To prevent stretch marks or heal existing ones, blend 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) EACH of wheat germ, and rose hip seed oil in 5 tsp (25 ml) jojoba, grapeseed or sweet almond oil. Add no more than 10 drops in total of the following: (use singly or in combination) rose, neroil, frankincense, lavender. Use twice daily for light belly and breast massage. Use circular, clockwise motions on the belly. I also find coconut oil to be very beneficial for all types of skin issues.

Oils rich in Vit E are great (borage, wheat germ oil)

Here are some oils to avoid altogether during pregnancy:
basil, clove, cinnamon leaf, hyssop, juniper, marjotam, myrrh, spanish sage, thyme

best avoided during first 4 months:
fennel, rose, peppermint, rosemary, atlas cedarwood

this from Julia Lawless’ book “The Complete Illustrated Guide to Aromatherapy”

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Salt glows
Mix together about 1 cup of fine grain salt and about 1 cup of oil (safflower, sweet almond, grapeseed, olive, etc.) and scent with your EOs of choice. You can also add poppy seeds for extra exfoliation to the salt glows or to your sugar scrubs!

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An easy, inexpensive body scrub idea is a sugar scrub.

Fine white sugar,  grapeseed or safflower oil and some liquid castile soap - I like Bonners.

Approximately 1 cup of sugar, 1/4 each of liquid soap and oil and add scent of your choice. I enjoy Lavender and peppermint and they are even very nice together.

If you want something different, try adding powdered cocoa for a sweet chocolate scrub.

Pam

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Want a really neat easy blend that you can slather on those cracked dry feet and toes? Then just make up a mix of shea butter and black walnut oil in about a 60% to 40% blend and slather on! Melt your shea butter and hold for 20 mins at about 180degrees -  no boiling! - and then mix with the BWO. Mix thoroughly and for an even better cream, whip it for 15 mins at a time, let rest, whip again until it peaks like whipped cream. This is a wonderful blend!

Pam

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Easy Body Scrub Recipe

An easy to make body scrub that stays solid in your jar. Just scoop out a bit when needed.

Ingredients:

2 cups Epsom salt
3/4 cup Raw sugar
1/2 cup Coconut oil
1 tablespoon unrefined cocoa butter
2 tbsp Sweet Almond oil or Fractionated coconut oil or Jojoba Oil
1 teaspoon glycerin
1/8 tsp of T50 vitamin E oil or 1 capsule VE
20-30 drops of Essential Oil of Choice

Instructions:
Instructions are easy - just mix the salt and sugar together in a medium sized bowl. In another bow, thoroughly mix the oils together and melt in a double boiler or in a pan sitting in another pan with water in it, until almost completely melted - don’t let it burn. I usually put my oils in a 4 cup Pyrex pitcher and then set that in a larger pot with water in it. Then stir the oils over the heat until oils are almost completely melted. Remove from heat and continue stirring until still hot, but not burning. When oils reach about 100 degrees, then add your essential oils, otherwise, the essential oils will burn off and be of no effect. Let the mixture cool, and then store in jars. If the mixture is too runny, add a bit more epsom salts, if too dry, add a bit more FCO or Jojoba or Sweet Almond Oil.

Citrus Salt Scrub

1/2 cup of Finely ground Dead Sea Salt or other Salt
1 oz Whipped Shea Butter
1 oz Fractionated Coconut Oil
30-40 drops (approximately 2ml) of Citrus EO
Optional Colorant if you prefer a particular shade
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the Fractionated Coconut Oil and Shea Butter. Mix these well, until thoroughly combined. Next, stir in the Dead Sea or Fine Salt. Add the colorant and essential oil and mix once more. Spoon into a sterile jar.

The best way I have found to use this neat recipe is to step into the shower and scrub all over with this mixture. THEN turn the water on, shower and rinse. After showering, moisture your skin with a nice shea butter skin lotion. To preserve your recipe for longer use (if not using a preservative), use a clean spoon or spatula to scoop out one serving at a time instead of taking the jar into the shower with you where you’re sure to get water into it!

 This is a great recipe for making a nice shea butter facial/hand cream.

Ingredients:
1 oz beeswax
1 oz sweet almond oil (or oil of your choice)
0.75 oz shea butter
0.5 oz cocoa butter
add fragrance or EO  if wanted

Melt your beeswax in a double boiler (or pan on top of pan will work). Once the beeswax is melted, just add your cocoa butter, then shea butter and after that is almost melted, add your sweet almond oil (or use jojoba or olive or almond).  Once that is all melted, remove from heat, let cool a bit and then add your essential oil or fragrance oil.

Pour your mixture into a decorative jar or bottle and when cooled, it will make a nice semi-solid cream.

Shea butter is a wonderful anti-aging/anti-wrinkling agent and has some wonderful qualities!

Got a recipe you’d like to share? Please post it!

Pam

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Athlete Foot Scrub
Ingredients:

1 pounds Dead Sea salts
1/2 pound Epsom salts
1/2 cup borax
1/4 cup jojoba oil
1/8 cup vitamin E
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 pound grated unscented soap, natural or organic
1 1/2 tsp. glycerin
1 1/2 tsp lime essential oil
1/2 teaspoon ground lime peel
1/2 teaspoon orange peel, ground
1 teaspoons vitamin C powder

Simply combine all ingredients in bowl and mix well. Spoon into glass or decorative jars with tight fitting lid. Attach a pretty bow, with instructions (Scoop handful of Athlete Scrub Mix and gently massage feet, rinse and pat dry!) and give to your favorite athlete - whether the couch potato or the distance runner!

Another easy Salt Scrub … this one for gardeners, mechanics…or anyone that gets their hands grimey!

Ingredients needed:

COARSE sea salt
Grapeseed Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Olive Oil or a mix of  your favorite oils
Tea Tree Oil
Lavender Oil or Rosemary
Cute decorative jars

Fill your jar with about 4/5’s of salt, then add the mixed oils to just cover salt and stir well. Add a few drops of tea tree oil and lavender or rosemary oil and mix again. Cover the lid with a pretty top or ribbon and know that your friend or hubby or fellow gardener will surely appreciate your thoughtfulness!

~Blessings and Health~

Pam

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Awesome Beauty Cream recipe

So I had nothing better to do last night … even though I’m having 25 people over for THANKSGIVING!! so I decided to pull out some of my stash of exotic oils and decided to experiment. Boy am I glad I did!! What an awesome cream!

I took a glob of avocado oil, a glob of aloe butter and 3 globs of unrefined shea… warmed them up and simmered for about 10 mins, set it in the freezer for a few mins, whipped it up with my handy dandy stick blender and set it back in the freezer - did that a few more times till it started to whip up nicely - then added about 5 drops of tea tree oil to it…whipped that up then halved it and added black pepper oil to one half. I have the most AWESOME cream now!!! The one with black pepper oil is to massage into my joints, the other is for an all-over cream …. I’m not kidden..this stuff is awesome! Its not greasy (like the pure whipped shea) soaks into the skin within minutes and leaves the softest skin… like a baby’s butt! LOL … going to pass this one out to my sisters and mom at Thanksgiving!

Blessings!

Pam

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