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renfos

PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:16 am


I just noticed I put this in the wrong section, it’ll fit here better I think.
I’ll be editing this post and adding more later.
Since I’m translating it from some of my books, if the phrasing is off, I’d appreciate if you told me so I can correct it.
Enjoy smile


Baths:

#Basic flower essence
Chop 1 glass of fresh flowers on a porcelain cutting board. Cover a bowl with a linen cloth so that the edges hang outside of the bowl, put the flowers inside. Pour a glass of warm water, cover it and leave overnight. In the morning take the cloth and wring it out into a pot, boil it slowly for the water to evaporate until about a spoonful is left. The essence has durability of about a month.

#Honey and salt
Add 1 kg linden flower honey, 1 liter of cream and 30 dkg of bath salt to warm water. Bathe for 15 – 20 minutes. The bath makes the skin smooth and soft. It cleanses the skin and is good for circulation. Use moisturizing balm after the bath.

# Pine
Put pine tree shoots (available In apothecaries, health foods hops and in herbal shops) in 2 – 3 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes, then strain and add to warm water with 200 g of linden flower or multi-floral honey. The bath works strengthening, calming and refreshing. It’s very fragrant.

# Honeydew
Add 100 g of Multi-floral honey or honeydew to warm water (37 degrees Celsius). This bath strengthens the body and moisturizes the skin.

# Basic bathing salt
1 glass of sea salt
½ spoon of glycerin
½ glass of bath salt
Mix the ingredients and put them in an air-tight jar. Add 1-3 spoons to your bath water.

#Blue bath salt
1 glass of sea salt
1 glass of baking soda
4 drops of blue food dye
3 drops of jasmine essential oil
4 drops of vanilla essential oil
2 spoons of glycerin
Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly, add the dye, then add the essential oils. Mix grinding all the lumps until you have homogeneous mass. Add glycerin and mix again. Keep it in an air-tight jar.

# Relaxing bath salt
1 glass of sea salt
1 glass of baking soda
3 drops of pine essential oil
2 drops of cinnamon essential oil
2 drops of vanilla essential oil
2 spoons of glycerin
Mix this like the recipe above, first the dry ingredients, then the liquid ones, mix thoroughly, then add glycerin.

# Sand bath salt
3 glasses of sea salt
1 glass of baking soda
2 spoons of glycerin
5 drops of yellow food dye
4 drops of red food dye
4 drops of musk essential oil
3 drops of jasmine essential oil
Mix salt, soda and glycerin thoroughly, until they combine. Add the essential oils and keep mixing. Divide the mix in three parts, put each in a different bowl. Add 3 drops of yellow dye to the first, 3 drops of red dye to the second, and 2 drops of yellow and 1 drop of red dye to the third. Mix each thoroughly and leave for a couple of hours to dry. Put them in a jar or a bottle in layers.

# Mint bath
1 glass of fresh chopped mint leaves
1 glass of fresh chopped bay leaves
1 tea spoon of coconut essential oil
1 tea spoon of almond essence
Mix the ingredients and put them in a gauze pouch. Hang the pouch under the tap in the bathtub and let water run over it. Running water releases essences from the herbs.

# Milk bath
3 glasses powdered milk
¼ glass oatmeal, grinded in a mortar
¼ glass dried iris root
¼ glass almond slices, grinded in a mortar
1 vitamin E capsule
!/4 glass corn flour
Mix everything thoroughly and keep in a jar. Before a bath, take some of the mix, put in a gauze pouch and hang under running water. This amount of mix lasts for several baths.

# Soothing milk bath
4 glasses powdered milk
1 glass boiled water
½ glass dried chamomile (or 5 – 6 chamomile express tea bags)
Pour 1 glass of boiling water on the chamomile and keep under a cover for 20 minutes. Strain and add milk to the brew. Mix thoroughly and pour in the bathtub. A great bath after a long and stressful day.

# Fragrant shower gel
½ glass of colorless and odorless liquid soap
¼ glass of water
1 tea spoon salt
15 drops of your favorite essential oil
3 drops food dye of any color
Pour the gel into a bowl, add water, mix, then add the essential oil, salt and dye. Pour into a bottle.
 
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:17 am


Facial tonics:

#Honey
Spread 1 – 2 drops of natural honey with wet fingertips on your wet face. Massage until dry. Rinse with warm water and use your everyday cream.

# Rose tonic
½ Glass dried rose petals
5 branches rosemary
½ glass walnuts
Chop the ingredients, put in a bowl, pour a glass of water and leave overnight. Strain in the morning. Keep in an air-tight, dark glass container, use for face cleaning.

# Softening lotion
1 glass dried chamomile
4 spoons of bright honey
1 glass of milk
8 spoons wheat germs
Soak chamomile in the milk overnight, strain in the morning. Add honey and germs to the milk, stir. Keep in a glass bottle in the refrigerator. Because the lotion can be kept a week tops, it’s good to make an intensive, 3-day treatment, to use the portion up fast.
 

renfos


renfos

PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:17 am


Facial masks:

# Linden flower honey
Mix one spoon of linden flower honey with a pealed and mashed apple. Leave it on for 15 minutes, rinse with warm water and use your moisturizing cream. This mask is not appropriate for sensitive skin.

# Multi-floral honey
Mix 1 spoon of Multi-floral honey, 1 tea spoon of lemon juice and 2 spoons of minced almonds. You can put a warm towel over your face. Keep the mask on your face up to 15 minutes. Wash it off with circling finger motions, which works additionally as a gentle peeling. The mask is good for oily and normal skin.

# Heather honey
Mix 2 spoons of heather or linden flower honey with 2 spoons of trick cream. Leave it on for 10 minutes. Helps with skin irritation, makes it soft and silky. Works great for dry and sensitive skin.

#Yoghurt mask
Mix 1 spoon of freshly pressed orange juice with 1 spoon of natural yoghurt. Apply to the face and keep for 10 – 15 minutes, rinse with warm water. Works against wrinkles, anti oxidizing and lightly peeling.
 
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:18 am


Hair masks:

#Honey
To 100 g of honeydew add 1 – 3 spoons of cold pressed olive oil. Wet your hair with the mix and leave it for 30 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with warm water. Use the mask in the evening, wash your hair in the morning with shampoo. The mask shouldn’t be used on oily hair.

 

renfos


renfos

PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:20 am


Peeling:

#Honey
Mix 1 spoon of honey with 1 spoon of minced almonds, 2 spoons of oatmeal and 2 spoons of lemon juice until you reach good consistency. Rub your face gently for 5 minutes. Rinse with warm water. Use a facial mask. This peeling works for every skin type.
 
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:21 am


Perfume:
#Eastern perfume
4 drops sandal wood essentials oil
4 drops musk essential oil
3 drops frankincense essentials oil
2 spoons jojoba oil
Mix all ingredients; the best way is to shake the bottle in which we will keep it. Put the bottle somewhere dark and cool for 12 hours. All perfume and cosmetics will last longer if you keep them in a cool and dark place, in airtight containers preferably made of dark glass.

#Refreshing cologne
2 glasses distillated water
3 spoons vodka
5 drops sandal wood essential oil
10 drops bergamot essential oil
10 drops buckeye (aesculus) essential oil
Mix like above.

#Herbal cologne
2 glasses distillated water
3 spoons vodka
5 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops chamomile essential oil
10 drops sandal wood essential oil
Mix like above.

#Flower water
2 glasses distillated water
3 spoons vodka
5 drops paper daisy essential oil
10 drops peony essential oil
10 drops sandal wood essential oil
Mix like above.

#Fruit perfume
3 drops passion flower essential oil
2 drops ylang ylang essential oil
3 drops orange flower essential oil
300ml 70% alcohol
Pour the alcohol in a glass bottle, add the oils and mix by shaking. Leave in a dark and cool place for a week.

#Citrus body spray
2 glasses distillated water
3 spoons vodka
1 tea spoon grated lemon skin
1 tea spoon grated orange skin
5 drops lemon verbena essential oil
10 drops tangerine essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
Put the grated fruit skin in a jar, pour the alcohol, seal tight and leave for a week. Strain and mix with the oils, after that add water. Leave for another week shaking the bottle every day. After that, pour in a bottle with an atomizer and keep in the refrigerator.

#Soothing body spray
1 spoon nut extract
1 spoon lemon extract
1 spoon cucumber extract
1 glass boiled water
Mix all ingredients and pour in a bottle with an atomizer. Keep in the refrigerator. Expires after a week.


 

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