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Ahhhh, Spring! Let the aroma of Springtime flowers
and herbs heal your soul and spice up your love life! Try these
recipes for bath potions!
General recipe for Bath Salts
Add
a few tablespoons of the your bath salts of your choice to the
running water of your bath..
5lbs.
sea salt
1oz.
glycerin
1/2
oz essential or fragrance oils
food
coloring (optional)
Combine
the glycerin with the scent & coloring. Pour into the sea salt in
big bowl and mix. Fill jars with tightly sealed lids.
Soothing Bath Salts
2
cups Epsom salt,
1 cup baking soda
In a tightly sealed jar, combine the Epsom salts and baking soda, shake
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Dusting Powder
1 cup cornstarch
1 tablespoon orrisroot powder
1/4 teaspoon essential oil of your choice
Mix
the cornstarch and orrrisroot powder in a blender or food processor,
blend on low speed. Slowly add essential oil. Blend again. Let
"sit" a couple of days.
Apply with powder puff or a cotton ball.
Essential oils, ingredients, and
supply links-
Herbal Accents
Mountain
rose herbs |
Add
the following fragrances to the basic bath salt recipes (above), to
create your signature scent.
Lavender bath salts - 1/4 oz. lavender essential or
fragrance oil, 2 tablespoons dried crumbled lavender flowers,
stirring we
Rose salts- 1/4 oz. Rose scented oil, and 2
tablespoons dried crushed rose petals.
Vanilla Bath Salts - add a teaspoon of real vanilla extract to
the mixture, then grind a vanilla bean until fine, mix well,
Invigorating Salts- Mix in 1/4 oz Lemon or peppermint
oils.
Sensual scent- Mix in 1/4 oz of patchouli oil.
Spring Scent- Mix 1/4 oz. Jasmine oil and 1/4 oz. Amber oil.
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Bath Bags
Bath Bags are like soothing tea bags for your bod. Either
sew muslin bags to hold your herbal bath mixture, or, place a 1/4
cup of the mixture on a muslin square, bring up the corners, and tie the
bundled bath herbs. To use, either toss the bag under warm running bath
water, or "steep" in hot water and add the infusion to your
bath.
Bath bag herb mixture:
1/2 cup dried rosemary
1 cup dried lavender flowers
1 cup dried rose petals
1 cup dried lemon balm
1 cup dried mint
Mix all dried herbs in food processor on low, spoon into muslin
bags or bundles.
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Bath Cookies
2
cups finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 Tablespoons sunflower oil
1 teaspoons vitamin E oil
2 eggs
5-6 drops essential oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together all the ingredients. Roll dough, carefully, by
teaspoonfuls into 1 inch balls.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake bath cookies for 10 minutes, until lightly browned. (Do not
overbake)
Allow the cookies to cool thoroughly, then store in air-tight
container.
Drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. |
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Magical Herb Lore!
Some old
tales about herbs and love. (No guarantees... <grin>)
Or, for love advice, The
Love Reading
Women
should offer
the object of their
affection a sprig of basil.
If it's accepted, love is
assured. Men should
approach the woman
of their choice
with a sprig of sage
under their tongue. |
To
ensure fidelity,
dig up the soil from
a spot where your
lover has walked.
Put the soil in a pot,
and plant Marigolds
in it. Love will not
be restless.
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You'll
dream of
your true love if
you sleep with
yarrow under your
pillow. Tie three
laurel leaves to
the foot of your bed,
and your love will
focus only on you. |
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To Grow Love
Mix Heartsease (Johnny Jump-up's) with a piece of your loved
one's hair, and the ashes from a burned piece of clothing or
picture of the loved one. Bundle it all in a fine
white handkerchief, and bury it in the east corner of your yard,
or the east corner of your porch, on the new moon phase.
As the moon waxes, watch your love grow. |
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