This new book, Beauty Masks & Scrubs joins the others in the Cozy series, presenting 30 unique recipes which can easily be adapted for different skin types and personal preferences. With easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful colour photographs, the process is simple and enjoyable. Readers are shown how to blend sophisticated scents and aromatic herbs with essential oils to create cleansing, toning scrubs and rejuvenating facial masks. With a directory of essential oils, beneficial ingredients and tips on colour and fragrances, this fully equips readers to try their hand at aromatherapy.
A warm, relaxing bath is the ultimate cosy treat for unwinding after a hard day, or when muscles ache, or when winter holds everything in its icy grip. Bath worshippers everywhere will love the 15 bath bomb recipes contained in this book; they will transform bath time from an enjoyable experience to one that is truly pampering. A bath bomb is made from just three main ingredients: citric acid, bicarbonate of soda and water, which are mixed together, moulded and left to dry hard. When popped into a warm bath, the resulting 'bomb' fizzes and effervesces as it is immersed in the water, releasing any aromatic oils, herbs and butters you may have added to the mixture, and leaving the water fragrantly scented, soft and moisturising. The easy-to-follow instructions in this book will show you how to make a variety of delightful, aromatic bath bombs. We're sure you will enjoy making them and, more importantly, using them.
Long ago, candles were a necessity of life, providing precious light after dark. Today, scented candles are often used to create a warm and relaxing atmosphere, and to flood a home with delightful fragrances to create different moods. Coloured candles are used in interior design as focal points and to pick up accent colours in a room. Candlemaking is a fun and fascinating hobby, and you can even sell your wares or give them as presents to friends and family. All candles are made of solid wax with an embedded wick to hold the flame. They're made from paraffin, tallow (animal fat), beeswax, soya, palm or other vegetable waxes. With the aid of the detailed step-by-step information and 10 inspiring candle recipes contained in this book, you'll soon get started in this fascinating and fun craft.
To use a scented herbal soap is to partake of an element of ritual used down the centuries. Since time immemorial, aromatic oils, perfumes and herbs have been used to cleanse, anoint and scent the body for hygiene, medicinal purposes, worship and spiritual well-being. Yet today, we take many of the toiletries we use for granted. We don't know how they are made or what goes into them. So why not create some lather in your life and discover the wonderful craft of soap making? The latest ready-to-use 'melt-and-pour' soap bases are fast and easy to use, making it easy to craft, mould and shape fantastic vegetable glycerine soaps. Follow the easy step-by-step techniques and 13 recipes provided in this book and you will be delighted with the results - deliciously scented, textured and colourful soaps that you can use to pamper yourself or give to friends and family.
This new book, Beauty Masks & Scrubs joins the others in the Cozy series, presenting 30 unique recipes which can easily be adapted for different skin types and personal preferences. With easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful colour photographs, the process is simple and enjoyable. Readers are shown how to blend sophisticated scents and aromatic herbs with essential oils to create cleansing, toning scrubs and rejuvenating facial masks. With a directory of essential oils, beneficial ingredients and tips on colour and fragrances, this fully equips readers to try their hand at aromatherapy.
A warm, relaxing bath is the ultimate cosy treat for unwinding after a hard day, or when muscles ache, or when winter holds everything in its icy grip. Bath worshippers everywhere will love the 15 bath bomb recipes contained in this book; they will transform bath time from an enjoyable experience to one that is truly pampering. A bath bomb is made from just three main ingredients: citric acid, bicarbonate of soda and water, which are mixed together, moulded and left to dry hard. When popped into a warm bath, the resulting 'bomb' fizzes and effervesces as it is immersed in the water, releasing any aromatic oils, herbs and butters you may have added to the mixture, and leaving the water fragrantly scented, soft and moisturising. The easy-to-follow instructions in this book will show you how to make a variety of delightful, aromatic bath bombs. We're sure you will enjoy making them and, more importantly, using them.
To use a scented herbal soap is to partake of an element of ritual used down the centuries. Since time immemorial, aromatic oils, perfumes and herbs have been used to cleanse, anoint and scent the body for hygiene, medicinal purposes, worship and spiritual well-being. Yet today, we take many of the toiletries we use for granted. We don't know how they are made or what goes into them. So why not create some lather in your life and discover the wonderful craft of soap making? The latest ready-to-use 'melt-and-pour' soap bases are fast and easy to use, making it easy to craft, mould and shape fantastic vegetable glycerine soaps. Follow the easy step-by-step techniques and 13 recipes provided in this book and you will be delighted with the results - deliciously scented, textured and colourful soaps that you can use to pamper yourself or give to friends and family.
Long ago, candles were a necessity of life, providing precious light after dark. Today, scented candles are often used to create a warm and relaxing atmosphere, and to flood a home with delightful fragrances to create different moods. Coloured candles are used in interior design as focal points and to pick up accent colours in a room. Candlemaking is a fun and fascinating hobby, and you can even sell your wares or give them as presents to friends and family. All candles are made of solid wax with an embedded wick to hold the flame. They're made from paraffin, tallow (animal fat), beeswax, soya, palm or other vegetable waxes. With the aid of the detailed step-by-step information and 10 inspiring candle recipes contained in this book, you'll soon get started in this fascinating and fun craft.
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