Tired hands and feet? tried massaging them with different creams or maybe even dry, but nothing seems to help? Try this recipe from grandma! It can be used anytime as often as you like.

Ingredients:
6-10 drops of Lavender Oil
2 cups of Water
1/2 cup of crushed and dried Lavender Flowers
1/2 cup of chopped, fresh Sage

Pour the water into a Pyrex ramekin. Add the lavender and sage.
Heat the mixture over a low flame for 20 minutes.
Use cheesecloth or any fine, clean cloth to strain the mixture and pour the liquid into a glass or ceramic container.
Add the lavender oil to the strained liquid, stir the mixture, gently, to allow it to emulsify.

Application:

Clean your hands and feet with a gentle soap.
Pat them dry with a soft towel.
Use a cotton wool to dab the mixture, gently, on your hands and feet.
Relax for about 10-15 minutes. Allow this mixture to soak into your skin.

Tip: Excellent feeling if doing this before going to bed!!
NOTE: If allergic to any ingredients do NOT use!

Suffering from rough skin problems? No problem, a sugar and water mask gives a naturally fresh and healthy look on skin .

Ingredients:
2tbsp sugar
3 tbsp warm water

Pour in warm water over the sugar and stir continuously to melt the sugar.
Do not leave any granules. Make sure they dissolve so that they do not tear your skin

Apply the sugar and water mask on your face using your fingers.
Gently massage around the skin in circular motion.
Rinse with warm water or maybe you can use a warm washcloth.

A bubble bath for important occassions! They are great!

NOTE: All ingredients can be found in a food store and/or drug store!

Bedtime Bubble Bath

This bubble bath has lavender and patchouli oils to relax you before bedtime. Use soft music and lighted candles in your bathroom for a soothing effect.

You will need:
6 drops of lavender oil
3 drops of patchouli oil
1 quart of distilled water
1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar)
4 ounces liquid glycerin

Directions:
1. Mix the water, soap and glycerin together and stir.
2. Now add your essential oils to the mixture

Cold Remedy Bubble Bath

This bubble bath will help you breathe easier, with eucalyptus oil to ease the cold congestion. This is perfect for the cold season.

You will need:
6 drops of eucalyptus oil
3 drops of spearmint oil
3 drops of peppermint oil
1 quart of distilled water
1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar)
4 ounces liquid glycerin

Directions:
1. Mix the water, soap and glycerin together and stir.
2. Now add your essential oils to the mixture

Morning Bubble Bath

This citrus bubble bath will cheer you up and energize you. Perfect for a morning bath or use after exercising.

You will need:
6 drops of orange oil
4 drops of grapefruit oil
3 drops of lemon oil
1 quart of distilled water
1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar)
4 ounces liquid glycerin

Directions:
1. Mix the water, soap and glycerin together and stir.
2. Now add your essential oils to the mixture

Romantic Bubble Bath

This bubble bath will put you in a romantic mood. All of the ingredients are considered known aphrodisiac – so look out !

You will need:
6 drops jasmine oil
3 drops rose oil
3 drops vanilla oil
6 drops ylang-ylang oil
1 quart of distilled water
1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar)
4 ounces liquid glycerin

Directions:

1. Mix the water, soap and glycerin together and stir.
2. Now add your essential oils to the mixture.

Easy ingredients which you will find in your fridge!!

This is recipe is good in removing excess oil in the face and to prevent the growth of pimples and acne.

Ingredients:
1/3 cup cocoa
3 tsp of heavy cream
1/3 cup of ripe papaya
¼ cup honey
3 tsp of oatmeal powder

Procedure: Mix cocoa and heavy cream in a container. Add the ripe papaya and continue stirring with honey. Mix them thoroughly and add the oatmeal powder. Continue Stirring until it will turn into thick creamy paste. Apply on the face and wait for 10 minutes. Rinse face with lukewarm water. It is safe to do this everyday or use this alternately

Grapes, Lemon and Egg Facial Cream

Best for oily skin. Lemon used as a natural cleanser, grapes will soften the skin and egg whites will tighten it.

Ingredients:

Grapes
Lemon
Egg whites

Procedure: Squeeze the grapes extract into a bowl. Slice the lemon and extract the juice in the same bowl. Add egg white and mix them well. Apply into the face and leave it for 20 minutes. Don’t be alarmed if you feel a little tingles in your skin, because of the egg whites. Rinse face with warm water.

Cucumber-Curd Facial Cooler

This recipe relaxes your face from stressful activities.

You will need:

Curd
Cucumber

Procedure: Extract the cucumber juice by juicer or other means. Mix the juice with curd and apply it on the face. Leave it for 30 minutes allowing the cucumber to relax your face. Rinse with water. Use this remedy as often as you need especially freeing yourself from stressful activities

Feet are the most important part of the body and hard to keep healthy when one is in a rush. Baby oil, bath oil, even olive oil to massage your feet after a long day, is the least you could do!

Here are two easyily made creams to help rejuvenate your feet faster:

A cool cleansing foot cream:

Place about ¼ cup of almonds into a food processor and grind until you turn it into fine powder. Combine that with about ½ cup of cold cream and about 3 to 5 tablespoon of honey. Make sure you have washed your feet and patted them dry before you use the almond cream. Slowly massage the almond cream into your feet, giving particular attention to the “problem areas” like the heels, the areas between the toes, the balls of the feet, and even the ankles. Let your feet soak in the almond cream mixture for about 5 to 10 minutes afterwards. Wash again thoroughly and pat dry.

Use yogurt products as foot cream!! :

The good “bacteria” in the yogurt can help fight off any fungal growth, particularly those growing underneath and around the cuticles. You can add Vitamin E as well to the yogurt by simply piercing a capsule to release its oils. Soak your feet in this yogurt mixture for 5 to 10 minutes. However, make sure that you wash your feet thoroughly with soap afterwards. And again, pat dry.

Guarenteed to work and have you feeling fresh!!

Watermelon moisturiser

Take 1 slice of watermelon, one table spoon of lemon juice and then squeeze the juice of the lemon over the watermelon slice and keep it in the fridge for about 15 minutes. Take out the slice and cut it into bits and place it over your face. This will reduce body temperature and moisturises it.

Avocado moisturiser – over night

Take 1 teaspoon honey, 200 g curd, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, a medium size avocado. Mix honey and the pulp of the avocado and make a thick paste of it, then add lemon juice and curd to make still cream. Keep in the fridge for 30minutes. Massage the mixture well on face and neck, leave it on for one night and you will see a luster to your skin.

These creams may be more expensive, but they work well and are better than all those chemicals which are used in store bought creams!! Try it an see!

Almond hand creams can be created by using ½ cup almond oil; ½ cup coconut oil; ¼ cup beeswax; and ¼ cup rosewater. Melt the beeswax and the coconut oil in the same method as that of the coconut hand creams. Add the remaining ingredients until everything is incorporated into one liquid mass. Allow to cool and then pour into a clean container. This cream is especially fragrant.

Coconut hand creams can be made from 1/3 cup glycerin; ¼ cup beeswax, ¼ cup coconut oil and about 3 to 5 tablespoons of baby oil. This concoction would entail a bit of cooking so you would need a double boiler to melt the beeswax with the coconut oil. Set on low flame and continue stirring all throughout. Add the rest of the ingredients once the beeswax has been thoroughly melted. Allow to cool and then pour into a clean container. You can use this as often as needed. You can also melt the beeswax in an ovenproof dish, placed in the microwave at 30 seconds to 1 minute at high heat.