baby will be of low-weight; size of lungs will be smaller and have more chances of tobacco addiction.

The Psychological Therapy

Addiction of smoking is actually the addiction of nicotine. Nicotine is the one that causes addiction and makes difficult for people to quit smoking. There are several nicotine replacement gum or patches are available in the market. Do you think it to be reasonable of quitting smoking with the help of another nicotine product?

Our main concern is getting rid of nicotine and clearing our body from the nicotine. Making the body completely free from nicotine is our real job. But, we are making another way for nicotine in our body. Nicotine is the main cause for all cravings and temptations. The first thing we must do is to throw nicotine out from the body. Its exit is the only way to quit smoking.

Secondly, nicotine gives calmness or de-stress our anxiety. It gives us light feeling or generate nice feeling into us. So, we must look for a replacement at time of anxiety. Try to divert your mind in something else, such as drinking water, exercising, making a phone call or preparing a cup of tea.

Lastly, you need to take care of this old habit. There must be certain places or people, where you enjoying your smoking. Try to avoid this by doing something more creative.

Smoking becomes the habit of smoker. It is a well known fact that habits are hard to leave. Thus, it obvious that smoker has to face a lot of problem while quitting smoking. But, he should determine firmly to quit smoking. Always remember the bad effects of nicotine in your body and your determination of getting rid from it.

Do not let your senses overpower you.

Aromatherapy oil blend will be helpful in getting rid of the habits that leads to smoking. Follow these steps and see it will work.

The first thing you should do is to keep this oil near the cigarettes of smoker.

Then try to place this oil near the lip like a cigarette. Take a couple of deep breaths, so that the aroma should be inhaled.

This is like a trick your brain in forgetting the addiction of nicotine. This act is quite similar to smoking; here you are also inhaling something. Aromatherapy will be helpful in forgetting the nicotine habit and will act as its substitute. You can also call it as a psychological phenomenon. If the smoker is able to resist the craving for two minutes then surely he can quit smoking.

THINK ABOUT IT

Smokers who are smoking from long time become habitual to smoking. They do not find any harm in smoking. They have included smoking as their daily routine. Many smokers often decide to quit smoking. On the other hand, several smokers do not find any benefits in quitting smoking. They feel that smoking helps them a lot. For Instance, smoking relieves them from anxiety and makes them feel light. They would not be able to work properly without smoking. Thus, they do not find much benefit in quitting smoking.

But, they are not aware what they are missing.

The benefits of quitting smoking are so vast that they cannot even imagine. The major benefit is health. They will be able to lead a healthy and active life, after quitting smoking.

Once you quit smoke the risk of heart disease gradually decreases up to half within a year. After 15 years of non-smoking, your risk of heart disease would be almost equivalent to a non-smoker. Thus, your heart will be as normal as of non-smoker.

Quitting also decreases the dangers of lung cancer. The danger of lung cancer decreases up to 30 to 50 percent, after ten years. If your age is 35 then after quitting smoking, you are giving 7 to 8 more years to you. If a woman quits at the age of 35 then she is incriminating her life from 6 to 8 years. You can add 6 to 7 more years to your life, if you are at the age group of 45. 3 to 6 years can be added, if you are 55. Moreover, 1 to 1.4 if you are 65.

Thus, you can always enjoy the benefits of healthy life and clean environment around you. It only depends on you. What you want from your life?

Would you like to have deadly diseases or want to lead a healthy life?

Choice is yours. You can opt for life and at the same time death also.

Your time span of smoking does not matter at all. The thing that really matters is enjoying the benefit of quitting smoking. When quitting smoking guarantees so many advantages then one should quit smoke without giving a second thought.

Do not play with your life. Life is precious. Your smoking habit is slowly, but steadily killing you. Moreover, you are playing on your money. Smoking has only disadvantages.

Why do not you quit it?

Think about it.

Tips To Control Smoking

There are different ways which enables a person to control smoking as well as weight:

• Tickle yourself with a comedy recording or a comedy video.
• Do not fix to daily routine and same dress. Change it time to time.
• Listen to cassettes regarding fatigue control.
• Try to tighten all body parts and then relax.
• Add brisk waking, cycling, deep breathing and swimming in your exercise.
• Enroll yourself in gym.
• Take a balanced diet consist of salad, green leafy vegetables and pulses.
• Less salt, sugar, fat containing diet and visit dietician time to time.
• Enjoy yourself with classical music and nature sound recordings.
• Close your eyes and slowly focus your mind on one word which makes you stress free.
• Try to talk on subject other than smoking, enjoy yourself in others company.
•  Take time to go out on long vacation to hill stations.
• Take drive to peaceful places like meadow, beach, and forests.
• Be optimist and try to escape aggression. Go for courses like sailing, painting, yoga.
• Lend hand to needy person and involve with new activities whether social or cultural.
• Make new friends and be thankful to your blessings..
• Have a warm bath with good bath oils like lavender.
• Fancy yourself at an acquainted peaceful place and then try to relax your body parts one by one. The art is known as self hypnosis.
• Some hospitals conduct stress reduction classes. Call to get timings about next sessions.
•  Everyone cannot be right at every time so do not bother yourself over one subject. Choice is always available to everyone.
• Set your exercise and relaxation schedule. Overdrinking of coffee can be dangerous.
• Be thankful to all your comforts, friends, family and above all your work.
• List your work according to priorities and tackle them with care giving top priority to your personal life and family.
•  If a task is bothering you, divide it into mall tasks.
• Your energy is precious so do not waste it on less important task.
•  Appreciate your subordinates and take pleasure in getting compliments.
• Adopt ‘never to say die’ attitude.
• Nurture hopes and goals within your self.
• Get involve in things which give you feeling of relaxation and happiness. Let your inner self not to get heavy on you.

Above mention tips will certainly ensure your happy and healthy stay.

Tobacco – Not A Consumer Product

Tobacco addiction is one of the worst addictions, with the number of tobacco users and smokers having crossed the one billion-mark worldwide. What is a cause for concern is that smoking has been and is being marketed as a fashionable product; a product that is projected to be responsible for the death of over half a million smokers this year.

Tobacco is being promoted and projected as a consumer product. Not being aware of the harmful effects of tobacco, the young generation is sucked into believing that it is fashionable to smoke. At an influential age, the youngsters lap up every advertisement targeted at them and take to smoking without realizing the ill effects waiting to consume them.  For that matter, you may call tobacco a “consumer product”, because it “consumes” your health and even your life, if you are not that lucky.

It is unbelievable that such a harmful product that causes addiction, sickness and even painful death, is allowed to be marketed freely. Tobacco is among the few anti-health products that are legally allowed to be sold as consumer products. Such is the impact of the bombardment of cigarette smoking advertisements that the warning label on every cigarette pack is overlooked. It is the ‘it-can-never-happen-to-me’ attitude coupled with glamour attached to smoking, which is the undoing of most smokers.

Smoking is a serious addiction and every addict needs help urgently to get out of the habit. Tobacco reform laws need to be strict, in addition to heavy imposition of taxes, which can discourage people from getting addicted. The idea is to make the availability of tobacco and nicotine difficult. People may argue that despite the ban on drugs, and their availability at prohibitive prices drug trade continues to flourish. The counter to such arguments is what could have been the situation today had the consumption of drugs not been illegalized. We may have had to confront a situation where every household had a drug addict or two.

Imposing a sudden ban on smoking or use of nicotine is not a very practical solution. This will leave the addicts high and dry. The entire process has to be a well thought out exercise. Educational programs on the ill effects of smoking need be developed, along with all possible professional and emotional help to help people get out the addiction. This is going to be a massive common exercise involving the state, the corporate world, and of course, the common man.

Want To Quit Smoking?

Quitting the smoking is a desire that chain smokers wish to come true. It can be possible with the following:

Have confidence: If you can believe yourself then you have already won half of the battle. Try to re- picture your days when you have proved your willpower. The only thing that you need is to boost up your spirits again.

Try with the limitations of smoking first. Think how smoking is eating up your body and then go for the advantages. Start applying them on yourself as quitting smoking will increase you lifespan, will make you feel better.

Family is precious for all. Think how much you will save if you quit smoking. It will help you in making new friends who hates smoking and will help you to do the same.

Initially you will behave illogically means that you will be restless. At that time remember your friends and family is there to help you out .Ask them to be tolerant with you and support you.

Exercise will allow you to ease yourself and will help you to get better than before. You may start with the walking. Go for one or two rounds per day. Do not fasten the process at he initial stage as you may feel tiresome. Ensure that you consult your physician.

Deep breathing is great for the beginners. Try it for 3 to 5 minutes each day. Fancy a scene that you have turned down the cigarette offered by someone.

If you are comfortable quitting all of them rapidly then go for it otherwise does it other way round. Plan number of cigarettes you will have each day until your auspicious day. Try to curtail its number each day. Keep changing your brands. This way you will stop enjoying smoking.

Search for companion. Motivate each other. Feel pride in your clean teeth that is not possible with going with the habit of smoking.

Plan your journey to the auspicious day in a different manner. After having completed the passage to two weeks of being a non smoker, plan to see a movie. After continuing the battle for one month visits a restaurant and so on.

Drink plenty of water everyday. It will help to flush all harmful chemicals out of your body. In addition, it helps to reduce your longings for cigarettes.

Try to work pout on the reasons that forces you for a pack of cigarette like work load. Avoid these. Keep your mouth busy with things like chewing gum.

Keep a miniature of someone who always inspires you to adopt good habits. Think that you are trying to escape smoking for you and for that precious person.

Why We Cannot Quit Smoking?

We do bad things although we know we should not. Nobody knows why? Actually it is not our folly. It falls under the category of things which are beyond our control.

We all know the remedies to lose weight and to quit smoking like good eating habits, exercise .Yet we cannot help ourselves although we desire it. If we talk about the chain smokers, there are many who control themselves but cannot completely quit the habit. The reason is bad temptations. They do every possible thing to keep themselves away from smoking but there is something which acts like a magnetic force and held them back like two opposites constantly attracting each other.

Let us try to find out the answer:

Can we name out some people who are truly happy and serious about their work? Unfortunately the figure is very less. We live in an aura made of our own where we do not feel need to deal with the major issues. It consists of special things which contribute a lot to distract us. We often forget about our ambitions which once we had nurtured in childhood like becoming a doctor, an artist.

This forgetting results in unhappy, unsuccessful and frustrated individuals. They boil their inner self without knowing their problem and what advertisers do? They take benefits of these fears and fulfill their interests by selling us deceptive happiness.

But what about our true needs?

We are either afraid to fulfill them or we disassociate ourselves from it to such an extent that we never think of them again.

One easy way which we opt to escape the problems is we make bad habits our companion as incase of smokers. If they have some family quarrel then they will take up smoking not because of the nicotine temptation but due to their incapability of resolving the problem. When we come face to face with our problems we feel they want us to pay them attention. The surprising fact is if we really want to give attention to them then only we will feel the need of smoking because we know our ‘void’.  We can solve our problem by taking following easy steps:

Try to listen to your inner voice.

Meditation is great and will surely help.

One should go for a walk by himself listening to his inner self.

We must check ourselves where we are avoiding our problems and what we instantly need. Method of figuring out is different for everyone’s but we should try to work on it and not to give it.

 

DISCLAIMER: This information is not presented by a medical practitioner and is for educational and informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read.

Gluten Free Living Secrets
Discover The Secrets To Living A Happy,Healthy Gluten-Free Life

Table of Contents
Introduction
Why Go Gluten Free?
What is Celiac Disease?
A Link Between Gluten and Autism?
Top Ten Reasons to Go Gluten Free
If you can get nutrition from gluten, you can get it from other sources as well
Grains containing gluten are not good for your stomach
You may be unable to process gluten properly
Gluten causes inflammation
Gluten grains are fairly new types of food
Gluten grains can harm your joints
Gluten grains can block minerals from being properly absorbed
Gluten grains can harm your teeth
Gluten grains are not good for the skin
Consuming gluten makes your body crave gluten
How to Maintain a Gluten Free Diet, and Still Stay Healthy
Transforming Your Pantry to be Gluten Free
Shopping Tips
Meal Prep Tips
Gluten Free Snacks and Sweets
Some of the Best Gluten Free Snack Recipes
Some of the Best Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
Keeping Kids Happy Around Their Gluten Eating Friends
Eating Out While Staying Gluten Free
Conclusion

Introduction

A gluten free diet is one that does not include foods that contain the
protein known as gluten. Gluten can be found in wheat, malts, rye,
triticale, and barley. It is commonly used as an additive in foods to add
more flavor, to thicken foods, to stabilize foods, and is often labeled as
“dextrin”. A diet free from gluten is the only type of treatment that has
been medically accepted for the condition of celiac disease, wheat allergies,
and dermatitis herpetiformis.

In some cases, a gluten free diet may not include oats. The medical
community is not sure whether or not oats irritate celiac disease patients,
or if they cause issues because of cross contamination in processing
facilities.

The phrase “gluten free” is used to indicate either a complete lack, or a
miniscule amount of gluten. In most cases, gluten free means there is a
harmless amount of the protein since a complete absence is unlikely. For
the most part, consumption of fewer than 10mg of gluten on a daily basis is
unlikely to cause any allergic reactions or problems in gluten sensitive
patients.

Starting on a gluten free diet does not have to be difficult, and you do not
need to feel deprived. Some basic guidelines can help you through the
process.

The first step to switching your way of eating is to focus on foods you know
you can have. These include vegetables and fruits, fruit juices, plain milk
that has not flavored, unflavored teas, coffee beans, eggs, corn, potatoes,
nuts, legumes, beans, oils, and meats and fish that are not coated, breaded,
process, or marinated. You can also safely add herbs and spices, since
these are quite flavorful and are completely gluten free.

Although the above mentioned grains need to be avoided, there are some
grains that are safe, and gluten free. These include: Montina, Rice, Teff,
Amaranth, Sorghum, Buckwheat, Quinoa, Corn, and Soy (but not soy sauce
that is made from wheat).

There are also a variety of gluten free flours that can be used to make
baked goods, food coatings, and other food products. This flour is made
from gluten free grains that have been ground into flour, as well as nuts,
beans, potatoes, and tapioca.

Today, gluten free flour can easily be found in most supermarkets, as well
as health food stores. Since the gluten free lifestyle is growing in popularity, there are also a number of gluten free baking mixes to make cakes, muffins, breads, cookies, and the like, as well as ready made gluten free food products such as bagels, pizza, and tortillas.

Of course, let’s not forget about pasta. There is now a variety of gluten free
pastas that are sold in many food markets that are made from buckwheat,
corn, rice, and quinoa. Noodles are also commonly made from buckwheat
and are quite safe for gluten free dieters.

Why Go Gluten Free?

As previously mentioned, there are many a variety of health issues that
make it necessary for some people to begin a gluten free diet. For these
people, eating bread, or even having a beer can cause severe pain in the
abdominal area, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.

In more serious cases, such as for those who suffer with celiac disease,
eating foods that contain gluten can trigger a response by the autoimmune
system that actually causes damage to the small intestine and prevents
proper absorption of certain nutrients.

While these medical issues can be quite serious, and cause severe allergies
for some, why on earth would anyone opt for this type of diet and give up
all of their favorite foods in their traditional forms if they do not have to?
Many Hollywood stars, personal trainers, and fitness gurus are going the
gluten free route, so there must be something to this mysterious diet. This
section will explain some of the most common and important reasons to
eliminate gluten, as well as other positive benefits for those without
allergies.

What is Celiac Disease?

Celiac disease is a type of autoimmune disease that is inherited, and causes
damage to the small intestine when gluten and other forms of proteins that
is found in wheat, rye, barley, and in some cases, oats, is eaten.

Since symptoms of celiac disease can vary a great deal from patient to
patient, a delay in a proper diagnosis is quite common. While many cases
of celiac disease go undiagnosed, it is estimated that nearly one in one
hundred thirty three people suffer with the condition. In some people,
constipation may be the main symptom, while in others diarrhea is, and yet
in many others, there is no stool irregularity.

Other common symptoms of celiac disease include: abdominal pain, gas,
bloating, indigestion, a distended stomach, nausea, vomiting, a decrease in
appetite, an intolerance to lactose, weight loss that cannot be explained,
and stools that float, have blood in them, appear fatty, or are quite foul
smelling.

Other non digestive related symptoms include: bruising easily, pain in the
joints or bones, depression, children with growth delays, hair loss, fatigue,
malnutrition, changes in behavior, anemia, irritability, skin problems,
seizures, ulcers in the mouth, decrease in bone density, muscle cramps, swelling, hypoglycemia, nose bleeds, difficulty breathing or catching the breath, defects in tooth enamel or discolorations, and deficiencies in vitamins or minerals such as folate, vitamin K, or iron.

A Link Between Gluten and Autism?

Autism is a disorder that is becoming a major concern amongst parents,
pediatricians, and even educators. Because this disorder seems to be
becoming more common, it has sparked a great deal of debate and
research into the reason behind its development. New studies, especially
those that have been based in the alternative medicine field, have found
that there could be a potential link between food allergies and autism,
especially a link between gluten and the condition.

This new data suggest that gluten may create allergies that either cause or
worsen autism.

Autism is a disorder that affects children’s cognitive development and
cognitive function. This can cause problems with communication abilities,
behavior, and social interaction. While it was thought that autism may be
genetic, recent studies have found that environmental factors may actually
be cause of, or influence the disorder.

The studies that tracked autism with gluten allergies found that the food
proteins in these foods were broken down into small proteins known as
peptides. This then functioned as a narcotic would in autistic children,
causing outward symptoms to worsen.

Since allergic responses to gluten can affect the body on the whole, causing
a variety of mental and physical symptoms, the consequences can be far
reaching. “Brain fog” is considered to be a mental symptom of autism, but
is also often mistaken for other psychiatric conditions.

Gluten intolerant adults are often plagued by physical symptoms of
consuming gluten foods, while children tend to suffer more from mental
side effects, such as brain fog.

Just as the remedy for a gluten intolerant adult is a gluten free diet, parents
with children showing symptoms of mental impairment may want to
consider eliminating gluten in the daily diet. Once parents cut out gluten,
mental changes are often reported in a very short period of time. Cognitive
problems, abnormal behavior, antisocial tendencies, and problems with
communication have completely disappeared in many cases.

Top Ten Reasons to Go Gluten Free

Even if you do not have an intolerance or allergy to gluten, giving up gluten
filled foods can do wonders for your health. Below are ten reasons why
anyone should consider going gluten free.

If you can get nutrition from gluten, you can get it from other sources as
well.

Most gluten filled grains are high in dietary fiber and various types of
B vitamins. This is why so many people believe it is so important to
eat these foods. What most people do not know is that if you can
get this nutrition from gluten based grains, you can get it in other
foods.

For example, one hundred grams of whole wheat flour provides
thirty percent of the recommended allowance of niacin, and thirty
two percent of the recommended allowance of thiamin. Eating
sesame seeds or flax seeds provides even more of these nutrients,
while being completely gluten free.

Many foods containing gluten are also touted as being fiber rich.
This too is an issue that can easily be remedied with other foods. For
example, one hundred grams of brown rice has just under two grams
of fiber. In comparison, collard greens have nearly three grams of
fiber, and green peas have nearly five grams of fiber.

Grains containing gluten are not good for your stomach.

When your stomach is not healthy, the rest of your body will not feel
healthy because you will not be able to absorb all of the necessary
nutrients from food. This in turn makes your body more prone to
illness, and even at risk for becoming malnourished. Gluten filled
foods have been linked to a condition known as “leaky gut
syndrome”.

This means that tiny pieces of the foods are leaked out of the
intestinal walls causing the body to react with an immune response.
When the immune system is taxed in this way it cannot effectively
fight of illnesses.

You may be unable to process gluten properly.

Many Caucasian people have a higher risk for being unable to
properly digest gluten rich foods. While research has estimated that
about one percent of the population has celiac disease, the numbers
may actually be quite a bit higher. Some studies have estimated that
nearly thirty to forty percent of people of European descent have
some form or degree of gluten allergy.

Gluten causes inflammation.

Because these types of grain are high in starch, they tend to be
inflammatory. The more refined grains you eat, the more
inflammation is possible. Take unbleached white flour for example.
This ingredient is much more inflammatory than even whole wheat
flour.

That being said, foods that are gluten free such as fresh vegetables
and healthy fats have been shown to reduce inflammation. People
who suffer with chronic inflammation have been subjected to many
different conditions such as allergies, bone loss, arthritis, asthma,
cardiovascular disease, and even some types of cancer.

Gluten grains are fairly new types of food.

Even though grains containing gluten are considered to be whole
foods, and nutritious, they are still relatively new to the human diet.
Before the birth of agriculture, human beings simply hunted and
gathered their foods. This meant eating animal protein, fish, wild
berries, fruits, wild greens, nuts, and the like. Our ancestors did not
plant gardens, they did not harvest grains, and they did not drink
dairy products.

Humans survived on this diet for a great many years, before grains
ever became introduced. Today, grains now account for the bulk of
our modern diet, which has led to a variety of new health conditions.

Gluten grains can harm your joints.

As previously explained, gluten filled grains are quite inflammatory.
This also wreaks havoc on your joints, leading to painful conditions such as arthritis. These types of foods contain amino acids that mimic those already found in the joints’ soft tissues.

Since both components are quite similar in makeup, the body has
great difficulty telling which is natural and which is introduced. This
leads to cells becoming overworked, and inflamed, which triggers the
immune system to fight off foreign bodies. Unfortunately the
immune system really ends up attacking the joints themselves.

Gluten grains can block minerals from being properly absorbed.

When gluten grains are not prepared properly, and in most cases
today they are not, they can actually prevent vitamins and minerals
from being absorbed into the body.

Even though you may be eating a diet that has plenty of calcium,
iron, and other important nutrients, if you eat gluten filled grains that
are not prepared correctly, you will not be able to absorb all of the
foods nutrients.

The only exception to this is to sprout certain grains and eat the
sprouts as this makes the grains more absorbable by the body.

Gluten grains can harm your teeth.

Grains that contain gluten have high phytate levels, which have been
attributed to tooth decay. Pytates, or phytic acid, has been shown to
block mineral absorption causing bacteria to feed on the starches
leading to tooth decay.

Gluten grains are not good for the skin.

Glutens tend to be found in foods that are very high in
carbohydrates, and while not all carbohydrates are bad, they are
broken down into various types of sugars. Sugar tells the body to
produce insulin, which can in turn trigger hormonal responses that
cause the sebum producing glands in the skin to produce more oil.
This can contribute to acne, and other skin related conditions.

Consuming gluten makes your body crave gluten.

Just about everyone has had the experience of smelling a freshly
baked loaf of bread and all of a sudden craving a nice thick, warm
slice. How about freshly baked cookies? A nice warm, gooey plate in
front of you makes it nearly impossible to eat just one. Foods that
are high in carbohydrates provide a quick burst of energy.

However, that burst of energy wears off quickly, and then the body is
left wanting more. This causes a rise and fall in insulin levels, which
can lead to more and more gluten being craved, so the cycle
continues.

How to Maintain a Gluten Free Diet, and Still Stay Healthy

Just as with any type of diet, a gluten free diet can be as healthy or
unhealthy as you make it. That being said, you should be aware of how to
make the best choices to get the very most out of your gluten free diet.

Multivitamins
A good multivitamin can be a great idea, no matter what type of diet you
eat. This can help bridge any nutritional gaps in your diet, and keep you as
healthy as possible. If you are not sure what type of multivitamin is best for
your needs, contact your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
These professionals should be able to recommend a good option to meet
your specific needs.

Constipation
The types of grains that are considered to be safe for a gluten free diet are
often somewhat low in fiber. This is particularly true for rice, and rice
based products. If you eat a fair amount of these foods, you body may not
be getting enough fiber. To help with this issue, you can eat more fresh
fruits and vegetables, which should help with constipation. You may also
need an over the counter solution in some cases; just verify it is gluten free
before use.

Stay Away from Junk Food
Just because cookies, cakes, breads, and brownies advertise themselves as
being gluten free, does not mean they are completely healthy. You should
be just as wary of these foods as you would if they contained gluten.
Having dessert occasionally is fine. Eating sweets daily is probably not a
good idea.

Think Low Carb
This does not mean that you have to go “carb crazy” and cut them out
entirely. However, sticking to a lower carb diet can be beneficial, when you
eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean sources of protein.

Exercise
Just as with other types of diets, a good exercise program can do wonders
for your health, even when on a gluten free diet. Studies show that even
just thirty minutes of brisk exercise per day can be quite beneficial. A
simple walk down the street, a short jog, or a play session in the back yard
with your kids can raise your heart rate, burn extra calories, and make you
feel better all the way around.

Staying healthy without gluten does not have to be a big mystery. The
same concepts you would incorporate into your life if you were not gluten
free, essentially hold true when you are. Remember to limit refined foods,
watch your junk intake, increase the amount of fruits and vegetables you
eat, and get plenty of exercise. It is just that simple.

Transforming Your Pantry to be Gluten Free

One area many people who decide to go gluten free struggle with is
transforming the pantry to be rid of foods they can no longer eat. As
tedious as it may sound, the best way to begin the process is to take the list
of ingredients that contain gluten, and read every food item’s label in your
kitchen.

Of course there are obvious foods such as cereal, bread, pasta, and
processed items that need to be tossed. You should also check certain
mixes and rice dishes as they often contain wheat thickeners.

Once you have finished with the obvious items, it is then time to check on
the less obvious items. Spice blends, mixed salts, and even vanilla extract
need to go. Soy sauce, condiments, and salad dressings next to be checked
for problematic additives, canned soups should be checked because they
often use wheat thickeners, and soup starters, broths, bouillons, and gravy
mixes should all be examined.

Next, check frozen food dinners, vegetables in sauces, and prepared dishes
that often list gluten on the package. If you cannot verify the ingredients,
you may want to err on the side of caution and toss the item.

From this point, you will need to decide what type of pantry you want to
have. Do you want to have an entirely gluten free pantry for everyone in
the family? This will mean that even those members of your family who
can eat gluten will only eat gluten free foods.

If you are not sure this is the way you want to proceed, you may opt for a
combined pantry. This means that there will be a separation of food items
that contain gluten and those that do not, and it will be clearly set up to
avoid confusion. While this may seem like the perfect compromise, you
should be aware that there is always the potential that foods will be cross
contaminated if the same utensils are used for serving, or containers are
mixed up.

Should you opt to go completely gluten free, you should consider donating
any unopened food items and canned goods to a local soup kitchen or food
pantry. You may also want to see if your friends or coworkers could use the
miscellaneous items such as frozen foods or spices.

Shopping Tips

The grocery store can be an intimidating place for a person who is gluten
free. In order to get the most out of your shopping trip, yet ensure your
food choices are completely safe, it is best to approach the store by
sections.

Let’s begin by taking a virtual trip around the grocery store to highlight the
safest areas for gluten free shoppers.

The first stop in most grocery stores is the produce section. This section is
completely safe, so you should spend a good amount of time here. Make
sure you choose a variety of fresh produce, with a range of colors. Choose
deep leafy greens, oranges, reds, and even purples for your diet.

The next stop is the meat section. Since meat, poultry, and fish are
excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, good fats, and protein, you should
be sure to choose a nice selection of items. The only items you need to
steer clear of are those that are prepared, pre-coated, or marinated. You
can even choose deli meats, as long as they are just plain meat, or plain
cheese products.

From here it is time to move on to the dairy section. Most items found in
this department are considered to be safe. Milk, yogurt, eggs, butter, and
cheese are all acceptable foods. You should opt for skim milk or whole milk
products, over fat free items. Fat free foods can contain additives to make
the product appear thicker, so avoiding these foods is a safe bet.

As you navigate your way around the perimeter of the store you will find
the bakery is usually the next stop. Just keep on walking, since most
products here are off limits!

Once you have made all of the above mentioned safe and healthy choices,
you can then move on to the interior aisles of the store.

The frozen food section can be a bit daunting. Here you should stick to
plain fruits, vegetables, and meat items. Stay away from products with
sauces, seasonings, or coatings.

The dried and canned food aisles are safe for the most part. Again, stick to
plain foods, with no extra ingredients. Dried beans are cheap and
nutritious, and are packed with minerals, vitamins, and protein. Canned
vegetable, fruits, beans, and juices are all safe for the most part and
provide a good amount of flavor. Canned soups should be avoided as they
are often thickened with wheat.

That’s it! That is all of the aisles you should be visiting while sticking to a
gluten free diet. If you stick to this outline and some basic guidelines you
will have successfully navigated your way through the grocery store with
ease. In time, you will find it will become second nature to select food
items that are both safe and nutritious.

Meal Prep Tips

Much the same as other diet plans, a good gluten free diet begins each day
with breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and can
provide a wide range of health benefits. When you are eating a gluten free
diet, breakfast can also help to keep your appetite even throughout the
day, making it easier to avoid craving gluten free foods.

You should always opt to keep a range of breakfast items on hand at all
times, so it is never a struggle to put together a nutritious morning meal.
Gluten free cereals, gluten free waffles, gluten free muffins, fresh fruit,
frozen fruit, dried fruit, eggs, and gluten free cereal bars are all great
options.

Once you have conquered breakfast, you need to devise a plan for lunch.
Because of hectic schedules, it is not always easy to slow down and take
time for the perfect lunch. By packing your lunch you will be able to know
you are eating safely, eating well, saving time, and even saving money.

A thermos of gluten free soup, fresh fruit and yogurt, leftovers from dinner
the night before, and vegetables with hummus are delicious lunch options.
Since most of us love our snacks, you should plan to have some snacking
options to keep your hunger under control. Snacks should be no more than
one hundred to two hundred calories, and can be items such as rice
crackers with peanut butter, fruit, cheese cubes, or a gluten free protein
bar.

Dinner will most likely be your largest and most elaborate meal of the day.
The majority of your meal should consist of freshly cooked veggies, or a
nice big salad, a lean protein source, and a nice side dish such as steamed
wild rice, or some beans.

Of course you can experiment as much or as little as you like, but you
should try to incorporate variety to keep boredom from setting in. As long
as you make your own meals with gluten free ingredients that you have
stocked in your gluten free pantry you will find you look better, feel better,
and can be proud you are doing something healthy for yourself and your
family.

Gluten Free Snacks and Sweets

You certainly do not have to give up all of your favorite snacks and sweets
just because you have decided to go gluten free. Because so many people
have decided to give up gluten and get healthy, there are more products
than ever on the market that are safe, and delicious.

Today, there is a full range of gluten free chips, crackers, cookies, cakes,
brownies, and even candy bars. These premade convenience foods can be
great for people on the go, for packing in lunches, and to help ward off
those pesky cravings.

In case you would like to make some of your own gluten free snacks and
sweets here are few tasty recipes to try.

Some of the Best Gluten Free Snack Recipes

Gluten Free Caramel Corn
5 quarts freshly popped popcorn
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Place the popped popcorn in a large roasting pan. Place butter, sugar, corn
syrup, and cream of tartar in a large pan. Heat over medium heat, until
melted, stirring often to prevent burning. Bring the mixture to a boil and
cook for five minutes longer, stirring continually. Remove from heat. Add
baking soda and stir to mix. Carefully pour the mixture over the popcorn,
and stir gently to coat. Bake the entire mixture for 1 hour, stirring every 15
minutes. Remove from the oven and pour onto a large baking sheet to
cool. Break up large clumps, and enjoy!

Gluten Free Granola Bars
1 1/2 cups Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
2 cups Gluten Free Rolled Oats
1/4 cup Brown Rice Farina
1 cup Apple Juice
2/3 cup Brown Sugar
2/3 cup Applesauce, unsweetened
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
1/4 cup Canola Oil
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 cup Pecans
3/4 cup Chocolate Chips

Spray a 9 x 13-inch pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, stir together
the flour, oats, farina, cinnamon and salt. Add the brown sugar with a fork.
In a separate smaller bowl stir together the apple juice, applesauce, vanilla,
and canola oil. Add the wet ingredients to the large bowl with the dry
ingredients and blend well.

Stir in the pecans and the chocolate chips and pecans. Spread the mixture
into the oiled pan and flatten with a spoon.

Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes. When done, cut into 24 bars and place on
two baking trays, ensuring a bit of space between the bars. Place bars back
into the oven and bake an additional 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Some of the Best Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
5 large eggs
8 oz unsweetened chocolate
4 oz semisweet chocolate
1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
1/2 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly coat a 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray. Crack the
eggs into a small glass or metal bowl and temper them over low heat on
the stove, but do not cook. This will allow the eggs to triple in volume
when beaten.

In a medium pan, melt the chocolate, water, 1 cup sugar, and margarine
over medium heat, stirring continually. Remove from heat and let cool.
Transfer the eggs to a mixing bowl. Add the remaining 1/3 cup sugar to the
eggs and beat until tripled in volume. Fold the chocolate mixture. Pour the
mixture into the prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes; it will be a little
loose in center. Serve warm or room temperature.

Gluten Free Brownies
1 cup gluten free flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup butter or margarine (melted)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/3 cup hot water or brewed coffee
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease or spray with cooking spray an 8 inch square nonstick pan. Stir
together gluten free flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugars, and the egg with an electric mixer
on medium speed until well combined. With mixer on low speed, add the
dry ingredients, along with the hot water or coffee. Blend well; mixture will
be somewhat thick. Stir in walnuts, if desired. Spread batter in prepared
pan and bake 20 minutes. Cool the brownies on a wire rack before cutting.

Keeping Kids Happy Around Their Gluten Eating Friends

Children are often the most difficult people to manage when it comes to
maintaining a gluten free diet. This is because they like to go out with their
friends, go to pizza parties, go to the movies, and all the while do not want
to constantly worry about eating foods that may have gluten. When told
they cannot have them at all, they feel completely isolated from their
gluten eating friends.

So how can you keep kids happy around their friends, but still maintain a
gluten free lifestyle?

The main key is to plan ahead. When your child is going to a birthday party,
bring a few gluten free cupcakes so he or she can eat a sweet treat with the
rest of the kids.

If going out to a pizza restaurant, call ahead and find out if they offer gluten
free options, and order a special pizza just for your child. When the child
goes to a friend’s house for a sleepover, pack a backpack for him or her that
is loaded with gluten free chips, gluten free cookies, gluten free brownies,
and other fun snacks. This will allow for the full friend experience while still
maintaining a safe and healthy lifestyle.

Eating Out While Staying Gluten Free

Just as your child may feel a bit out of place or deprived when going out
with his or her friends, you too may feel a bit awkward when going out to
dinner with a group of friends or colleagues. Luckily, this issue is much
easier to deal with today than in years past.

The first thing that you should do is check with the restaurant in advance to
find out if they offer gluten free menu options. More and more local
restaurant and even large chains do offer these options.
Be sure to be polite, courteous, and friendly with the wait staff. Take your
time and clearly explain your dietary needs, and what you would like; most
of the time it is no problem at all.

Make sure you choose options on the menu that are sensible. Choose
straightforward foods that you know all of the ingredients. Stay away from
dishes with sauces and marinades. When ordering dessert, opt for sherbet,
sorbet, ice cream, or a fresh fruit platter.

Eating out while maintaining a gluten free lifestyle does not have to be
torture; with a little bit of planning and preparation, you will be able to dine
with everyone else without a bit of trouble.

Conclusion

Hopefully this information has shown you how easy and how many health
benefits there are to taking up a gluten free lifestyle. From lowering your
risk for certain diseases, to having healthier children, and even having
fewer digestive issues, there are a number of reasons to cut gluten from
your diet.

Since more and more people are beginning to see the light and take part in
this diet, the food choices have gotten more plentiful, restaurants have
come on board, and meals are quite delicious.

In time you will realize this diet is quite simple and takes just a bit of extra
planning, but the difference you will feel in your own body will astound
you!

Beauty Home Remedies

Over 500 Beauty Home Remedies

 

1. Apple Tart Soap
4oz. Clear, Unscented Glycerine Soap
1 Tablespoon Liquid Soap
1 teaspoon Liquid Glycerine
1/2 teaspoon Apple Fragrance Oil
2 Drops Red Food Color
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Melt soap in small pan over low heat or in a glass cup in the microwave.
Add Liquid Soap and glycerine and stir gently but well. Add fragrance, color
and cinnamon. Stir and let stand a couple minutes, just enough to start to
thicken so when you stir again the cinnamon will be more evenly distributed.
Pour into molds. Allow to set completely (in or out of freezer).
Wrap in plastic wrap or use cellophane candy bags.

2. Apricot Freesia Tarts
Ingredients For Tart:
1 lb White Glycerin Soap Base
12 Drops Cosmic Color Canary Yellow
11 Drops Cosmic Color Red
1 t. Apricot Freesia FO
Ingredients For “Whipped Cream” Topping:
4 oz White Glycerin Soap Base
¼ t. Apricot Freesia FO
A “Shake” of Super Sparkle Gold Sparkle DustTM
Melt soap base for tart in a double boiler.
Once melted, add color and fragrance.
Pour into a muffin tin and allow to harden.
Remove from tin.Melt soap base for topping and add a shake of Sparkle
Dust.
With an electric mixer, mix until thick and bubbly.
Spray tarts with rubbing alcohol and spoon the topping onto the tarts while
allowing some to run over tarts.
Top with a dash of Sparkle Dust if desired

3. Aspen Dreams Bath Salts
This scent is very woody, and is suited for soothing your muscles and
relaxing in the tub. It is very masculine in scent, I think. I enjoy this
after a long day at work, it makes me feel comfortable and content. Women
love it as well as men do.
The ingredients are:
2 cups of Epsom salts (or a mixture epsom/sea)
2 tablespoons of baking soda
essential oils:
5 drops of rosewood
2 drops cedarwood
2 drops Chamomile
a nice jar with a tight fitting lid
To make the salts:
Mix the salts and baking soda in a bowl very well.
Mix oils in a small cup. Take them and pour them evenly over the salt.
Mix the two very well.
Let sit for over an hour before placing in a jar and sealing.
If you are going to color these use yellow and red to make a light brown.

4. Balancing Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Bergamot, Frankincense,
Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa, Rose, and Rosewood.
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well.
Add to tub of running water.

5. Balancing Epson Salt Bath
Epson Salt–2 tbsp
Sea Salt–1 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Bergamot, Frankincense,
Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa, Rose, and Rosewood.
Add sea salt, baking soda, epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

6. Balancing Fizzy Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Citric Acid–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Bergamot, Frankincense,
Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa, Rose, and Rosewood.
Add sea salt, baking soda, citric acid and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

7. Balancing Red Earth Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Red Earth Clay–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Bergamot, Frankincense,
Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa, Rose, and Rosewood.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered red earth clay and oils to jar. Gently
shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

8. Balancing Seaweed Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Bergamot, Frankincense,
Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa, Rose, and Rosewood.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to
mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

9. Basic Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
5 drops fragrant oil or essential oil (your
choice)
1 quart water
1 bar castille soap (grated or flaked)
1 1/2 ounces glycerin
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a
container. Pour in running water.

10. Basil and Lime Bath Salts
You will need:
5 cups of Sea Salt (or Epsom salt, or a combination of both)
1 Tsp. of Baking Powder
2 Tsp. of Almond Oil
5 drops Lime Scented Oil
4 drops Basil Oil
1 drop green coloring
1 drop yellow coloring
All you have to do is mix the salt and the baking powder in a bowl. In a
another smaller bowl mix together all liquids and add to salts, stirring
well. You should let them sit so they can soak up the scent and the coloring
allof the way through. After they have sat for about two hours take them and
placethem in jars with cork stoppers. To create a good seal dip the cork in melted
wax (greento match salts) and put cork into bottle.

11. Bath Cookies
2 cups finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tbs. light oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
2 eggs
5-6 drops essential oil
Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix together all the ingredients. Take a teaspoon
of the dough and roll it gently into a ball about 1″ in diameter. Continue
doing this with all the dough and place the balls on an ungreased cookie
sheet. (You can decorate the cookies with clove buds, anise seeds, or dried
citurs peel if you wish.) Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, until they are
lightly browned. Do not overbake. Allow the cookies to cool completely.
To use, drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. Do not
eat! Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12+ baths.

12. Bath Bombs / Bath Fizzies
2 tbs. citric acid (you can get this at a pharmacy)
2 tbs. cornstarch
1/4 cup baking soda
3 tbs. coconut oil (or any other emollient oil like almond, avocado or
apricot kernel oil)
1/4 tsp. fragrance oil
3-6 drops of food coloring (if desired)
Paper candy cups
Place all of the dry ingredients (first 3) into a bowl and mix well. Place
coconut oil into a small glass bowl and add fragrance and food coloring.
Slowly add oil mixture into dry ingredients and mix well. Scoop up small
amounts of the mixture and shape into 1″ balls. Let the balls rest on a
sheet of waxed paper for about 2 to 3 hours, then place each ball into a
candy cup to let dry and harden for 24 to 48 hours. Store bombs in a
closed, air-tight container. To use, drop 1 to 3 bombs into warm bath
water.

13. Bridal Bath Salts
(in 4 layers ~ makes 16oz.)
2 Cups Rock Salt
1/2 Teaspoon of Each Fragrance Oil
Rose, Sage, Lavender, Rosemary
Food Color
Divide salt into four equal amounts, place each in a container with sealable
lids. That’s 1/2 cup in each container or for 8 ounces of bath salts use 1/4
cup in each container and half the amount of fragrance oil and food color.
Add 1/2 teaspoon Rose fragrance oil and 4 Drops of red food color (or you
can leave it white), put lid on and shake well. To the next one add 1/2
teaspoon Chamomile-Sage (or just sage if you have it) and 4 drops of green
and 2 drops of blue food color and shake. To the third add 1/2 teaspoon
Lavender fragrance oil, 3 drops of red and 4
drops of blue food color and shake well. To the last container add 1/2
teaspoon Rosemary fragrance oil, 4-8 drops of green food color and shake.
On separate pieces of wax paper, spread out each color and air dry for
several hours. When the salt is completely dry layer it in the container.
Rosemary ~ Lavender ~ Sage ~ Rose (on top) To speed up the drying process
you can put the wax paper on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven and let
the pilot light work on it or for an electric
oven, pre-heat at lowest temperature and turn off before putting salt in the
oven. You have just made lovely layered bath salts that also has special
meaning.
Red Rose – Means Unity White Rose – Represents Pure Spiritual Love
Sage – Represents Good Health and Long Life Lavender – Means Devotion
Rosemary – Lasting Friendship and Remembrance

14. Bubble Bags
Used in the shower, when there is no time to take a soaking bath.
2 parts oatmeal
2 parts dried herbs
1 part grated soap
Place ingredients in a cloth bag and use as a washcloth
15. Candy Cane Bath Salts
Ingredients:
3 cups of Epsom salts
3 Teaspoons of Sweet Almond Oil
9 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
1 drop of red food coloring ( more if you like)
1 drop of green food coloring
To decorate:
several jars with turn lids or cork seals
red, green and white Christmas ribbon
several gift tags shaped like candy canes OR
several candy canes (small ones)
To make the salts separate each of the three cups of salts into three bowls.
Separate each teaspoon of almond oil into three bowls.
Into one bowl of almond oil add the drop of red food coloring, into the
second add the green. Into each of the three bowls of oil add three drops of
peppermint oil. Mix each bowl well. After mixing pour each of the bowls of
oils and coloring into one of the bowls of salt. This will leave you with a bowl of
green a bowl of red and a bowl of white scented salts. Let sit for a few hours covered.
To create the candy cane effect layer layers of each color, a layer of red,
a layer of green , a layer of white, over and over until you fill the jar.

16. Candy Cane Swirl
You will need:
½ lb. MP opaque base
1 tsp. Stearic acid
red colorant
Candy Cane fragrance oil
candy cane cookie cutters
wax paper lined pan or tray
**you could also use the Wilton mini cake pan candy cane mold
Melt the MP base and stearic acid seperately. Combine them when they are
both liquefied. Whisk well. Add the fragrance oil and pour into a wax paper
lined pan or tray. Take a bit of red coloring (just a bit on the tip of the
toothpick) and swirl into the soap until it is marblized. When it is firm
enough, take cookie cutter and cut out candy cane shapes. These are great
for Christmas!!!

17. Chamomile Fields Shampoo
4 bags of chamomile tea (or 1 handful of fresh chamomile flowers)
4 tbs. pure soap flakes
1-1/2 tbs. glycerin
Let the tea bags steep in 1-1/2 cups boiled water for 10 minutes. Remove
the tea bags and with the remaining liquid add the soap flakes. Let stand
until the soap softens. Stir in glycerin until mixture is well blended.
Pour into a bottle. Keep in a dark, cool place.

18. Champagne Bubble Bath
1/4 C foaming concentrate
3/4 C distilled water
1/2 tsp. table salt(not sea salt)
1 TBSP. glycerin
1/4 tsp. Champagne or white wine fragrance oil
Buy a split of champagne- drink it or toss it but keep the bottle. Heat
water(not boiling just hot), stir in concentrate and glycerin until completely
dissolved. Add
fragrance oil and stir well. Add salt stirring until dissolved. Allow mixture to
cool. If itis not as thick as you would like add another 1/4 tsp. salt stirring until
dissolved. pour into a clean champagne split and seal bottle. Using a pink or white
paint pen create labels for the front and back on gold stickers. with a square
of candy foil cover the cork, twisting at the neck

19. Camphor and Clary Sage Soap
2 c. M&P soap base
2 T. camphor oil
1/4 c. clary sage infusion
AND/OR
1 tsp. clary sage oil
Combine melted soap and herbal ingredients. Stir until blended, and pour
into molds. Keep soap wrapped or store in a cool dark place. It will be good
for about 18 months. Note: This also works well for poison Ivy.

20. Cherry Berry Bubble Bath
1/2 cup unscented shampoo
3/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt (regular table salt is fine)
15 drops cherry fragrance oil
Pour shampoo into a bowl and add water. Stir gently until well mixed. Add
salt, and stir until mixture thickens. Add cherry fragrance oil and place
in decorative bottle. Can also be used as a body wash!

21. Cherry Cheesecake Soap
(Makes Two 4-1/2 inch cakes – 4 slices each)
1-1/2 lbs. White M & P Base
1/2 lb Clear M & P Base
2-1/2 tsp. Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance
1 tsp. Blending Vanilla
1 Tbs. Cherry (not Maraschino) Fragrance
Dash of Lemon Fragrance
Red Colorant
Green Colorant
Yellow Colorant
1-2 Tbs. Finely Ground Oatmeal
Life of the Party Mold – AO52
4-1/2 inch springform pans
Melt 1/2 lbs white base. Add sufficient coloring to make as dark red as
possible, add 2 tsp of Cherry fragrance. Pour at least 30 “cherries” in the
mold (it looks like it makes two halves of a 1 inch christmas ball). Allow
to cool, unmold and set aside.
Melt 4 oz of clear base. Add 2 drops of green and 2 drops of red colorant.
Will turn brown. Add 3/4 tsp of Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance. Mix in
oatmeal. Pour evenly into two of the springform pans.
Melt 1 lb of white base. Add a few drops (only) of yellow colorant. Add
1-3/4 tsp of OM&H Fragrance, 1 tsp of blending vanilla (will add amber glow)
and a small dash of lemon fragrance.
Mist brown base with alcohol and pour creamy base evenly into pans – be sure
to leave about 1/4 to 1/2 inch head room. Allow to cool about 20 minutes
until surface is fairly solid.
Spray top of “cake” and bottom of “cherries with alcohol.
Arrange about 15 cherries on each cheesecake. Melt 4 oz of clear base. Add
red colorant to make deep red, add 1 tsp of Cherry Fragrance. Spoon over
cherries, covering them and allowing excess to flow around them.
Allow cakes to cool about 30 minutes. Pop springform pan and enjoy.

22. CHOCOLATE SOAP
12 oz grated soap
5 oz water
1/4 cup instand cocoa powder
1/8 oz Chocolate Fragrance oil
Combine the grated soap and water in a saucepan, and set on medium heat.
When the soap has melted, add the cocoa powder, and chocolate fragrance.
Stir well, then pack into molds and let sit until hardened.

23. Citronella Soap
1 cup grated Castile soap
1/2 cup water
10 drops citronella essential oil
5 drops eucalyptus essential oil
1 T. dried, crushed pennyroyal leaves
Mix the ingredients into the melted soap/water mixture. With an electric
mixer, whip the soap until it has doubled in volume. Spoon the soap into the
prepared molds, pushing it into the molds as best you can (the beating
action cools the mix, so work quickly). If the mixture has cooled off and
thickened so much you can’t put it into the molds, hand mold the soap into
large balls.

24. Citrus Yum
You will need:
½ lb. Transparent MP base
½ TB. Coconut oil
3 drops lemon oil
3 drops grapefruit oil
3 drops orange oil
fruit wedges mold
orange/yellow colorant
Melt the MP base and cocon ut oil. Remove from heat and whisk well. Add
essential oils and whisk well. Add a few drops of yellow/orange dye. I mixed
red and yellow food coloring. Pour into molds. When I want to do each the
“correct” color and flavoring for each fruit wedge, I use plastic leftover
yogurtcups, pour my base into it (after heated) then do the color mixing and
flavoring.

25. City Shampoo (Removes Impurities from Hair)
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
1 tbs. dried thyme
1 tbs. dried peppermint
1 tbs. dried lavender
1 tsp. witch hazel
1 tsp. almond oil
7 drops cinnamon oil
3 drops ylang-ylang oil
This shampoo is known to be effective in removing impurities such as smog
and city grime from the hair. In a heavy saucepan, bring the water to a
boil and add the dried thyme, peppermint and lavender. Remove the pan from
the heat and let steep for 30 minutes. Strain the herbs from the water and
pour the herbally infused water into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo
concentrate and stir until well mixed. Add the salt, witch hazel, almond
oil, cinnamon oil and ylang-ylang oil to the mixture, stirring until thick.
Bottle and close.

26. Cookie Cutter Soaps
Melt and Pour soap base(opaque)
Scent (optional)
Color (must be liquid, like gels)
cookie sheet (must have at least a 1/2 in. edge on it)
knife (to swirl your colors!)
cookie cutters
Melt down the soap base and scent. You can give the main base a color if you
wish or leave it white. Pour the base on the cookie sheet and add colors and
swirl them all over – be creative! When this dries, pop the block of soap
out of the cookie sheet. Use cookie cutters to cut up the soap.
There are lots of different things you can do with this… Some ideas:
Christmas Soap: Swirl red & green into white and use cookie cutters
Candy Cane Soap: Swirl red into white with peppermint scent and candy cane
cutters
Easter/Spring: Swirl multiple pastels and find some fun cookie cutters
4th of July: Patriotic white soap with a beautiful red & blue swirl (find a
nice star cutter!

27. Cold Cream Soap
4 oz M&P soap
2 tsp cold cream
10 drops fragrance oil
1 drop coloring (optional)
Melt soap, then add cold cream and stir until melted. Remove from heat; add
fragrance and color, and then mold.

28. Cranberry Bubble Bath
8 oz. unscented liquid soap
2 oz. distilled water
7 drops bergamot oil
5 drops lime oil
3 drops vanilla fragrance oil
2 drops gardenia fragrance oil
Mix all together and pour into a container.

29. Creamy Rosemary
You will need:
One Pound Soap Base (any variety)
One Cup of Whole Milk
1/2 Teaspoon Rosemary pure Essential Oil (see EO caution below)
One-foot length of PVC pipe with one end cap or other tube
This is a wonderfully creamy soap to wake up to in the morning! And everyone
LOVES the scent of pure Rosemary! Men even go nuts for it! Make sure you
spray your mold with a vegetable spray. Pour all of the soap mixture into
the mold. After a couple of hours, push it out of the mold and slice the
soap into round soaps!
***Rosemary EO is not recommended for individuals with high blood
pressure or epilepsy.

30. Chocolate Cookie Soap
You will need:
1 lb. Opaque MP
1 TB. Cocoa butter
Cocoa powder for colorant (or brown dye)
1 TB. Chocolate FO
Round or cookie molds
Melt the MP soap. Remove from heat and slowly stir in the cocoa butter and
enough cocoa powder to make it a pale brown or tan. Add fragrance oil.
Reserve enough of the soap to make a darker brown color. Pour the lighter
shade of brown soap into round/cookie molds. Add more cocoa powder to the
reserved batch of MP base to make a darker brown. Marble into the pale
brown soap.

31. Cinnamon Soap
You will need:
4 oz. MP base
10 drops cinnamon oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
Melt MP base. Remove from heat and stir in the cinnamon oil and coloring
until well mixed. Pour the soap into a mold and let set for three hours.

32. Citrus & Calendula Soap
You will need:
1 # M & P transparent soap base
A handful of calendula petals (dried) , about 1/4 cup
15 drops of yellow food coloring
3/4 tsp. grapefruit EO
1/2 tsp. tangerine EO
1 TBSP melted shea butter ..melted separately
Melt the soap base and at the same time melt the shea butter in a custard
cup placed in a pan of boiling water or in the microwave. Add calendula
petals to the melted base, a few drops of yellow food coloring, the EO and
then the melted shea butter. Try to have this the same temp as the melt
and
pour. Keep stirring the soap/shea butter mixture. As it starts to set up
spoon into heart molds. ( By spooning you have more control how many of the
calendula leaves go into each mold.) I like to let my molds set at room temp
until them are skimmed over fairly firm then I chill them in the freezer for
about a half hour before removing them from the mold and place them on a
rack to finish drying completely.
This is a very pretty soap. Makes 8 heart soaps. Enjoy!!!!
*****By stirring the soap/shea butter mixture as it cools the butter will
not float to the top and make little circles of butter which might look like
mold to those that don’t know.

33. COFFEE & CREAM SOAP
1 4oz. bar glycerin soap
1 teaspoon ground espresso
1 teaspoon powdered milk
10 drops coffee fragrance oil
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the bar of glycerin soap until liquefied.
Remove from heat and stir in ground espresso, powdered milk, and coffee fragance
oil. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened.

34. Coffee and Cream Soap 2
You will need:
2 tsp. Coffee beans (can replace with 1 tsp. instant espresso)
4 oz. MP base
1 tsp. Heavy whipping cream
1 tsp. Aloe vera gel
Grind two teaspoons of your favorite coffee beans to espresso grade in
coffee grinder. Melt the MP. Remove from heat and add the ground coffee,
whipping cream, and aloe vera gel, stirring until well blended. Pour the
mixture into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened.

35. Creamsicle Soap
You will need:
8 oz. MP base (divided into 4 oz. quantities)
10 drops orange oil
1 drop orange food coloring
3 TB. Heavy whipping cream
10 drops vanilla fragrance oil
Melt soap and remove from heat. Add the orange oil and food coloring,
stirring until well mixed. Pour half of the mixture into each soap mold and
let it set for on hour. When the orange soap has set, melt the second half
of MP base. Remove from heat and stir in the whipping cream and the vanilla
fragrance oil. Pour the melted soap into the molds on top of the orange
soap. Let it set for three hours. Your finished bars should come out half
orange and half white. Enough for 2 bars.

36. Cucumber Loofah Soap
3 oz. opaque soap
2 tsp. powdered loofah
15 drops cucumber fragrance oil
1 T. Aloe Vera gel
green coloring
mold
Shred the soap in a food processor and set aside. Boil 1/2 cup of water over
low heat and stir in the shredded soap. Continue stirring until the mixture
becomes a sticky mass, approximately four minutes. Remove from heat and
stir in the aloe vera gel, the fragrance oil and the coloring until well blended.
Spoon the mixture into a mold and let set for six hours or until hardened.
Wrap finished soaps in cellophane.

37. Custom – Scented Bath Crystals
Rock salt or sea salt (you can also use water softener salt for this; it is
much cheaper than sea salt)
Essential oils
1/2 quart glass or clear plastic jar with tight-fitting lid
Add approximately 4 teaspoons of the essential oil to the rock salt in a 1/2
quart container. If container is larger or smaller, add or subtract oil as
needed. Cap the lid tightly and wait at least two days before using.

38. Custom – Scented Bath Oil
Sunflower oil
Essential oil or potpourri refresher oil in your choice of scent(s)
Corked container
Crystal beads, dried flowers, little seashells, etc. (optional – for bottle
decoration)
Pour sunflower oil through a funnel into the corked container, leaving a
little space at the top, at least an inch. Add 4 teaspoons of the essential
oil per 1/2 quart. Cork the container and agitate the bottle gently. Let
it sit for 2 to 3 days before using. You may add things to the container to
make it as pleasing to the eye as it is to the nose… whatever you want or
will match the decor of your bathroom.

39. Custom – Scented Bath Powder
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tbs. arrowroot powder
2 tbs. baking soda
Few drops of essential oil of your preference
Combine ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Let stand a few days to dry,
then sift through a flour sifter. Pour into a powder shaker / container.

40. Custom – Scented Bath Salts
1 cup epsom salt
1 cup sea salt
2 cups baking soda
Essential oil(s)
10 drops food coloring (optional)
Combine the first 3 ingredients in a large bowl, then add 4 teaspoons of
essential oil in any fragrance or combination. Stir. You may also tint the
bath salts if you so desire by adding 10 drops of food coloring to the bowl
after you add the essential oils. Stir again. Store bath salts in a
tightly capped container for 2 to 3 days before using. You can also divide
the bath salts equally between 2 large bowls, tint them different colors,
and then carefully pour them into a clear container, making what appears to
be “sand art”. Or tint one red, and scent both containers with peppermint
oil, then layer it in a clear container and wrap with red ribbon. This
“peppermint stick” makes a great Christmas gift!

41. Custom – Scented Bubble Bath #1
5 drops fragrant oil or essential oil (your choice of scent)
1 quart water
1 bar castile soap (grated or flaked)
1-1/2 ounces glycerin
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a container. Pour into running bath
water.

42. Custom – Scented Bubble Bath #2
2 cups soap flakes or grated soap
1 gallon water
1/4 to 1/2 cup glycerin
2 cups shampoo or liquid dishwashing detergent
Scented oil of your choice
Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 tbs. glycerin in a pot and set over low
heat, stirring occasionally until the soap has dissolved. (This liquid soap
can be stored in a covered container and used as an all-purpose soap or hand
soap in the kitchen also.) In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the
rest of the glycerin, shampoo and add a few drops of your favorite scented
oil. Put into a quart container and store covered at room temperature. To
use, add about 1 cup to your tub as it’s filling.

43. Custom – Scented Shampoo
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
20 drops fragrance oil of your choice
Food coloring of your choice (optional)
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Add the salt, fragrance oil
and food coloring and stir until well blended. Pour into a bottle and
close.

44. Custom – Scented Shower Gel
1/2 cup unscented shampoo
1/4 cup water
3/4 tsp. salt
15 drops fragrance oil
Food coloring (optional)
Pour shampoo into a bowl and add the water. Stir until it’s well mixed.
Add the salt, fragrance oil and food coloring. Suggestions for scents:
kiwi extract, raspberry extract, strawberry extract, coconut extract,
vanilla extract, etc… (I personally like the raspberry and vanilla mix…
smells so good!)

45. Deep Conditioner for Beautiful Hair
1 small jar of real mayonnaise
1/2 of an avocado
Put ingredients together in a medium bowl and squish together with your
hands until it’s a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the
tips. Put on a shower cap or wrap your head with saran wrap. Leave on for
20 minutes. For deeper conditioning put a hot, damp towel around your head
over the shower cap or saran wrap. If you have really long hair and only
need conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to
the ends and just wrap them.

46. Desert Sands Layered Bath Salts
5 drops yellow food coloring
4 drops red food coloring
4 drops musk oil
3 drops Jasmine fragrant or essential oil
3 cups epsom salts
1 cup baking soda
2 tsp. glycerin
Combine baking soda, epsom salt and glycerin until well blended. Add scents
until there are no clumps, just a fine powder. Divide the mixture evenly
into 3 separate bowls. In the first bowl add 3 drops yellow food coloring,
in the second bowl add 3 drops red food coloring, and in the third bowl add
2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring. Stir each bowl
until the color is well mixed. Allow the air to dry it for a few hours
before placing in a bottle. Once dried, layer the colors… red first, then
orange, then lastly yellow.

47. Detox Bath
Place in warm tub of water:
Epsom salts–2 handfuls
Organic sea salt–1 handful
Sweet Almond Oil–2 teaspoons
Rosemary–4 drops
Violet Leaf–4 drops

48. Dry Shampoo
1/2 cup cornstarch
Fragrance oil (optional)
Sprinkle cornstarch into your hair and massage into hair and scalp. Allow
it to absorb for a few minutes, then brush through hair. Repeat if
necessary. This is wonderful to freshen-up your hair in a pinch between
shampoos… or great to take on camping trips when fresh water is
unavailable for using a liquid shampoo. You can also add a couple drops of
fragrance oil to the cornstarch for a nice scented dry shampoo.

49. EARTH ANGEL BATH CRYSTALS
You will need:
1/2 cup epsom salts
3/4 cup baking soda
1/2 cup sea salt
2 tsp. almond oil
20 drop patchouli oil
15 drops cypress oil
5 drops rose oil
green food coloring ( one or two drops)
Mix it all together very well.
Sometimes it helps to add wet together separately in another bowl before
adding to baking soda and salts.
You will need to use a few heaping tablespoons to your tub to use

50. Earth Bath Salts
1/2 cup epsom salts
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup rock salt
1/2 tsp. vitamin E
2 tsp. light oil (almond, sunflower, etc…)
20 drops Patchouli essential oil
15 drops Cypress essential oil
5 drops Vetivert essential oil
Green food coloring
Mix all salts and baking soda together. Then combine oil, essential oils,
vitamin E and a few drops of coloring in a separate bowl. Add liquid to
salts and mix thoroughly. You can add more green food coloring, if desired,
but I find it nicer when it’s a very light green as it does not look as
artificial. To use, add a few heaping tablespoons to bath.

51. Earth Clay Soap
1 lb. vegetable glycerin soap
1 T. Clay
2 T. Jojoba Oil
1/4 Cup Distilled Water
Colorant and Scent
Be sure to mix the clay separately. I put the T. of clay in a dish and spoon
a small amount of the melted soap and mix it into a paste, then add it to
the soap. This eliminates lumps of clay and makes a nice smooth soap

52. Earth Harvest Bath Salts
1/2 Cup Rock Salt (available in the baking section of your market-for ice
cream makers)
1/4 Tsp. Apple Fragrance Oil
1/4 Tsp. Orange Fragrance Oil
Burgundy, Golden Yellow, Green, Brown and Teal Food Color
Divide salt into two bowls. Add the apple fragrance oil to one and the
orange to the other. Stir each until well blended. Divide the orange salt
into two bowls. Color one with the burgundy food color and the other with
the golden yellow. Stir until color is evenly distributed (about 2 minutes).
Repeat with the apple salts coloring one bowl with the teal food color and
the other with the brown and green. Stir these well, too. Leave the colored,
scented salts uncovered for 6 hours or until dry. Stirring a couple times
during the process. When dry, layer the four colors into a glass jar.
You could also use four different fragrances to go with the four different
colors. Tie a bow with small wooden scoop.

53. Easy Valley Blossom Bath Salts
You will need:
1 cup liquid Ivory soap
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil or Grapeseed Oil
2 drops of food coloring, one blue, one red.
9 cups of Sea or Epsom Salt
20 drops of Orchid Fragrance Oil
8 drops of Vanilla Extract
4 drops of Chamomile Essential Oil
Firstly you should mix together the soap, salts and oil in a bowl.
Second you will add coloring to fragrance in another bowl, mix them well.
You can use more food coloring if you like a richer color.
Add color to the salt mixture and stir very well until even colored and
scented.Allow salts to sit in the bowl for about 5 hours for the soap and the
fragrance to disperse for the best results.
After this you can place them in jars with turn fastening tops or cork
seals. Make sure the seal is air tight to keep the salts fresh. You can add
a teaspoon of glycerine if you live in a very humid area to stop clumping.

54. Easy Milk Bath
2 cups dry milk powder
1 cup cornstarch
1/8 tsp. fragrance oil of your choice
Blend together all ingredients in a blender. Add 1/2 cup mixture to hot
bath water.

55. EGG SHAMPOO
1 egg
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 T. castile soap or mild
unscented shampoo
1/2 C. water
Combine all ingredients in a blender and whip until smooth. Use shampoo
immediately, and follow up with a hair rinse. Save any remaining shampoo in
the refrigerator and use the next day.

56. Euphoric Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well.
Add to tub of running water.

57. Euphoric Epson Salt Bath
Epson Salt–2 tbsp
Sea Salt–1 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

58. Euphoric Fizzy Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Citric Acid–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, citric acid and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

59. Euphoric Red Earth Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Red Earth Clay–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered red earth clay and oils to jar. Gently
shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

60. Euphoric Seaweed Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and
Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to
mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

61. Fields of Gold Milk Bath
4 cups powdered milk
1 cup boiled water
1/2 cup dried chamomile or 5 chamomile tea bags
Steep chamomile in water for 20 minutes. Strain liquid. Mix liquid with
milk and add to bath water. Especially nice after a long day.

62. Fizzy Bath Crystals
8 oz. cornstarch
8 oz. citric acid
16 oz. baking soda
1 tsp. fragrance oil
Mix cornstarch and citric acid together thoroughly. Add fragrance oil as
desired. Blend in baking soda. Package and label. Use 1/4 to 1/2 cup per
bath. Enjoy!

63. Fresh Aloe Vera and Nettle Leaf Soap
1 c. glycerin soap base
1/8 c. aloe vera gel
2 T. crushed dried nettle leaf
OR
2 T. simmered, macerated fresh leaf
Mix together all ingredients and pour into molds. Once cooled, pop out of
molds, and store them in a dark cool place.

64. Foaming Vanilla Bath
Ingredients:
1 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of liquid soap
1/4 cup of honey
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract
Instructions:
Thoroughly blend all of the ingredients
together and store in a decorative bottle or jar.
Shake well before each use and pour about 1/4
of a cupful under the flow of your warm running
bath water.

65. Foaming Bath Oil Balls
1/4 cup baking soda
2 tbs. citric acid or ascorbic acid (powdered vitamin C)
1 tbs. borax powder (for softening)
2 tbs. powdered sugar (for binding)
2 tbs. sweet almond oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil (preservative)
1/4 tsp. fragrance or essential oil
Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir until well blended. Drizzle
in almond oil and stir until mixture is moistened. Add vitamin E oil and
fragrance and stir until well mixed. Take teaspoon size globs of mixture
and form into ball shapes with fingers. (Mixture will be VERY crumbly and
fragile, so do the best you can. Add a little bit more of the vitamin E
oil… I find that helps.) Place the balls on a sheet of wax paper and
leave alone for 2 to 3 hours. After 2 to 3 hours, reshape balls. Let the
balls air-dry and harden for 10 days. Store balls in a closed container to
protect from moisture. To use, plop a ball into your bathtub in warm water!

66. Fragrant Honey Milk Bath Oil
1 cup honey
2 cups milk
1 cup salt
1/4 cup baking soda
1/2 cup baby oil
Fragrance oil of desired scent
Combine honey, milk, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Fill your tub and pour
the mixure in. Add the baby oil and a few drops of the fragrance.

67. FRUITCAKE SOAP
3 – 4oz. Glycerine Soaps (12 oz)
Food Color
Fragrance Oils (Tangerine, Cherry, Pineapple, Lime, Gingerbread and
Cinnamon)
You can use rectangular soap molds, small loaf pans or small bundt pans.
Melt 4 ounces of soap and pour into 4 square or rectangular soap molds.
Immediately add the following in this order:
Mold 1:
3 drops red food color and 5 drops Cherry fragrance oil
Mold 2:
2 drops red, 1 drop yellow food color and 5 drops Tangerine fragrance oil
Mold 3:
3 drops yellow food color and 5 drops Pineapple fragrance oil
Mold 4:
3 drops green food color and 5 drops Lime fragrance oil
Allow the 4 soap to set completely.
Remove them from the molds and cube.
Divide the colored cubes into soap molds.
If you are using pans spray with a very light coat of vegetable spray and
wipe out with paper towel. Melt remaining soap, when melted stir in 1/4
teaspoon
Gingerbread fragranceoil and 5 drops Cinnamon fragrance oil. Add 5 drops
caramel food color orbrown paste food color just to create a ’fruitcake’
color.
Pour soap slowly into molds over the cubes.Set for at least three hours.
Just as the soap is starting to set stir them to spread the cubes around.
Unmold. If you have trouble removing them from the pans, use a hair dryer
to heat the molds slightly.

68. Gentle Uplifting Bath Salts
You will need:
1 cup of sea salt (or Epsom Salts)
1 tablespoon of baking soda
3 drops bergamot oil
3 drops rose geranium oil
3 drops lavender oil
2 drops frankincense oil
To color these use light pastel colors, to continue the uplifting feeling. I
like light green or yellow personally.Take the oils and mix them together in a
separate bowl that you have thesalts in. Mix the oils well.Mix the bath salts and
baking soda. Add the two together. Store in a clear jar with a cork top lid
preferably. These are great for gift giving.

69. Golden Milk Bath
Ingredients:
4 cups of milk powder
1 cup of boiled water
1/2 cup of dried chamomile or 6 chamomile tea bags
Instructions:
Steep the chamomile in water for about twenty
minutes. After twenty minutes strain off the
liquid if you used the dried chamomile and
then mix the strained or tea bag liquid with the
milk powder and then add it to your warm running
bath water.

70. Gardening Soap
8 oz. M&P base
2 T. white cornmeal
1 1/2 T. fine pumice
1 T. bentonite clay
2 tsp. of a citrus essential oil (orange, lemon, etc.)
Melt base and scent. Stir in cornmeal, pumice, & clay continually until it
gets to the point where it will stay suspended in the soap. By this time the
soap will be quite thick and cool. Pour into molds.

71. Green Apple and Aloe Vera Shower Gel
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
2 tbs. aloe vera gel
15 drops apple fragrance oil
1 drop green food coloring (optional)
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir until well mixed. Add the aloe vera gel, salt, apple fragrance oil
and coloring. Stir until thick and well blended. Pour into a squeeze
bottle and close

72. Hawaiian Bath Oil
Ingredients:
1/8 cup of canola oil
1/8 cup of apricot oil
10 drops of mango oil
10 drops of coconut oil
10 drops of gardenia oil
Instructions:
Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly
together, bottle until ready for use. When ready add to
the warm running water as you fill your bath tub
and then simply enjoy the wonderful tropical aroma
as your body soaks up the oils.

73. HERBAL GLYCERIN SOAP
1 pound Glycerin
1/2 ounce fragrance oil or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon essential oil, amount depends
on oil used.
1 T. herbal powder of your choice
and/or
1 T. dried flower of you choice
Melt the glycerin in the microwave until completely disolved. This usually
takes one to two minutes. Avoid stirring as much as possible because
stirring causes bubbles. Pour in herbal powder, dried flowers, and fragrance
oil
while still in liquid state. Stir lightly to evenly distribute the ingredients.
Pour in the mold of your choice and let set for 1 to 2 hours or longer if
desired. If you have trouble with the bar releasing from the mold, place in
the
freezer for a few minutes and the bar should release easily. I have found
that the
bar of soap lathers better when it is allowed to cure for 3 to 7 days before
use.
This recipe yields 4 – 4 ounce bars of Glycerin Soap.

74. Herbal Milk Bath
Ingredients:
2 cups of dry milk powder
1 cup of cornstarch
2 teaspoons of your favorite herbs
Instructions:
First combine the milk powder and cornstarch
together in a blender, when its all well
combined add your herbs and blend once more. It is now
ready to enjoy simply by adding 1/2 cup of the
mixture to your warm running bath water

75. Herbal Shampoo (For Dry Hair)
1 tbs. dry comfrey root
1 tbs. dry rosemary
1 tbs. dry chamomile
1 cup water
2/3 cup baby shampoo
1 egg (beaten)
1/3 cup milk
Combine herbs and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out the herbs and mix herbal
water with the baby shampoo, egg and milk. Pour into a plastic squirt
bottle or jar.

76. Herbal Shampoo (For Oily Hair)
2 tbs. dry peppermint
2 tbs. dry spearmint
1 tbs. dry sage
1 cup water
2/3 cup baby shampoo
Combine herbs and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out the herbs and mix the baby
shampoo with the herbal water. Pour into a plastic squirt bottle or jar.

77. Honeyed Bath Salts
You will need:
1 1/2 cups of Epsom Salts (or rock sea salt)
1/3 cup of honey (liquid honey)
2 drops of yellow food coloring
3 drops essential oil (optional, honey gives off a nice scent)
To create:
Take the salts and place them in a bowl with the honey. Stir them together
very well. It will seem a little sticky. Add your two drops of yellow food
coloring
to the essential oil if you choose to use it. Oils that are good would be
chamomile, rose or jasmine. Take the oil and color mixture and stir it into the salts.
Cover in bowl for about 30 minutes so that they call mix well.
Use 1/4 cup of recipe for each bath, drop into hot running water.

78. Honey Bee Soap
4 oz. Opaque MP soap
1 T. beeswax pellets
1 T. honey
Melt beeswax and keep warm/liquid. Melt soap base and then mix in beeswax.
Add honey and keep stirring until melted. Pour into mold.
This recipe looks neat in a similar mold – Milky Way Molds have a bee and a
flower. I’ve also seen a great bee/honey mold (it looks like beeswax sheets
on the surface) at other places.

79. Honey Egg Shampoo
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons liquid soap
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon witch hazel
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon wheat germ oil or almond oil
1 tablespoon rosewater or cologne
Place all the ingredients in a screw top jar, cover and shake well. Makes
about 2/3 cup

80. Honey Herbal Hair Conditioner
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup glycerin
1/4 cup sage, and 1/2 cup dried chamomile flowers
OR
1/2 cup nettle leaves and 1/4 cup rosemary leaves
1/2 cup witch hazel
1 tablespoon liquid lecithin
Place all the ingredients in a screw top jar. Shake well and let set for 1
hour. Strain to remove herbs, discard the herbs and pour the liquid back
into the jar. Makes about 1/2 cup.

81. Honey-Pollen Shampoo
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup glycerin.
1 tablespoon witch hazel
1/4 cup orange flower water or cologne
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1 teaspoon liquid soap
1 tablespoon alcohol
Place the ingredients in a screw top jar, cover and shake well. Makes
about 1¼ cups.

82. Honey-Milk Conditioner For Oily Hair
1/3 cup hot water
¼ cup glycerin
2 tablespoons liquid lecithin
1/4 cup Sage
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons dry buttermilk powder
Combine the hot water and sage, and let set for 10 minutes. Strain the
liquid, and discard the sage. Add the remaining Ingredients to the
strained liquid, and mix well. Apply to freshly shampooed hair, let set on hair
for about 2 minutes and rinse off with warm water. Makes about 1/2 cup.

83. Honey Treatment for Very Dry Damaged Hair
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
Stir for a minute or so until the mixture is smooth. Apply to freshly
shampooed hair, and let soak in for 10-12 minutes. Rinse off with warm
water. Makes enough for 1 application.

84. Jojoba Oil M&P Soap
1 lb. M&P Soap
1 T. jojoba oil
1 tsp. beeswax
Melt all ingredients together and pour into your mold. It makes a very nice,
hard bar that is long lasting. Because it is much harder, it takes longer to
lather.

85. Kosher Bath Salts
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup baking soda
2 tbs. glycerin
Place ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Put in a decorative container.

86. Lavender Beeswax Soap
4 oz. Unscented glycerin soap
10 drops lavender scent
purple coloring
1 tsp. beeswax
mold
Melt the soap over low heat until liquefied. Add the grated beeswax and stir
until melted. Remove from heat and add the scent and the coloring. Stir
until well blended. Pour the mixture into a mold and let set for three hours
or until hardened.

87. Lavender Citrus Soap
2 cups grated soap
1/2 cup water
6 vitamin E capsules
1 T. ground dried lemon verberna leaves
1 T. dried lavender buds
10 drops lavender oil
20 drops sweet orange oil
Melt soap with water. After it has melted, add vitamin E oil and remaining
ingredients. After the soap has cooled and thickened, scoop out a small
handful of the soap and roll into a ball. Flatten the ball to create a disk
shape. As the soap cures, press the soap into a firmer and smoother shape.
If you like, mix a little orange oil on your hands and polish the soap
smooth. This soap will discolor if the lavender buds are added too soon to
the
melted soap. If you do not like the rough surface and the darkened color,
omit the lavender buds and add extra lavender oil. Or, after a week of
curing, you can slice thin shavings from the soap to smooth it and remove
any dark patches.

88. Lavender Flower Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
16 oz of unscented bubble bath or unscented
shampoo1 bunch of fresh lavender flowers tied in a
bunchA strainer
5 drops of lavender oil
I quart size canning jar
Instructions:
Take your canning jar and place your bunch of
lavender flowers, head first, down into the
jar so that the stems are at the top opening. Now
pour the unscented bubble bath or shampoo over the
lavender flowers in the jar and then add your
5 drops of lavender oil. Close the lid securely
and give the jar a good shaking. Leave the mixture
to rest on a sunny window sill for about two
weeks. Shake the jar every day while it is sitting
and at the end of the two weeks period, you can then
strain the mixture through a strainer and then
bottle your bubble bath liquid.

89. Lavender Dreams Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
1 quart water
1 bar castille soap (grated)
3 ounces glycerin
3 drops lavender fragrant or essential oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a
container. Pour in running water.

90. Lavender Milk Bath
Ingredients:
1 cup of milk powder
3 drops of lavender oil
Instructions:
Thoroughly mix the lavender oil into the milk
powder and when well combined add it to your
running bath water.

91. LAYERED SOAPS
2 4oz. bars glycerin soap
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice)
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice, different than choice above)
2 drops different colored food coloring (your choice)
In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt one bar of gly
cerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in one drop food
coloring and 10 drops fragrance oil. Pour half of the mixture into two soap
molds, filling each mold halfway. Wait twenty minutes.
Melt your second bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and
stir in the other drop of food coloring and fragrance oil.
Pour this second layer on top of the first layer (already in molds).
Let soap set for three hours or until hardened.
Your finished bars should come out half one color and half another.

92. Lemon Loofah Soap
You will need:
Dried loofah sponge (1 square inch)
4-ounces MP base
1 tsp. liquid lanolin
1 tsp. aloe vera gel
15 drops lemon essential oil
1 drop yellow food coloring
With a pair of sharp scissors, cut off one square inch of loofah sponge.
Shred the loofah sponge into tiny pieces, either in a coffee grinder or with
scissors, and set aside. Melt MP base. Remove from heat and add the lanolin,
aloe vera gel, lemon oil, and food coloring, stirring until well mixed.
Immediately add the shredded loofah and stir until evenly distributed. Pour
into a mold and let set for three hours of until hardened. Makes one bar.

93. Lemon Pie Soap
1. Melt 1 pound of white soap in a double boiler.
2. Fragrance with ½ teaspoon of Lemon Poundcake Fragrance Oil.
3. Color with 4 drops of Cosmic Color Canary Yellow.
4. Pour into a 8 inch metal pie pan.
5. Cover with plastic wrap.
6. Melt 1 pound of white soap in a double boiler.
7. Fragrance with ½ teaspoon of Lemon Poundcake fragrance oil.
8. Color with several drops of cosmic color canary yellow (you will want
this layer much darker in color than the first layer).
9. Uncover the pie pan and spritz the soap with a light layer of rubbing
alcohol.
10. Slowly pour the second batch of soap into the pie pan.
11. Help the layers blend slightly by briefly running a knife through the
mixture.
12. Allow the soap to harden.
13. Melt ¼ pound of soap and color it a dark caramel color. Pour on top of
the mold. This will become your pie’s crust.
14. Allow the soap to harden.
15. Place the hard soap and mold in the freezer for 15 minutes. This will
allow the soap to shrink slightly and then come out of the mold more easily.
Some soap bases will not tolerate being placed in the freezer. Wholesale
Supplies Plus has a soap base that can be placed in the freezer without
damaging the soap.
16. Take the soap out of the freezer and unmold. If the soap is difficult to
unmold, turn upside down and run warm water over the mold.
17. Once out of the mold set aside.
18. Melt ½ pound of white soap in a double boiler.
19. Add ¼ teaspoon of cosmetic glitter to the melted base.
20. Leave the soap in the melting pan and mix with an electric mixer. Start
with the lowest speed possible and work up slowly.
21. Once the soap base is thick and bubbly, place spoonfuls of the base on
top of the unmolded pie.
22. Immediately freeze for 15 minutes.
23. Allow to return to room temperature.
24. Cut into pie pieces the next morning.

94. Lemon-Egg Shampoo for Bounce and Shine
1 egg
1 tsp. lemon juice
3 tbs. unscented shampoo
Fragrance oil of your choice
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shampoo into your hair and rinse well.
The egg will act as a conditioner and the lemon juice will bring shine to
your hair!

95. Lemon Twist Bath Oil
Ingredients:
1/4 cup of almond oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 teaspoon of lemon oil
1/4 teaspoon bergamot oil
2 teaspoons of zest from a lemon
Instructions:
Place all of the ingredients in a sealable
glass container or jar and combine them together by
shaking them up well. This one will create a
very interesting effect as the oils and the vinegar
will keep separating from one another. Just
remember before using to give it another good
shake up.

96. Lilac Scensational Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
1 quart water
1 bar castille soap (grated or flaked)
3 ounces glycerin
5 drops lilac fragrant oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a container. Pour in
running water. * a few drops of red & blue food coloring
may be added for color.

97. Lotion Bars (Solid Bath Oil Bars)
2 oz. deodorized cocoa butter or mango butter
2 oz. beeswax, refined beads
2 or 3 oz. liquid vegetable oil such as jojoba, sunflower or sweet almond
2 tsp. essential oil or fragrance oil of your choice
1/2 to 1 tsp. of Jojoba Wax Spheres in color of your choice for coloring
Melt cocoa or mango butter and pour 2 ounces into an 8 ounce Pyrex
measuring cup. Add 2 ounces of beeswax beads (total of 4 ounces in cup).
Add jojoba wax spheres. Melt together in microwave. Now add the liquid
vegetable oil. Use 2 ounces for a hard bar, which would bring your total
to 6 ounces… OR use 3 ounces for a softer bar, which would bring your
total to 7 ounces. Stir to mix thoroughly. Add essential or fragrance oil
when mixture has cooled slightly. Pour into small soap molds. Pop out
when cool, about 2 hours. For best results, put in refrigerator a few
minutes before popping out of mold.
Some uses include: Rub on body when getting out of shower while still damp,
wet hands and rub with lotion bar, use as a drawer sachet, cut off a sliver
and let melt in hot bath water, massage into cuticles to soften them, rub
onto elbows and knees, or use for massage (softer bar recipe).

98. 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.

99. Milk and Honey Bath Soak
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of milk powder
1/2 cup of honey
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing
bowl and when thoroughly combined place the mixture
under the warm running water of your bath and
enjoy.

100. Milky Bath Salts
This recipe is different because it combines the beneficial aspects of a
milk bath with that of the minerals you can get from using bath salts.
You will need:
4 1/2 cups sea salt
3 cups Epsom salts
3 cups powdered milk
10 drops vanilla
5 drops strawberry
3 drops sweet orange
2 drops rose
(i.e. 9 tablespoons of scent)
To Create these lovely bath salts simply put it all together and shake in a
large container.If your jars are not big enough to accommodate such a large
recipe than I suggest mixing salts and milk in one bowl, combining the
oils in another and then stirring the two together with a metal spoon.These
will need to sit about 30 minutes before being placed in jars to let the scent
absorb properly. I like to jar these in simple square bottles with a little raffia
around the neck fastening the ingredients and name tag. I do not suggest
coloring these salts, they look nice as is.

101. Minty Bath Oil
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of castor oil
1/2 teaspoon of spearmint oil
1/2 teaspoon of orange oil
Instructions:
Simply blend all three ingredients together in
by shaking them up in a bottle or a jar and its
ready to use. This is a mind easing blend for total
relaxation.

102. Minty Herb Soap
1 lb. M&P soap
1 T. Mint leaves (finely crushed)
1/2 tsp. Peppermint essential oil
1/2 tsp. Spearmint essential oil
Melt soap base and add mint leaves and fragrance – pour into molds.

103. Minty Fresh Herb Bath
1 cup fresh or 1/4 cup dried mint (chop up finely if it’s fresh)
1 cup fresh bay leaves, finely chopped
1 tsp. coconut oil
1 tsp. almond extract
Mix ingredients together then place in a mesh bag such as cheesecloth.
Place under hot running bath water. Sit back and enjoy.

104. MOISTURIZING PARAFFIN BATH (for hands)
4 oz. paraffin
1/4 C. baby oil
In a small saucepan, heat the ingredients together until liquid. Cool to
comfortably warm and “paint” each hand or dip both hands at once into the
mixture. Wrap in plastic wrap. Leave on 10 minutes; then peel off.

105. Non Fat Milk Bath
Ingredients:
2 cups of non fat milk powder
1/2 cup of epsom salts
1/2 cup of baking soda
6 drops of sandalwood oil
5 drops of vanilla oil
4 drops of gardenia oil
4 drops of orange oil
Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients together in a
container and when thoroughly combined put one
cupful into your warm bath water and stir it
well.

106. Northern Nights Bath Salts
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup baking soda
3 drops pine balsam oil
2 drops cinnamon oil
2 drops cassis oil
2 tbs. glycerin
Mix ingredients together, blending well. Break up any clumps.

107. Nourishing Bath Salts
You will need to gather up the following:
3 cups of Sea Salt
3 tablespoons Sweet Almond
2 teaspoons Apricot Kernel
2 teaspoons Avocado Oil
1/4 cup baking soda
20 drops Sandalwood
20 drops Rosewood
10 drops Ylang Ylang
5 drops of Chamomile
This is a very easy mixture. If you want to combine them quickly simply toss
all of the ingredients into a ziplock bag and shake very well.For those of you
who are more refined and like to do things meticulously addsalts and carrier
oils as well as baking soda to a bowl and stir very well
Add all of the essential oils together in another bowl and stir.
Pour over salt mixture and stir very very well.

108. Oatmeal Bath or Facial Scrub
1 small bar castile or baby soap, grated (or Dove soap for dry skin
problems)
2 cups oatmeal, blended or processed into powder
1 small package blanched almonds, blended with the oatmeal
Mix the ingredients well. Put in a pretty jar with a plastic spoon. Use 2
to 3 tablespoons in bath water, or use 1 teaspoon to scrub face.

109. Oatmeal Milk Bath
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of milk powder
1/4 cup of oatmeal
1 Tablespoon of hazelnut oil
6 drops of lavender oil
1 muslin bag
Instructions:
Mix the milk powder, hazelnut oil and lavender
oil in a small bowl until thoroughly combined.
Then put your oatmeal in a muslin bag and secure
the top. When running your bath, add the combined
mixture directly under the warm running water
and drop the muslin bag of oats straight into the
tub itself and enjoy.

110. Ocean Blue Bath Salts
1 cup epsom salt
1 cup baking soda
4 drops blue food coloring
3 drops Jasmine fragrant or essential oil
4 drops vanilla
2 tbs. glycerin
Combine dry ingredients, mix well. Add color and scents one at a time.
Keep stirring until mixed well. Break up any clumps and keep mixing until
you have a semi-fine powder. Add glycerin and mix well.

111. Orange & Tangerine Bath Soak
1/2 Cup Baking Soda
1/4 Cup Epsom Salts
1/4 Teaspoon Orange Fragrance Oil
1/4 Teaspoon Tangerine Fragrance Oil
1 Drop Red & 1 Drop Yellow Food Color
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until color is evenly
distributed. Transfer mixture into a food processor and grind into a fine
powder. Spoon into a jar.

112. 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.

113. Peaches and Cream Bath Bar
Castile soap (or pure white unscented, such as Ivory)
1/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup powdered milk
1 tbs. sweet almond oil
1/8 tsp. peach fragrance oil
1 drop orange food coloring (optional)
Shred the castile soap and set aside. Heat the water in a heavy saucepan
over low heat. Stir in the shredded soap until it forms a sticky mass.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the powdered milk, sweet almond oil,
peach fragrance oil and food coloring. Stir until well blended. Spoon the
soap into a mold and let set for 4 hours or until hardened. Makes one
4-ounce bar.

114. PEACHES AND CREAM SOAP
1 bar Castile soap
1/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup powdered milk
1 tablespoon sweet almond oil
1/8 teaspoon peach fragrance oil
1 drop orange food coloring (optional)
Shred the Castile soap and set aside.
Heat the water in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Stir in the shredded soap
until it forms a sticky mass. Remove the pan from the heat and add the
powdered milk, Sweet almond oil,Peach fragrance oil, food coloring; stir until well
blended. Spoon the soap into its mold and let set for four hours or until hardened.

115. Peach Shower Gel
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
1 tbs. apricot kernel oil
15 drops peach fragrance oil
5 drops vitamin E oil (2 capsules)
1 drop orange food coloring (optional)
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the apricot kernal oil,
salt, peach fragrance oil, vitamin E oil (just break open the capsules) and
coloring. Stir until well blended and thick. Pour into a squeeze bottle
and close.

116. Peach Harvest Bath Salts
Your ingredients will have to include:
3 cups of Epsom Salts
1 cup of sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
10 drops of peach fragrance oil
10 drops of bergamot Essential Oil
7 drops of vanilla Essential Oil
3 drops of orange fragrance oil
1 jar with a tight sealing lid or cork top.
1 or two drops each of red and yellow food coloring
Take the salts and the baking soda and stir them together. You can also
shake them up in a ziplock bag. In a small bowl combine oils and coloring. Stir.
Add oil/coloring to the salt mixture and stir/shake well.
Let it stand for some time before placing it in container. This will allow
color/scent to spread evenly all the way through.

117. Peach Tea Soap
You will need:
½ lb. Melt and pour soap base (either type)
1 peach tea bag (take 1 tsp. of tea from this)
1 TB. Coconut oil
Peach FO
Peach colored dye
Peach shaped molds
Melt the soap base and coconut oil, stirring well. Remove from heat and add
1 teaspoon of the peach tea, peach FO, and peach dye (a tad of orange works
fine). Pour into peach molds.

118. Peach Vanilla Soap
1 lb White Glycerin Soap Base
1 t. Sugar
½ t. Salt
1 t. Sweet Almond Oil
1 t. Peach Gel Colorant
1 T. Vanilla Peach FO
Melt soap base, sugar and salt in a double boiler.
Remove from heat and add sweet almond oil, colorant and fragrance oil to
mix. Whisk until mixed. Pour into mold and lightly spray with rubbing alcohol.
After removing soap from mold, place on drying rack for 48 hrs, then wrap.
81. Peppermint Clarifying Shampoo
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. table salt
2 tsp. jojoba oil
1/8 tsp. peppermint oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Add the remaining
ingredients and stir until well blended. Pour into a bottle and close.
This is a tingly treat for the scalp for all types of hair. It stimulates
the scalp without drying. Makes 8-1/2 ounces.

119. Pick Me Up Bath Salts
You will need:
1 cup of Epsom Salt
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 cup of Rock Sea Salt ( or two cups Epsom Salt)
4 drops of peppermint essential oil
3 drops of rosemary essential oil
3 drop of ginger or nutmeg essential oil
Food coloring to color of taste
Mix salts and baking soda together.
Add color if you use it to oils and add mixture to the salts.
Let sit covered for an hour.
Bottle and tag for gift giving.
or You will need
3 cups of rock sea salt
3 tablespoons of baking soda
1 drop of red food coloring
1 drop of yellow food coloring
5 drops of lemon essential oil
5 drops of rosemary essential oil
Mix together in plastic jar with a lid and shake until well combined.
You can use a bowl and spoon also, but the first method is faster

120. PMS Bath Oil
Ingredients:
1/8 cup of sweet almond oil
1/8 cup of grape seed
3 drops of clary sage oil
3 drops of lavender oil
2 drops of rose absolute oil
2 drops of juniper oil
Instructions:
Mix all of the oils together and bottle until
read for use. To use add the oils to your warm
running bath water and mix well. Relax and soak
yourself while the oils do the work. If you are also
bloated up in the stomach, you can use a few
drops of the oils to rub gently and directly onto
the area.

121. Raspberry Oat Powder Soap
You will need:
1/3 cup dried oats
4 oz. MP base
15 drops raspberry fragrance oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
Grind the oats into a fine powder in a food processor and set aside. Melt
the MP base. Remove from heat and add the raspberry fragrance oil and the
red food coloring, and oat powder, stirring until well mixed. Pour into a
soap mold and let set for three hours or until hardened

122. Raspberry/Vanilla Bubble Bath
8 oz. unscented liquid soap
2 oz. distilled water
8 drops vanilla fragrance oil
6 drops raspberry fragrance oil
2 drops red food coloring
Mix all and pour into a container.

123. Relaxing Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman,
Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Mandarin, Marjoram, Melissa,
Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain, Rose, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Valerian,
Vanilla, vetiver, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well.
Add to tub of running water.

124. Relaxing Epson Salt Bath
Epson Salt–2 tbsp
Sea Salt–1 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman,
Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Mandarin, Marjoram, Melissa,
Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain, Rose, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Valerian,
Vanilla, vetiver, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

125. Relaxing Fizzy Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Citric Acid–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman,
Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Mandarin, Marjoram, Melissa,
Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain, Rose, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Valerian,
Vanilla, vetiver, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, citric acid and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

126. Relaxing Red Earth Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Red Earth Clay–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman,
Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Mandarin, Marjoram, Melissa,
Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain, Rose, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Valerian,
Vanilla, vetiver, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered red earth clay and oils to jar. Gently
shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

127. Relaxing Seaweed Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman,
Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Mandarin, Marjoram, Melissa,
Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain, Rose, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Valerian,
Vanilla, vetiver, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to
mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

128. Romance Bath Oil
Ingredients:
4 drops of ylang ylang oil
4 drops of frankincense oil
4 drops of jasmine sambac oil
4 drops of sandalwood oil
4 drops of rose otto oil
Instructions:
Measure out the ingredients as needed above,
drop by drop, placing them under the flow of your
warm running bath water. Then light a candle or two
or three or four and take time out to relax and
enjoy yourself. Let your mind clear of all other
problems and just let your senses stimulate
your thoughts as well as warm your body, mind and
soul.

129. Rose Bubbling Bath
Ingredients:
1 bar of finely grated castille soap
3 ounces of glycerin
1 quart of water
5 drops of rose oil
Instructions:
Thoroughly blend all of the ingredients
together and store in a decorative bottle or jar. Shake
well before each use and pour about 1/4 of a
cupful under the flow of your warm running
bath water.

130. Rose Cold Cream Soap
You will need:
4 oz. MP base
2 teaspoons cold cream
10 drops rose fragrance oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
Melt MP base until liquefied, stir in the cold cream until dissolved, then
remove the pan from heat. Stir in the rose fragrance oil and food coloring.
Pour into mold and let set for four hours or until hardened. Makes one bar.

131. Salt Glow
1 cup salt…any kind..the different sizes give a different feel.
1 cup veggie oil..any kind. A lighter one might rinse off more
easily.
1 cup liquid soap.
Mix all the ingredients and massage into the skin…use a light
touch until you are used to it. Shower as usual. You could scent/color it,
but I never bother as my body oil I use afterward is scented.

132. Salt Glow Variation
1/4 cup almond oil
1/4 cup melt and pour glycerine soap
1/2 cup sea salt
Fragrance of choice
Place oil and soap in double boiler and melt gently. Stir well. I
used my hand blender to *BRIEFLY* mix the two together so they would be
well combined. Slowly stir in sea salt. Once all ingredients are combined
well, remove from heat. Add fragrance of choice. It would look
pretty colored if you wanted. I took a fork and fluffed up this mixture
occasionally as it cooled. It looks like shaved ice and has not
separated at all. You could always add instructions to your label
that if the product separates to stir well. It is VERY thick and would
need to go in wide mouthed jars.

133. Sea Salt And Pepper Soap
½ lb White Glycerin Soap
½ lb Clear Glycerin Soap
½ T Table Salt
½ T Castor Oil
½ T Beeswax
¼ Cup Sea Salt
2 T Poppy Seeds
1T peppercorn Fragrance
Melt clear soap in a double boiler.
Add table salt and ½ of fragrance to melted soap base.
Pour into rectangle drawer divider so soap will be approximately 1/4 ”
thick. Sprinkle sea salt on top. When cooled cut into triangular shapes
and place pieces in Debbie’s Favorite Wilton mold.
Next, melt white glycerin in a double boiler.
Add castor oil, beeswax, poppy seeds and ½ fragrance to melted soap base.
Pour over clear, sea salt soap triangles.

134. Silky Smooth Facial & Bath
Facial:
1 cup fresh cucumber juice
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup plain yogurt
6 drops Lavender
4 drops Geranium
Mix well and apply to face just before bath…
Bath:
8 drops Jasmine
8 drops Fennel
2 tbsp. Frac. coconut or Jojoba
Light a candle and relax……..

135. Simple Bubble Bath
4 T. herbs (pick your favorite!)
2 tsp. essential oil (corresponding with dried herbs chosen)
1/2 pt. distilled water
1/2 pt. liquid organic cleanser
Bring water and herbs to a boil and then simmer for about 30 minutes.
Squeeze herbs and strain off. Let the water cool for a little bit and then
mix it with cleanser and essential oil. Pour into bottle/container of your
choice.

136. Sinus Headache Bath Salts
2-3 cups epsom salts (or salts of your choice)
1/3 cup peppermint
1/3 cup spearmint
40 drops peppermint eo
20 drops eucalyptus eo
I ground the mints in my mortar and pestle, then sifted them through a
meshbkitchen strainer, and added them to the salts. Actually, I didn’t really
measure the amount, it was just a good handful of each. This seems to work
pretty well for my DH, and if you still need to clear out your sinuses, get
a half cup of pepper/spearmint, put it in a bowl, and toss in a cup or so
hot water. Let it sit covered for a bit and then carefully start breathing
the steam. (I found out how potent this was when I was making peppermint
’tea’ for a m&p!!
Use about 1/4 – 1/3 cup of this mixture per bath. My DH and I went through
the ’batch’ within 2 weeks, but someone suggested to mix the salts and
dried herbs beforehand, and when the need for the bath arises, to add the eo’s
then to guarantee potency. A decent amount would probably be 4 drops
peppermint, 2 drops eucalyptus per bath. Some people may be more sensitive
to the peppermint, so be sure they don’t have an adverse reaction before
using these salts.

137. Soapwort Shampoo
2 cups water
1-1/2 tbs. dried soapwort root, chopped (most health food stores carry
this)
2 tsp. Lemon Verbena (for a citrus fragrance)… OR
2 tsp. Catnip (promotes healthy hair growth)
Bring water to a boil. Add soapwort and simmer, covered, for about 20
minutes. Remove from heat, add either Lemon Verbena or Catnip, then allow
mixture to cool. Strain the mixture, keeping the liquid. Pour into a
bottle. Makes enough for 6 or 7 shampoos. Store in a cool, dark place.
Must be used within 8 to 10 days.

138. Soap Crayons for Kid’s Bath
1 cup soap flakes
1/4 cup boiling water
Food coloring
Ice cube tray
Drop the water into the flakes, one teaspoon at a time, stirring constantly.
It will be thick and hard to stir. Spoon some of the soap into different
bowls and color each with the food coloring until it has the consistency of
thick paste. Press spoonfuls into the ice cube trays and microwave on low
for 15 minutes to dry the crayons out. Let them dry at room temperature
for several days and give it another day after unmolding. The kids will love
these!!

139. Soapsicles
8 oz. Unscented, Clear Glycerine Soap
1/4 Teaspoon each Cherry, Lime, Grape and Orange Fragrance Oil
Red, Orange, Green and Blue Food Coloring
You’ll need to have Popsicle molds for this one and they are available
this time of year in grocery stores, drug stores and places like Target,
K-Mart and Wal-Mart.
You will also need Popsicle sticks which are available at most craft stores
(called craft sticks). Also have on hand a piece of cardboard (the kind they
use in shirts is fine) and paper clips. Cut pieces of the cardboard a bit
larger but the same shape as the Popsicle mold (round or oblong) and
cut a slit in the middle (for thestick).
Now divide soap into 4 equal parts (2 oz each), melt one at a time in a
small pan over low heat or in a glass cup in the microwave.
Add cherry fragrance oil and 2 drops of red food coloring. Stir gently and
pour into Popsicle molds. Take one of the cardboard pieces you cut and put a
stick thru it, using the paper clip so that the stick stops at the cardboard
and doesn’t fall all the way thru.
Make the rest of the soapsicles in Orange, Lime and Grape
(using 1 drop of red and 1 drop of blue food coloring) or make all the same
’Flavor’, using 1 Teaspoon of your favorite fragrance oil ’flavor’ and 8-10
drops of coordinating food coloring.
Put molds in freezer, when frozen remove from molds.
Store in cellophane candy bags with a ribbon or a twist tie.
Be sure these are marked NOT EDIBLE

140. SOFT SOAP
Several bits, pieces, and slivers
of used soap – enough to
make 1 cup dried out or
1 cup soap flakes
1 C. boiling water
Pour boiling water over the soap and stir until soap is completely
dissolved. Cool. Store in a pump-type dispenser or a squeeze-top plastic
container.

141. Stimulating Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Angelica, Basil, Bay, Black
Pepper, Cajeput, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Eucalyptus, Fennel,
Fir, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavandin, Lemon, Lemongrass, Nutmeg,
peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Spearmint, Spruce, Tea Tree, and Thyme.
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well.
Add to tub of running water.

142. Stimulating Epson Salt Bath
Epson Salt–2 tbsp
Sea Salt–1 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Angelica, Basil, Bay, Black
Pepper, Cajeput, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Eucalyptus, Fennel,
Fir, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavandin, Lemon, Lemongrass, Nutmeg,
peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Spearmint, Spruce, Tea Tree, and Thyme.
Add sea salt, baking soda, epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

143. Stimulating Fizzy Bath Salts
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Citric Acid–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Angelica, Basil, Bay, Black
Pepper, Cajeput, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Eucalyptus, Fennel,
Fir, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavandin, Lemon, Lemongrass, Nutmeg,
peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Spearmint, Spruce, Tea Tree, and Thyme.
Add sea salt, baking soda, citric acid and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix,
mix well. Add to tub of running water.

144. Stimulating Red Earth Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Red Earth Clay–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Angelica, Basil, Bay, Black
Pepper, Cajeput, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Eucalyptus, Fennel,
Fir, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavandin, Lemon, Lemongrass, Nutmeg,
peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Spearmint, Spruce, Tea Tree, and Thyme.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered red earth clay and oils to jar. Gently
shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

145. Stimulating Seaweed Salts
Sea Salt–2 tbsp
Baking Soda–3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp–1 tbsp
Essential Oils–8 drops
Jar–4 oz
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Angelica, Basil, Bay, Black
Pepper, Cajeput, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Eucalyptus, Fennel,
Fir, Ginger, Grapefruit, Juniper, Lavandin, Lemon, Lemongrass, Nutmeg,
peppermint, Pine, Rosemary, Spearmint, Spruce, Tea Tree, and Thyme.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to
mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

146. Summer Dreams Bath Salts
To make the salts you will need
3 cups of Epsom Salts
1 cup of baking soda
9 drops of Jasmine Oil
12 drops of Vanilla Oil
4 drops of sandalwood Oil (optional)
10 drops of blue food coloring
a nice jar with a tight fitting lid
To make the salts
Mix the wet ingredients very well.
Mix the two together until throughly combined.
Let sit for about an hour. Stir one more time before
jarring and sealing the salts.

147. Summer Dreams Bath Salts
You will need:
M&P opaque (“exfoliating”) base
1 bag Celestial Seasonings Spearmint tea
5 or 6 drops green food coloring
Purple colorant/dye
1 teaspoon oil of wintergreen (from the drug store)
Heat M&P in bain marie, doubleboiler, or microwave until melted. While it’s
heating, rip open tea bag, put leaves in either coffee grinder or pestle,
and pulverize them thoroughly. Add ground leaves, wintergreen oil and food
coloring to melted soap, and stir. Pour into molds (you can get neat
shamrock shapes at party stores!), and let cool. Voila – St. Paddy’s Day
soap!
N.B. Oil of Wintergreen is said to be excellent for sore muscles. The soap
smells a bit like Ben Gay (guess why?), but is very refreshing to use

148. Sweet ’n Soft Bath Oil
Ingredients:
1/8 cup of soybean oil
1/8 cup of jojoba oil
1/2 teaspoon of honey
15 drops of rosemary oil
12 drops of lemon oil
5 drops of sandalwood oil
Instructions:
Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly
together, bottle and add to the warm running water as
you fill your bath tub and then simply enjoy the
warm wonderful aroma as your body soaks up the
oils.

149. Sugar and Spice Bath Mix
1/2 C baking soda
2 TBSP sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Mix together all ingredients until well blended.
To use: Add 2 TBSP of the abth mix to a warm
tub of water. Store in clean dry container.

150. Tangerine Dream Bath Salts
Chamomile– 2 drops
Lavender–7 drops
Tangerine–9 drops
Sea Salt–3 tbsp
Baking Soda– 2 tbsp
Borax–1 tbsp
Add sea salt, baking soda, borax and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix
well. Add to tub of running water.

151. TOMATO-OATMEAL CONDITIONER (for oily skin)
1 ripe tomato
3 or 4 T. oatmeal
Powder oatmeal in blender, then remove. Purée tomato in blender. Remove.
Combine powdered oatmeal and tomato, then apply to face. The mixture will
be
sloppy, so wear a plastic shower cap to protect hair. Even better, use right
before shampooing your hair. Lie down, and after 20 minutes or so, rinse off
the conditioner with very hot water – as hot as you can stand it – to help
dissolve excess oil. Follow with your favorite acid mantle.

152. Tomato and Baking Soda Soap
You will need:
4 oz. MP base
5 tablespoons tomato juice
½ tsp. Red wine vinegar
15 drops lemon oil
1 teaspoon Baking soda
Melt MP base until liquefied. Stir in the tomato juice, red wine vinegar,
and lemon oil. Remove from heat. Stir in the baking soda until dissolved.
Pour the soap into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened.

153. Toxin Eliminator Bath:
Place in the bath:
Epsom salts–2 handfuls
Rock salt–1 handful
Add 8 drops of this blend:
Basil–8 drops
Grapefruit–10 drops
Juniper–6 drops
Lemon–10 drops
Oregano–6 drops
Blend together.
Massage the cellulite areas while they are under the water.

154. Tropical Blend
You will need:
½ lb. MP transparent soap base
½ TB. Coconut oil
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. each of:
Coconut fragrance oil
Mango fragrance oil
Pineapple fragrance oil
Fruit molds (I used the TKB mold with 2 fruit baskets and 2 pineapples)
Melt the MP base and coconut oil until liquefied. Remove from heat and be
sure to mix well with a whisk. Add the fragrance oils and colorant. Pour
into molds.

155. Tropical Dream Bubble Bath
3 drops rose fragrant or essential oil
2 drops jasmine fragrant or essential oil
1 ounce glycerin
1 ounce coconut oil
1 bar castile soap (grated)
1 quart water
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a container. Pour into running bath
water.

156. Truly Homemade Shampoo
Shampoo is just liquid soap, usually made with vegetable oils rather than
animal fat, and with glycerin and alcohol added during the soapmaking
process. The basic ingredients for regular soap are lye (potash leached
from ashes), fat (animal tallow) or oil, and water. Depending on how basic
you want to get, you could even make your own lye and render your own fat,
but that’s VERY time consuming. Try the following recipe for a gentle
homemade shampoo:
2 lb. 10 oz. olive oil
1 lb. 7 oz. of solid-type vegetable shortening
1 lb. coconut oil
10-1/4 oz. lye
2 pints water
1-1/2 oz. glycerin
1/2 oz. alcohol
1-1/2 oz. caster oil
NOTE: You will need a candy thermometer to test temperatures
Mix oils together. Place in a container and set the container in a large
pan. Mix the lye solution – pour the lye into an enamel coated container of
2 pints of cold water and stir steadily. When cooled, pour lye solution
into a glass container and set in another large pan. Bring both to between
95 and 98 degrees F – this will mean pouring either cold or hot water into
the pans, depending on the original temperature of the ingredients.
Add the lye solution to the oils, pouring in a steady stream while
continuing to stir. The mixture will turn opaque and brownish, then will
lighten. It’s ready when its surface can support a drop of mixture for a
moment. The consistency should be like sour cream.
Stir in 1-1/2 oz. glycerin, 1/2 oz. alcohol and 1-1/2 oz. castor oil. Add
any colorants or scents if you desire.
Now, you can pour the mixture into molds and allow to harden, then make the
shampoo as you need it by shaving off flakes and boiling in water until they
dissolve – about 1 pound of shavings per gallon of water. Or, you can add
more water to mixture, boil, and allow to cool, then place in bottles for
use.

157. Vanilla Almond Soap
1/3 cup whole almonds
1 (4 ounce) bar castile soap
1/4 cup distilled water
1 tbs. almond oil
1/8 tsp. vanilla fragrance oil
This soap is great for removing dirt and oil from the skin without drying.
Vanilla gives it a delicious fragrance and the ground almonds provide a
beautifully textured soap. Grind the almonds to a fine powder in a food
processor or coffee grinder and set aside. Shred the soap and set aside.
In a heavy saucepan bring the water to a boil; then reduce heat to a simmer.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the almond powder, almond oil and
vanilla fragrance oil, stirring until well blended. Spoon the soap into a
mold and let set for 5 hours or until hardened. Makes 1 bar.

158. Vanilla Coconut Thick Gel Shampoo
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate (or substitute 1/2 cup unscented shampoo and
increase salt to 1-1/2 tsp.)
1 tsp. table salt
1 tbs. coconut oil
2 tsp. jojoba oil
10 drops vanilla fragrance oil
10 drops coconut fragrance oil
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate,
stirring until well blended. Add the salt, coconut oil, jojoba oil, vanilla
fragrance oil and coconut fragrance oil, and stir with a wire whisk until
the mixture becomes a smooth, thick liquid. Pour into a bottle and close.
A plastic squeeze bottle will work best for this thick gel shampoo.

159. VANILLA AND ALMOND SOAP
1/3 cup whole almonds
1 4-ounce bar Castile soap
1/4 cup distilled water
1 tablespoon almond oil
1/8 teaspoon vanilla fragrance oil
Grind the almonds to a fine powder in a food processor or coffee grinder
and set aside. Shred the soap and set aside. In a heavy saucepan bring the water
to a boil; then reduce heat to a simmer; remove the pan from the heat and add
the almond powder, almond oil, and vanilla fragrance oil, stirring until well
blended.
Spoon the soap into a mold and let set for five hours or until hardened.

160. Vanilla Rose Bubble Bath Gel
1/4 cup distilled water
2 tbs. shampoo concentrate (or substitute 1/4 cup unscented shampoo and
increase salt to 1/2 tsp.)
2 tbs. rosewater
1 tbs. liquid glycerin (can be found at most drug stores in the first-aid
section)
1/4 tsp. table salt
10 drops vanilla fragrance oil
4 drops rose fragrance oil
Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. Add the shampoo concentrate
and stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Add the rosewater, liquid
glycerin, salt and fragrance oils. Stir until well mixed and pour into a
bottle.

161. Velvet Apple Bubble Bath
5 drops green apple fragrance oil
1 quart water
1 bar castile soap (grated or flaked)
1-1/2 ounces glycerin
5 drops green food coloring (optional)
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a container. Pour under running
water in bath.

162. Violet Days Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
1 quart water
1 bar castille soap (grated)
2 ounces coconut oil
2 ounce glycerin
4 drops violet fragrant oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Store in a
container. Pour in running water.

163. Wild Garden Shower Soap
1/2 cup distilled water
1/2 cup orange flower water
1 tbs. dried peppermint leaves
1 tbs. dried chamomile
1 tbs. dried rose petals
1 tbs. orange blossoms
1/2 tbs. unscented glycerin soap
1 tsp. castor oil
Combine the distilled water and orange flower water in a saucepan and bring
to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peppermint, chamomile,
rose petals and orange blossoms. Let steep for 1 hour. Strain the herbs
and flowers from the water and reheat gently. Add the glycerin soap and
stir in the castor oil. Let cool to room temperature and bottle.
Lotion and Cream

164. All Butter Lotion Bars
2 oz. cocoa butter
2 oz. beeswax
2 oz. shea butter
Melt all together and pour into a container or mold. Be sure to mix
ingredients well.

165. Almond Orange Body Lotion
1/8 tsp. borax powder
1/2 c. almond oil
1 tsp. coconut oil
1 tsp. grated beeswax
2 tbsp honey.
3-4 drops essential orange oil
Make as for Mint Body Lotion

166. Almond Oil Wrinkle Cream
1 tbs. of an infusion of comfrey leaves… OR…
1 tbs. of a decoction of comfrey roots (see below)
1 tbs. lanolin
2 tsp. sweet almond oil
2 tsp. water
2 tsp. cod liver oil
Melt lanolin and almond oil in a double boiler. Add water and allow to
cool. Mix in cod liver oil and comfrey. Apply gently to face and rinse off
after 5 to 10 minutes. This is a rich moisturizer that boosts the
water-holding capacity of your skin and helps plump out wrinkled areas.
Infusion: This is a beverage made like tea, by pouring boiled water over
plants and steeping to extract the active ingredients. The normal amounts
are about 1/2 to 1 ounce of plant to one pint of boiled water. You should
let the mixture steep for 5 to 10 minutes, covered, and strain the infusion
into a cup.Decoction: This preparation allows you to extract primarily the
mineral salts and bitter principles rather than vitamins and volatile ingredients.
The normal amounts are about 1/2 ounce plant to 1 cup water. Bring
ingredients to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for up to 4 minutes.
Remove from heat and steep the mixture with the cover on the pot for a few
minutes.

167. Almond Rosewater Body Lotion
1/4 cup rosewater (can be purchased at some health food stores or
pharmacies, also carried at most middle-eastern or indian specialty
groceries or specialty cooking stores such as Williams-Sonoma… OR… you
can try your hand at making your own rosewater, see recipe below)
1/4 cup glycerin
2 tbs. witch hazel
1 tbs. almond oil
Mix together rosewater and glycerin. Add witch hazel and almond oil. Stir
completely to dissolve. Pour into a pretty bottle.
Recipe for rosewater: To prepare rosewater, first gather fresh rose
blossoms; do this during the morning, after the dew has evaporated. Place
the petals in a glass, stainless steel, or enamel saucepan and cover them
with distilled water. Weigh the floating petals down with a heat-resistant
glass dish. Place the pan over low heat and allow the pot to release steam
for at least an hour. You should begin to see drops of rose oil floating on
the surface of the water. Do not allow the water to boil. When the water
has taken on a rosy hue, feels thick and soft, and shows evidence of rose
oil on its surface, strain the liquid through a tea strainer, using your
fingers to press all the liquid from the petals. Store in refrigerator.
Rosewater may be used as a skin toner; just apply to the face with a cotton
ball. Important Notes: NEVER use rose petals that have been sprayed with
any kind of pesticide for making rosewater!! Consider using only enough
distilled water to cover the rose petals. Otherwise, the solution becomes
more dilute. Please remember to use only the petals, not the sepals,
stamens, or green foliated bracket holding the petals in their grouping.

168. Apricot Butter Cleasing Cream (For Dry Skin)
10 oz apricot kernel oil
2 oz cocoa butter
2 oz beeswax
Heat all in top of double boiler until wax and butter are melted. Beat
with a wooden spoon until smooth and cooled. Transfer to jars, cap and
refrigerate.

169. Apple- pear nighttime wrinkle lotion
1 tsp apple juice
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp lime juice
2 Tbsp buttermilk
1TBSP rosemary leaves
3 seedless grapes
1/4 pear
2 egg whites
Blend all ingredients on medium speedfor 30 seconds Using a cotton ball,
dab mixtureon areas around the eyes and wherever wrinkles have developed.
Let dry, then rinse with warm water. Use no more than 3 times a week.
Follow with a
moisturizer. Cover ans refrigerate immediatelty, discardafter 4 days.

170. AVOCADO EYE CREAM
5 drops almond oil
3 ripe avocado slices
Blend almond oil into avocado. Dab around eyes and leave on for 5 minutes.
Rinse.

171. Beach Sand Foot Scrub
2 Tablespoons Canola oil
2 Tablespoons beach sand
3-5 drops rosemary oil
Combine and mix into a paste using a fork. Massage scrub onto feet,
concentrating expecially on problem areas. Rinse off with warm water
and pat dry.

172. Beeswax Hand Cream
¼ cup beeswax
¼ cup almond oil
¼ cup honey
1 tablespoon bee pollen
¼ cup Vaseline petroleum jelly
¼ cup glycerin
2 tablespoons liquid lecithin
Melt the beeswax and petroleum jelly together over a double boiler. Add
the remaining ingredients and heat for 4 to 5 minutes until the mixture is
smooth and heated. Pour into a container while still hot since it will
harden as it cools. Makes about 1¼ cups.

173. Beeswax Coconut Hand Cream
¼ cup beeswax
3 tablespoons baby oil
¼ cup coconut oil
1/3 cup glycerin
Melt the beeswax. and coconut oil over a double boiler. Add the remaining
ingredients and heat until mixture is smooth, for about 4 to 5 minutes.
Pour into a container while still hot since it will harden as it cools. Makes
about 1 cup.

174. Bee Pollen Hand Cream
1/2 cup petroleum Jelly
1/2 Cup glycerin
1/3 cup beeswax
2 tablespoons bee pollen
Melt the petroleum jelly and beeswax over a double boiler.Add the glycerin
and heat for several minutes until the mixture is smooth and well heated.
Add the bee pollen and pour into a container while still hot since the
mixture does harden as it cools. Makes about 1¼ cups.
Materials needed, other than hive products, are readily available at drug
stores and health stores.

175. Beeswax Cold Cream
1/3 cup beeswax
¼ cup glycerin
1 tablespoon liquid lecithin
¼ cup baby oil
¼ cup almond oil
1 tablespoon bee pollen
Melt the beeswax over a double boiler. Add the remaining ingredients and
heat for several minutes until well mixed. Pour into containers while
still hot since it will harden as it cools. Makes about 1½ cups.

176. Beeswax-Almond Hand Cream
¼ cup beeswax
½ cup almond oil
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup rosewater
Melt the beeswax and coconut oil over a double boiler. Add the remaining
ingredients and heat until well mixed, several minutes. Pour into a container
while still hot since it does harden as it cools. Makes about 1½ cups.

177. Body Lotion
2 cups
1 cup aloe vera gel
1 teaspoon lanolin
1 teaspoon pure Vit E oil
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/2 to 3/4 ounce beeswax
3/4 cup almond oil
up to 1and 1/2 teaspoons essential oil or more to prolong scent ( I used a
combination of lavender EO and rose geranium EO – scent is lovely and is
great for skin)
Place aloe vera gel, lanolin, & vit E oil in blender or food processor.
Place coconut oil & beeswax in 2-cup Pyrex measuring cup, microwave on high
30 seconds, and stir with chopstick. Repeat heating in 10-second blocks
until fully melted. Stir in almond oil, reheating if necessary. Run blender
or processor at low to medium speed, then pour in melted oils in thin stream
as if making mayonnaise. As oil is blended in, cream will turn white and
blender’s motor will start to grind. As soon as melted oils are added and
you’ve achieved mayonnaise-like consistency, stop motor, add essential
oil(s) and pulse-blend. Do not overblend. Transfer cream to glass jars while
still warm, as it thickens quickly.

178. CAROLINA CLEANSING CREAM
3 T. olive oil
1/2 C. lard
Several drops peppermint extract
1/2 tsp. tincture of benzoin
Mix well in a clean glass bottle. Apply to face with fingers. Remove with
tissues. Keep in a cool place.

179. CITRUS COOLER LOTION
4 T. glycerin
40 drops oil of orange
4 T. lemon juice
Combine ingredients in a clean glass bottle. Shake well and refrigerate.

180. Cocoa Butter Hand Cream
4 tbs. beeswax
4 tbs. cocoa butter
4 tbs. almond oil
Melt together beeswax and cocoa butter. Add almond oil. Mix completely
until smooth. (May use blender). Pour into a pretty pot or jar. Let
harden and it is ready to use or to be given as a gift.

181. Cocoa/Shea Butter Lotion Bars
1 part beeswax
1 part cocoa butter
1 part shea butter
1 part oil (coconut, emu, etc.)
Melt all and pour into a container or mold.

182. COCOA BUTTER HAND CREAM
2 C. warm water
1 1/2 C. glycerin
1/2 oz. spirits of ammonia
1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1/2 tsp. boric acid
1 C. stearic acid
Combine in a glass or enamel pan the cocoa butter, glycerin and stearic
acid. Melt over low heat. Remove to mixing bowl and add ammonia. Stir until
milky. Add boric acid to warm water. Add to first mixture. Mix with beater
for 10 minutes at high speed. Perfume and color as desired. Age for 2 weeks
before using. Makes 1 1/2 quarts.

183. COCONUT CLEANSING CREAM
3 T. coconut oil
1 T. olive oil
1 T. glycerin
2 tsp. water
Melt ingredients together over very low heat until liquid. Remove from heat.
Beat as the mixture cools to emulsify. Store in an airtight jar and keep in
the refrigerator since coconut oil has a very low melting point. After use,
follow with an astringent.

184. Coconut Oil Lotion Bar
1 part beeswax
1 part coconut oil
1 part grapeseed oil, apricot oil or sweet almond
1 tsp. EO per lb. of total product
1/4 part shea/mango/cocoa butter (optional)
Melt all together and pour into a container or mold

185. No Cocoa Butter Lotion Bar
2 parts coconut oi
1 part shea butte
2 parts beeswax
1 1/2 parts Grapeseed Oil
**OR**
1 part Apricot Kernel Oil
Melt all, add fragrance/essential oils if desired and pour into mold or
container.

186. Cold Cream (For Cleansing and Soothing the Skin)
52 oz. white beeswax
1/2 cup almond oil
1/2 tsp. borax
1/4 cup rosewater
This recipe gives you a basic all -purpose cold cream / moisturizer, which
you can add scented oils to, if you’d like. Place the beeswax in a double
boiler and add the almond oil. Melt the wax over low heat, stirring
constantly to combine the ingredients. Take off the heat and dissolve the
borax in the rosewater and slowly pour it into the melted wax and oil,
whisking constantly. It will turn milky and thicken, continue whisking
while it cools. When it reaches thick pouring consistency, pour into glass
jars or china pots. Makes 7 oz.

187. Cream Bleach for Body Hair
Soap flakes
1/2 cup peroxide
2 tsp. ammonia
Mix ingredients together until it forms a paste. Spread on hair to be
bleached and let sit for 15 minutes, then wash it out. Repeat every few
days until hair has no color. Do this on a monthly basis. Do not use on
eyebrows or eyelashes!

188. 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

189. Creamy Lotion Bar
3 Ounces Cocoa Butter
1 Ounce Oil (I used Coconut)
1/2 Ounce Beeswax
Soften the cocoa butter (in microwave or allow to sit on gas stove where
pilot will soften it) Don’t melt it. Heat the oil and melt the beeswax in
the oil. Using an electric mixer, beat the cocoa butter till fluffy looking,
drizzle the oil and beeswax in a slow stream, beating all the while.
Continue beating until it is light and fluffy. Spoon into molds. Allow to
set for several hours. Wrap in plastic wrap or cellophane candy bags.

190. Creme’ de La’ Creme!
Group 1 Ingredients:
3/4 cup Fractionated Coconut oil. You can choose any other liquid
oil of
choice (grapeseed, apricot, almond, etc..)
1/3 cup Coconut oil
1 tsp Cocoa Butter
1/2 oz Beeswax
Group 2 Ingredients:
1/3 cup Aloe Vera Gel
1/3 cup Witch Hazel
1/3 cup Distilled Water
Instructions:
Melt group 1 ingredients over low heat in a double boiler. Heat the
ingredients just enough to melt them.
Pour mixture into a glass measuring cup and let cool to room
temperature. Oils should become thick, creamy, semisolid, and creamcolored.
Place Group 2 ingredients (also room temperature) into a blender.
Turn blender on highest speed. In a slow, thin drizzle, pour group 1 oil
mixture into the blender. When most of the oil mixture has been added
to the water mixture, listen to the blender, when the blender “coughs”
and the cream looks thick, turn the blender off, do not overbeat!
If there is still a little liquid left, handbeat it in. It will continue to
thicken a bit as it sets up. End of recipe I chose not to use a preservative
in this as I was just messing around.But If I were to, I would place either
vit E, or GSE into the oil mixture when melting. Also, add your own (eo’sfo’s)
to the finished creme.

191. Crystallized Honey Scrub, Green Tea Rinse
One use for that crystallized honey which no one will eat:
Beforehand, boil 2 pints or so of water — enough to use for rinsing your face
well. Remove from heat, steep a few handsful of loose green tea for 10
minutes. Strain into a large bowl that will fit in your kitchen or
bathroom sink and cool to WARM.
Then, scoop out honey from its container with a clean narrow
spatula. Spread on face with spatula. Massage GENTLY: the crystallized
honey
“sloughs” or exfoliates beautifully but it can hurt if you’re rough.
Leave on 20 minutes. Put the large bowl of warm green tea in the
sink and splash on to rinse well. Tea can stain your “good” pale towels,
so pat dry with an “old” or dark one.

192. CUCUMBER WRINKLE CREAM
1/2 cucumber
1 egg white
2 T. mayonnaise
1/2 C. oil*
* Use wheat germ, olive or avocado oil.
Wash the cucumber, but do not peel. Cube and blend with remaining
ingredients. Apply morning and evening, and gently wipe off with tissues.

193. Custom – Scented Body Lotion
1/8 tsp. borax
1/4 cup distilled water
1/2 cup almond oil
1 tbs. grated beeswax
Fragranced essential oil, your choice of scent(s)
Combine borax and distilled water; set aside. Heat almond oil and beeswax
together until beeswax is almost melted. Remove from heat and stir. Heat
borax and water mixture to almost boiling. Slowly pour water into heated
oils while stirring with a wire whisk. Once the water is completely mixed
into the oils allow the mixture to cool. Once it is completely cool add the
essential oil or oils of your choice for fragrance. Makes about 8 ounces.

194. Cuticle Cream
3 tbs. paraffin
1/2 cup mineral oil
1 tbs. coconut oil
1 tbs. glycerin
Slowly heat paraffin with the oils in a double boiler. Stir until blended.
Add in the glycerin and remove from heat. Let cool before using.

195. Dry Skin Lotion
1/8 tsp Borax
1/4 c. Distilled water
1/2 c. Fractionated Coconut Oil
1 Tbs grated beeswax
1 tsp scent (You may want to add this slowly and adjust to suit you)
1/8 tsp lecithin
1/2 c. Aloe Vera Gel Combine water and borax. Bring borax and water almost
to boiling.
In a seperate pan mix oil and beeswax and heat until wax is melted.
Slowly add borax/water to oil/beeswax, stirring briskly, a small wire whisk
works perfectly or you can use a handblender. Add essential oils during the
whisking process. Let cool to room temp.
Once lotion is at room temp add the 1/2 cup Aloe Vera gel and whisk to
incorporate fully into the lotion. Bottle.

196. Excema Cream
8 oz petroleum jelly (one of those biggish jars) 1/4 cup (approx 4 8oz)
beeswax
1 tablespoon lanolin
10-15 drops lavendar oil
Rub a little dab into the affected area right after a bath while the
skin is still moist (but not wet)

197. Exquisite Refrigerated Lotion Bars
This lotion bar is designed to literally melt into your skin, but
not in your hands. It contains moisture rich cocoa butter, along with other
luscious oils and butters that leave your skin feeling pampered and
refined. Exquisite Refrigerated Lotion Bars are best when
stored in the refrigerator. They can be stored at room temperature,
but if you keep your home especially warm (or do not have air
conditioning in the summer), they are best when kept refrigerated. These
bars can be used in place of lotion, or to give someone you love a special
massage treat (or, better yet, receive one yourself!!)
Fresh Ingredients
8 ounces Cocoa Butter
1 ounce Shea Butter
1/2 ounce Mango Butter
1/2 ounce Avocado Oil
1 teaspoon Calendula Total CO2
2 teaspoons Liquid Grapefruit Seed Extract
Aromatics (optional)
Place all ingredients except calendula total CO2 and grapefruit seed
extract in a double boiler. (You could use a microwave to speed
things, but the extreme heat will all but destroy the nutrients in the oils
if they are cold pressed.) After the ingredients have melted, remove
them from the heat source. Stir with a clean wooden stir stick to ensure
the mix. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
Incorporate grapefruit seed extract and calendula CO2. Stir to blend
in.At this time, you may add aromatics; 1/4 ounce at most is usually
sufficient. Especially nice ones to use are peppermint, vanilla
bourbon,beeswax absolute, oakmoss, patchouli, Bulgarian rose concrete,
steam distilled lime peel, sandalwood mysore.Stir to incorporate any aromatics.
Pour into molds. I like to use1-ounce candy tray molds or plastic mini-muffin
shapes because they make such pretty treats. (And, of course, these lotion
bars always work better when they are pretty!) Place the bars into the
freezer for about 20 minutes. Gently release the bars from their mold and allow them
to rest for a few hours before wrapping. (yields 10 luscious 1 oz. bars)

198. Floral Cream
1/4 C Distilled water
1/2 tsp. Borax powder
3 T. Grated beeswax
1/2 C Mineral oil
1 tsp. Liquid lanolin
5 drops each, perfume oils: honeysuckle; carnation; mimosa
Boil the water and add the Borax powder, stirring until dissolved.
Let this mixture simmer. In a separate heavy saucepan, add mineral oil,
lanolin and beeswax, and place over low heat. Stir until the beeswax
has dissolved. Pour the oil/beeswax mixture into a bowl and slowly
drizzle the simmering water/borax mixture while stirring with a wire whisk.
Continue stirring until the mixture becomes a thick, white cream and
has cooled to room temperature, approximately 15 minutes. Stir in the
perfume oils until well blended. Spoon into a bottle or jar.

199. Hand Cream – All Purpose
3 tbs. mashed almonds
2 tbs. comfrey root (dried)
1 tbs. chopped parsley
1 egg
1 tbs. honey
1 tbs. glycerin
Mix almond meal, comfrey root and parsley in a small bowl and set aside. In
another bowl, mix egg, honey and glycerin. Stir in 3 tbs. of the almond
mixture. Rub the mixture gently into your hands, letting it penetrate for
20-30 minutes, then wash off with warm water. Refrigerate mixture
between uses.

200. Hand Cream
1/4 c. mineral oil **
1/4 c. stearine flakes (used in candle making, I get mine at
Michael’s)
Put these in a heatproof glass mixing bowl and heat in a pan with
water
brought to a boil, then lower flame to a simmer. When the liquid is
completely clear, remove from water bath. Then mix:
1 c. distilled water
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 T glycerine
In a measuring cup with a fork or a whisk. Heat this mixture in the
microwave for a minute to a minute and a half – don’t bring to a
boil. Slowly pour the water mixture into the oil mixture, whisking
merrily. Have your trusty stick blender OR regular ’mixer’ at the ready.
After the solution foams up and doubles in volume, mix it with one of the
above on HIGH for about two minutes. (I have found this is
critical – don’t stop mixing too early or the cream will separate later into
water and solids). You will thrill at the sight of your cream turning into
a wonderful, shiny fluffy cloud – the consistency of ’marshmallow
creme’. When thoroughly mixed, set bowl aside, cover and allow to cool. I
prefer not to refrigerate as the temperature extremes tend to make your
results vary. If desired, when cool stir in a little FO or EO. My most
favorite are ’honey almond’ FO (smells just like Jergens!) or ’Orange
Blossom’ FO (Sweetcakes) or Lavender EO. Spoon into jars which have been
heat
sterilized. This wonderful cream leaves your skin feeling velvety,
moisturized, but NOT greasy. (Warning: If you notice a ’watery’
texture after rubbing into your skin, you probably didn’t blend it long
enough – but you can reheat the whole mixture in a water bath and mix again!
This has worked for me). Yield: 12 oz.

201. Herbal Cream
The first step in making most herbal creams is to make an herbal
oil. The following recipe is for dried herbs. See my note at the end of
the oil recipe if you wish to use fresh calendula.
Calendula Oil
Part used: flower
2-3 oz dried herb
1 cup olive oil
(The basic here is enough oil to barely cover your quantity of
herbs–fresh or dry)
Put the dried herb into a pyrex, ceramic or stainless steel double
boiler (do not use reactive metals such as iron or aluminum) and
cover with olive oil. Very gently, heat the oil and herbs for 1 to 2
hours, keeping temperature well below boiling, about 100–150 degrees. Stir
often. Heat until herbs feel “crispy” and done (a somewhat intuitive
measure, I admit–just use the clock if this is not your style).
Strain the oil through a clean cloth into an appropriate container. I
prefer using oils to creams and at this point funnel the oil into a bottle
with a pour spout for easy use. Always label your products with a
complete list of ingredients and date.
Note on using fresh herbs: Fresh herbs contain water which can
shorten the shelf life of your oil (usually 1-3 years) to a few weeks. If
your fresh herb oil will not be used up quickly, the water can be removed
by allowing the oil to stand for two weeks without agitation. The oil
will then have separated from the water and can be siphoned or poured off
into a new, clean container for storage–preferably in a cool, dark
place.

202. HERBED HONEY SKIN CREAM
2 tsp. dried mint
2 tsp. dried sage
2 tsp. dried rosemary
1/2 C. boiling water
1/2 oz. beeswax
2 oz. lanolin
1/2 C. wheat germ oil
1 tsp. honey
Combine herbs in a clean bowl. Pour boiling water over herbs. Steep for 10
minutes.Strain through a fine sieve, collecting liquid in a clean bowl. Allow to
cool; discard herbs.Melt beeswax and lanolin in a heatproof glass set in
simmering water. Stir
in wheat germ oil. Add herbal infusion by teaspoonful and stir until well
blended. Remove glass from water. Add honey to tepid cream and carefully stir
it in until blended. Let cream cool completely. Stir cream thoroughly and transfer
it to clean containers with tight-fitting lids. Store up to 3 months.
Yields 10 ounces.

203. Honey Cold Cream for Dry Skin
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon ground almonds
1 teaspoon liquid lecithin
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1 egg yolk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon rosewater or cologne water
Combine all ingredients and mix well. This cream has a slightly grainy and
oily texture, and in addition to using as a cold cream, it can be used for
sunburn and for applying as a conditioner to the hands before doing
outside work, such as gardening. Makes about ¾ cup.

204. Honey Cleansing Lotion
½ cup hot water
1 tablespoon bee pollen
1½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin
¼ cup honey
Soften the gelatin in the water for several minutes. Then dissolve the
gelatin mixture over low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, until the mixture is
clear.. Add the remaining ingredients. Makes about 1 cup.

205. Honey Cleansing Cream
¼ cup honey
1 tablespoon liquid soap
½ cup glycerin
Place the ingredients in a screw top jar, cover and shake well. Makes
about 3/4 cup.

206. Honey Hand Lotion
½ cup Vaseline petroleum jelly
2 tablespoonshoney
3 tablespoons glycerin
1 tablespoon liquid lecithin
Melt the petroleum jelly over a double boiler. Add the remaining
Ingredients and heat for several minutes until the mixture is smooth
and well mixed, Makes about ¾ cup.

207. Honey-Rosewater Cleansing Lotion
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon bee pollen
¼ cup rosewater
2 teaspoons liquid soap
Combine the ingredients in a screw top jar. Cover and shake well. Makes
about ½ cup.

208. Honey-Rosewater Hand Lotion
1 tablespoon Irish moss
¼ cup rosewater
¼ cup honey
½ cup water
1/3 cup glycerin
Combine the water and Irish moss, and simmer over low heat until the
mixture is thick about 10 minutes. Strain the mixture to remove the Irish
moss.
Combine the strained liquid with the remaining ingredients. Makes about
one cup.

209. 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.

210. Jasmine Hand & Body Lotion
¼ cup apricot kernel oil
1 tsp. Beeswax
1 tsp. Cocoa butter
1 tsp. Coconut oil
¼ cup distilled water
1 tsp. Aloe vera gel
½ tsp. Glycerin
5 drops jasmine fragrance oil
Melt the butter blend in the oil over low heat then allow to cool.
Measure the water, aloe vera gel and glycerin into a deep bowl. Slowly
drizzle
in a small amount of the oil mixture and beat vigorously with a wire
whisk. Continue to drizzle and beat until all the oil is blended into the
water. Stir in five drops of jasmine fragrance. Pour into a container, label
and enjoy. Variations: Use a flower water in place of the distilled water. Use
an herbal infusion, such as Calendula, in place of the distilled water.
Experiment with essential oils for different fragrances and
therapeutic effects.

211. Jojoba/Aloe Vera Moisturising Cream
25 g jojoba oil
10 g beeswax
10 g cocoa butter
1 Tbsp vitamin E oil
50 g aloe vera
10 g glycerine
20-30 drops essential oils
yield: about 4 oz.
Heat jojoba, beeswax, cocoa butter, and vitamin E in a double boiler
to 160 degees F. Mix aloe and glycerine in a second double boiler, also
at 160 degrees. Then remove both mixtures from the stove and slowly
drop the oil mixture into the aloe/glycerine mixture while stirring. Keep
stirring until mixture cools to about 80 degrees F, then add essential
oils and bottle.

212. LAVENDER LOTION
1 oz. glycerin
2 tsp. oil of lavender
Put ingredients in a clean glass bottle and shake well. Refrigerate.

213. Lemon cleansing Cream
1Tbsp beeswax
3Tbsp veg oil
1Tbsp witch hazel
1Tbsp lemon juice
1/8 tsp borax
6 drops lemon eo
Over low heat, gently melt beeswax in the veg oil. Beat for 5
minutes until mixture has a creamy, smooth consistency. In a separate pot
gently warm witch hazel (I infuse lavender in the witch hazel, good for the
skin) and lemon juice; stir in borax until dissolved and add to
cream. Beat steadily. After the cream has cooled stir in the lemon eo. Then
spoon into jars. This is good for eliminating excess oil and smoothing
wrinkles. Plus the lemon gives it antiseptic qualities.

214. Lemon Cleansing Cream (For Oily Skin)
1 Tbsp beeswax
1 1/2 Tbsp Unpetroleum Jelly (available in natural foods stores)
3 Tbsp jojoba oil
1 Tbsp witch hazel
1 Tbsp strained lemon juice
1/8 tsp borax
6 drops essential oil of lemon
Melt beeswax and unpetroleum jelly over low heat. Add warmed jojoba
oil to wax and jelly mixture, blending for 3-5 minutes. Mix witch hazel and
lemon juice, warm gently, mix in borax until dissolved. Slowly add this to
the wax mixture, beating until cool and creamy. After completely cooled,
add lemon oil, spoon into clean jar.

215. LEMON HAND LOTION
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. glycerin
Use 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for every 2 teaspoons of glycerin.

216. Lotion Bar Recipes
6oz cocoa butter
5oz shea butter
5oz aloe vera gel
.5oz palm oil
.5oz wheatgerm oil
.5oz sweet almond oil
couple of vit e capsules (emptied)
eo or fo of choice
I sometimes replace the palm and sweet almond oil with other oils,
depending on what I have on hand, and the lotion bar still works
out. But the cocoa butter, shea butter and aloe vera gel proportions
should stay the same.

217. Lotion Bar 1
1 part Beeswax
1 part Cocoa Butter
1 part Coconut Oil
Melt together in top of double boiler, pour into bar molds (or
whatever shape you want to make)
When cool, remove from molds.

218. Lotion Bar 2
2 parts Beeswax
1 part Coconut Oil
1 part Cocoa Butter
Melt together in top of double boiler, pour into bar molds (or
whatever shape you want to make)
When cool, remove from molds.

219. Lotion Bar 3
2 parts Beeswax
1 part Coconut Oil
1 part Carrier Oil of choice (used Almond Oil)
Several drops Peach Fragrance Oil
1 drop Red Food Coloring
1 drop Yellow Food Coloring

220. Lotion Bar 4
1 1/2 parts Beeswax
1 part Oils

221. Lotion Bar 5
2 oz. Olive Oil
2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
6 oz. Beeswax
EO or FO of your choice

222. Lotion Bar 6
Hard and Waxy
50% Beeswax
50% Oil of your choice
Just melt the wax and oils in a double boiler, scent if you wish and
pour into whatever small mold you like. Allow to harden.

223. Lotion Bar 7
Greasy at first but absorbs right into the skin
1/3 Beeswax
1/3 Olive Oil
1/3 split evenly between Avocado Oil and Shea Butter
Just melt the wax and oils in a double boiler, scent if you wish and
pour into whatever small mold you like. Allow to harden.

224. Lotion Bar 8
50% Beeswax
25% Cocoa Butter
25% Oil of your choice (a mixture of Coconut Oil and Almond Oil)
Just melt the wax and oils in a double boiler, scent if you wish and
pour into whatever small mold you like. Allow to harden.

225. Lotion Bar 9
2 oz. Olive Oil
2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
6 oz. Beeswax
EO or FO of your choice (optional)
Just melt the wax and oils in a double boiler, scent if you wish and
pour into whatever small mold you like. Allow to harden.

226. Lotion Bar 10
For bug stuff???
I’ve also been thinking of putting Eucalyptus and Citronella in them
as an EO to help keep the bugs away. Was also thinking they’d be much
easier to take camping, too.
Massage Melts
2 tbsp beeswax
2 tbsp cocoa butter
1 tbsp thick honey or 1.5 tsp oil of preference (palm, olive,
almond, or even jojoba)
5 – 10 drops of any eo if you prefer
Melt in bain marie (water bath) beeswax and then add honey (or oil)
and whisk together and then if using eo add it and combine well. The key
to this recipe is keeping the beeswax very hot while mixing. Pour into
mold and let set overnight in refrigerator.
Honey works very well and leaves no sticky feeling, but if you
prefer a softer bar then use the oils.

227. Lotion Bars
4 oz. beeswax
4 oz. shea (use cocoa butter for 1 or 2T of this)
3 oz. oil (avocado, apricot kernel, etc.)
1 oz. grapeseed oil
fragrance or essential oil (optional)
Melt beeswax, then add cocoa butter and shea butter. When it is totally
melted, add the oils. Mix well, and pour into a liquid measuring cup and
allow to cool a bit. Add some FO or EO to this and pour into molds. If you’d
like, you can put in an extra 1 oz. with the main oils and leave out the
grapseed oil. All ingredients are by weight.

228. Magic Lotion
In small pan over water melt
3 tabs. safflower oil
1 tabs. lanolin
1 tabs cocoa butter
1/3 cup light mineral oil
1tsp. almond extract or add eos of you like
In a pint jar place
2 tabs. water
1 tabs glycerine
1/4 cup plus 2 tabs. 70% ethanol alcohol
1 drop food or other color
When the oils are cool add to the pint jar and shake. Divide into (2) 6 oz
jars. In about half an hour the lotion will separate into 3 different layers.
Each one a different color. Shake and it becomes an emulsion, let stand and
it separates again. This is really pretty and feels so good.

229. MAYONNAISE FACE CREAM
2 fresh egg yolks
1 C. vegetable oil (sesame,
safflower or sunflower)
1 T. wheat germ oil
1 T. herb vinegar
2 drops perfume or rose geranium oil
Beat egg yolks in cold bowl. Add oil very slowly at first. Beat with rotary
beater, mixer or blender. Gradually add more oil. As mixture thickens, add
vinegar and fragrance. Beat until thick. Apply to face with upward and
outward strokes all over face and throat. Leave on for 20 minutes. Remove
with damp cloth. Follow with skin freshener.

230. MILK & HONEY LOTION
(instant conditioner and refresher)
1/4 C. milk or cream
1/4 C. honey
Mix milk (or cream) and honey in a small glass or enamel pan. Warm until the
honey melts, then remove from heat. When it is cool enough to tolerate,
apply to face and neck (or your entire body if you have time). Let it stand
for 15 minutes, then rinse or shower off with warm water. The mix can be
made in larger quantities, and it will keep for a week if refrigerated.

231. Mint Body Lotion
1/2 cup mint water (see note below)
1/8 tsp. borax powder
1/2 c. sunflower oil
1 tsp. coconut oil
1 tsp. grated beeswax
3-4 drops peppermint oil (optional)
Mix together the mint water and the borax, stirring until well mixed. Set
aside. Mix together the sunflower oil, coconut oil, and beeswax in a glass
measuring cup. Place the cup with the oils–beeswax mixture in a pan of
water (about 1 to 2 inches of water), making a water bath. Heat over medium
heat until the beeswax is melted (8 to 10 minutes), stirring occasionally.
When the wax is melted, bring the mint solution almost to boiling (put the
glass cup with the mint water/borax in the microwave on High for 1 minute,
or use a water bath on the stove top). Remove the oils-beeswax mixture
from the water bath. Slowly add mint water/borax to the mixture in the
blender and whip). Allow the lotion to cool completely. The consistentency
may seem a bit thin, but it will thicken as it cools. The lotion will be pale
green in color. You may add the peppermint oil now if you wish.Pour the
lotion into a clean container with a lid. To use, massage a small amount
into your skin.
Note: Mint water is made by boiling fresh or dried mint leaves in water and
then letting the mixture cool. Strain off the mint leaves. I use 1 cup fresh
mint (1/4 cup dried mint leaves) to 1 cup water.

232. Native Moisturizing Cream
Grapeseed Oil – 275 g
Sweet Almond Oil – 75 g
Jojoba Oil – 35 g
Shea Butter – 15 g
Castor Oil – 15 g
Cocoa Butter – 15 g
Beeswax – 75 g
Vitamin E Oil – 10 g
Distilled Water – 413 g
Borax – 10 g
Glycerin – 15 g
Oatmeal, Milk and Honey FO 10 g.
Use 2 saucepans – one for the water mixture and one for the oil
mixture. eat both mixtures to around 165 degrees F making sure everything
is melted and combined. Pour the oil mixture into a large mixing bowl.
Mixing at the lowest speed, gradually add the water mixture.
Continue beating on low until the mixture begins to thicken up. Increase the
speed of the mixer and continue beating until the consistency of
mayonnaise – about 10 to 15 minutes. Once the mixture is uniform and
started to cool, add the fragrance oil and beat to incorporate. Beat
on high for a few minutes. When the cream is cold and smooth,
pour into jars. This made ten 4 oz jars for me.

233. 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.

234. Olive Oil Shaving Cream
1/4 C stearic acid
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 C hot water
1 tsp borax
2 Tbsp grated soap
Melt stearic acid and oil in double boiler until a clear liquid
forms. Mix hot water, borax, and soap and stir until until the borax and
soap are dissolved. Pour the soap solution into a blender and blend well
for about 1 minute. Slowly pour the melted stearic acid mixture into the
soap solution. Blend on high until a smooth cream forms.
Pour into a clean container and allow to cool completely. To use,
soften your beard (or legs) with warm water and then apply the shaving
cream. Use a sharp, clean razor.

235. ORANGE LOTION
2 T. cocoa butter, melted
4 T. olive oil, warmed
4 T. orange juice
2 drops essential oil*
* orange flower, if possible.
Whirl all ingredients in blender until light and fluffy. Store in a
tightly-capped bottle or jar. This does not need to be refrigerated, but if
the mixture separates, beat again.

236. Peaches & Cream Moisturizing Lotion
Peel and mash one very ripe peach. Strain through a sieve to extract
all the juice. Mix peach juice with an equal quantity of fresh cream. Keep
refrigerated.

237. PEPPERMINT-WHEAT GERM STIMULATING CREAM
1 oz. beeswax or lanolin
3 oz. wheat germ oil
1 oz. peppermint tea, brewed strong
1 drop peppermint oil
Place over low heat until the beeswax is melted. Remove from heat, then
whip with a whisk until cool.

238. Peppermint Lotion (Relieves Itching)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup rubbing alcohol
3-4 drops peppermint oil (oil of eucalyptus can be used in place of
peppermint, if you prefer)
Pour the water and alcohol into a bottle, then add the oil. Cap and shake
well. Apply to skin with a clean cloth.

239. Protective Lotion
2 tsp. castor oil
1 tsp. lanolin
1 1/2 tsp. cocoa butter
800 IU Vitamin E
5 drops lavender EO
3 drops tea tree EO
Melt the castor oil, lanolin, and cocoa butter over boiling water.
When melted, remove from heat. Whisk the Vit. E into the mixture. When
cool add the EOs, mixing well. Store in a bottle or jar.

240. REJUVENATING CREAM
1 oz. beeswax or lanolin
3 oz. almond oil
4 (400 IU) vitamin E capsules
2 drops rose oil
Combine and heat over low heat until beeswax is melted. Remove from heat
and whip with a whisk until cool.

241. Rich Skin Cream
2 1/2 oz (weight) beeswax
2/3 cup baby oil
1 tsp borax (sodium borate, C.P.)
4 oz (weight) anhydrous lanolin
3/4 cup water
Fragrant essential oil (optional)
Chemically pure borax, which is required for cosmetics, is sold by
drug stores. In a microwave or double boiler melt the oil, lanolin and
beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate
container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the borax is dissolved and the
wax is melted. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring
briskly. When white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools
to 100 degrees F. Pour it into small wide-mouth jars.

242. Rosewater & Glycerin Lotion
2 tablespoons glycerine
2 tablespoons corn flower (cornstarch)
1/2 cup distilled water
2 tablespoons rosewater
Mix together all ingredients in an ovenproof glass bowl or pitcher. Heat
until just boiling and thick, 1 to 2 minutes in the microwave on High
(stirring every 30 seconds), or on the stove top in a water bath. The lotion
will be clear and jellylike; stir thoroughly and cool completely. When the
lotion is cool, pour into a clean, airtight container.
Note: If your lotion becomes too thick, you can thin it by adding water, one
tablespoon at a time and stirring thoroughly.

243. ROSE CREAM
2 oz. almond oil
4 to 8 drops rose oil
1/2 oz. beeswax
Slowly heat the almond oil, beeswax and rose oil. Beeswax is the thickener,
so the more you add, the thicker the cream. It is best to start with just a
little. If, after the mixture has cooled, you decide you would like it to be
thicker, simply reheat it and add more beeswax. If you find that the cream
is too thick, reheat and add more almond oil. If you would like to add
vitamin E to the cream, cut open a vitamin E capsule and add gel inside to
the cream.

244. Sage and Sweet Violet Cream
Put 2 Tbsp each of finely chopped fresh sage and sweet violet
leaves, along with 4 Tbsp of almond oil, in a small stoppered jar. Seal and
leave in a warm place for about a month, shaking the jar each day.
When ready, strain into a bowl and add 4 Tbsp each of almond oil and
beeswax which have been melted together. Beat to mix until cold. Store in
an airtight jar in a cool place, and apply twice a day or as required.
This helps to alleviate cold sores and soothes and protects swollen,
painful, or chapped lips.

245. Simple Lotion Bars
1 part oil (sunflower; olive; almond etc)
1 part beeswax
1 part butter (cocoa, shea; shea; mango etc)
fragrance oil or essential oil (optional)
Melt oil, beeswax and butter together and add scent if desired. You can
always remelt it and add more ingredients if it is too hard or too soft. To
make it harder add more beeswax; to make it softer, add more oil. The
oils/butters can be mixed to make the whole part.

246. Solid Massage Bars
1/2 cup melted cocoa butter
10 capsules Vitamin E oil
1 T. melted coconut oil
10 drops rose oil
8 drops peppermint oil
5 drops ylang-ylang oil
Mix all ingredients. Let cool a bit, then pour into molds and let harden.
There is no need to condition the molds before pouring.

247. Stretch Mark Cream
1/4 C cocoa butter
1 Tablespoon wheat germ oil
1 teaspooon light sesame seed oil
1 teaspoon apricot kernel oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
2 teaspoons grated beeswax
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Mix together all ingredients except the vanilla extract. Heat the
mixture gently until the cocoa butter and beeswax have melted; stir
well. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract, if
desired. Allow to cool completely. Store in a clean jar with a tight-fitting lid.
Massage into your skin.

248. 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.

249. Tropical Cream
12 ounces spring water
2 ounces glycerin
1 ounce emulsifying wax
1/8 ounce Germaben II
2.5 ounce Mango Butter
3 ounces coconut oil
1/2 ounce stearic acid
1 teaspoon(more of less to personal preference) Guavaberry FO or
other “tropical” scent
Combine all ingredients except fragrance oil in small pan. Heat
while stirring until everything is melted. Remove from heat. Using a stick
blender or whisk, blend until everything is emulsified. Add
fragrance oil. The cream will be very thin at this time. Pour into clean jars.
After the cream cools to room temperature, it will thicken up.
Enjoy using and experimenting with this recipe.

250. Whipped Creme
This is a very light cream good for all body areas…..its
especially nice scented cucumber and tinted very pale green.
14 oz. Distilled Water
4 oz. Oil ( your choice ) I used Almond
1.5 oz. Emulsifying Wax
1.2 oz. Stearic Acid
.8 oz Emulsifying Wax
.2 oz Germaben II
.1 oz. Fragrance Oil / Essential Oil
2 Drops Color
All items used to make cream should be sterilized
Combine over double boiler water and Citric Acid heat till it’s
totally melted, then add all ingredients except fragrance, color, and
Germaben II. When the mixture turns creamy color our into a blender and
whip off and on till it cools ( this can take quite a while ). I usually whip
it for 5 minutes let it cool 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and
whip some more. You don’t want it to get so cool that you cant pour it, this
will thicken in jars as it cools more. Makes approximately 20 ounces of cream.
Face and Scubs

251. Almond Salt Scrub
1/4 cup almond oil
1/2 cup salt
1/4 cup almond milk
approx. 1 1/2 oz. melted glycerine soap

252. ALMOND-HONEY SCRUB
2 T. crushed almonds
1 T. honey
Mix. Leave on face for 5 minutes. Rub in well, then rinse.

253. ALMOND-MAYONNAISE SCRUB
(for very dry skin)
1/4 C. almonds
1/8 tsp. mayonnaise
Grind almonds in blender until they form a meal. Whirl in mayonnaise.
Vinegar-Rinse your skin. Rub in Scrub gently and thoroughly. Leave on skin
for about 10 minutes. Rinse off and follow with Vinegar Rinse.

254. Apple Mask
1 Apple, cored, quartered
2 TBSP. Honey
1/2 tsp. sage
Drop the apple slices into a food processor and chop. Add honey and sage
and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Pat the mixture onto your face with a light
tapping motion until the honey feels tacky. leave it on for 30 minutes
rinse off with cool water.

255. Apple & Honey Mask
A mask of grated apple mixed with a little honey is an excellent
remedy for pimples.

256. Apple Zinger Facial Mask (For Oily or Acne Prone Skin)
1 medium size apple, grated fine
5 tbs. honey
Mix the grated apple and honey well. Smooth over skin and let sit for 10
minutes. Rinse off with cool water.

257. APRICOT MASK (for dry skin)
2 apricots
2 T. plain yogurt
Purée in a blender. Apply to face, avoiding eye area, and leave on for 10 to
20 minutes.

258. Apricot Mask
Mash the fresh fruit for a good face mask. Variation: Add apricots to
a little warm olive oil to form a spreadable paste. Good for dry skin.

259. Artichoke Facial:
1 fresh artichoke heart well cooked or canned hearts in water, not oil
2 tsp. light oil (avocado, olive, or canola)
1 tsp. vinegar or fresh lemon juice
In a ceramic bowl mash artichoke heats and mix with oil and vinegar. Stir
well until smooth paste. Massage on face and neck. let sit 10 to 15
minutes. rinse off with warm water and pat dry.

260. AVOCADO MASK (conditions and prevents dryness)
1/2 ripe avocado
1 egg white
Mash avocado into a thick paste. Add egg white. Apply to face; leave on 15
to 20 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

261. AVOCADO MASQUE (for dry skin)
1/2 ripe avocado
1 tsp. vegetable oil
Mash avocado into a paste and add vegetable oil. Apply to clean skin. Leave
on for 10 to 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

262. AVOCADO-BANANA MASQUE (for dry or sensitive skin)
1/4 mashed ripe avocado
1/2 mashed ripe banana
2 T. plain yogurt (not low-fat)
1 tsp. wheat germ oil
Mix all ingredients. Apply mixture to face and leave on 10 to 15 minutes.
Rinse with tepid water.

263. Avocado & Honey Moisturizer Mask (For Dry Skin)
Mash up 2 tablespoons avocado, mix with 2 tablespoons honey and 1 egg
yolk. Apply to face, leaving on about 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm
water. Finish with a rinse of the vinegar pH balancer.

264. Avocado Honey Mask #2 (For Dry Skin)
Peel one ripe avacado, mash the meat into a creamy texture. Heat over
a double boiler until just warm,iIncorporate 1 Tbsp of honey. Massage
into the face and neck. Finish with a rinse of rosewater, witch hazel or
vinegar pH balancer.

265. Banana Mask
Mash a banana and spread on face for a soothing, cleansing and
moisturizing face mask. Rinse celan with warm water finished with a
rinse of the vinegar pH balancer.
266. Banana Facial
take one banana, one cup of oatmeal, and just enough milk to create a paste.
apply to face and leave on for 10 to 15 minutes. This is great for dry skin
and is also a good exfoliater.

267. Banana Supreme Facial
2 medium bananas
honey (optional)
mash bananas with a fork do not over mash or it will be runny. add honey,
if desired. smooth over skin, let sit 10 minutes rinse off with cool water.

268. Blemished Skin Mask
1 tomato, ripe, chopped
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 TBSP. instant style oatmeal or old fashioned rolled oats
Blend everything until just combined. apply to the skin, making sure the
mixture is thick enough to stay on the blemished areas. If necessary add a
little more oatmeal to thicken the mask, then scrub it off with a washcloth
dipped in warm water.

269. Brewers Yeast Mask (For Oily Skin)
Make a paste using the yeast and a small amount of warm water.

270. CALIFORNIA AVOCADO CLEANSER AND MASK
1/4 ripe avocado
1/2 C. buttermilk
1 beaten egg yolk
Blend avocado with egg yolk and buttermilk. Apply to face and throat and
leave on for 5 minutes. Spread on a little more. Leave on for another 5
minutes. Rinse with tepid water.

271. Carrot Mask (For Oily Skin)
Carrots make an excellent skin mask for acne and blemishes.
Apply raw, grated carrots to the face while lying down, a little lemon
juice may also be added. For a cooked carrot mask: Boil three large
carrots and mash them, or process in a food processor. Add 5
tablespoons of honey or yogurt (optional). Apply gently, in an upward motion.
Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water. Finish with a final rinse
of witch hazel or the vinegar pH balancer.

272. Carrot Top Mask
2-3 Large carrots
4 1/2 TBSP. honey
cook carrots, then mash with honey. Apply gently to the skin wait10
minutes, rinse off with cool water.

273. Cool As A Cucumber Yogurt Facial (For Normal/Oily Skin)
1/2 cucumber
1 Tbsp plain yogurt
Puree cucumber in blender. Mix in yogurt, apply to face. Leave on for
30 minutes. Rinse well.

274. Corn And Oat Face Scrub
1/2 cup oat flour
1/2 cup corn flour
1/3 cup whole milk powder
1/2 cup corn meal
- grind milk powder in a mortar and pestle to get the lumps out.
- sift the dry ingredients together
Mix with water to get a thick paste and smooth on, splash off with
water. To make the misture astringent use WitchHazel
To make it soothing add Aloe Gel
To make it less drying for ageing or very dry skin add a few drops
of Almond Oil and mix before adding final water.
Note(s): Use extra fine corn meal for face scrubs and coarser grinds for
body scrubs. Do not premix with wet ingredients as this mixture will not keep if
wet. I use this mixture but exclude the meal for a daily face wash.

275. CORNMEAL SKIN FACIAL (for oily or combination skin)
1 T. dry cornmeal
2 eggs
Cleanse face, steam, splash with cool water and pat dry. Massage with the
dry cornmeal. Rinse off. Then apply a mask made by whipping the eggs and
brushing on face. Leave on for 20 minutes; rinse off.

276. Cornmeal Thigh Scrub
This delightfully aromatic scrub works exfoliating
wonders. The natural botanicals and cold-pressed oils work together to
loosen stubborn cellulite and soften the surrounding skin. Massage your
thighs twice a week for remarkable results.
INGREDIENTS:
1 small avocado stone
4 tablespoons cornmeal
2 teaspoons aloe gel
1 tablespoon cold-pressed grape seed oil
6 drops juniper essential oil
6 drops lemon essential oil
PREPARATION:
1. Put the avocado pit in a heavy paper bad, then wrap the bag around the
pit a few times. With a hammer or wooden mallet, give the pit a few good
whacks to break it up into smaller pieces that will fit into a coffee
grinder or small food processor.
2. Grind the pieces to a gritty meal consistency. Mix the cornmeal, then
place in a sterilized shallow jar, seal, and label.
3. Pour the aloe, grape seed, juniper, and lemon oils into a bowl, then
sprinkle about 2 teaspoons of the avocado and cornmeal over the wet
ingredients and stir. Add additional meal if necessary so that you have a
gritty paste.
4. Mist your legs thoroughly with body mist, then apply the paste, using
small, circular, massaging motions. Relax for 15 minutes and rinse with warm
water.

277. CUCUMBER MASK {for oily skin)
1/2 cucumber
1 egg white
1 T. lemon juice
1 tsp. mint
Purée ingredients in a blender and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply the
mixture to your face and leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse with hot, then cool
water.

278. CUCUMBER MASQUE
1 cucumber, cubed
3 oz. milk
Blend together. Apply to face, and leave on for 5 minutes.

279. Culture Scrub
1 tablespoon table salt
1 tablespoon flavored yogurt
3 tablespoons baby oil
Mix in small bowl. ingredient amounts can vary depending on your
taste. this scrub is wonderful for winter dry skin especially where the
legs are shaved repeatedly.this is not only a dead skin remover but a
reconditioner as well. it works well on other body parts as well.
enjoy!

280. Creamy Avocado Mask
Mash 1 tablespoon ripe avocado, add 1/2 tsp honey and mix. Stir in a
little almond meal until creamy. Apply to clean skin, leave on for
15-20 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water. Finish with a rinse of the
vinegar pH balancer.

281. Cucumber Mask
1/2 cucumber
1 egg white
1 TBSP. lemon juice
1 tsp. mint
Puree everything and refrigerate for 10 minutes. apply the mixture to your
face and leave it on 15 minutes. rinse with hot then cool water.

282. Cucumber Facial Mask (Cleans and Moisturizes)
1 tbs. instant nonfat dry milk
1/2 peeled cucumber
1 tsp. plain yogurt
Put all ingredients into a blender and mix well until smooth. Apply to your
face (avoid your eyes). Leave on for 15-20 minutes, then rinse off. Mix a
fresh batch for each use.

283. Cure-All Moisturizer
Straight olive oil serves multiple purposes. If you can’t stand the
smell, add a few drops of essential oil. Use as a moisturizer for dry, rough
spots on your knees and elbows. To soften cuticles, dip a cotton ball
in some olive oil, dab on tops of fingernails and rub in. For a great
split ends treatment, shampoo hair, use olive oil in place of conditioner on
ends only, and then rinse thoroughly with warm water.

284. DRY SKIN FACE PACK
4 tsp. mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. kelp powder
1 tsp. fuller’s earth
Make into a paste. Apply. Leave on for 10 minutes.

285. DRY SKIN FACIAL
1 T. dry oatmeal
1/2 mashed ripe banana
2 oz. plain yogurt
Cleanse face, steam, splash with cool water and pat dry. Massage with the
dry oatmeal. Rinse off. Then apply a mask made by mixing yogurt and banana;
spread evenly on face. Leave on for 20 minutes; rinse off.

286. Elder Flower Mask (For Oily Skin)
Mix elder flower herb with yogurt to make a paste, apply to face.

287. Egg Yolk Mask:
This mask is wonderful for the skin Take one beaten egg yolk and apply
liberally to the face with a cotton ball. Let dry on the skin for 15 minutes
then rinse off with cool water. This mask will replenish your skin and
tighten up your pores.

288. Egyptian Facial
1 egg beaten
1/2 tsp. olive oil
1 TBSP. flour
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1TBSP whole milk
Mix all the ingredients together until creamy and blended. Spread mixture
face and neck. leave on 15 minutes. rinse off with cool water and pat dry

289. ENCHANTED GARDEN MASK
The enzymes in the papaya help soften skin by removing dead surface cells.
1/2 papaya
1/2 tsp. lemon or lime juice
1 tsp. honey
Mash the ingredients together. Apply to clean face, leave on for 10 minutes,
then rinse well.
290. EXFOLIATING FOOT MASK
1/2 C. oatmeal
1/2 C. cornmeal
1/2 C. coarse salt
1/2 C. unscented body lotion
4 T. aloe vera gel
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Slide feet into mixture and rub,
beginning at toes, working up to heel and ankle. Do one foot at a time,
rinsing in a separate bowl of warm water.

291. EYE PUFFINESS EASER
2 tsp. grated raw potato (no skin)
1 tsp. moisturizer (without urea)
Mix well, then apply around the eyes. Cover with cool, damp cotton or gauze
for 10 to 15 minutes.

292. FACIAL FIX-UP
1/2 C. oatmeal powder
1/2 C. bran
1/4 C. cornmeal
1 tsp. zinc oxide
Mix all together into a paste with water. Massage on face; rinse off.

293. FACIAL GLOW MASQUE
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. warm milk
1 tsp. honey
Mix together. Apply to face and throat. Lie down and leave on for 20
minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

294. Frozen Egg & Honey Facial Mask (Smoothes and Moisturizes)
1 egg
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 tbs. honey
Beat the egg in a small bowl. Add the coconut oil and honey slowly, beating
until it’s the consistency of mayonnaise. Spoon mixture into a cardboard
toilet paper roll, sitting upright in a small bowl. Set in the freezer
overnight. To use, peel away the top of the cardboard roll and smooth the
frozen stick over your face. Leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes, then wash off
with warm water. Keep the stick covered with plastic wrap and freeze
between uses.

295. Fruity Face Mask
bananas
pineapples
strawberries
mash fruits with a fork, pat onto face and leave on 10 to 15 minutes. rinse
with cool water.

296. FULL BODY MASQUE
1 handful finely crushed almonds
5 T. uncooked oatmeal
2 tsp. brown sugar
2 T. honey
1/4 C. hot water
Mix all ingredients to form a paste. Slather on (especially on back and
chest areas) and leave for 10 minutes. Massage in; rinse off.

297. GEORGIA PEACH MASK
1 ripe peach
1 egg white
Mash peach to a pulp or purée in blender. Beat the egg white just until
stiff, then fold the peach purée into the egg white. Apply thickly to face
and neck with fingertips. Let dry for 15 to 20 minutes, then rinse off with
lukewarm water.

298. GRAPE FACIAL (for over-sunned faces)
1 C. green grapes
1 tsp. honey or 1 egg yolk
Crush green grapes to a pulp.
Add honey or egg yolk.
Leave on damp skin for 15 minutes; rinse.

299. Hearts of Palm Firming Mask (for neck body and face)
1/2 cup chopped heats of palm
1/4 c wheat germ
1/4 c powdered milk
2 bay leaves
1 stalk celery
1/4 russet potato(scrubbed, not peeled)
1 tsp mint
1/2 cucumber, unpeeled
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp coconut extract
2 egg whites
In a blender, mix all ingredients on low-med speed
45 seconds Apply to skin. Let sit 15 to 25 min. Rinse.
Refrigerate, discard after 3 days.

300. HEAVENLY MASK
1 T. yogurt
1 egg yolk
1 T. honey
Mix gently and let stand until paste reaches room temperature. Smooth
mask onto clean face, and lie down for 20 minutes. Rinse off with tepid water.
Apply astringent and moisturizer.

301. Honey Mask (For Oily & Blemished Skin)
Massage a small amount of slightly heated honey into skin. Wheat germ
may be added for its abrasive action, protein and nutrients.

302. Honey-Avocado Face Mask
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons dry buttermilk powder
¼ avocado, medium size, mashed
Combine the ingredients and stir until smooth. Cucumber puree may be
substituted for the avocado, using ¼ cup puree. Avocado is good for dry
skin, while cucumber is better for oily skin. Makes enough for 1
application.

303. Honey Almond Scrub
2 Tbsp almonds
2 tsp milk
1/2 tsp flour
1/2 tsp honey
Grind almonds in a blender. Add milk, flour and honey, mixing until a
thick paste is formed. Rub into skin, rinse with warm water followed
by the pH balancer.

304. HONEY AND ALMOND SCRUB (for all skin types)
1/2 jar cold cream
3 T. slivered almonds
1 tsp. honey
Add honey to cold cream. Whirl slivered almonds in a blender until they are
as fine as freshly-ground pepper. Mix with cold cream. Massage into skin
with fingertips. For deeper cleansing, massage scrub into skin with a
complexion brush for 5 minutes. Rinse with cool water.

305. HONEY-ALMOND MASK
1 T. honey
2 T. finely crushed almonds
1 tsp. powdered clay
4 T. uncooked oatmeal or cornstarch
Mix together, adding little water if mixture is too thick to spread. Apply
to face. Gently massage face, using an upward, circular motion as you rinse.

306. HONEY AND EGG MASK (for dry skin)
1 T. powdered milk
1 stiffly-beaten egg white
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. honey
Combine milk and egg white. Slowly mix in egg yolk and honey. Apply to face.
Leave on for 5 minutes; rinse.

307. HONEY MASK (mildly antiseptic)
1 egg yolk
2 T. honey
10 drops almond oil
Whip until creamy. Store any extra in a wide-mouth jar for future use.

308. Honey Face Mask for Oily Skin
4 tablespoons honey
¼ cup finely chopped parsley
Combine the ingredients and stir until smooth. Makes enough for 1
application.

309. Honey Face Scrub
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1/2 cup honey
1 tablespoon liquid lecithin
¼ cup each of almonds, walnuts,
oatmeal, whole wheat flour, corn meal
1 tablespoon rose water
¼ cup water
Combine all the dry ingredients. Add the honey, rose water, and liquid
lecithin. Stir until smooth, and add in enough of the water to make a
smooth paste. Makes about 2 cups.

310. Honey Oatmeal Scrub Soap
3 oz. opaque melt & pour soap
1 T. oatmeal
Vanilla, Almond, or Oatmeal, Milk & Honey scent (optional)
1 tsp. Honey
Melt soap, then add honey and a few drops of scent – let it start to cool
while you grind up 3/4 of the oatmeal in a coffee grinder until it is
powdery. Stir in the ground oatmeal a little at a time (stir constantly).
Keep stirring until it gets fairly cool, and then add in remaining whole
oatmeal. Keep stirring until it gets very cool and thick (almost like a
sludge). Pour into mold. The key to this recipe is making sure the soap
is pretty cool so the oatmeal stays suspended in the finished bar.
The bar has a nice natural oatmeal smell, but the scent adds subtle
smell that is very nice. View a picture of this soap.

311. Honey ’n Oats Scrub
1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp ground almonds
Moisten face with a warm washcloth then apply mixture to face avoiding
the sensitive area around the eyes. Let mixture dry, then remove with a
warm, damp washcloth.

312. Honey Oatmeal Scrub
One of the best scrubs I ever made only had 2 ingredients: honey and
ground blue corn meal. When I wanted to use it I’d take it out of
the fridge, warm it up in the microwave and slather it on. It smells
sooo good and the corn meal has just the right amount of abrasiveness.

313. Honey-Oatmeal Face Mask
3 tablespoons honey
¼ cup oatmeal, ground fine
1 tablespoon bee pollen
1 tablespoon beaten egg, buttermilk, heavy cream or sour cream, optional
Combine the ingredients and mix until smooth. Apply to the freshly washed
face, and let set on the skin for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse off. Makes
enough for 1 application.

314. Honey Protein Face Mask
1 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon lemon juice or cider vinegar
1 tablespoon bee pollen
½ teaspoon wheat germ oil or glycerin
1 egg white, at room temperature (1 small whole egg may be substituted)
Combine the honey, pollen, and lemon juice. Mix well until the honey
softens. Add the remaining ingredients.
Makes enough for 1 application.

315. HONEY-WHEAT GERM SCRUB MASQUE (to rid oily skin of
blackheads)
2 T. honey
2 T. wheat germ (NOT toasted)
Heat honey slightly; add wheat germ. Mix thoroughly. Apply to face and rub
gently over affected areas for 3 to 4 minutes. After rubbing, leave mixture
on face for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with 30 to 40 splashes of very hot
water. Use for a week or 10 days – less if skin improves rapidly.

316. Herbal Facial Mask (Cleans and Tightens Pores)
1 tbs. honey
1 egg
1 tsp. crumbled dried chamomile flowers
1 tsp. finely chopped fresh mint
Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Apply the mixture to your face and
neck. Let dry about 10 to 15 minutes and rinse off with warm water.

317. Glow Mask
1 tbsp fuller’s earth
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp mashed papaya
Mix and put on face for 20 mins. rinse off.

318. Just Peachy Facial (normal skin)
1 medium peach
1TBSP honey
oatmeal
cook peach until it is soft, mash with a fork. add honey and oatmeal until
its thick. apply to skin and let sit 10 minutes. rinse with cool water.

319. Lady Godiva Body Scrub
1/4 C granulated sugar
2 TBSP light vegetable oil
2 TBSP fresh whole milk
Mix together all ingredients into a smooth cream
Before bating, gently massage the mixture all over
your body to increase circulation and remove
dry, flaky skin. Rinse with warm water and moisturize.
Store in regrigerator, discard if milk sours.

320. LEMON FACIAL MASK (for dry skin)
2 egg yolks
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. lemon juice
Mix ingredients together. Wash your face, spread on the mixture, leave it on
for ten minutes, then wash it off.

321. LEMON MASK (for oily skin)
1 T. potter’s clay
1 T. lemon juice
Mix in the palm of your hand. Apply to clean skin.

322. Lemon/Egg Mask (For Oily Skin)
Squeeze half a lemon and mix the juice with one beaten egg white.
Apply to face avoiding the area around the eyes. Leave on your face
overnight
or if during the day, for about 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

323. Magical Egg White Mask
Beat the white of one egg until stiff. Use hands or a washcloth to
apply an even layer over your face. Wait until it gets stiff, then rinse
off. If mixed with some lemon, it deep cleanses while taking away
blotchiness.

324. Mask for Normal Skin
2 Tablespoons of Green or Rose Clay
1 teaspoon of Honey
2 drops of Geranium Oil
Use aloe vera juice or water to make a paste.

325. Mask for Dry Skin
1 Tablespoon of Rose Clay
1 Tablespoon of Instant Oatmeal or finely ground Regular Oatmeal
1 teaspoon of Honey
1 teaspoon of Almond Oil
1 drop of Rose Oil
1 drop of Lavender Oil
Use enough water to make a paste.

326. Mask for Oily Skin
2 Tablespoons of Green Clay
1 teaspoon of Aloe Vera Juice
1/2 teaspoon of Vegetable Oil or Jojoba Oil
1 drop of Bergamot Oil
1 drop of Lavender Oil
Use enough water to make a paste.

327. Mask for Sensitive Skin
1 Tablespoon of Rose Clay
1-2 teaspoons of Avocado Oil
1 drop of Rose Oil
1 drop of Roman Chamomile Oil
Use water, if necessary, to make a paste. Use a little more clay if
too runny.

328. Mask for Mature or Ageing Skin
1 Tablespoon of Rose Clay
1 Tablespoon of Instant Oatmeal or finely ground Regular Oatmeal
1 teaspoon of Honey
1 teaspoon of Avocado or Almond Oil
1 drop of Frankincense Oil
1 drop of Neroli or Lavender Oil
1 drop of Rose Oil
Use water to make a paste.

329. Milk n Honey Oatmeal Scrub
2 T finely powdered whole milk (if needed, whir in a blender)
2T finely ground oatmeal
2 T powdered honey
1 vitamin e capsules
In coffee grinder, whir oatmeal and contents of the vitamin e
capsule till finely blended. Add the finely powdered whole milk and powdered
honey. Whir all ingredients for 10 seconds. When ready to use, take 1-2 T
of the mix and add enough WARM water to make paste. A very fine and
refreshing scrub. A 1/8 tsp of powdered vanilla add a complementary scent
for those wanting a natural scent.

330. MINT SOUFFLÉ MASK (for tired skin)
1 T. ground or powdered spearmint
1 T. oil
1 T. honey
Whirl in the blender until fluffy. Apply to clean skin.

331. Nourishing Face Mask
1 egg
1 tsp. almond oil
a little half and half
combine all ingredients, leave on 15 minutes, rinse with cool water

332. Oatmeal and Almond Scrub
1/4 cup finely ground oatmeal
1/4 cup finely ground almonds
Stir well; place in clean dry container. To use place approx. 1 tbls
of scrub in palm and add enough water to make a soft paste. Massage
into skin. Rinse well.

333. Oatmeal Facial (For Oily Skin)
Make a creamy paste of oatmeal and water. Apply to face, let dry
completely. Remove by very gently rubbing off with your fingers.
Pear Ambrosia Facial Mask
1 fresh, ripe pear
1/2 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon heavy cream
Peel and core the pear. Cut up into small pieces and place in a small dish.
With a fork, mask the fruit into a smooth paste. Add the honey and cream.
Using a small pastry brush or your fingers, spread the mixture evenly over
your face and neck. let sit for 15 minutes and then rinse with warm water.
Splash your face with cool water and pat dry.

334. OATMEAL-CITRUS SCRUBBING GRAINS
1 C. dried orange and lemon peel
1 C. cooked oatmeal
1 C. blanched almonds
Place peels, oats, and almonds in a blender and whirl until the mixture is a
fine powder. Store powder in an attractive container in the bathroom.
To use, place a bit of the grains in the palm of your hand and moisten with
a few drops of warm tap water. Rub the paste onto your face with a gentle
circular and upward motion. Rinse off with tepid water and pat dry. You can
finish your cleansing by rinsing your face with one of the facial rinsing
lotions or smoothing on a facial cream.

335. OATMEAL-HONEY SCRUBBING CREAM
1/2 C. uncooked oatmeal
1 T. honey
1 T. cider vinegar
1 tsp. ground almonds
Combine all ingredients in a glass or enamel bowl.
To use, wet a clean washcloth with very warm water and lay it on your face
for a minute OR first steam your face with an herbal vinegar. Apply the
oatmeal mixture to your face, being careful to avoid the sensitive area
around your eyes. Let mixture dry on your skin completely.
If your skin is young and firm, you can gently rub the dried mixture off
with a clean terry washcloth or towel. Lean over the sink and rub your face
in brisk, but gentle, circles with the cloth. Rinse with warm water, pat
dry, and apply a fresh facial cream.

336. OATMEAL-TOMATO MASK (for blemished skin)
1 ripe tomato, chopped
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 T. instant oatmeal or old-fashioned rolled oats
Blend ingredients in a blender until just combined. Apply to skin, making
sure the mixture is thick enough to stay on blemished areas. Add a bit more
oatmeal to thicken the mask, if necessary. Leave the mask on for 10 minutes,
then scrub off with a clean washcloth dipped in warm water.

337. Oatmeal Mask and More
1Tbls. oatmeal powder
egg white
2-3 drops of lemon oil
Mix and spread on face. leave on til dry or 20min.

338. Oat/Corn/Wheat
Mix 2 T. oatmeal,
2 T. cornmeal,
2 tsp. wheat germ,
1 T. honey
1/4tsp. orange or almond extract in a bowl.
Add just enough water to make a paste.
Scrubbing your face and body with this mixture washes off dead skin
cells and makes your skin feel very soft. For a skin-softening mask,
leave on face for 10 minutes before rinsing. But be careful where
you rinse-this stuff can clog sinks!

339. Orange & Oats Scrubbing Grains
1 cup dried orange peel
1 cup cooked oatmeal
1 cup almonds
Place peels, oats, and almonds in food processor, blend until mixture
is a fine powder. Place some in the palm of your hand and moisten with a
few drops of warm water. Rub paste onto face with a gentle circular
motion. Rinse with warm water.

340. Orange Poppy Body Scrub
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of poppy seeds
1/4 teaspoon of orange essential oil
Instructions:
Thoroughly combine all of the ingredients together. While under the shower
use the mixture to exfoliate by taking about a tablespoon at a time and
gently massaging it against your skin and then rinsing it off again when
finished.

341. ORANGE JUICE-TAPIOCA MASK (soothes skin and retards
wrinkles)
1 T. tapioca
2 T. honey
1/2 C. fresh orange juice
In a small saucepan over low heat, mix tapioca and orange juice. Stir in
honey and let the “pudding” simmer until thickened, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and cool. Spread the mixture over your face and neck and
let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse.

342. Oatmeal Mask
1 Cup Pink Clay
2 Tablespoons of Oat Flour (ground oatmeal)
1 Tablespoon Chamomile Flowers, ground
1 teaspoon finely ground Rose Hip Seeds
Mix all this together and store in an airtight container.
To use take about 1-2 Tbsp of the mask, and add enough distilled
water to get a paste consistency. I actually did a pure lemon juice (to
whiten skin and to restore skin’s natural acid mantle) diluted in water, 1
tsp honey (moisturizing), then added a couple drops of Tea Tree oil
(antibacterial). It was nice and tingly.

343. PAPAYA FACIAL
1/4 ripe papaya
4 tsp. green cosmetic clay
1 1.2 tsp. aloe vera gel
Purée all ingredients. Smooth it over the face and neck; leave on for 20
minutes. Rinse with cool water.

344. Papaya Skin Treatment
A fresh mashed papaya applied as a face mask will remove dead, flaky
skin.

345. Peach Mask (For Dry Skin)
Mash a fresh peach, mix with enough warm olive, peach kernel or almond
oil to form a spreadable paste.

346. PEACH TIGHTENING MASK
1 ripe peach, peeled and pitted
1 egg white
Whip peach and egg white together in a blender until smooth. Gently pat the
mixture all over the face. Relax for 30 minutes, then rinse off with cool
water.

347. Peel-Off Mask
1 packet Un-flavored Gelatin
1/2 Cup Fruit Juice
Heat together gently to dissolve the gelatin. Let cool until almost
set. Apply to face, let dry completely, peel off.

348. Peppermint Patty Scrub (For Oily Skin)
2 cup rolled oats
1 cup almonds
2 tsp dried lavender
2 tsp dried peppermint
2 cup white cosmetic clay
Grind oats, almonds and herbs to a very fine powder in blender or with
a mortar and pestle. Mix ground herbs with clay, store in covered
container. To use: mix 1 heaping tsp of mixture with water to make a paste.
Massage into skin then rinse well with warm water.

349. PEPPERMINT MUD MASK (for oily skin)
2 T. rubbing alcohol
1 tsp. peppermint extract
2 tsp. fuller’s earth
Combine all ingredients. Apply to face, avoiding eye area. Leave on for 10
minutes.

350. Peach Tightening Mask
1 peach, ripe, peeled, pitted
1 egg white
whip the peach and egg white together in a blender until smooth. Gently pat
mixture all over your face. Relax for 30 minutes, then rinse with cool
water.

351. Pineapple-Cornmeal Face Scrub
Mix a half cup of any type cornmeal (blue is pretty) with one
tablespoon of pineapple juice. Double this if you like, but use it all. Using
your fingertips, take a few minutes to massage the mixture gently all
over your face with circular motions
Relax for about 10 minutes, then rinse off with tepid-to-cool water.
Use only natural, unsweetened, unprocessed juice. To be sure, buy a
small bottle of pure juice from a health-food store, or squeeze from fresh
pineapple. Drink or eat whatever you don’t use for your facial. Or,
keep any extra juice tightly capped & refrigerated. (Fresh whole/cut
pineapple never seems to do well in the fridge for long, but the
juice does a bit better.)

352. PLUM MASK (for blemished, oily skin)
6 plums
1 tsp. almond oil
Boil the plums; cool. Mash plums with almond oil.

353. Pore Exfoliation mask
mix baking soda hydrogen peroxide and water into a paste and apply to your
skin. let it dry the wash off with cool water.

354. ROLL-OUT SCRUB (for acne)
WARNING: Very harsh! Use only every third day.
1/2 C. oatmeal powder
1/8 C. salt
1/8 C. farina
1/8 C. yogurt
Combine all ingredients except yogurt. Store the dry ingredients in a jar
with a tight-fitting lid. To use, wet your face with plenty of hot water.
Combine a tablespoon of the scrub mixture with a tablespoon of the yogurt.
Apply to face, rubbing gently with your fingers for about 1 minute. Rinse
face with 20 splashes of hot water. Follow with Lemon Rinse.

355. ROSE PETAL STEAM FACIAL
1 pot fresh water
1 handful rose petals
Boil the water, then remove from heat and toss in the rose petals. Steep 5
minutes, so rose oils diffuse into water. Lean over pot at least 10 inches
from surface and drape towel over head. Close eyes; steam 5 minutes with
breaks as needed. Rinse with cool water, then pat dry.

356. Salt Scrub
1/2 cp Sea Salt
1/2 cp sweet almond oil
1/2 oz plain M&P soap
Mix first two ingredients
Melt M&P soap
Whisk into other ingredients while liquid.
Add fo/eos Of course you can use whatever oils you want.

357. Salt Scrub 2
1 1/4 cup sea salt
1/4 cup sweet almond oil
1/8 cup liquid hand soap with aloe vera in it
5 200UI Viamin E capsules
.5 ml. peppermint EO
.5 ml lavender EO
.5 ml rosemary EO
I put it all in a squeeze bottle and shook it up. It’s really great!
I used a lot more salt that what the original recipe calls for so it
would be more of a scrub and added a little more oil.

358. Salt Glow Scented Body Scrub
1 cup salt, any kind – the different sizes give a different feel
1 cup vegetable oil, any kind – a lighter one might rinse off more easily
1 cup unscented liquid soap
Few drops of scented oil of your choice
Mix all the ingredients and massage into the skin… use a light touch,
especially with the coarser grains of salt, until you are used to it.
Shower as usual. This will give your skin a polished, moisturized glow
while removing dull, dead cells. Do not use on irritated skin or right
after shaving.

359. Scented Salt Body Scrub
Ingredients:
3 cups fine sea salt
3/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup sweet almond oil
essential oils as desired
Preparation:
Mix salt, olive oil, and almond oil in a glass bowl. Add an essential oil,
such as peppermint, for scent. Store in a tightly sealed glass jar.
This scrub is perfect after a bath or shower while the skin is still warm
and damp. Massage a tablespoon or two onto the skin in small circles. Leave
on for five to 20 minutes, then rinse.
* Note: Do not use any equipment with copper, aluminum or teflon finishes
because these will react with the ingredients. Stick with stainless steel,
glass, ceramic or plastic. Also, if the scrub is used on children, the
elderly, or if pregnant, check with an aromatherapist concerning the use of
essential oils.

360. SCRUB AND GLOW FACIAL CLEANSER
1 C. oatmeal, uncooked
1 T. salt
1/4 C. farina
Grind oatmeal in a blender until soft but still flaky. DO NOT powder it.
Combine oatmeal with farina and salt. Splash face with hot water to wet it
thoroughly. Pick up mixture with moist fingers. Rub face with the powder. Be
gentle, but rub all of your facial skin. Rinse with hot water (15 splashes
will suffice). Apply Vinegar Rinse. Use for 5 to 8 days, then return to a
milder cleanser.

361. SOFTENING MASQUE (emollient)
1 egg yolk
1/3 C. avocado, peeled and mashed
1/3 C. milk
Beat the egg yolk until fluffy. Add milk and avocado, mixing thoroughly with
the yolk. Apply to face and leave on for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with hot
water.

362. Strawberry Drawing Mask
1/2 C strawberries, very ripe
1/4 C cornstarch
mix strawberries and cornstarch together to make a paste, apply it to your
face avoiding the eye area. Leave it on for 30 minutes, rinse with cool
water.

363. Strawberry Belly and Breast Scrub
This soft-skin body scrubs smells as
delicious as it feels. Fresh, ripe strawberries make an excellent cleanser
and moisturizer. Rich in healthy skin nutrients (such as vitamins A, C, and
E) they possess a harmonious pH balance, like skin itself.
INGREDIENTS:
12 ripe strawberries
2 tablespoons cold-pressed avocado oil
4 tablespoons pureed cucumber (with skin and seeds)
3 tablespoons distilled witch hazel solution
3 tablespoons rice flour
1 teaspoon aloe gel
PREPARATION:
1. Trim the strawberry stems, cut away any white parts, then mash with a
fork. Pour the avocado oil into another bowl, add the pureed cucumber, and
stir well. Add the mashed strawberries and witch hazel. Sprinkle the rice
flour over the wet mixture and fold in. Last, add the aloe and stir to form
a smooth paste.
2. Mist your breast and upper chest with a body mist. Leave for 5 minutes,
then apply the scrub with your hands or a sea sponge. Relax for 15 minutes,
then rinse thoroughly. Dry and moisturize.

364. Strawberry Mask (For Oily Skin)
Mash strawberries then use as a cleansing face mask.
3. Sweet Strawberry Face
8-9 Strawberries
3 TBSP. honey
using a fork mask strawberries into a pulp, add honey. mix. do not over
blend or it will be runny. apply directly to the skin, let it set for a few
minutes then rise off.

365. Sweet Face Scrub
Ingredients:
2-1/4 tsp. yogurt
1-1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. brewer’s yeast
Preparation:
Mix ingredients in a glass bowl. Gently massage into skin immediately,
before the sugar dissolves (sugar is the exfoliant). Rinse with warm water
and pat dry.

366. Sugar Body Scrub
Ingredients:
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
Preparation:
Mix sugar and oil in a glass bowl. This scrub is milder and simpler to make
than the salt scrub. If this scrub is for one person, it might be better to
cut the recipe in half.

367. Tomato Mask (For Oily Skin)
Use mashed or sliced tomato for enlarged pores.

368. VEGETABLE MASK (for troubled skin)
1 T. cucumber
1 T. parsley
1 T. yogurt
Whirl in the blender until fluffy. Apply to clean skin

369. Yogurt Mask (For Oily Skin)
Apply natural unflavored yogurt adding honey and/or oatmeal if
desired.

370. YOGURT MUD PACK
3 T. fuller’s earth
3 T. plain yogurt
Mix to make a paste and pat onto the face with gentle, upward strokes. Let
dry on the skin for 15 to 20 minutes, then rinse off with warm water.

371. Yogurt/Buttermilk/Betonite Clay Face/Body Mask
1 tsp *hot* Water
1/2 tsp Dead Sea Salts, dissolved in the hot water.
2 tsp Buttermilk
2 Tbls Plain Yogurt
5 drops Chamomile EO
15 drops Lavender EO
3 drops Tea Tree EO
2 slightly heaped Tbls of Betonite Clay (Powdered, bought at health food
store)
Mixed these up and went to take a nice soaking steamy shower. Put on
face, arms, torso, and legs. Was tingly, cooling, and felt kinda
nice. Let sit for 15.. 20ish minutes, then rinsed off. It left a slight
oily residue on my skin, which I can only assume was the buttermilk since
the yogurt I used was supposedly non-fat. I’ve never had the oil residue
left from my usual face mask recipe. Finished shower. Skin still
felt tingly for a few hours afterwards, but it was a nice sort of tingle.
I have somewhat sensitive skin, but not terribly.
So far, no pimples or red spots have appeared from this little
experiment, and it’s 2 days later. I think it was a success. Anyone
who wants, feel free to use. I include yogurt and buttermilk because
they’re two natural sources of alpha hydroxy acids. If anyone recalls the
stories of southern women using buttermilk to keep their skin soft
and pale. Well I’m trying it for nixing freckles. We’ll see. Store
bought AHA lotions have worked so far, but they tend to be a little harsh.

372. YOGURT-CITRUS MASQUE (for normal or oily skin)
1 C. plain yogurt (not low-fat)
1 tsp. freshly squeezed
lemon juice
1 tsp. freshly-squeezed orange juice
1 tsp. carrot juice
Mix well. Apply to face and leave on for 10 to 15 minutes; rinse with tepid
water.
Oils

373. Anti-cellulite Massage Oil
Base oil:
Almond oil–2 tablespoons
Carrot–5 drops
Jojoba–5 drops
Blend well.

374. Essential oil blend:
Fennel–8 drops
Grapefruit–14 drops
Lemon–8 drops
Blend well. Then add to base oil blend. Blend well.

375. Blossom Groves Massage Oil
8 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops orange blossom oil
2 drops lemongrass oil
2 drops neroli oil
This is a citrus-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

376. Crescent Moon Massage Oil
10 tsp. wheat germ oil
6 drops chamomile oil
4 drops neroli oil
2 drops rose oil
1 drop basil oil
This is a green-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

377. Cleansing Body Polisher with Olive Oil
1 cup fine sea salt
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup melted M&P from Wal-Mart
1/2 tsp.. peppermint essential oil
This one I just mixed all together. It made a thick paste (when it
set up) that I put in a wide mouth jar to dip out with your fingers. I
think I would use this more as a foot scrub or a hand/body scrub, but not
on my face.

378. Cleansing Body Polisher with Jojoba Oil
1 cup fine sea salt
1/2 cup jojoba
1/2 cup liquid soap
1/2 tsp.. orange essential oil
I poured about 1 1/2 cups of boiling water over a bunch of grated
homemade soap. I stirred it and smushed it until it cooled off
enough to mush it with my hands. Then I poured it through one of those cone
shaped colanders (used for canning) with the petistal (sp?) that comes to a
point at the end. I pushed it through the strainer and then strained
it again, this time removing most of the remaining soap particles. Then
I measured 1/2 cup of the liquid to use in the Body Polisher recipe.
This one came out liquidy and would work best in a plastic bottle with a
flip top lid so you could pour it.

379. Diuretic Massage Oil:
Fennel–10 drops
Grapefruit–12 drops
Juniper–8 drops

380. DreamTouch Massage Oil
4 drops Clary Sage
3 drops Ylang Ylang
5 drops Neroli
Place in 1/4 cup fractionated coconut or your favorite carrier, then rub
slowly and softly.

381. Dysmenorrhea Massage Oil
Chamomile Roman–10 drops
Chamomile German–10 drops
Clary Sage–15 drops
Fennel–10 drops
Marjoram–5 drops
Mugwort–10 drops
Lavender–25 drops
Dilute in 4 ozs of Evening of Primrose. Massage the uterine region.
May diffuse undiluted.

382. Echoes of the Wild Massage Oil
10 tsp. safflower oil
5 drops orange blossom oil
2 drops sandalwood oil
2 drops jasmine oil
This is a citrus-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

383. Erotic Massage Oil – Arabian Nights
Coriander 3 drops
Frankincense 3 drops
Lime 2 drops
Rose 2 drops
Add to 25ml base oil.

384. Erotic Massage Oil – Velvet Seduction
Rose 2 drops
Sandalwood 5 drops
Ylang Ylang 2 drops
Add to 25ml base oil.

385. Exotic Patchouli Massage Oil
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
7 drops patchouli oil
4 drops jasmine oil
2 drops rose oil
This is a woodsy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

386. Erotic Massage Oil – Sultry Nights and Roses
Geranium 3 drops
Patchouli 2 drops
Rose 3 drops
Add to 25ml base oil.

387. Exquisite Sandalwood Massage Oil
8-10 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops sandalwood oil
2 drops lavender oil
2 drops rosewood oil
2 drops rose oil
This is a woodsy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

388. Exhaustion during Pregnancy.
Coriander–8 drops
Grapefruit–8 drops
Lavender–8 drops
Use 6 drops in a bath; 6 drops in 2 teaspoons carrier oil for a body
massage; or 5 drops in a bowl of hot water for a foot bath.

389. Fall Harvest Massage Oil
12 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops bergamot oil
2 drops cardamom oil
2 drops jasmine oil
1 drop orange blossom oil
This is a citrus-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

390. Falling Stars Body Mist
2 cups distilled water
3 tbs. vodka
5 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops chamomile essential oil
10 drops valerian essential oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a spray bottle, shake well. Allow to
settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

391. Fat Attack Massage Oils:
Are made by combining:
30 drops essential oil blend
2 tablespoons almond oil
10 drops of carrot oil
Blend the almond and carrot oil together before blending in the essential
oils.

392. Forest Nights Massage Oil
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
5 drops rosewood oil
2 drops cedarwood oil
2 drops chamomile oil
This is a woodsy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

393. Fruity Herb Massage Oil
Ingredients:
½ cup of walnut oil
1 Tablespoon of grated grapefruit
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried basil
Instructions:
Put all of the ingredients together in a small saucepan and heat gently on
the stove top. Do not let your mixture get to boiling point. Then once the
mixture is combined, let it cool down completely. Once cool, pour the mix
into a sealable jar and leave it to rest for about one week, then strain the
mixture to be rid of all the the grapefruit pieces and then pour the mix
into a bottle and its ready for use.

394. General Fat Attack Massage Oil:
Cypress–10 drops
Grapefruit–8 drops
Oregano–2 drops
Rosemary–10 drops

395. Headache (Hormonal) Formula
Chamomile Roman–2 drop
Chamomile Blue–2 drop
Geranium–4 drops
Myrtle–2 drops
Nutmeg–1 drop
Sage–3 drops
Spearmint–1 drop
Dilute in 1 oz carrier oil.

396. Manly Massage Oil
Ingredients:
¼ cup of mineral oil
1/8 cup of castor oil
1/8 cup of sweet almond oil
6 drops of sandalwood oil
4 drops of bay oil
3 drops of bergamot oil
2 drops of lime oil
Instructions:
Pour all ingredients into a bottle and shake well until all is blended. And
shake the bottle well again before using.

397. Massage Oil
For trouble spots
2 Tbsp Carrier Oil
10 drops Lavender
8 drops Rosemary
4 drops Ginger
3 drops Peppermint
Store in a dark bottle. Shake bottle before using in the morning and
evening.
398. MASSAGE OIL
1 qt. oil (from list)
4 to 8 drops essential oil (optional)
1 oz. herbs (from list)
Combine ingredients and bring to a boil in a glass or enamel pan. Simmer 20
minutes, then cool. Strain through a double layer of cheesecloth. Add
essential oil for scent, if desired. Store in a labeled, light-proof bottle.
Oils Corn, safflower, soy, olive, peanut, apricot kernel, almond, avocado or
walnut, or any combination Herbs for dry skin: Alfalfa, rose, chamomile
for oily skin: Lemongrass, witch hazel, marigold for stimulation: Peppermint,
rosemary, thyme for relaxation: Sage, catnip, chamomile

399. Menopausal Sweats
Grapefruit–10 drops
Lime–10 drops
Sage–7 drops
Thyme–3 drops
Dilute in 2 tablespoons carrier oil. Massage all over the body and use 5
drops of the blend in a daily bath.

400. Minty Fresh Massage Oil
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
3 drops eucalyptus oil
4 drops rosemary oil
2 drops peppermint oil
This is a green-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

401. Night Dreams Massage Oil
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops chamomile oil
4 drops jasmine oil
2 drops rose oil
1 drop lavender oil
This is a floral-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

402. Oriental Delight Massage Oil
Ingredients:
8 teaspoons of peanut oil
6 drops of orange oil
2 drops sandalwood oil
2 drops rosemary oil
1 drop jasmine oil
Instructions:
Thoroughly mix all of the ingredients together, by placing them all in a
sealable bottle or jar and shaking vigorously.

403. Passage of India Massage Oil
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
7 drops sandalwood oil
2 drops orange oil
2 drops rose oil
1 drop cinnamon oil
This is a spicy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

404. Pina Colada Massage Oil
1/4 Cup Castor Oil
1/4 Cup Sweet Almond Oil
1/2 Cup Mineral Oil
1/4 teaspoon Coconut Fragrance Oil
1/4 teaspoon Pineapple Fragrance Oil
Combine all ingredients in a bottle and shake gently until well blended.
Shake before each use

405. PMS Massage Oil
Carrot Seed–5 drops
Clary Sage–10 drops
Fennel 10–drops
Lavender–20 drops
Marjoram–30 drops
Mugwort–5 drops
Rosewood–20 drops
Dilute in 4 ozs of carrier and massage as needed.

406. Post-pregnancy Depression #1
Geranium–6 drops
Grapefruit–15 drops
Neroli–8 drops
Use up to 25 drops in 2 tablespoons massage oil (or dab on as a perfume); 3
drops in a room diffuser; or 6 drops in a bath.

407. Post-pregnancy Depression #2
Geranium–8 drops
Grapefruit–10 drops
Mandarin–6 drops
Use up to 25 drops in 2 tablespoons massage oil (or dab on as a perfume); 3
drops in a room diffuser; or 6 drops in a bath.

408. Pre-menstrual Blend
10 Drops Geranium
15 Drops Lavender
5 Drops German Chamomile
3 Drops Cypress
Place essential oils in 4 oz of fractionated coconut or your favorite
carrier oil. Rub on abdomen as necessary. Patch Test of course.

409. Sensuous Massage Oil
Choose 3 or 4 oils from these oils: Clary Sage, Geranium, Grapefruit,
Jasmine Absolute, Mandarin, Myrrh, Neroli, Orange Sweet, Patchouli,
Petitgrain, Rose, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Vetiver, and Ylang-Ylang.
For your carrier oils, choose from Jojoba, Macadamia Nut, Sesame, or
Sweet
Almond.
The ratio is 15 drops essential oils to 1 oz of carrier oil.
In a colored glass bottle, add your essential oils starting with base notes,
working up to top notes. Top off with carrier oil. Gently shake the bottle
to mix the oils.

410. Sexual Energy Oil #1:
Cardamom–2 drop
Ginger–4 drops
Patchouli–5 drops
Sandalwood–4 drops
Dilute in 1/2 oz carrier oil. Wear to attract sexual partners.

411. Sexual Energy Oil #2
Jasmine–3 drops
Sandalwood–3 drops
Tangerine–4 drops
Ylang Ylang–5 drops
Diffuse or dilute in 1 oz carrier oil for massage.

412. Solid Chocolate Massaging Bars
Ingredients:
½ cup of melted cocoa butter
1 Tablespoon of bees wax
1 Tablespoon of coconut oil
Instructions:
Melt the cocoa butter, bees wax and the coconut oil in a double boiler and
then mix the oils well to combine them. Then remove from the heat and let
the mixture cool just a little to release some of the heat. Before it is too
cool pour the mixture into candy molds and allow it to continue cooling over
night. These bars are have a chocolatey aroma and are solid when they are at
room temperature but melt easily at body temperature, when rubbed in your
hands. To use your bar rub it in your hands and the bar will start to melt
and you can then use it to share a massage or on freshly shaved legs.

413. Soothing Sensations Massage Oil
10 tsp. safflower oil
5 drops lavender oil
2 drops violet oil
2 drops chamomile oil
2 drops frankincense oil
This is a floral-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

414. Spice of Life Massage Oil
10 tsp. olive oil
6 drops ginger oil
4 drops jasmine oil
2 drops orange oil
This is a spicy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

415. Stretch Mark Oil
Rose–4 drops
Rosemary–1 drop
Camellia Oil–1/2 teaspoon
Sesame Oil–1/2 teaspoon
Vitamin E Oil–1/2 teaspoon
Wheat Germ Oil–1/2 teaspoon
Massage on stretch mark area.

416. Summer Rain Massage Oil
6-8 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops lavender oil
2 drops rose oil
2 drops jasmine oil
This is a floral-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

417. Tea Tree Temptations Massage Oil
8 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops jasmine oil
2 drops tea tree oil
2 drops neroli oil
This is a spicy-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.

418. Vanilla Massage Oil
Ingredients:
1 cup of grape seed oil
½ teaspoon of vanilla oil
Instructions:
Simply blend the two oils together by putting them both into a bottle and
shaking the bottle vigorously. Then just shake the bottle well again, before
each use.

419. Vegetable Oils
Apply any of the following vegetable, seed or nut oils to the skin
a) Virgin olive oil
b) Sesame oil
c) Peanut oil
d) Avocado oil

420. Wild Fields Massage Oil
6-8 tsp. grapeseed oil
6 drops chamomile oil
2 drops rose oil
2 drops rosemary oil
This is a green-scented massage oil. Blend ingredients well. Pour into a
small bottle and seal well. Warm up oil before doing any massage.
Misc.

421. AGING SKIN FIGHTER
2 tsp. plain yogurt
1/2 tsp. honey
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
3 capsules vitamin E
(equivalent of 300 units)
Combine yogurt, honey and lemon juice. open the vitamin E capsules and fold
contents into the mix. Leave on skin for 15 minutes.

422. ALMOND-BUTTER HAND SOFTENER
1 T. almond oil
1 C. butter
Mix well. Before bed, massage mixture into hands, then cover with white
cotton gloves. Wear all night while sleeping.

423. Almond Cleanser
Grind almonds to a fine powder in a blender. Wet face then rub on
almond powder. Rinse. Store powder in a tighly sealed container.

424. Amaze Body Mist
2 cups distilled water
3 tbs. vodka
5 drops hypericum perforatum essential oil
10 drops cypress essential oil
10 drops rosemary essential oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a spray bottle, shake well. Allow to
settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

425. AVOCADO-YOGURT HAND TREATMENT
1 mashed avocado
Juice from 1/2 lemon
1/2 C. plain yogurt
Petroleum jelly
Mix together the avocado, lemon juice and yogurt. Slather over hands; leave
on for 10 to 15 minutes, then rinse off. This will gently slough off dull
skin and will gradually fade age spots, also. After rinsing, lavish on
petroleum jelly or super-rich hand cream and then wear white cotton gloves
for one hour or overnight for maximum hydrating.
Note: do not use this slougher more than twice a week as it can be
irritating. Also, do not apply it to cuts or sores as it may sting.

426. Basic Skin Toner
Mix 1 cup witch hazel, 1/4 cup white vinegar and 1/4 tsp. mint
extract. If you want, drop in some fresh peppermint leaves. Dab on your
face with
a cotton ball to hydrate skin and remove excess dirt from pores.
Cucumber A cooling, gentle astringent. Use the juice or mashed pulp.

427. Beeswax Lip Balm
2 tablespoons beeswax
1 tablespoon coconut oil
Melt the ingredients over a double boiler. Pour into a container while
still hot since it will harden as it cools. Makes about 1/4 cup.

428. Blond Hair Highlighter
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon Irish moss
1/4 Cup molasses
Soak the Irish moss in the water for 5 minutes. Then simmer for several
minutes over low heat until the mixture is thick. Add the remaining
ingredients. Apply to freshly shampooed hair and let soak for 3-5 minutes.
Then rinse off with warm water. Makes about 1 cup, enough for two
applications.

429. BLUEBERRY TONIC (soothes and nourishes skin)
Make this mask the day you plan to use it.
3 T. steamed, crushed blueberries
1/2 C. sour cream or plain yogurt
Purée ingredients in a blender at low speed until well mixed and fluffy.
Apply to face and neck. Rinse off with tepid water after 15 to 20 minutes.
If mask is too runny after blending, refrigerate for one hour.

430. BROWN SUGAR CALLUS EXFOLIATOR
1 C. brown sugar, moistened with rose water
1/2 C. petroleum jelly
Rub onto calluses on hands, knees and feet. Wash off.

431. Buttermilk and Fennel Cleansing Milk (For Oily Skin)
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp crushed fennel seeds
Heat the milk and fennel seeds in top of double boiler for 30 minutes.
Turn off heat, let steep for 2 hours. Strain, cool, pour into bottle
and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

432. CHAMOMILE STEAMING FACE CLEANSER
1 tsp. chamomile leaves
Mix in a heatproof bowl. Hold face 10 inches from water for 8 minutes;
follow with a tightening mask.

433. Chamomile Cleansing Milk (For Dry and Sensitive Skin)
1/4 cup cream
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp chamomile flowers, fresh or dried
Simmer ingredients in top of a double boiler for about 30 minutes, do
not allow milk to boil. Turn off heat and let sit for about 2 hours,
strain. Keep refrigerated. Apply with cotton balls to the face. Variations:
Use elderflowers, sweet violets or lime blossoms in place of chamomile.

434. 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.

435. Chamomile / Mint Astringent (Non-alcoholic for Sensitive Skin)
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint (or 2 tbs. dried)
2 tbs. dried chamomile flowers, crushed
4 cups water
Combine ingredients in a small saucepan. Boil for 10 minutes, then remove
from heat and allow to steep for 5 minutes. Strain liquid into a jar, cover
and refrigerate. Will keep 2 weeks refrigerated. Apply with cotton balls
to skin. This astringent is especially good for sensitive or very oily skin.

436. Chocolate lip gloss
1 1/2 tsp grated cocoa butter
1/2 tsp coconut oil
1/8 tsp vitamin E oil
1/4 tsp grated chocolate or 3 small chcolate chips
In a double boiler or microwave heat the cocoa butter, coconut oil, and
vitamin E oiluntil melted.
Stir in the chocolate chips and keep stirring until melted and well blended
Pour into small container and allow to cool before using

437. CIDER STABILIZING RINSE
1/4 C. cider vinegar
1/4 C. water
Combine vinegar and water and gently wipe your face with the mixture. Let
this rinse dry on your skin

438. Cinnamon Soap
Unscented glycerin soap
10 drops cinnamon oil
1 drop red food coloring (optional)
In a heavy saucepan, melt the glycerin soap over low heat until liquefied.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cinnamon oil and food coloring
until well mixed. Pour the soap into a mold and let set for 3 hours or
until hardened. Makes one 4-ounce bar.

439. Citrus Astringent
3 tsp. lemon extract
Juice of one lime
1/2 cup rubbing alcohol
Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Transfer to a jar and shake well.
Store in the refrigerator, will keep up to 6 months. Tightens pores,
refreshes skin, and helps remove oils from skin.

440. Citrus Blooms Body Splash
2 cups distilled water
3 tbs. vodka
1 tbs. orange peel, finely chopped
1 tbs. lemon peel, finely chopped
5 drops lemon verbena essential oil
10 drops mandarin essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
Combine the fruit peels with the vodka in a jar, cover and let stand for 1
week. Strain the liquid, add the essential oils and water to the liquid.
Let stand for 2 weeks, shaking jar once a day. Keep in a dark bottle or
keep in a cool dark area.

441. Cocoa Butter Minty Lip Balm
1-1/2 parts cocoa butter
1-1/2 parts grated beeswax
3 parts edible vegetable oil of your choice (almond, apricot kernel,
avocado, extra virgin olive, hemp seed, jojoba, kukui nut, macadamia nut,
castor all work well… but keep in mind if you plan on selling lip balm or
giving as a gift, that some people are allergic to nut oils)
Spearmint and/or peppermint flavoring oil
Melt the cocoa butter and beeswax slowly and carefully in a microwave, or
over a double boiler on the stove until melted. Add oil and stir well. Add
spearmint or peppermint flavoring oils, or both, a few drops at a time, to
taste. Gently reheat if needed. Cool slightly before pouring into
containers. To test consistency, place a drop on a spoon and set in the
refrigerator to cool for a few minutes. Test on your lips. For a softer
lip balm, add more oil. For a harder lip balm, add more beeswax.

442. Cooling Foot and Body Powder
1/2 cup powdered arrowroot
1/2 cup cosmetic clay
2 tbs. powdered ginger
20 drops tea tree oil (or lavender essential oil)
This light, fragrant powder absorbs moisture and fights bacteria to
eradicate perspiration and body odor. It also helps relieve athlete’s foot.
It contains tea tree oil and powdered ginger, both of which have antiseptic
and antifungal action. If you’re making a body powder, you may prefer to
use lavender essential oil in place of the tea tree oil; it has a little
less antiseptic power, but more fragrance. Instructions for making powder:
In a large jar, combine the arrowroot, cosmetic clay and ginger. Cover and
shake to mix. Add the tea tree or lavender oil and shake again. You may
want to sift the powder through a fine mesh strainer to break up any drops
of oil. Store in a covered, dark glass jar. Apply as needed to feet or
body. Stored in a cool, dry place, the powder will keep indefinitely.

443. Cooling Summer Body Spray
1 tbs. witch hazel
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 tsp. cucumber extract
1 cup water
For a refreshing cool feeling, make an after shower spray by combining all
the ingredients. Place in a pump spay bottle and spritz onto skin.

444. Cornmeal Cleanser (for Oily Skin)
Castile soap
1 Tsp Cornmeal
Wet face. Pour a little castile soap into the palm of your hand, add
cornmeal. Mix meal and soap into a lather, wash face, being careful to
avoid the delicate skin around the eyes.

445. CUCUMBER-LEMON TONIC (soothing astringent for oily skin)
This tightens pores, soothes sunburn, and can be used as a natural
deodorant, also.
1 C. witch hazel
Juice of 1 lemon
3 T. coarsely chopped cucumber
Mix in a clean glass bottle, then let set for 2 days. Remove cucumber. Keep
lotion in a cool place or the refrigerator to use as a splash.

446. CUCUMBER-ROSE REFRESHER
3 oz. cucumber juice
3 oz. distilled witch hazel
1 1/2 oz. rose water
Mix together and place in a clean jar. Refrigerate. After cleansing face,
soak a clean cotton ball with the lotion and gently pat over skin.

447. Custom – Scented Glycerin Soap
1 lb. block of glycerin soap
1/8 to 1/4 oz. of essential fragrance oil
1 cup boiling water and 1/2 cup powdered herbs or rose petals or oatmeal,
cornmeal or almond meal (herbs & meals are optional)… OR… 1/4 to 1/2
cup herbal infusion (tea)
Melt glycerin in double boiler with water (or herbal infusion). If using
powders, stir in with non-metallic spoon. Let cool slightly (not enough to
harden – still pourable) and add the scent. Mix in and pour into molds or
saran wrap-lined box. Let harden, cut into bars and bevel the edges and
rough spots with a paring knife. This recipe can also be made with castile
soap flakes or they can be used in combination with the glycerin soap.

448. Custom – Scented Hair Gel
2 tbs. flax seeds
1 cup water
Few drops essential oils
Place flax seeds and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from
heat and let sit for about 15 to 20 minutes. Strain and allow to cool
completely. Add the essential oils when cooled. Place in a glass container
and store at room temperature.

449. 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.

450. Do it Yourself “Petroleum” Jelly
2 oz. beeswax or wax of your choice.
1 cup of the oil of your choice.
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler or in microwave.
Stir in the oil Remove the mixture from the heat and stir
until it is cool.

451. Eggwhite Toner
Clean face thoroughly using any natural cleanser. Apply raw eggwhites
to the skin and leave on for at least 15 minutes. Wash off with tepid
water.

452. EGG-HONEY MOISTURIZER
1 egg yolk
2 T. honey
Mix ingredients together until a light paste is formed; apply to face and
neck, avoiding eye area and mouth. Leave on for 10 to 15 minutes; rinse off
thoroughly with tepid water.

453. Enchanted Body Mist
2 cups distilled water
3 tbs. vodka
5 drops everlasting essential oil
10 drops peony essential oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a spray bottle, shake well. Allow to
settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

454. 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.

455. FRUIT PUNCH REFRESHER
1/2 C. lemon yogurt
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. lime juice
1 tsp. grapefruit juice
Mix; leave on face for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold club soda.

456. Hair Color – Blonde Highlights for Hair
1 cup lemon juice
3 cups chamomile tea (brewed and then cooled)
Mix ingredients together. Pour over damp hair. Let it sit for 1 hour while
you sit in the sun. Wash out.

457. Hair Color – Red Highlights for Hair
1/2 cup beet juice
1/2 cup carrot juice
Mix ingredients together. Pour over damp hair. Let it sit for 1 hour while
you sit in the sun. Wash out.

458. Herbal Aftershave
1/2 cup rubbing alcohol
1/4 cup witch hazel
1/2 cup distilled water
3 drops oil of benzoin
1 tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup dried herbs and/or a few drops of essential oils of your preference
(some ideas for herbs: rosemary, sage, cinnamon, cloves, crushed lavender
flowers, orange or lemon peels, etc.)
Combine ingredients in a jar. Cover and place in a dark, fairly cool place.
Shake the jar once or twice a day for 2 to 3 days. Strain out herbs and
refrigerate.

459. Herbal Blemish Treatment
1 cup water
1/4 C parsley
1 TBSP mint leaves
1/4 watercress
3 medium size carrots(peeled and xhopped)
1 egg white
Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30
minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. In a blender mix infusion with
carrots and egg whiteon medium speed for 45 seconds
Apply to face , let sit for 10 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water
Cover and refrigerate immediately, discard after 3 days

460. HERB GARDEN SPLASH
2 C. white vinegar
1/4 C. honey
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. savory
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. crushed bay leaves
Combine all ingredients and store in a sterilized glass jar for 1 week.
Shake occasionally to mix contents. Strain and pour into a tightly capped
bottle.

461. HERBAL FACE STEAM (deep pore cleanser)
1 qt. water
1 handful any herbs*
Juice and peel of 1/2 lemon
Bring water to a boil. Add juice and peel of lemon and herbs. Turn off the
heat and take the pot to a table. Cover your hair with a shower cap or towel
and drape another towel over your head and the pot, holding your face about
10 inches above the water. Keep your eyes closed and let the steam do its
magic cleansing for about 15 minutes. Afterward, rinse with COLD water to
close the pores.
* Use any herbs you have available: rosemary, thyme, mint, marjoram, basil,
parsley, cloves, caraway, anise or fennel seeds, chamomile, lavender or
elder flowers.

462. High Protein Moisturizer
Beat 1 egg yolk into 1 cup whole milk. Apply to face with fingertips.
Bottle and store remainder in refrigerator

463. Honey Hand Cleanser
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon liquid soap
1/4 cup almond or walnut oil
Combine the ingredients and mix until smooth. Makes about 1/3 cup.

464. Honey Cleanser (For Dry Skin)
Castile soap
1 Tsp Honey
Wet face. Pour a little castile soap into the palm of your hand, add
honey. Mix honey and soap into a lather, wash face.

465. Hot Oil Treatment for Hair
1 tsp. soybean oil
2 tsp. castor oil
Few drops fragrance oil (optional)
Combine ingredients and warm on low heat. Massage mixture into the scalp
and hair. Wrap hair in a hot towel for 15 minutes. Shampoo and rinse out.

466. Lemon Toner
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup distilled water
2/3 cup witch hazel
Combine all ingredients. Pour into a clean bottle or decorative
cosmetics container. Shake well before using. Apply with a clean cotton ball.
Note: Lemon is a strong astringent, dilute with water before using, being
careful to keep away from eyes.

467. LEMON ASTRINGENT (for oily skin)
1/2 C. witch hazel
1/4 C. lemon juice
Mix. Apply to face and neck with a clean cotton ball.

468. LEMON RINSE
This is the strongest acid rinse. Mix a fresh batch every five days. It
becomes stale after the fifth day and should be discarded.
1/4 C. lemon juice, freshly-squeezed
1 1/2 C. water
Combine lemon juice and water. After cleansing, smooth mixture over your
face and allow to air dry.

469. LEMON SOAK (for dry, rough feet)
1 bowl warm water
Juice of 1 lemon
Add lemon juice to warm water in bowl. Soak feet for 15 to 20 minutes.

470. Lemony Lavender Toner
3 drops lemon oil
3 drops lavender oil
3 teaspons of distilled water
Use a soft cotton ball to massage mixture into the skin after
cleansing. Follow with a moisturizer if desired

471. LUSCIOUS BODY POLISHER
2 C. plain yogurt
1 T. wheat germ
1 T. honey
1 T. almond oil*
* Omit almond oil if skin is acne-prone.
Mix all ingredients. Dampen skin in shower and massage mixture all over.
Rinse with warm water. Rinse immediately with cold water to boost
circulation.

472. Makeup Remover and Moisturizer
1/2 cup paraffin
1 cup mineral oil
1/2 cup water
2 tbs. alum
Slowly heat paraffin with the oil in a double boiler. In a separate
saucepan, heat the water until it simmers, then dissolve the alum in it.
Let cook, then add to the warm mineral oil and paraffin mixture. As
everything cools, the paraffin will rise to the top. Drain off the water.
The residue is your makeup remover.

473. Margarine
Buy a pound of natural margarine from the health food store, NOT the
supermarket. Store in refrigerator. Apply enough to cover smooth skin.
It will absorb into the skin and surprisingly, does not leave a greasy
residue.

474. Mechanic’s Hand Cleanser
1 cup borax
1 to 2 tsp. pure turpentine
1 tsp. sweet orange essential oil
1 cup 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 for him to open when his hands are
greasy, and which you won’t mind getting dirty on the outside. Don’t forget
to put a nail brush and pumice stone out with the hand cleanser.

475. Misty Passions Perfume
3 drops passionflower oil
2 drops ylang-ylang oil
3 drops neroli oil
1/2 pint (300ml) 70 percent alcohol or vodka
Pour the alcohol into a bottle or jar. Add the oils and shake well. Let
stand for 1 week before using.

476. Milk and Honey Cleanser
Mix 1 tsp warm honey with 1 tablespoon milk or cream. This recipe
should be prepared fresh each time.

477. MOLDED MASSAGE OIL BAR
4 T. solid vegetable shortening
3 T. solid cocoa butter
2 T. solid coconut oil
1 T. beeswax
1 T. paraffin wax
10 drops orange essential oil (or whatever you like)
Heat all the above, except essential oil, in a microwave (power 7) for
approximately 3 minutes or melt in a double boiler.
Stir until liquid. If you want them colored, add a crayon or wax dye. Beat
for several minutes until emulsified and slightly thick. If it isn’t
thickening, place your bowl in ice water as you beat it with an electric
mixer.Add essential oil.Pour into metal or lightly oiled plastic/glass
molds.(Chocolate molds work well and are about the right amount for a body
massage.) Refrigerate until set.Wrap in plastic and store in a cool place.
To use, simply hand warm your molded oil and give a massage to your favorite
person or give yourself a foot massage.

478. NATURAL LEMON SKIN EXFOLIANT
1/2 to 2/3 C. granulated sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
Mix sugar and lemon juice to form a paste.
While showering invigorate your skin with the paste. Use the inside of the
lemon rind to rub heels and elbows.

479. Oriental Nights Perfume
4 drops sandalwood
4 drops musk
3 drops frankincense
2 tsp. jojoba oil
Mix all the ingredients together and shake well. Allow perfume to settle
for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

480. Paraffin Wax Treatment For Hands -
You will need:
1 block paraffin wax (about 4 oz)
an ounce of oil
20 drops of essential oil… lavender is rather nice
189 of
a few drops of olive oil ( you will use this to coat your hands)
a casserole dish that you have greased with oil before hand
plastic sandwich bags
Melt the paraffin, the ounce of oil, the scented oil in a double
boiler. Be sure to use a double boiler for safety purposes. Very
carefully pour the wax into the dish and wait until a skin has
formed on the top of the wax. When this happens, the temperature
should be about right for submerging your hands.**But before you
do, be sure to test the wax for comfort in case the wax is still a
little too warm for your liking. Testing a little on your wrist
usually works. Get your hands ready by washing them and then pat
them dry with paper towel. Smooth on the olive oil and be sure
to cover every inch of your hands and fingers. Dip each hand into
the wax repeatedly until you have several layers of wax built up on
your hands. Have someone help you put on the sandwich bags onto each
hand and then relax for about 30 minutes. For added benefit, place a
bath towel over your hands as you wait. This is a perfect time to
watch a half hour of tv. Now comes the time to remove the wax… simply
peel it away. Start at the wrist area and pull it down. It should
come off in large sections. Give yourself a little hand massage and
you are done.

481. Protein Toner
Beat together 1 Tbsp milk, 1 tsp honey and 1 egg. Apply to face and
neck. Leave on as long as desired. Rinse off with warm water followed by a
splash of cold.

482. Rose
Use 2 parts rose water and 1 part glycerin to make a lotion. Apply
nightly and work into skin.

483. ROSE WATER
1 C. rose petals
1/2 C. rubbing alcohol
1 1/2 C. water
Simmer rose petals in water for 10 minutes. Strain. Preserve with alcohol or
just refrigerate without preserving. Store up to 1 week in the refrigerator.

484. Rose Water & Glycerine Astringent
1/2 pint olive oil
1 ounce rose water
a few drops of glycerin
1 ounce vodka

485. ROSE-ROSEMARY LOTION
1 oz. rose petal tea or
rose water
1 oz. rosemary tea
1 T. egg white
Whirl in the blender. Store in a clean, tightly-capped, jar in the
refrigerator.

486. Sage Astringent
4 Tbsp dried sage
4 Tbsp vodka
1/4 tsp borax
3 Tbsp witch hazel
10 drops glycerin or honey
Steep the sage in vodka for 2 weeks then strain. Dissolve borax in
witch hazel, stir in the saged vodka and glycerin. Pour into bottle with a
tight cap. Shake before each use.

487. Sesame Oil Cleanser (For Dry Skin)
Apply sesame oil to face and neck. Remove oil and makeup with a
washcloth that has been soaked in hot water and wrung out. Finish with a
rinse
of the pH Balancer.

488. Scented Rocks (A Nice Alternative to Potpourri)
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup salt
1/4 tsp. essential oil in your favorite scent
2/3 cups boiling water
Food coloring, if desired
In bowl, mix dry ingredients well. Add essential oil and boiling water to
dry ingredients. (Scent will be strong, but will fade slightly when dry.)
For colored stones, blend in food coloring, one drop at a time, until
desired shade is reached. Blend ingredients and form balls. Allow stones
to dry. Place rocks in a bowl or dish to scent a room.

489. SKIN BOOSTER
4 T. dried dandelions
4 T. chamomile
5 T. rosemary
1 (12-inch) square muslin or cotton
Place herbs in center of fabric. Bunch edges of fabric together. Secure with
rubber band or string to form a scrubber. Place in a pot of boiling water.
Remove from stove. Steep 10 minutes. Remove scrubber and save the water
as
it contains herbal juices. Place scrubber in a glass dish until it cools to
room temperature. Sweep over entire body, one area at a time, with long
strokes, continually moistening scrubber in the herbal water. First stroke
in an up-and-down direction, then in a circular motion. Leave herbal residue
on for 20 minutes; rinse with tepid water.

490. SKIN CONDITIONER (for oily or scaly skin)
1 oz. lemongrass
1 oz. cornmeal
1 oz. witch hazel
1 oz. rose petals
Blend lemongrass, cornmeal, witch hazel and rose petals, then mix 1 ounce of
this mixture with 1 quart boiling water. Let steep 20 minutes. Strain into
bath water. Soak at least 10 minutes. Use two times a week or more.

491. “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!

492. Soapless Hand Cleanser
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon oatmeal or ground almonds
1 tablespoon glycerin
2 tablespoons witch hazel
Combine the ingredients and mix until smooth. This may be used to remove
dirt from the hands and fingernails, and is less drying on the skin than
soap and water. Makes enough for 1 application.

493. SOOTHING CUCUMBER CREAM
1 whole cucumber, unpeeled
1/2 oz. white paraffin
2 oz. sweet almond oil
Cut the cucumber into chunks and purée it in the food processor or blender.
Strain the pulp through a strainer lined with cheesecloth.
Melt the wax in a small bowl in the top of a glass or enamel double boiler
over medium heat. As soon as the wax is melted, slowly add the oil, stirring
gently. Add strained cucumber and blend thoroughly.
Remove the pot from the heat and cover with a clean towel. Let the mixture
cool very slowly to prevent crystals from forming in the wax. Stir mixture
once or twice until cool. When the mixture is completely cool and smooth,
store it in a tightly capped glass container in the refrigerator. It will keep
for two months.
To use, smooth a bit of cream every night around the tender skin of your
face and neck.

494. Soothing Scented Aftershave
2 cups rubbing alcohol
1 tbs. glycerin
1 tbs. dried lavender
1 tsp. dried rosemary
1 tsp. ground cloves
Stir ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a jar, cover, and
refrigerate for 3 to 4 days. Shake occasionally to mix ingredients. After
3 to 4 days, strain out herbs. Keep refrigerated, will keep for 1 to 2
months. Yield: 2 cups.

495. Strawberry
Mash strawberries, use as an astringent and cleansing face mask.
Sweet Butter Cleansing Cream (For Dry Skin)
Whip sweet, unsalted butter, transfer to container with a tid lid. May
be stored at room temperature away from heat sources or refrigerate.

496. STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM ASTRINGENT (for oily or blemished
skin)
1 handful strawberries
1 heaping T. heavy cream
Mash strawberries by hand or in a blender. Add heavy cream and mix well.
Spread thickly on face and neck (a shaving brush is handy for this) and let
your skin benefit for 10 minutes. Tissue off, then splash face and neck with
cool water.

497. STRAWBERRY TONER (oily skin astringent)
1/2 C. mashed strawberries
1/2 C. sour cream or plain yogurt
Purée ingredients in a blender at low speed until sell mixed and fluffy.
Apply to face and neck; rinse with tepid water after 30 minutes. If mask is
too runny after blending, refrigerate for one hour. Make mask the day you
plan to use it.

498. SUPER DRY SKIN FORMULA
1 pt. pure aloe gel
1 oz. (tube) zinc oxide paste
2 T. sunflower oil
Few drops vitamin E oil
Whip ingredients together. Store in a container. Smooth over damp skin
after
a shower or bath.

499. Swimming pool hair care- to keep blonde
hair from turning green
2 TBSP baking soda
1/4 C lemon juice
1 tsp mild shampoo
Mix together all ingredients until well blended.
Wet hair and massage mixture well into hair and scalp,
making sure hair ends are coated. Cover hair with
plastic bag or shower cap and leave on 30
minutes. Rinse hair well and shampoo as usual.

500. Violet
Simmer violet flowers in a little milk to make a softening and mildly
astringent face lotion.

501. VINEGAR FACIAL CONDITIONER (for moderately oily skin)
1 C. water
1 T. vinegar (any type)
Mix water and vinegar in a bottle. Apply up to 1/4 teaspoon of mixture to
face after each cleansing. Let dry naturally, without patting.

502. VINEGAR RINSE
1/4 C. apple cider vinegar
1 basin warm water
This restores the natural pH balance or acid mantle to your skin.
Pour vinegar into warm water. Splash your face thoroughly. Let dry without
using a towel. Acne sufferers should try this also, but be sure to start
with a perfectly clean face.

503. Whispering Rain Body Mist
2 cups distilled water
3 tbs. vodka
5 drops sandalwood essential oil
10 drops bergamot essential oil
10 drops cassis essential oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a spray bottle, shake well. Allow to
settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

504. WITCH HAZEL SKIN CLARIFIER
3/4 C. witch hazel
1/4 C. rubbing alcohol
Mix the ingredients and store in a tightly capped, sterilized glass bottle.
To use, moisten a clean cotton ball and clean your face with this solution
after washing and before applying moisturizer. Your skin should feel tingly
while using this clarifier.

Tooth and Mouth Care
All Natural Toothpaste
Ingredients:
1/4 tsp peppermint oil
1/4 tsp spearmint
1/4 cup arrowroot
1/4 cup powdered orrisroot
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ground sage
Instructions:
Mix all of the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add water until the paste is desired the
consistency. Store at room temperature in a tightly covered jar.
You can also substitute 1/2 tsp each of oil of cinnamon and oil of cloves for
peppermint/spearmint if desired.

Breath Fresheners
1) Chew fresh parsley to sweeten the breath.
2) Chew fennel seeds to freshen the breath.
3) Chew anise seeds to freshen the breath.
4) Chew a few peppermint or spearmint leaves or drink a cup of peppermint tea
5) Add 1 drop of myrrh oil to 1 cup of cooled, boiled water. Use as
gargle/mouthwash. tea

Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
2 Tbsp dried lemon or orange rind
1/4 cup baking soda
2 Tsp salt
Place rinds in food processor, grind until peel becomes a fine powder. Add baking
soda and salt then process a few seconds more until you have a fine powder. Store
in an airtight tin or jar. Dip moistened toothbrush into mixture, brush as usual.

Basic Toothpaste
1 Tsp of the Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
1/4 Tsp Hydrogen peroxide
Mix into a paste and brush as usual.

Loretta’s Toothpaste
1 Tsp baking soda,
1/4 Tsp hydrogen peroxide
1 drop oil of peppermint
Mix to make a paste, dip toothbrush into mixture, brush as usual.

Lemon Clove Tooth Cleanser
Mix:
Small amount of finely powdered sage
1 ounce of finely powdered myrrh
1 pound powdered arrow root
3 ounces powdered orris root
20 drops oil of lemon
10 drops oil of cloves
12 drops oil of bergamot
Rub oils into the powdered ingredients until thoroughly mixed.

Strawberry Tooth Cleanser
1 Tsp of the above Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
1 Tbsp crushed ripe strawberries
Mix strawberries and powder into a paste and brush as usual.

Vanilla & Rose Geranium Toothpaste
1/2 ounce powdered chalk
3 ounces powdered orris root
4 teaspoons of tincture of vanilla
15 drops oil of rose geranium
Honey, enough to make a paste
Combine all ingredients and mix until you have a paste the consistency you like.
Store in an airtight container.
Use a clean stick (popsicle) to scoop paste onto brush. Store the stick in same
container.

Tooth Care
1) Mash some fresh strawberries and use as you would any other “tooth paste”
2) Using fresh sage leaves, rub over the teeth to clean and whiten.

Rosemary-Mint Mouthwash
2 1/2 cups distilled or mineral water
1 tsp fresh mint leaves
1tsp rosemary leaves
1 tsp anise seeds
Boil the water, add herbs and seeds, infuse for 20 minutes. Cool, strain and use as a
gargle/mouthwash. If you wish to make up a larger quantity, double or triple the
recipe then add 1 tsp of tincture of myrrh as a natural preservative.

Spearmint Mouthwash
6 ounces water
2 ounces vodka
4 teaspoons liquid glycerine
1 teaspoon aloe vera gel
10-15 drops Spearmint essential oil
Boil water and vodka, add glycerine and aloe vera gel. Remove from the heat, let
cool slightly. Add spearmint oil, shake well. Pour into bottle, cap tightly.

Nail & Hand Care
For dry nails
2 tsp. gelatin
1/2 glass fruit juice
mix together, drink at once
repeat daily for atleast 6 weeks. Regularly, soak fingernails in a bowl of warmed olive
oil for about 5 min. Dry with soft towel, gently pushing back cuticles.

Dill And Horsetail Nail Bath
2 tb (30ml) chopped horsetail
2 tb (30ml) dill seed
1 c (225ml) boiling water
Pour the water over the two herbs and steep for at least an hour.
Strain the liquid into a bottle. Both these herbs contain silicic acid, which helps to
strengthen nails. Warm the mixture before using and soak your nails in it for ten
minutes every other day.
For weak nails
Massage wheat germ oil into cuticles.
Fingernail Treatments
1) Beat 1 egg yolk in a small bowl. Soak fingernails for 5 minutes. Rinse.
2) Forget the Palmolive Madge! Make a solution of pure castile soap and water in a
large bowl, soak hands and nails for about 10-15 minutes.

Dill & Horsetail Nail Soak
2 Tbsp chopped horsetail herb
2 Tbsp dill seeds
1 cup boiling water
Pour water over herbs, steep for 1-2 hours. Strain and bottle. To use: warm some of
the solution, pour into a small bowl, soak nails for 10 minutes.

Lady’s Mantle Hand Mask
2 Tbsp finely ground oatmeal
1Tbsp lady’s mantle infusion
1 tsp avocado oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp glycerin
Mix all to form a smooth paste. Apply to hands at bedtime. Leave on for 1/2 hour,
wash off and apply moisturizing cream overnight (wear gloves) Wash off in the
morning.

Cornmeal Hands Mask
Mix 1/4 cup corn meal with 3 Tbsp. milk. Heat over low heat until a paste forms. Add
1 drop almond oil. Let cool. Spread on hands, leave on for about 10 minutes. Rinse.

Lady’s Mantle Hand Lotion
2 Tbsp of a strong infusion of lady’s mantle
2 Tbsp glycerin
2 tsp carrageen moss (Irish Moss) melted in a little hot water
4 Tbsp vodka
10 drops essential oil of rose or geranium
Stir glycerin into melted moss. Add essential oil to vodka, then blend into the
glycerin mixture. Stir in lady’s mantle infusion, blend well. Pour into jar, cap tightly.
Shake before using.

Heavy Duty Barrier Cream
4 Tbsp Unpetroleum Jelly (available in natural foods stores)
2 handfuls fresh elderflowers
Melt jelly, add elderflowers. Steep for 45 minutes, reheating the jelly when it
solidifies. Reheat until mixture is liquified, strain through a fine sieve into a jar. Cool,
then cap tightly.

Heavy Duty Gardeners Hand Cream
2 Tablespoons of shaved beeswax
1/2 Teaspoon of carnuba wax
2 Tablespoons of jojoba oil
1 Teaspoon of aloe vera gel
10 drops of Vitamin E oil ( or 4 capsules)
1 drop of your favorite essentail oil for fragrance
Melt the first four ingredients in a stainless steel pot on the stove or use a glass
pyrex cup in the microwave. Remove from heat and beat until cool, adding the
Vitamin E oil before mixture thickens. Continue beating until this mixture becomes
creamy. Add your favorite essential oil, continue beating until cream has completely
cooled. Spoon your cream into a jar, store in a cool dark place.

Banana Hand & Foot Cream
Dry hands and feet will become smooth and soft overnight if you mix:
Bananas
Honey
Lemon juice
Natural margarine
Smear on hands and wear white gloves to bed. Wash off in the morning. For dry
feet, smear the mixture on and wear heavy socks to bed, wash off in the morning.
Wheatgerm Hot Oil Fingernail Treatment
Soak fingernails in warmed wheat germ oil for about 5 minutes. Wipe off oil, then
massage nails. Strengthens weak and brittle nails.

Eye Care
1) The best overall eye tonic is eyebright (an herb). Make a tea of it and either use
the teabags or soak cotton balls or soft gauze in the tea and apply to eyes as a
compress while lying down.
2) For puffy and swollen eyes, make a wet compress of 4 Tbsp. freshly grated raw
potato. Place on the eyes for about 15 minutes, then rinse with cold water.
3) To reduce swelling and for bags under the eyes, brew a cup of strong rosehip tea.
Soak 2 cotton balls in the tea or use 2 tea bags, lie down and place over the eyes.
4) For dark cirles, cut a fresh fig in half, place a half over each eye.
5) To soothe tired, irritated eyes, cut the end of a cumber into 1/4 in thick slices.
Apply a cool slice to each eye.
6) Raw potato slices laid on sore eyes reduces heat and redness.
7) For eye puffiness, any tea bag (herbal is better, especially eyebright), slightly
cooled, placed on the eyes while you rest.
8) For tired or bloodshot eyes, soak sterile cotton balls or soft cloth in cold skim milk.
Place over eyes for 10 minutes. Rinse entire face in warm,then cool, water.
9) To lighten dark circles under your eyes, wrap a grated raw potato in cheesecloth
and apply to eyelids for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Lip Balm and Lip Gloss
Here’s How to Make Your Own Lip Balm and Lip Gloss!
1.) The basic formula is:
1/4 cup vegetable or nut oil
1/4 ounce beeswax
1 teaspoon honey or glycerine (humectants)
1/2 to 1 teaspoon natural flavoring oil aka Essential Oil.
Heat the oil and beeswax in a double boiler (or microvave) until the beeswax is
melted. Remove from heat and whip with an electric beater until creamy.
Add the honey or glycerine and approx 5 drops flavoring oil; whip some more. Add
more flavoring if desired. Store in small glass jars, small tupperware bowls,
decorative tins or film containers. Try different oils on your lips to choose the best
one for your skin and taste preference. If the Balm is too hard (waxy), add more oil
to your mixture. If it is too soft, add more wax.
You can add a few drops of beet juice for a beautiful & natural red color.
But instead of going to that trouble, you can just shave off a little of your lip stick
for that beautiful (not natural) color. Don’t use food coloring, it may contain alcohol
base.
Never use extracts found in cooking sections of the grocery stores as they contain
alcohol. Use safe essential oils. The good part about them is they have thousands of
great flavors. Comfrey, Rosemary, Tea Tree or Camphor Oils are excellent for healing
effects.
How do you know if it’s time to throw away your gloss? If it changes color, odor, or
texture, throw it away.
Basic Lip Gloss Fun!
Ingredients:
Paraffin wax
Coconut oil
Petroleum jelly
Candy melts (to color the gloss and make it taste sweet)
Oil-based candy flavoring (if you want a special flavor)
Grater
Wax paper
Ziploc bag
Small container (recycle old lip gloss / balm containers or other makeup containers,
even 35mm film containers work well. Other places to look include, stores that carry
beads, crafts, or fishing tackle supplies.
How to:
Grate a bit of paraffin wax onto wax paper. Put ¼ teaspoon grated wax into the
plastic bag. Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 teaspoon petroleum jelly, and 1 candy
melt to color the gloss and make it sweet. Add 1/8 teaspoon oil-based candy
flavoring if you like. Seal the bag and put it in a bowl of hot water to melt the
ingredients, for approximately 3-5 minutes. (Use tap water! Please never use a
microwave or stove to heat the water). When all the ingredients are melted, take
the bag out of the water. Move the ingredients around in bag to mix. Make sure you
work quickly. Clip off a tiny corner of the bag and squeeze gloss into the clean
container. Let it set for an hour. If you can’t wait that long, just put this in the
refrigerator for 15 minutes. Use a cotton swab to apply gloss to help your product
last longer. Your lip-gloss should last a long time. If it changes color, odor, or
texture, though, throw it away.
2.) Basic Lip Balm II
1/2 ounce beeswax beads, refined
4 ounces sweet almond oil
2 teaspoons essential oil or food flavoring oil
Put the 4 ounces of sweet almond oil in measuring cup, add beeswax beads and melt
in microwave. Stir with spoon, and when cooled a bit, add essential or flavoring oil.
Pour into jars or containers.
3.) Cranberry Lip Gloss
1 tablespoon sweet almond oil
10 fresh cranberries
1 teaspoon honey
1 drop of vitamin E oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave for a couple of minutes or until the mixture just begins to boil.
(Bowl may also be heated in a pan of water on a stovetop).
Stir well and gently crush the berries.
Cool mixture for five minutes and then strain through a fine sieve to remove all the
fruit pieces. Stir again and set aside to cool completely.
When cool, transfer into a small portable plastic container or tin.
4.)Silky Smooth Lip Balm
2 Teaspoons Olive Oil
1/2 Teaspoon Grated Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets
1/2 Teaspoon Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter
1/2 Teaspoon Honey
Any Flavored Oil To Taste
1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative) (optional)
5.) Honey Balm
3 oz. Almond Oil
2 Teaspoons Honey
1/2 oz. Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets
1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative)
1-4 Drops Essential Oil
6.) Almond Lip Gloss
2 Teaspoons Grated Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets
3 – 6 Drops Flavored Oil
1 Teaspoon Sweet Almond Oil
3 Drops Honey
1 1/2 Teaspoon Cocoa Butter
1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative)
7.) Helps heal cold sores.
1 oz. Emu Oil
1 oz. Almond Oil
1 oz. Avocado Oil
1/2 oz. Shaved Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets
1/4 oz. Aloe Vera Gel
6 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
2 Drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
3 Drops Lime Essential Oil
8.) Honey Lip Balm
2 tsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. beeswax
1/2 tsp. cocoa butter
1/2 tsp. honey
3 drops essential oil (I like orange.)
1 vitamin E capsule
Measure oil, beeswax and cocoa butter into a glass or enamel pan.
Melt over low heat. A hotplate works well and reduces the risk of overheating the
oils. Stir the mixture often until the wax is melted. Remove from heat and stir in the
honey and essential oil. Pinch open the vitamin E capsule and squeeze the contents
into the mixture. Stir well. Pour the mixture into containers.
9.) Aloe Vera Lip Gloss
1 tsp aloe vera gel
1/2 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp petroleum jelly
Mix the ingredients in a glass bowl, and microwave for 1 – 2 minutes.
Pour into container.
10.) Vasoline Lip Balm
3 parts vasoline
1 part beeswax
flavoring
Mix well
11.) Chocolate Balm
3 Tbsp. Cocoa Butter
4-5 Chocolate Chips
1 capsule, Vitamin E
Melt and blend ingredients with a spoon until smooth, put into a container
and refrigerate until solid.
12.) Vanilla Lip Gloss
1 tablespoon grates beeswax
1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
1/8 teaspoon vitamin E oil
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
Slowly heat beeswax, coconut oil, and vitamin E oil until melted.
Stir in the vanilla extract then cool
13.) Vanilla Lip Balm
1 TBL Petroeum Jelly
1 TBL Aloe Vera Gel
1 1/2 tsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp vanilla
Heat in double boiler (or microwave) then pour into container to cool.
14.) Candle Wax Lip Balm
1/2 a teaspoon of melted candle wax.
2 teaspoons of Olive Oil.
1/2 a teaspoon of Shea Butter or you can also add Cocoa Butter.
1/2 a teaspoon of Honey and any flavor of oil to taste.
one vitamin E capsule to preserve the Lip Balm
15.) Eyeshadow Lip Balm
Take an eyeshadow break it up and mix it with vaseline or beeswax.
For a glossy shine, use an irridescent or glittery eyeshadow.
White/silver/grey glossys are best.
16.) Cocoa Butter Lip Gloss
1/2 tsp grated Beeswax
1 tsp cocoa butter
1 tsp almond oil, or olive
Melt all together by means of waterbath ( put in a cup & set in sink of hot water)
and then put into a lip balm container
**this is a butter recipe if you want something glossy but not too.. slick
17.) Castor Oil Lip Balm
3 oz castor oil
1.5 cocoa butter
1.5 beeswax
Melt in microwave. Add oil. Stir. Pour into containers.
18.) Sweet Balm/Gloss
2 tsp beeswax
1 tsp honey
7 tsp castor oil or jojoba or sweet almond oil
1/8 tsp. Flavor oil
Melt the oil and beeswax together in a little pan over low heat until
the beeswax is melted. Take off the stove and then add in your honey
and whisk it all together. When the mixture is nearly cool add in your
flavor oil, mix it up again and then pour into your lip balm container.
Since this comes out to be more like a gloss you can always add more
beeswax to it so that it is a little harder. Maybe another 1/2 tsp would
do it.
19.) Heal Sores Balm
3 oz almond oil
2 tsp pure honey
1/2 oz beeswax
1 tsp tea tree oil
Melt all together and stir while cooling.
20.) Quick & Easy Lip Balm
Spoon full of vasiline in a cup (you dont even need to heat it) .
Add some honey (depending on how sweet you want it).
Mix together or whip. Lip stick color shavings for color.
To solidify faster after putting it in a container, submerse it in a cup of
ice water or put it in the freezer until solid.
21.) Hemp Oil Lip Balm
3 T coconut oil
1 T castor oil
1 T sunflower oil
1 T hemp seed oil
1 T beeswax
1 T honey
Essential Oil to taste (I use peppermint)
Melt the wax, and coconut oil together (I use the microwave)
Add the honey and heat a little. Stir constantly and add your sunflower and caster
oil. As the mixture begins to thicken add the hempseed oil and your choice of
essential oil. STIR CONTANTLY until it thickens.
22.) Peppermint Lip Balm
2 Tbsp petroleum jelly
1 tspn beeswax
10-14 drops peppermint essential oil
In a small pot, melt the petroleum jelly, then add beeswax.
When melted, remove from heat and add peppermint essential oil.
Pour into a lip pot and cool.
23. ) Nude Lip Balm Trendy..
1/4 tsp. of aloe vera lotion
1/4 tsp. of your color of foundation
1 tbsp. of vaseline
Mix together in a small bowl with a cotton swab.
You can even skip the aloe vera lotion if you want.
24.) Fruity Lip Gloss –Made with Kool-Aid!
2 tbsp. solid shortening
1 tbsp. fruit-flavored powdered drink mix (Kool-Aid)
35 mm plastic film container
Mix shortening and drink mix together in a small microwave-safe container until
smooth. Place container in the microwave on high for 30 seconds until mixture
becomes a liquid. Pour the mixture into a plastic film container or any other type
of small airtight container. Place the fruity lip gloss mixture in the refrigerator
for 20 to 30 minutes or until firm.
25.) Cinnamon Lip Gloss
2 tablespoons petroleum jelly
1/4 teaspoon lipstick, any color
4 drops cinnamon oil
Place petroleum jelly in small microwave container. Top with lipstick. Microwave for
20-30 seconds on High power (100%), or until mixture has softened. Blend well. Mix
in cinnamon. Store in small container.

26.) Hard Candy Lip Gloss
2 Tbsp petroleum jelly
1 tspn beeswax
2-3 pieces of your favorite hard candy (jolly ranchers work great!)
In a small pot (or micorwave), melt the petroleum jelly, hard candy and beeswax.
Pour into a lip container and cool.
In a microwave, melt about eight chocolate chips with about four tablespoons of
cocoa butter and 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil. Stir at 20-second intervals until the
chocolate melts and the product is well mixed. Place in small containers and
refrigerate until hardened. Use as needed. Makes a great gift, too!
27.) Cocoa Butter Minty Lip Balm
1-1/2 parts cocoa butter
1-1/2 parts grated beeswax
3 parts edible vegetable oil of your choice (almond, apricot kernel, avocado,
extra virgin olive, hemp seed, jojoba, kukui nut, macadamia nut, castor all work
well… but keep in mind if you plan on selling lip balm or giving as a gift, that
some people are allergic to nut oils). Spearmint and/or peppermint flavoring oil
Melt the cocoa butter and beeswax slowly and carefully in a microwave, or over a
double boiler on the stove until melted. Add oil and stir well. Add spearmint or
peppermint flavoring oils, or both, a few drops at a time, to taste. Gently reheat if
needed. Cool slightly before pouring into containers. To test consistency, place
a drop on a spoon and set in the refrigerator to cool for a few minutes. Test on
your lips. For a softer lip balm, add more oil. For a harder lip balm, add more
beeswax.

28.) Chocolate Lip Gloss
1 1/2 tsp grated cocoa butter
1/2 tsp coconut oil
1/8 tsp vitamin E oil
1/4 tsp grated chocolate or 3 small chocolate chips
In a double boiler or microwave heat the cocoa butter, coconut oil, and vitamin E
oil until melted. Stir in the chocolate chips and keep stirring until melted and well
blended Pour into small container and allow to cool before using
29.) Beeswax Lip Balm
2 tablespoons beeswax
1 tablespoon coconut oil
Melt the ingredients over a double boiler. Pour into a container while still hot
since it will harden as it cools. Makes about 1/4 cup.
30.) Cocoa Butter Minty Lip Balm
1-1/2 parts cocoa butter
1-1/2 parts grated beeswax
3 parts edible vegetable oil of your choice (almond, apricot kernel,
avocado, extra virgin olive, hemp seed, jojoba, kukui nut, macadamia nut,
castor all work well… but keep in mind if you plan on selling lip balm or
giving as a gift, that some people are allergic to nut oils)
Spearmint and/or peppermint flavoring oil.
Melt the cocoa butter and beeswax slowly and carefully in a microwave, or
over a double boiler on the stove until melted. Add oil and stir well. Add
spearmint or peppermint flavoring oils, or both, a few drops at a time, to
taste. Gently reheat if needed. Cool slightly before pouring into
containers. To test consistency, place a drop on a spoon and set in the
refrigerator to cool for a few minutes. Test on your lips. For a softer
lip balm, add more oil. For a harder lip balm, add more beeswax.

31.) All Natural Leg Wax Recipe (Sugaring)
Most of us have seen the infomercials and seen the different leg
sugaring products at the drugstore. It’s so simple to make yourself
and so inexpensive that you’ll always make your own!

32.) Sugar Leg Wax
2 C sugar
1/4 C lemon juice
1/4 C water
2 tbsp vegetable glycerine
waxing cloth strips (buy at the drugstore) OR use strips of linen cut
to the size of these strips
wooden popsicle sticks (to stir the wax and to apply)
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Stir frequently while heating
to 250 degrees F or softball stage. Pour into jars and cover with
lids. If you use plastic jars, you’ll be able to microwave this
mixture instead of heating it on the stove. That’s it!! You just made
your own leg wax/sugar that you’d pay $20 for in the stores!
To use the Sugar Wax:
Heat in the microwave for ten seconds on high. Using a wooden stir
stick, stir VERY well. It should be warm but not HOT. Please be very
careful when heating up this wax – it’s very easy to burn yourself.
If the wax isn’t warm enough, place it back in the microwave for five
seconds, and stir again. Remember, this is hot sugar syrup- if it
gets too hot you’ll be badly burned.
Lightly powder the area to be treated. Spread a thin layer of the wax
on in the same direction as the hair grows. Apply the waxing cloth
strip over the applied wax, and rub down well to get the wax to stick
to the cloth. Pull your skin taut, and in one quick motion pull the
fabric off of your skin AGAINST the direction of hair growth.
Continue with the other areas of your leg or wherever you’re waxing.
When you’re done waxing a complete area, rub in lotion, aloe vera gel
(fresh is best) or oil to soothe your legs.
You can use the homemade waxing strips again if you soak it in soapy
water to dissolve the sugar off the fabric and then toss it in with
your wash as normal.