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February 21, 2015 by Joycelynn

Best In Home Spa Recipes

In Home Spa Recipes
DIY Home Spa

Using In Home Spa Recipes Can be SO easy!

Do you LOVE to DIY (do-it-yourself)? I love ideas for in home spa recipes.  Have you ever thought about creating products for a DIY home spa? The luxurious products and special pampering at expensive salons and get-a-way spa’s make it almost impossible for the average woman to seek out these services. I’m not the average woman! I LOVE the pampering and opulence. The only difference is, I Do-It-Myself! I host DIY Ladie’s Night Out Spas in my community. I share recipes with attendees, and we enjoy a chair massage, and foot scrubs and soaks, and other pampering products. I make them myself and teach others to do the same!

Finding ingredients for making in home spa recipes can be simple. You only need to start with a few ingredients and most are easily found at the grocery or can be found on places like Amazon, or Mountain Rose Herbs and recipes! Here’s a great reference e-book you can get started with to create simple luscious products like soaks, scrubs, and body butters! Here’s a Guide To Creating Spa Products.  It’s even loaded with information about how you can use in home spa recipes for profit. That’s a win-win, isn’t it?

My favorite thing to make is body butter. Oh, the first time I whipped up this dreamy cream and rubbed it on my body right after a soaking bath…what can I say, I felt like I was pampered just like being in a high quality pampering day-spa.

Here’s an EASY sugar scrub recipe:

EASY SUGAR SCRUB

1 cup granulated white sugar—works best
1/2 cup olive oil
3-4 drops essential oil of choice
Pour white sugar into an empty jar with a tight fitting lid (a small jelly or condiment jar works great) Pour the
olive oil into sugar. Add essential oil and mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended. Or, screw
on the lid and shake to mix the ingredients.

In Home Spa Recipes

Here’s an easy body butter recipe:

½ cup Organic Shea butter

½ cup Mango Butter

½ cup Organic Coconut Oil

½ cup  Organic Olive Oil

Essential oils.  You can send me an email to joyce@theessentialnurse.com to find out about the essential oils I use and recommend and how you can purchase them wholesale!

I gently melt the Non-essential oils in a microwave bowl. They don’t need to get very hot/boil…just bring them to a melt. Stir well. Put them in the fridge. As they start getting cool, and begin to become solid (don’t let it get hard, just at the beginning of solid)  Take them out of the fridge. Get out your awesome mixer with beaters, and begin to whip it up! Whip for several minutes, and it’s going to start looking like whip cream.  Add 10-30 drops of essential oils. Continue to whip until nicely mixed up, and you’ve got the most awesome body butter! Place the mixture in a nice container. You will have enough to use a couple of containers. If your house is warm, you will need to keep it in the refrigerator. If not, you can leave it out in your bathroom or bedroom.

You can see how fun it is to create your own spa using your own in home spa recipes. It’s easy AND addictive!  Start with a few recipes.

Next is to create a nice fruit water. Nice clean crisp water in a pitcher and add lemon and cucumber slices with a hint of mint! Pour a nice tall glass before you get into that soaking tub!

In Home Spa Recipes

This Essential Nurse KNOWS the need for attention to self-care. I diligently set up my own spa at least once a week.  And Now… I will finish it with this:

In Home Spa Recipes

 

Enjoy that long soaking bath. Don’t forget that you can find more In Home Spa Recipes here

Be Well, Be Blessed!

Joyce@theessentialnurse.com

Filed Under: Apothecary Tagged With: Best In Home Spa Recipes, DIY Home Spa, How To De-Stress, Self-Care

January 26, 2013 by Joycelynn

Holistic Stretching: Body, Mind, & Spirit!

Stretching Yourself

 

 

Stretching Yourself

Waking up this morning I was reminded to stretch. Moving my office around yesterday I made the mistake of trying to re-arrange furniture that was too heavy.  The next morning morning only a faint reminder of uncomfortable muscles remained, and a good stretch really helped out.

Where do you need to stretch? There are several definitions of stretch, but this one on the free online dictionary is the meaning I am looking for: To extend or enlarge beyond the usual or proper limits. Basically I am talking about going outside of your box to stretch.

PHYSICALLY

Getting in a habit of moving when you haven’t been moving can be a STRETCH for many of you. Start by actually stretching when you first get out of bed. While you are cooking, consider a few deep breathing exercises followed by nice stretching Yoga poses. Stretch, and as you do: reach beyond the area that is comfortable for you. Get in the habit! This type of movement only takes a few moments. It adds up as you practice it more and more each day! It gets your blood flowing and the oxygen moving!

MENTALLY

STRETCH your mind! Get outside of your comfort zone and pick up a good book that will stretch your mind. Are you use to reading only fiction? Pick up a good personal development book. I am enjoying “Aspire” by Kevin Hall, a gift for Christmas. Each chapter is focused on a word that will really help you stretch your mind.

SETTING GOALS

Pick a few areas where you want to see growth and set goals. However, you need small steps in reaching those goals. STRETCH that goal. Make sure your plan to get there doesn’t become overwhelming. Remember, small steps can lead to permanent change! Get involved with a group coaching program for accountability!

EMOTIONALLY

What can you do to STRETCH emotionally today? Look around you and see what you can do for someone else. It can be as simple as giving an encouraging word to a friend on Facebook. Pick up the phone and be encouraging to someone who you know can benefit from encouragement. Look outside yourself. YOU may be going through a hard time but you will ALWAYS be encouraged when you give of yourself to someone else!

SPIRITUALLY

STRETCH yourself spiritually. Find that quiet place and spend time in prayer and meditation. Find a scripture that ministers to you and write it out. Place it where you can refer to it often today. Open up your journal and write what is on your heart. STRETCH yourself by writing! Share your article with friends. When you become authentic (being real), you never know who you will touch with the power of your words.

So the idea for today is STRETCH. Go just outside your comfort zone! It’s not a GOOD stretch unless you FEEL it! I would love to know what you are going to do today to STRETCH yourself! Please leave a comment below and share what you are going to do today to go beyond your box!

Filed Under: Wellness Tagged With: burnout, How To De-Stress, Self-Care, wellness, womens selfcare

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