Solid Sugar Scrub Cubes

Supplies you will need:

1 - 2lb block of melt & pour soap base (pinemeadows.net/bases.php)

4 fl oz golden jojoba oil (pinemeadows.net/soap.php)

2 1/2 cups - 3 cups of sugar

1/4 fl oz favorite fragrance or essential oil (pinemeadows.net/oils.php)

2 lb rectangle tray item #2525 (pinemeadows.net/misc.php)

soap cutter item #2006 (pinemeadows.net/soap.php)

*optional: FD&C color (pinemeadows.net/soap.php)

Directions:

Melt your soap base using a double boiling method (place a container into a water bath) , you want to melt it slowly and avoid overheating the soap base. When your base has melted, stir in your golden jojoba oil and then add your sugar. Next you will remove from heat source and add your fragrance or essential oil. If you chose to color your cubes then add your colorant also. Pour the mix into the mold and allow it to set up. When your sugar cube scrub has set up (approx. 1 hour) you can remove it from the tray (if it will not pop out easily place the mold into your freezer for a minute, this will contract the soap and make it pop right out). Use your soap cutter to cut your finished cubes out into the shape of sugar cubes or larger if you prefer. Place into a cute display jar and put them in your bathroom to use.

To use:

Take a sugar cube and scrub anywhere that you have rough, dry patches of skin. It will remove dried skin and reveal a softer skin.

Cocoa Butter bath fizzies/ part 4

To Use:

Drop a half round bath fizzie into a warm tub and enjoy the tingling sensation of peppermint and eucalyptus. The cocoa butter will moisturize your skin along with the water softening qualities of the sea salt and citric acid. Enjoy!

Cocoa Butter bath fizzies/ part 3

Recipe:

1 tbsp fine sea salt

1/2 cup baking soda

1/4 cup corn starch

1/2 cup citric acid

3 tablespoons of cocoa butter

7 drops of essential oil (4 drops of peppermint, 3 drops of eucalyptus)

mix all of your dry ingredients together, melt your cocoa butter and pour into the dry ingredients and stir until you have what appears to be a consistent blend. Add your essential oils in and stir again. You can add your sea clay if you would like a green half ball or omit if you would like it a natural cocoa butter color. Begin packing your mix into your molds using your spatula. Make sure you push hard so they are nice and firm. Allow to set in mold for approximately 1 hour. Remove from mold carefully and set on a paper plate or wax paper and allow to sit and harden over night prior to packaging.

Cocoa Butter Bath Fizzies part 2

You will need a half round bath fizzie mold

Cocoa Butter Bath Fizzies/ part 1

You will need the following items:

mixing bowl

mixing spatula

half round ball mold

glass pyrex or glass beaker

Ingredients:

baking soda

corn starch

cocoa butter

citric acid

fine sea salt

peppermint & eucalyptus essential oils

optional:

sea clay

Lotion Making Class

Lotion making class on Saturday April 3, 2010

Pat & Rita, thanks for signing up and taking the Lotion Making class!
I always enjoy teaching the art of lotion making to new people! We had a blast and
I am so excited because I remembered to take a picture this time.
OOps! Updated, picture was for lotion class.

Sign up now for our small hands on classes by clicking the link :
www.pinemeadows.net/classes.php

Muslin Bag Sachets:

Fill a muslin bag with Pine needles, lavender buds,
rose petals or any other fragrant flower petals from your garden.

If you choose to fill with a non fragrant fill you can scent it with a fragrance oil or essential oil. To do this you will want to mix it in a bowl and put a few drops of fragrance into the dried fill, mix it up good and then add to your muslin bags.

Try stamping the bag prior to filling (cute stamps that come in just about anything you can imagine....from a pine needle, lavender sprig, florals...... well you get the picture. All these at my local scrapbooking store.

You will need to insert a piece of cardboard into the bag , stamp and then remove the cardboard. Fill with your favorite scented herb and add a little tag with a catchy little note. This makes an inexpensive cute gift for any occasion.

We sell muslin bags in 2 sizes 3x5 or 5x7, click the link below
http://www.pinemeadows.net/misc.php