Oats & Aloe Exfoliant

▪ 1 tbsp. finely ground oats

▪ 1 tbsp. finely ground almonds

▪ 1 tsp. honey

▪ 1 tbsp. aloe vera gel

Combine ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed. Apply to face and neck skin after cleansing and before toner is applied, using gentle circular motions. Rinse well with warm water and gently pat excess moisture from face. Follow with facial mask.

Tone Up Tea

▪ 1 cup distilled water

▪ 1 heaping tbsp. dried green tea leaves

▪ 1 heaping tbsp. dried chamomile flowers

▪ 1 tbsp. rose hydrosol

▪ 1 tbsp. aloe vera gel

▪ 3 tsp. apple cider vinegar

▪ 3 tsp. lemon juice (for oily skin)

Heat distilled water until boiling.

Remove from heat and add green tea and chamomile. Steep for 15 minutes and strain out plant material. Add rose hydrosol, aloe vera and vinegar (and lemon juice, if using) and stir well. Pour into a clean bottle and label. Shake well to ensure the mix. Store in a refrigerator for best results and use within 3 weeks.

Aromatic Facial Oil

▪ 3 tbsp. jojoba oil

▪ 3 tbsp. rose hips seed oil (or 3 tbsp. hazelnut oil for oily skin)

▪ 2 drops rose essential oil

▪ 3 drops lavender essential oil

▪ 2 drops geranium essential oil

▪ 2 drops palmarosa essential oil.

In a glass bowl or dish, combine oils with essential oils. Stir with a clean popsicle stick or plastic utensil to combine. Pour into a clean bottle, preferably one with a medicine dropper so you can apply the oil using the dropper. After cleansing and toning, and while your skin remains a bit damp, apply a bit of the moisturizer using gentle patting motions. Do not rub the oil into the skin. Rather, just gently pat it onto the skin and it will absorb readily within a few minutes.

Rose Cream Cleanser

▪ 1 tbsp. sour cream

▪ 1 tsp. rose hydrosol

▪ 2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil

Combine all ingredients in the order shown, stirring well after each one. Apply cleanser to face and neck, using gentle, upward sweeping motions. Rinse well. This recipe should be used within 2 days and makes enough for two cleanings.

Creamy Facial Mask

▪ 2 tbsp. white clay (I recommend and use kaolin)

▪ 3 tbsp. whipping cream

▪ 1 tbsp. rose hydrosol

Combine all ingredients together in a bowl and stir until a paste-like consistency is achieved. If mixture is too runny, add a bit more clay and stir. If mixture is not smooth enough, add a bit more hydrosol. Spread over clean face as the step immediately preceding application of facial toner, avoiding eye area and lips. Rest for 10-15 minutes. Rinse with warm, water and pat excess water from face.

Homemade Beauty Products:

You could spend hundreds of dollars on beauty products each year but did you know that you can also make some of the best facials scrubs and rinses in your very own kitchen? Here to show us how to turn everyday groceries into luxurious beauty products.

Temporary Face Lift!

A mixture of finely chopped cucumber (1 TBL Spoon),

egg white of 1 egg,

a couple drops of lemon juice

and a drop of olive makes an erases your wrinkles and gives you a temporary face lift that lasts for up to 4 hours. Apply on your face and wash off after 10 minutes. Use at least twice a week.

Banana Facial
You'll need:1. One Ripe Banana

2. 1 Tbsp Honey

3. 2 Tsp. Sugar
Banana's are full of vitamins and minerals and are just as good for you on the outside as they are on the inside. If you've never tried a banana facial - it's a must, it leaves your skin feeling fresh, hydrated and super soft!

Finely mash one ripe banana in a bowl with 1-tablespoon honey and 2 tsp of sugar.
How to use:Apply on the face and neck in a circular motion. Leave on for 5 minutes.
Rinse off with cool water.

Moisturizing Hand Soak
Our hands are often very neglected and go through a lot of abuse throughout the day! Many woman spend lot's of time on their face and neglect hands but signs of aging hit hard on the hands, so pay attention to them. Here is a great way to start!

You'll need:1. An Empty Bowl

2. Warm Water

3. 2 Freshly Squeezed Lemons

4. 4 Tbsp. Olive Oil
To make your hands feel soft and smooth try soaking them in a bowl with warm water, 2 freshly squeezed lemons and 4 tablespoons of olive oil.
*Olive Oil is very well known for it's nourishing properties - it's not just great in salads. It has long been used as a way to moisturize and hydrate our skin and hair. But it's also really great at relieving dry chapped lips and to soften cuticles and smooth out your nails!
How to use:Let your hands soak for a couple of minutes - then wash off and lather on some lotion and voila softer hands in minutes!

Strawberry Foot Exfoliator
You can put on all the polish you want but without the right prep, your feet will still look unkept. Here is a great remedy for dry, scaly feet!
You'll need:

1. Approx. 8-10 Strawberries Mashed

2. 2 Tbsp Olive Oil

3. 1/2 cup Sugar
Mash Strawberries in a bowl (Do not over mash - as Strawberries have
a lot of water and will make this paste too watery). Add in 2 Tbsp Olive
Oil and 1/2 cup of Sugar.
*Not only are strawberries delicious to eat, but they also help to
moisturize and exfoliate the skin. They have natural acids and
antioxidants that help to remove dead skin cells.
How to use:Massage onto your feet for 5 minutes or more! Rinse off and dry.

Aromatherapy means "treatment using scents". It is a holistic treatment of caring for the body with pleasant smelling botanical oils such as rose, lemon, lavender and peppermint. The essential oils are added to the bath or massaged into the skin, inhaled directly or diffused to scent an entire room. Aromatherapy is used for the relief of pain, care for the skin, alleviate tension and fatigue and invigorate the entire body. Essential oils can affect the mood, alleviate fatigue, reduce anxiety and promote relaxation. When inhaled, they work on the brain and nervous system through stimulation of the olfactory nerves.
The essential oils are aromatic essences extracted from plants, flowers, trees, fruits, bark, grasses and seeds with distinctive therapeutic, psychological, and physiological properties, which improve and prevent illness.
There are about 150 essential oils. Most of these oils have antiseptic properties; some are antiviral, anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, antidepressant and expectorant. Other properties of the essential oils which are taken advantage of in aromatherapy are their stimulation, relaxation, digestion improvement, and diuretic properties.

Aromatherapy for Children can also prove very beneficial through massages. Though massage is the most common form of giving aromatherapy treatment to the child, there are many ways of giving aromatherapy treatment as well. Aromatherapy can be used for young babies while their baby baths and also as remedies for childhood diseases. Thus, there are many situations where aromatherapy for such young babies can work.
Elevating our moods by aroma oils and curing the diseases are the obvious preferences with Essential oils. But there is one more application in which Aromatherapy is gaining more and more popularity. Today,millions of beauty parlors across the world are employing aroma oils in their beauty treatments including Aromatherapy Massages. These beauty treatments cover the beautification of women from head to toe.

Thus, Body Care with Aromatherapy includes the entire body care including Aromatherapy Baths. The treatment can be as easy as taking a bath with aroma oils, where one can relax and rejuvenate at the same time.

Then we have the Face Care with Aromatherapy, that provides relief to all the possible facial problems. And lastly there is also Skin Care by Aromatherapy, which, takes proper care of your skin and pampers it naturally. Such Aroma oils can be employed to treat skin diseases and problems in different manner for different types of skin. Not only that one can effectively fought wrinkles, cellulite and acne while having other holistic cures at the same time. Different aroma oils with different recipes are given for dry, oily, combined and mature skin.