Bath Beauty - City Hair Shampoo

Bath Beauty - City Shampoo
City Shampoo is shampoo that is designed for people who live in cities. It helps to remove smog and god knows what else that your hair might have picked up. This is a MUST for you city lovers!

Ingredients
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

Instructions
In a heavy saucepan, bring the water to a boil
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
Pour the herbally infused water into a ceramic bowl
Add the shampoo concentrate
Stir until well mixed
Add the salt, witch hazel, almond oil, cinnamon oil and ylang-ylang oil to the mixture
Stir until thick
Bottle and close

Yes there are a lot of ingredients but if you live in a city they shouldn't be hard to come by at all. If you live in an apartment building you can put up signs talking about this great shampoo and how it restores your hair and removes all the gunk from city living from it. You might make a nice side income from this alone, at least enough to possibly afford that nice loft you've been eyeing.

Bath Beauty - Euphoric Bath Salts

Bath Beauty - Euphoric Bath Salts!

Who would want an exhilarating bath? That's what they are there for isn't it? Baths are meant to be relaxing but now they can also be euphoric. And what better way than with Euphoric bath salts!

Ingredients
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
Ylang Ylang

Instructions
Add sea salt, baking soda and oils to jar
Gently shake to mix
-Tip - Mix well!
Add to tub of running water

In order to completely compliment your bath desires you can always add some candles for a nice low level lighting effect and put some nice soft music on. Whatever your preference. This is a good idea for yourself or your lover if you want to be romantic. I will have tons more of these ideas coming up so keep you eye out! Happy Bathing everyone!

Bath Beauty - Apple Tart Soap

Bath Beauty Recipe - Apple Tart Soap!

OK its time to make our own soap. There are lots of different soaps and today I am going to give you the home recipe for making your own apple tart soap! Don't worry I will get around to posting other "flavors" as well in case apple tart isn't exactly the type of soap you want. Here we go!

Apple Tart Soap

Ingredients
4oz. Clear, Unscented Glycerin Soap
1 Tablespoon Liquid Soap
1 teaspoon Liquid Glycerin
1/2 teaspoon Apple Fragrance Oil
2 Drops Red Food Color
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Instructions
Melt soap in small pan over low heat or in a glass cup in the microwave.
Add Liquid Soap and glycerin and stir gently but well.
Add fragrance, color and cinnamon.
Stir and let stand a couple minutes.

- Tip - Let it stand 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.

That's it your done! Couldn't be simpler. You always think it might take more than this to make soap but it sure doesn't! And remember if you make a lot you can always sell some to your friends and neighbors!

Bath Beauty - Champagne Bubble Bath

Bath Beauty - Champagne Bubble Bath

- Tip - Everyone loves bubble baths, why not make it a little extra special by making it a 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.

- Tip - If it is 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 while twisting at the neck

It may not be spectacular but it is quite nice and definitely spices up the night. Besides who wouldn't like a "champagne" bubble bath?

Bath Beauty - Bath cookies!

Bath Beauty - Bath Cookies?
- Tip - These are non-edible, they are cookies for your BATH!

Ingredients
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

Instructions
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.
-Tip - You can decorate the cookies with clove buds, anise seeds, or dried citurs peel if you wish.
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, or until they are lightly browned.
-Tip - Do not overbake! So keep an eye on those cookies!
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.


Baths love cookies as much as we do, so don't forget to treat you Bath to some every once and while. It's also very relaxing, and as with anything that I will mention on this blog feel free to make as many as you need, then show you friends and sell them the rest!

Thanks for Reading!

Bath Beauty - Smooth Legs

Bath Beauty Recipe - Sugar Leg Wax

Instead of paying 20 dollars for leg wax, why not make your own? Here is a simple recipe with some hints on how to use it. To make your own sugar leg wax just follow the instructions!

Sugar Leg Wax
2 C sugar
1/4 C lemon juice
1/4 C water
2 tbsp vegetable glycerin
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.
- Tip - 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.

- Tip - *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.

Easy to make, do, and re-usable! There are plenty of other recipes coming up to help give you that amazing bath beauty, without all the expense of buying store products. And don't forget you can always sell it to your friends and family for a little side money!

Stay tuned for more Bath Beauty recipes!

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