The Scentual Life: Home spa facial
- by Debra McDuffee on May 6th 2008 2:00PM
- staying green, soap-making, gifts, beauty and skin care, Scentual Life
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Last week, you learned how to pamper yourself, some friends or your mom with a home pedicure. Recipes for foot soak, foot scrub and foot butter helped to set the stage for a day of feet-lovin' fun. Use those newly neat feet to gather supplies for the best home facial you can give -- just in time for Mother's Day.
After the break, I'll share recipes for making your own facial cleanser, face scrub, facial mask and face oil, ideas for packaging them as gifts, and tips for choosing oils and essential oils based on your skin type.
Did you know that petroleum jelly has been around since the late 1800's? It can be used as a lubricant for all sorts of little jobs around the house. I use my little jar of petroleum jelly to lubricate the annoying hinges on the doors of my bathroom sink, for coating my chapped lips in the winter, and even dab a little on my 
Every wonder how to avoid chapped hands after heavy-duty cleaning or gardening? There's an easy solution: liberally apply hand cream to hands before you pull on garden or thick dish gloves. As you work up a sweat doing your task, your hands will indulge in a spa treatment. The added bonus is that you will be more likely to wear gloves around cleaners you may not think damage your skin, like floor cleaners; thus, keeping your hands and skin happy and healthy all the time.
Tall and tan and young and lovely. Seems like only yesterday you were sporting your coolest sunglasses, cruising the coast in your convertible, hair blowing in the wind with your darkest tan ever. 







