Beautiful Moist Skin Any Time of the Year

Recently the discussion of bath time came up and it was mentioned that baths are too drying to the skin. Well, if you know me, you can imagine my reaction to that comment! If you don't know me, let me fill you in. I love everything about the bathing (or showering) ritual. I love the scents that go along with products. I am a bath product snob, so much so that when I can't find exactly what I like I will make my own.



How it all started.....


For years I was on a hunt for the perfect moisturizing salt scrub. I tried everything on the market, from spas to drug stores and there was always something off. They were either too salty, too soapy, too greasy, or maybe the smell wasn't my cup of tea. I didn't like the sugar scrubs as they didn't exfoliate well at all. Sometimes they used synthetic ingredients or cheap ingredients, regardless, I knew exactly what I didn't want and just what I did. I couldn't beleive that I couldn't find the perfect thing. Either I was too picky (no such thing) or it just didn't exist. I figured since I knew exactly what I wanted and couldn't find it, I would just have to make my own.


What I wanted in a moisturizing salt scrub was the following:

• pure, natural ingredients, organic when possible


• good quality salts


• organic essential oils


• base oils that are natural and moisturizing without being greasy


• no soap or cleansing properties


• no synthetics


• no artifical preservatives
  

I wanted something to exfoliate and moisturize, after I have washed my body. There is no sense in moisturizing and then washing it all off. I was searching for a "post-cleanse" product that would remove the rough dead skin while drenching it with oils and very importantly, a scent that would be memorable.

After a lot of trial and error, I came up with the perfect product! Check it out at:

http://FrankinScents.com

For those of you who don't take a daily bath because you feel it is too drying, check out the recipes below, your skin will thank me! They are all simple and can be done at home.

Bath Tub Candy (solid bath oil)

• 4 oz cocoa butter


• 1 oz colloidal oatmeal (ground fine)


• 4 oz grapeseed oil


• 6-10 drops organic essential oil

Combine cocoa butter and grapeseed oil in a bowl and melt.

Then add oatmeal and oil and mix very well. Pour into greased tart containers.

* I suggest you wash your body prior to this bath so you can soak in it while clean. Otherwise you will be washing off the moisturizing properties.

Milk Bath

• 250 grams powdered milk


• 1/2 table spoon organic almond oil


• a few drops of your favorite organic essential oil(s)

Combine in a warm bath and soak.

Oatmeal Bath

• 2 cups rolled oats (instant unflavored, quick oats or slow cooking oats)


• 1 cup baking soda


• 2 cups whole milk/ 250 grams powdered milk


• Grind rolled oats in a blender, food processor or a coffee grinder.


• Combine all ingredients in a warm bath and soak.

Oatmeal - Salt Bath Recipe

• 1/2 cup powdered oatmeal


• 1/4 cup sea salt
• 1/4 cup epsom salt
• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 10 drops sandalwood organic essential oil
• 7-8 drops ylang ylang organic essential oil
• 7-8 drops tangerine essential oil

Combine all the dry ingredients in a food processor and blend.

Transfer half a cup into a zip lock bag and add the essential oils, seal it and shake well, break up any clumps. Once it is well mixed, add the rest of the dry mix and continue to shake. You don't want to add essential oils to your food processor.


Store in an air tight container.


Use 1/4-2/3 cup ber bath

Essential Oils For Dry Skin:

• Chamomile


• Geranium


• Hyssop


• Lavender


• Patchouli


• Rose


• Sandalwood


• Ylang-Ylang
  

Disappearing Act

I haven't contributed to my blog in months. I've been either too busy, too tired or couldn't think of anything worthy to say. I will try to make it back here more often.

Lisa Marie Presley - He Knew

Under the title He Knew, Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, took to her MySpace blog to record some very touching words.

She says:

"Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general.
I can't recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my Fathers Death.
At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, "I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did."
I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that.
14 years later I am sitting here watching on the news an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the Cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did the unstoppable tears.
A predicted ending by him, by loved ones and by me, but what I didn't predict was how much it was going to hurt when it finally happened.
The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the LA County Coroners office for his Autopsy.
All of my indifference and detachment that I worked so hard to achieve over the years has just gone into the bowels of hell and right now I am gutted.
I am going to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once.
Our relationship was not "a sham" as is being reported in the press. It was an unusual relationship yes, where two unusual people who did not live or know a "Normal life" found a connection, perhaps with some suspect timing on his part. Nonetheless, I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much.
I wanted to "save him" I wanted to save him from the inevitable which is what has just happened.
His family and his loved ones also wanted to save him from this as well but didn't know how and this was 14 years ago. We all worried that this would be the outcome then.
At that time, In trying to save him, I almost lost myself.
He was an incredibly dynamic force and power that was not to be underestimated.
When he used it for something good, It was the best and when he used it for something bad, It was really, REALLY bad.
Mediocrity was not a concept that would even for a second enter Michael Jackson's being or actions.
I became very ill and emotionally/ spiritually exhausted in my quest to save him from certain self-destructive behavior and from the awful vampires and leeches he would always manage to magnetize around him.
I was in over my head while trying.
I had my children to care for, I had to make a decision.
The hardest decision I have ever had to make, which was to walk away and let his fate have him, even though I desperately loved him and tried to stop or reverse it somehow.
After the Divorce, I spent a few years obsessing about him and what I could have done different, in regret.
Then I spent some angry years at the whole situation.
At some point, I truly became Indifferent, until now.
As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness, reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date, watching on the news almost play by play The exact Scenario I saw happen on August 16th, 1977 happening again right now with Michael (A sight I never wanted to see again) just as he predicted, I am truly, truly gutted.
Any ill experience or words I have felt towards him in the past has just died inside of me along with him.
He was an amazing person and I am lucky to have gotten as close to him as I did and to have had the many experiences and years that we had together.
I desperately hope that he can be relieved from his pain, pressure and turmoil now.
He deserves to be free from all of that and I hope he is in a better place or will be.
I also hope that anyone else who feels they have failed to help him can be set free because he hopefully finally is.
The World is in shock but somehow he knew exactly how his fate would be played out some day more than anyone else knew, and he was right.

I really needed to say this right now, thanks for listening.

~LMP"

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