Foot or Hand soak (pre-pedicure or manicure)
You will need:-
Natural Sea Salt 500g
Bicarbonate Soda 100g
Seaweed Powder 50g
1 tbsp of Aloe Vera and Seaweed Gel
1 dessert spoonful of grain alcohol (vodka)
Geranium essential oil 1.5ml (37 drops)
Palmarosa Essential oil 1.5ml (37 drops)
Tea Tree 0.5ml (12 drops)
1 tsp of Grapefruit Seed Extract
Method:-
Mix all the dry ingredients using a sieve in one bowl and all the wet ingredients in a second bowl and then combine thoroughly. Store in an airless container e.g. a double thickness sandwich bag. Use one tablespoonful per hand treatment and two for a foot bath and ensure that all the air is pressed out of the bag before re-sealing. Use within 3 months.
Mandarin and Seaweed Soap
You will need:-
1 loaf tin lined with cling film or baking paper for a more crafty look
1kg of Melt and Pour Soap
50g of Seaweed Extract
10mls of Green Mandarin essential oil
10mls of Patchouli essential oil
10mls of Bergamot essential oil
5mls Lemongrass essential oil
5mls of Geranium essential oil
1 drop of green food colouring
The finely grated zest of two oranges
Method:-
Cut up the melt and pour soap into egg sized chunks and divide into two separate dishes (500g in each). Take the first dish and gently warm over a bain-marie until melted. Add the orange zest and the Green Mandarin and Patchouli essential oils and mix quickly. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and leave to cool Take the second dish of melt and pour soap and melt in the bain-marie. Add the food colouring, the Geranium, Lemongrass, and Bergamot essential oils and the Seaweed Extract and mix quickly. Pour into the tin on top of the hardened first layer. Sprinkle on the zest of the second orange and leave to cool. When hard, take out of the tin and slice like bread. Note: This soap is made with two layers you can do as many layers as you like by dividing the melt and pour at the beginning. You can also use individual moulds.
After Sports Bath Bombs
You will need:-
Bicarbonate Soda - 500g
Citric Acid - 250g
Natural Talcum Powder 80g
Seaweed Extract 20g
Poppy Seeds from a health store 5g
Witch Hazel approx 50ml
Food colouring (green)
Rosemary essential oil 1.5ml (37drops)
Peppermint essential oil 1.5ml (37 drops)
Lemon Eucalyptus 0.5ml (12 drops)
Moulds (silicon moulds recommended)
Method:-
Blend the dry ingredients together very thoroughly (use a sieve or a mixer). Add food colouring and essential oils into to the Witch Hazel and place in a spray bottle. Now, this is the difficult part. Spritz (with the spray bottle) the Witch Hazel onto your batch while stirring with the other hand. When your batch sticks together when squished, you need to start putting it in the moulds time is of the essence. If you wait too long, the mixture will get hard. If you spritz too much, the mixture will be too wet and grow and begin the fizzing reaction. Put the bombs in moulds wait a few minutes and tap them out. Let them air dry for 3 or 4 hours and you will have amazing bath bombs. The harder you pack the bath bombs, the more dense, heavy and durable bomb you will get.
