Pamper Yourself At Home
Admitting that actually going to a spa and being pampered is like heaven on earth. Many of us however, don't have the time or resources to indulge in such luxuries like a day at the spa. So let's get down to pampering yourself at home with these ideas for an at home spa.
Make it a point to simply relax and treat yourself with these homespun recipes and naturally good-for-you products. Include your family and friends, share recipes, and indulge together in pampering yourselves...you really do deserve it!
The Top Five Reasons To Create Your Own Home Spa
Provides you with the chance to learn something new.
Very enjoyable, make sure to share your ideas.
Fits well into our busy lifestyles.
Makes sense economically.
Simply because you deserve it!
Essentials For Your Home Spa
Say ahh! to your home spa!
~ Favorite selection of essential oils. Make sure to understand essential oils before using them on your skin.~ Soft, fluffy towels. Try an eco-green bamboo bath set, the bamboo fiber is sustainably grown with minimal pesticides.
~ Healing and detoxifying teas. Green tea has proven anti-oxidant qualities and herbal blends offer calming effects.
~ Set the mood with soothing music and plenty of candles for ambiance.
Home Spa Products
Relax to Soothing Music
Breathe and enjoy!
Honey Oatmeal Facial
1/4 cup plain yogurt or buttermilk
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 tablespoons of honey
Finely grind or process the oatmeal in a blender or food processor. Set aside. In a small bowl, stir together honey and yogurt, and then add ground oatmeal. Mix thoroughly until a smooth paste consistency has been reached. Smooth over your face and neck, leave on for fifteen minutes, and rinse off with warm water. This can be used daily.
Honey is a natural emollient and humectant, attracting moisture to the surface of the skin.
Recipe found at www.spaindex.com.
Your Skin
Ideas - taking care of your skin

Let's face it! When it comes to our skin, aging, the elements, and how we care for ourselves all play a part in whether we have a youthful glow or a leathered-look. Here are some basic tips to care for your skin, from the inside out:
Drink plenty of water. A good rule of thumb; divide your weight in half and that is how many ounces of water you should drink to maintain a healthy body.
Take a good daily multi-vitamin. Make sure that the formula suits your body.
Be faithful with your daily routine of cleansing, toning, and moisturizing. Use a mask 1-2 times per week.
Facing Natural Alternatives
Skin care made at home - you control the ingredients!
Feeding Your Skin
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Feeding Your Skin is full of easy and delicious recipes you can make from everyday ingredients, for cleansers, toners, moisturizers, exfoliants, masks, lip balms, nail treatments, shampoos, sunscreens and even deodorants - in fact, everything you need to keep your face and body beautiful and healthy.
Leann's Organic Face Masks
Super simple steps to beautiful skin!
Leann Lazar describes her living as very organic and to that end she not only eats organic foods, but also makes and uses her own face masks using all organic ingredients.
Choose Your Supplies
Mixin' it up at home!
Sunshine Shampoo
For Blonde Hair

Ingredients
1/4 cup liquid Castile Soap
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Directions
Mix together all the ingredients and heat in the microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes until it is hot but not boiling. Cool the mixture completely and strain to remove the lemon zest. Store in a bottle. Shampoo as you normally would. Rinse well with cool water.
Recipe found at www.longlocks.com
Go on a Head Trip
We love this!
The Happy Company Head Trip Therapeutic Massager
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This is a must-have for your home spa! It's the ultimate head massager! Feel the goose bumps as Happy's Head Trip stimulates acupressure points in your head taking you on a trip to relaxation. Simply bend the copper fingers out evenly in a shape that is just a little smaller than the contour of you head, then slowly raise and lower it down around your scalp and forehead for a total head trippin' experience!
Don't Worry Get Happy
Products you are just gonna love!
Spa Index Bath Cookies
Ooh laa laa!
2 cups finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 T light oil
1 tsp vitamin E oil
2 eggs
5-6 drops essential oil of your choice
Preheat your oven to 350 F. Combine all the listed ingredients and form into a dough. Using a teaspoon or so of dough at a time, roll it gently in the palm of your hand until it forms a ball. Form all dough into one teaspoon balls, and gently place them on an ungreased cookie sheet. Consider sprinkling the bath balls with herbs, flower petals, cloves, citrus zest and similar aromatic ingredients. Bake your bath cookies for ten minutes, until they are lightly browned. Do not over bake. Allow the bath cookies to cool completely. To use, Drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12 baths.
Found at SpaIndex.com
Essentials For Your Bath Cookies
Alternatives to Store Brands
Use olive oil, mayonnaise, or vinegar to condition your hair. Yummy recipes.
Witch Hazel is a wonderful skin toner. Cool in refrigerator, apply to clean cotton ball, and sweep over face for a refreshed feeling.
Use lemons to lighten age spots, plus the juice is great to give your hair real shine.
The Best in Witch Hazel
Aromatherapy and pure goodness!
Thayer - Witch Hazel Toner-Rose Petal Alc.Fr, 12 fl oz liquid
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For the first time, Rose Thayer's formula for soft, youthful looking skin is available. Rose, the niece of Dr. Henry Thayer, used this toner to look 10 years younger, naturally. The secret formula uses rose petal water blended with witch hazel extract, certified organic aloe vera and vitamin E. Witch hazel helps tighten pores and to smooth and beautify skin, without drying. Thayers proprietary witch hazel extract (derived from the bark) is not distilled, thereby maintaining all the beneficial natural tannins.
Yummy Spa DIY Hand Treatments
Smooth and silky hands!
Lisa Kasanicky demonstrates some quick and easy DIY home-spa beauty recipes and tips for pretty, healthy hands.
Hand Care Recipe Essentials
Make Your Own Body Scrub and Lotion
Easy and affordable
Make spa quality body scrubs and lotions at home. You will be glowing!
Things You Need For Your Homemade Skin Care
Know what you are putting on your skin
Invite Your Friends Over For A Spa Experience
They will love ya forever!
We already know a day at the spa is costly, and going by yourself is not as much fun-not to mention that finding a babysitter is another job in itself. So why not do it all at home? Read the full article by Shelly Ballestero. The Do-It-Yourself Home Spa Party
IDEAS:
Set a theme.
Make it a couple's party.
Provide recipe cards for everyone to take home.
I've created the invitations to send out to all your friends :)
Strawberry Foot Scrub
Relax...enjoy!
Feet can use a little help any time of year - this easy scrub helps revive and soften your feet.
INGREDIENTS
8 strawberries
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoons kosher salt
Mix ingredients into a paste, massage well into feet, then rinse and dry.
Recipe found on www.care2.com
Reading Room
Ahhh Spa!
Total Body Experience
In your own home!
Beauty Home Steam Sauna - IG290P (whole set)
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A steam sauna helps improve circulation, relax muscles, burn calories, relieve arthritic pain, cleanse skin, and relieve stress.
* Whole body height , convenient to assemble and disassemble, which only takes about 3 minutes.
* Enjoy the sauna both sitting or standing inside
* Add various bath salts, herbs or essential oils for different sauna therapies or experiences
* Look Younger, Feel Better - improve skin's appearance.
* The ideal place to relax and revive - Lose Weight & Detoxify!
I would love to hear from you!
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- Barkely Barkely Feb 4, 2009 @ 9:10 am
- I'm saving some of these recipes to try out later:-)
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- Gandree Gandree Jan 30, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
- I love this lens. I linked to you from my blog because when you are stressed out and trying to live cheaply, a spa treatment can help keep you going. Thanks for such a beautiful idea :0)
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- topstuff topstuff Jan 24, 2009 @ 3:00 am
- wow now some pampering would be soooo nice, thanks for sharing such a great lens 5 stars
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- JustBon-Crochet-Designs JustBon-Crochet-Designs Jan 23, 2009 @ 11:49 pm
- Really fab lens. I think I need a little pampering :). 5*s
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- debnet debnet Jan 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
- I need pampering!! Great lens :)
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At Home: The Finest Spa Ever
Index
- The Top Five Reasons To Create Your Own Home Spa
- Essentials For Your Home Spa
- Home Spa Products
- Relax to Soothing Music
- Honey Oatmeal Facial
- Your Skin
- Facing Natural Alternatives
- Leann's Organic Face Masks
- Choose Your Supplies
- Sunshine Shampoo
- Go on a Head Trip
- Don't Worry Get Happy
- Spa Index Bath Cookies
- Essentials For Your Bath Cookies
- Alternatives to Store Brands
- The Best in Witch Hazel
- Yummy Spa DIY Hand Treatments
- Hand Care Recipe Essentials
- Your Home Spa
- Make Your Own Body Scrub and Lotion
- Things You Need For Your Homemade Skin Care
- Invite Your Friends Over For A Spa Experience
- Strawberry Foot Scrub
- Reading Room
- Total Body Experience
- Are You Going To Create Your Own Home Spa?
- I would love to hear from you!
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