Beauty

Pina colada bath is a perfect for those long, sun deprived winter days. It is adventurous, new, and wonderful! This recipe contains baking soda which is a base that regulates the skin's pH returning it to normal. Pineapple is a great source of Vitamin C that helps cleanse the skin and Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) which is essential for proper growth and development of body's systems, skin system included.

Foaming vanilla bath indulges your body and your skin. It is relaxing and soothing. It is made with vanilla extract that can be bought in any of the health food stores.  It has to be made with 35% alcohol to qualify as an extract. Vanilla is probably one of the most recognized flavors and scents around. It was well known of in pre-Columbian mesoamerica before being introduced in Europe.  After that, vanilla found its way to food, drinks, cosmetics, and for us most important, skin care.

This detox bath contains salt, like many other body bath recipes. Salt is a great ingredient as it cleanses the skin, but also pulls out the excess water accumulated in the body. This draws the liquid and any toxins out efficiently. Or, use baking soda. Baking soda is great when it comes to regulating skin's pH. 

Milk based skin care has been around for a long time. Milk is full of ingredients that are beneficial to the skin.  After intense physical exercise, for example, our muscles create lactic acid which dissolves the bond that holds dead cells of the skin, penetrate the skin's deepest layers and thus help its nutrition. Lactic acid is a kind of Alpha Hydroxy Acids - (AHA). Well known brands like Clarins, Clinique, Dior use this process when creating products based on milk. Milk contains vitamins A and E known to have a positive effect on the complexion. After using it on the face, the skin looks rested.

I couldn't resist posting a recipe for lavender bath oil recipe simply because it is so simple to make and because lavender is one of my favorites. If you're looking for a relaxing recipe that will leave your skin silky smooth and your mind rested, then this is the recipe you would want to prepare. Now, when it comes to making this recipe, I personally like adding other oils, vanilla essential oil is my favorite. Vanilla and lavender complement each other wonderfully, but, if you want to stick to the original recipe, that is fine too.

Here's where the beauty of homemade skin care recipes comes in: this honey milk bath is one of those highly customizable recipes where you can change the quantity of ingredients, add other ingredients, or change the ingredients themselves. So you don't think I am talking about a highly complicated recipe, this is what honey milk bath is all about...

Homemade body scrub does not only mean brown sugar body scrub although it is certainly one of the most popular ones around. The following homemade body scrub recipes are nourishing and leave your skin soft and rejuvenated. They also act stimulating, increasing the blood flow and stimulating the deeper skin layers.