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As moms, we all need a little pampering at times. LOTS of times! We're probably the most neglected members of our families and it's so important for us to just say "STOP! I need some 'ME' time!" I know, I know! "ME" time for a mom is near impossible. As I'm typing this my 4 year old keeps coming up to me telling me she "wants me". I love my children with all my heart and soul, but after spending 24 hours a day with them, 7 days a week sometimes you just need to get away or else you're going to explode! That's where I am right now. Mommie Burnout! It's such a hard thing to go through, especially emotionally. You hate to admit that you need to be away from your kids but at the same time you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown! Sometimes, just a few minutes a day can do a world of good! Here I hope to share tips and recipes for things to help you pamper yourself. I hope you enjoy this page and if anyone has any suggestions or recipes they'd like to share, please feel free to email me! Enjoy!

The Pampering Parlor

April's Recipe:

Submitted By: Colleen



	Sensuous lemon salt body scrub Ingredients: 8oz. coarse sea salt (purifying) 8oz. (240 ml) sweet almond oil (moisturizing) 30 drops lemon verbena Pure Essential Oil (PEO) 20 drops grapefruit PEO 10 drops rosemary PEO 10 drops ylang ylang PEO 10 drops sandalwood PEO Preparation: 1. Mix the essential oils into the sweet almond oil in a measuring cup. 2. Place the sea salt in a glass container with a gasket seal. 3. Pour oil mixture in step 1 over sea salt and close the container. 4. Allow the oils to soak into sea salt for 5 minutes. 5. Invert the container and wait for another 5 minutes. 6. Turn the container upright again. When sea salt has saturated in the oil mixture is ready to use. Application: For each usage, mix 2 tbsp. of coarse sea salt and 2 tbsp. of grounded lemon rind as scrub material and add on a cotton mesh mitt with about 3 tbsp. of the scrub product in step 6. Gently scrub all over the body with circular motions for a few minutes as needed. Cucumber or plain yogurt may be used as a skin conditioner to smoothen and balance the pH level of skin after a body scrub.