Beauty Recipes

Honey Beauty Mask

1 egg yolk
1 Tsp (Teaspoon) of Honey
1 Tsp Almond Oil
1 Tsp Vitamin E Oil

Combine the ingredients and apply to clean dry skin. Let dry then rinse.

Basic Body Oil

4 fluidoz (Ounces) Grapeseed oil
1 Tsp Wheatgerm Oil
10 Drops Sandalwood or Lavendar Oil

Combine the Oils together and store on a bottle or jar with a screw top. Shake before use.

Cinnamon/Oatmeal Milk Bath

1 cup powdered soya milk
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 finely ground oatmeal
2 Tsp Cornstarch
1 Tsp cream of Tarter
1 Tsp Cinnamon

Place all this into a food processor and whip it up.

Herbal Milk Bath


1 cup cornstarch
2 cups soya milk powder
2 Tsp of your favorite herbs

Combine ingredients in food processor or blender.
Add herbs and blend. Add 1/2 cup of mixture to hot bath water.

Wholebody Mud Mask

5oz Fuller's Earth
7floz Fresh Apple Juice
1 Tbsp Lemon juice
2 Tbsp Almond Oil
1 Tbsp Honey
6 drops Sandalwood or Neroli Oil

Mix the fuller's Earth with the apple juice and lemon juice until it forms a smooth paste. Stir in the Almond Oil, honey and essential oil.
To Use: apply small ammounts of the mixture to the body. start at the feet and work your way up.
Leave for a few minutes until dry, then rinse off with warm water.

Herbal Bath Salts

2 cups sea salt
       2 cups baking soda        1 cup oatmeal (finely ground)
2 Tsp of your favorite dried finely ground herb mix.

Place all together into a food processor and mix it up.

Rosewater   

2 handfulls of dark, scented rose petals
2 3/4 pints of water
1/2lb of sugar

Put the rose petals in a clear glass jar or bottle with a wide opening, and cover them with water and sugar. Close the top and shake really well. Visualize the divine power of the goddess as a n aura of glowing white light, radiating from your hands and into the water, charging it with magickal energy.
Steep the mixture for a couple of hours. Shake it again, then strain it through a sieve, then again through a paper coffee paper.
You can keep on adding fresh rose petals and repeating the process of shaking, steeping and straining to obtain a stronger scent.

Marigold Tonic
Used to soothe, heal sore, chapped and sunburnt skin.

3 Handfulls fresh Marigolds
1 pint of boiling water

Pour the boiling water over the flowers, then cover them and leave for 2-3 hours. Strain off the liquid then bottle.

Lilac Flower water  
Spotty complexion. 

3-4 Tbsp fresh flowers
1/2 pint boiling water

Put the flowers into the boiling water in a glass or stainless steel saucepan, and simmer very gently for five minutes. Allow to stand for twenty minutes, then strain and bottle.

Elderflower water    
Blemished skin   

1 large cup of Elderflowers
2 cups (16floz) boiling water

Rinse the Elderflowers, then out them into the large jar, then let them steep overnight. Strain out the liquid next day and bottle it. Keep in a cool place.

Soapwort and Sandalwood shampoo    

1oz dried Chamomile flowers
1oz chopped soapwort root
8floz Hot water
20 drops Sandalwood Oil.

Place th chopped soapwort root and chamomile flowers in a bowl and pour on th almost boiling water. Stir well. Cover and leave to infuse overnight.
In the morning, strain and add the drops of Sandalwood oil.
To Use: wet the hair and massage in a small ammount of the mixture. Rinse.

Intensive hair conditioner
Good for dry, chemically processed hair.

1 Tbsp Black Strap Molasses
2 Egg yolks
2 floz Avocado or Almond Oil

Beat together molasses and egg yolks in a small bowl until they form a stiff paste. Add the avocado or almond oil and mix.
Apply to dry hair, working through the ends up toward the roots.
Leave for 15-20 and wash hair. You may need to shampoo twice to remove all remains.

Body splashes

Basic Ingredients
2 Tsp High proof Vodka
4oz White wine or cider vinegar
2 cups Spring Water

Invigoration splash
Lime 10 drops
Lavendar 10 drops
Peppermint 5 drops
Lemon 3 drops

Toning Splash
Lemongrass 18 drops
Sage 5 drops
Blackpepper 3 drops
Basil 3 drops
Patchouli 3 drops

Fruity Splash
Orange 10 drops
Mandarin 10 drops
Grapefruit 5 drops
Lemon 5 drops

Soothing Splash
Benzoin 10 drops
Sandalwood 10 drops
Geranium 5 drops
Nutmeg 2 drops

Information taken from: The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. By Valerie Ann Worwood