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Thermal Mermaid’s

50 Spa Treatments &

Products

For your home or store

By: Jennifer Tynan & Hannah Tynan

1st Edition

Copyright 2016 ©

All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be

reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written

permission. Unauthorized reproduction of this work is

illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded, or

posted on the internet without the author's permission.

This book is not meant to take the place of medicine or

medical advice from a professional. The contents in this

book do not make guarantees in anyway and have not been

reviewed or approved by the FDA like the commercial

chemical products. As always nursing, pregnant women,

and children should consult with your trusted doctor before

consuming. There are always cautions and warnings about

using essential oils when pregnant or nursing. Not all

essential oils are suitable for babies and children.

Introduction

1. What you will find in this book

2. How to use this book

About the Author

1. Jennifer & Hannah Tynan

Chapter 1: The Basics

Chapter 2: DIY supplies that you will need.

Chapter 3: Preservatives

Chapter 4: Facial Treatments

• Sugar Scrub for Face & Acne

• Rose Hip Oil: Anti-Ageing Facial Oil

• Natural Face Mud Mask

• The Black Head Remover Face Mask

• Facial Mask for a Sun Burn

• Under Eye Night Cream

• Dark Herbal Acne Face Mask

• Reduce Rosacea Face Mask

• Tighten and Firm Face Treatment

• Reduce Pores Pink Facial Mask

Chapter 5: Massage Oils

• Hot Peppermint Chocolate Massage Oil

• Lemongrass Anti-Aging Massage Oil

• Lavender Massage Oil

• Cinnamon & Vanilla Massage Oil

• Stuffy Head & Sinus Massage Oil

Chapter 6: Lotions and Body Butters

• Soothing Oatmeal Milk & Honey Night Cream

• Lotions Sticks with Glimmer

• Light Summer Day Moisturizer

• New England Winter Body Butter

• Honey Oat & Milk Body Moisturizer

• Soothing Decongestant Salve

• Lemon Crème Lotion

• Soothing Lotion for Shaved Legs

• A Kiss of Rose Body Lotion

• The Massage Bar

Chapter 7: Body Wraps

• The “slimming” wrap

• The Traditional Seaweed Wrap

• Roses and Blooms Body Wrap

• The Royal Chocolate Mousse Wrap

• Strawberries & Crème Clay Wrap

Chapter 8: Exfoliators

• Emulsifying Sugar Scrub with Summer Melon

• Emulsifying Salt Scrub with Summer Breeze

• Strong Peppermint Foot Scrub

• Mint Chocolate Sugar Lip Scrub

• Soft Scrub Sugar Cubes

• The Sea Sponge Loofa Scrub

• Acne Bath Scrub

• Pink Himalayan Salt Scrub with Roses

• Morning Citrus Face Scrub

• Mermaid Salt Scrub

Chapter 9: Bath Additives

• Sea Salt Spray for Full Hair

• Scoopable Bath Fizz & Fragranced Water

Softeners

• Lavender Suds Bubble Bar

• Bath Crayons for Kids

• Jelly Jell-O Soap for Kids

• Sexy Bath Truffles

• Leave in Conditioning Hair Oil

• Dark Cherry Bath Softeners

• Chocolate Bath Cookie Skin Soaker

• The Flower Bath Bomb

Chapter 10: Glossary of Ingredients

Chapter 11: Crafting Terminology

Chapter 12: How to store, package, and price your items

Chapter 13: Online Resources for All Your Product Supply

Needs

Introduction

The Spa & Treatment Product Book is more

than just a ‘how to’ on spa treatments for the

beginner. It is a step by step introduction of

creating an item that can be prepared, packaged,

and sold for the purpose of building a small hobby

business. The information in this book will provide

hands on, step by step instructions on how to make

detergent free spa and bath products, but the

ultimate goal of this book is to provide you access

to ideas that will allow them to run a small

business with a low barrier to entry and provide a

potential income so that one can be a little more

self-sufficient tomorrow than they are today.

What you will find in this book:

1. A step by step guide on spa products like

face masks, massage oils, and body wraps

that you can add to your soap and bath line

or simply enjoy at home.

2. A description of the bare bones cheapest

way to make the basics for the beginner and

also resources for more advanced recipes.

3. Over 50 recipes along with ideas that you

can use and tweak to make them your own.

4. A breakdown of everything you will need to

get started.

5. A dictionary and explanation of all the

ingredients used in the recipes in this book

and how to use them.

How to Use this Book

Spa making products have become an

increasingly popular hobby in the last few years,

along with many DIY ideas. You can find many

great books on the shelves with hundreds of

homemade recipes. This book is meant for the

beginner who is looking for an affordable start up

business and finds beauty items in their realm of

interest. We will hold your hand with explanations

on how to create a product and how to add these

items to your business.

This book is meant to be a resource to be kept for

easy access, but it will also go one step further

than an average soapers “cookbook”. Feel free to

take notes and add details as you go along. There

will always be new companies that will offer great

deals, and there will always be discoveries you

make that will enhance your products. We call our

line artisan soaps for a reason. As an artist, you get

to be creative.

Chapter 1: The Basics

The Spa Products organized, in the form of

recipes, in this book are additional items that you

can add to your personal homemade soap & bath

collection or your store line from our volume one

book. These are typically the items that you will

find in a day spa that are used during your

pampering sessions. The most common day spa

items are sugar scrubs, and body butters. The most

common household pampering products are face

masks and bath salts. Any of these can be added to

your line to make full gift packages to go along

with your artisan soap collection.

Some of the recipes in this book include a

list of ingredients that you can find in the grocery

store for your home DIY crafts. Most of the

recipes include things that are natural products, but

you will need to get at your online soap supply

store. If you are making items to sell at a craft

market, we recommend that you shop at a supply

store specifically meant for making cosmetics and

soaps. Your products will come out better and look

more professional in some cases. At the end of this

book there is a chapter on the resources that we use

when we buy our supplies. There are many more

out there and we recommend that you explore all

of your opportunities to find great deals when

shopping for your supplies, but these are the places

that we have discovered offer the lowest prices in

shipping, offer the best quality products, and are

reliable sources.

Chapter 2: DIY supplies that you will

need

Clear Plastic Jars and Lids –If you are creating

products for retail sale you will want to make them

look beautiful. Jars and packaging come in many

shapes and sizes. You can get jars with screw top

lids in 4 and 8 ounces. You can get spray bottles

with spritz tops and squeeze bottles, or bottles with

pumps. Anything you get at your retail store you

can get from your local soap supplier in bulk and

ready for your own labels.

Large Tubs for Mixing – Unlike batches of soap,

many of these products have large amounts of dry

products that you will pour out and mix in bulk.

You will want some big 5 or 10 lb. plastic

containers so you can blend your sugars and salts

for scrubs.

1 Qt. Size Glass Mason Jars – In many of these

recipes you will be infusing oils. You will need

several glass mason jars to heat your oils and set

aside giving your product time to mature.

Pots & Pans – There will be times when you need

to melt down your solid oils and waxes to blend

them into your creation. You don’t need to work to

much about chemical reactions because you are

not using lye in any of these recipes.

Spray Bottles – One of the differences in lotions

and mask creations is in the preparation and set up

process. Unlike with regular soap making, you

absolutely. must prepare your surfaces to keep

them free from bacteria and moisture. This

includes your packaging containers. Keep spray

bottles filled with rubbing alcohol readily available

and always clean your area.

Gloves – Keep plastic kitchen gloves available.

Again you want to make your environment as

sterile as possible, so wear gloves when preparing

products that you will be gifting or selling to

others.

Silicone Molds – These are soft plastic molds. For

the recipes here you will need it to pour your solid

massage bars. You can get ice cube or cookie

molds from Walmart, or you can get them

specifically for massage bars from your soap

supply store.

Chapter 3: Preservatives

Preservatives are a touchy subject depending

on how you feel about chemicals. One of the

reasons you may have come to these types of DIY

cosmetics is to avoid preservatives all together. In

many cosmetics, this is possible, but in other cases

you just don’t want to risk not adding a

preservative to your product. We do touch on this

in some of our other tutorials about cosmetics and

soap making, so if you heard it all before please be

patient. It is important enough to review the

information, and if this is the first time you have

come to learn about preservatives in your products

this will be very important information.

How do you know whether your item needs a

preservative?

The general rule of thumb is, if you

introduce water as an ingredient, your product can

grow mold or animalitos (bacteria). If the

ingredients in your products are dry herbs, oils, or

mica colorants you do not need to add a

preservative.

You may want to make products with water

ingredients just for yourself with no preservatives.

I recommend that you treat these cosmetics like

food and keep it in the refrigerator. The expiration

should be about the same as food you keep in the

fridge.

If you are making products, however, to sell

at your stand or in a market, it is not recommended

to make products without the proper preservatives.

You would never want to be responsible for a

person rubbing mold or bacteria into their skin.

You can imagine that some people may even

already have a week immune system for any

particular health reason, and you wouldn’t want

that person rubbing bacteria into an open break on

their skin. Never sell or gift an item without a

preservative if the recipe calls for it.

Some preservatives are safer and have a

better health reputation than others. The ones you

want to steer away from are preservatives that

include formaldehyde, parabens, and SLS (not

SLSa, that is a different product altogether.) These

are the two preservatives that we recommend.

Optiphen – Out of all the preservatives on the

market this is the one that can handle the hottest

temperature compared to the others. It is

formaldehyde and paraben free This is not a broad-

spectrum preservative, so you may want to add

Vitamin E to your product. Preservatives have a

temperature peak point where it will dye and

become inactive if it becomes too hot. We

recommend that you buy it in the winter so that

you don’t risk the item getting to hot in shipping

where there may be temperatures you can’t

control. This will help protect your product from

going bad. When creating a recipe, your Optiphen

should be between 2 – 5 percent of the recipe. Do

not go over 5 percent.

Liquid Germall Plus – Use this product at a rate

of 0.1 to 0.5% of the total formulation. Liquid

Germall Plus can be used when you have more

water than oil, and when you have more oil than

water. It is a paraben-free preservative for your

lotions and creams. Notes on Germall Plus:

Maximum authorized concentration: 0.05%

Limitations: Not to be used for oral hygiene and

lip care products. When creating a recipe, your

Optiphen should be between 2 – 5 percent of the

recipe. Do not go over 5 percent.

Chapter 4: Facial Treatments

Some of the facial treatments are similar to

sugar scrubs, butters, and moisturizers in other

recipes. In this section, each recipe is tweaked with

softer ingredients that are better suited for the face.

We offer reminders in these recipes to grind down

more abrasive granules for eyes and sensitive skin.

Additionally, the oils added in the facial section

are richer and more expensive, which make them

more rejuvenating and better for the anti-ageing

qualities.

1. Sugar Scrub for Face & Acne – Although

this is not a mask but a scrub, this recipe is

tweaked to be sensitive enough to use on

your face and offers ingredients to draw

impurities out of the skin. This is good for

face and oily skin. This ingredient list is

extensive and what is on it is available at any

soap supply store. More than likely if you are

making this recipe, you are more than just the

cosmetic hobbyist so we have given you a

fairly larger bulk recipe with the ingredients

so that you can package your product for

sale. Of course, you can always cut this in

half for a smaller batch.

What you will need:

• 20 lbs. of sugar

• 4 cups of baking soda

• 2 cups of bentonite clay

• 12 cups of Epsom salts

• 4 tablespoons of Yellow dot root

• 4 tablespoons of Slippery elm

• 4 tablespoons of Marjoram

• 4 tablespoons of Rosemary

• 4 tablespoons of Thyme

• 4 tablespoons of Coriander

• 4 tablespoons of Kelp

• 4 tablespoons of Turmeric

• 1 Cup of Shea Butter

• 1 tablespoon of vitamin E

• ½ Cup of Coconut oil

• ½ cup of Olive oil

• 3 oz. of honey

• 3 oz. of glycerin

• 3 oz. of preservative of your choice

• 2 Tablespoons of Lemon Grass Essential Oil

• 2 Tablespoons of Clove Essential Oil

• 2 Tablespoons of Black Cumin Essential Oil

• 2 Tablespoons of Lavender Essential Oil

• 4 or 8 ounce jars with lids

First, you will get a large container and mix all

your dry ingredients. This will be your sugar,

baking soda, bentonite clay, and Epsom salts. This

facial cleanser will be going on your face, so you

will need to grind down those large Epsom salts in

a blender until it is a light dust consistency like

your baking soda. Mix this well. Be sure to wear

gloves while you mix this. Add your dry spices

and mix thoroughly. Yellow dot root and turmeric

can be known to stain your skin, so be sure to mix

well and once your product is finished let it sit for

a few days before use. This will give the spices

time to blend into the rest of the ingredients.

Next, mix your oils. Melt any hard oils just

enough to turn to liquid. Allow the oil to cool so

that you can add your preservative at a low

temperature. Make sure you do this well. Mix until

you completely blended. Add your essential oils

for fragrance. Finally, you can package your

product and label accordingly.

2. Rose Hip Oil: Anti-Ageing Facial Oil –

This is a facial moisturizing oil recipe that

has some extremely rich cosmetic oils known

for putting moisture back into deep layers of

skin. Some of the oils, such as jojoba, is

known to have antibacterial properties, so

this facial oil can also be used as an acne aid.

What you will need:

• 1 oz. of Rose Hip Tea Bags

• 10 oz. of Avocado Oil

• 10 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• 1 large qt. mason jar

• ½ oz. of jojoba oil

• 1 oz. of argon oil

• ½ oz. of calendula oil

The following ingredients will be poured into a

1 qt. mason jar. You can double this recipe to

make a larger batch if you like, but you will need

to get a second qt. jar and make the rest of your

batch in another glass jar. Your rose hip tea bags

should be organic rose tea. First bring a large pot

filled with about 3 – 4 inches of water to a rapid

boil on your stove top. Bring the water down to a

light simmer.

Place the tea bags in the glass jar. Add your

oils, and cover the jars with their lids. Place your

glass mason jar into the pot of simmering water

and allow this to cook for 20 minutes. You can add

additional fragrances of your choice if you would

like to enhance the smell. Since your base is rose

hip, we recommend essential oils be in the rose

family for a pure infused essence. If you do decide

to add an essential oil for fragrance make sure that

you remove the oil from the boiling water and

allow for it to cool down before adding your oil.

This will keep your fragrance from burning off.

Set this mason jar aside for a week and allow the

oils to fuse. Once this is finished separate your oil

into o2, 4, or 8 ounce bottles. Label accordingly,

and you are ready to sell this amazing oil.

3. Natural Face Mud Mask – There are two

ways to package a mud mask product for

your customers. One way is to create the

product in its moist “mud” form. In this

method, you will need to add the preservative

that we discussed in an earlier chapter.

However, if you package this product

without water, in a powder form, your

customer can mix the water in themselves

and you will not need to add the preservative.

This will have a perfectly fine shelf life, and

many of your customers will prefer buying

their product this way.

What you will need:

• 2 cups of Bentonite clay

• 1 cup of Activated charcoal

• 2 tablespoons of Cleavers

• 2 tablespoons of Chickweed

• 2 tablespoons of Spirulina

• 2 tablespoons of Thyme

• 2 tablespoons of Rosemary

• 2 tablespoons of Turmeric

• 2 tablespoons of Marjoram

Before blending all these ingredients put the

spices into a food blender and grind it down into a

fine dust. Remember, you are rubbing it on your

face. Add the ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Separate into 6-8 oz. plastic containers. Label this

accordingly and give directions to your customer:

Mix 4 parts water to 1-part water. Make sure to

mix with hot water to activate the charcoal, which

is activated through heat. Make a mud pie and

apply to the face. Allow this to dry and then wash

clean. You will notice the clay will draw out

impurities while the spices help to sooth red skin.

4. The Black Head Remover Face Mask –

This facial mask focuses on skin that needs

soothing and clearing up due to acne. We go

light on the moisturizing additives and focus

on the medicinal ingredients that are known

for drying and killing bacteria.

What you will need:

• 3 oz. of Activated charcoal

• 4 oz. of Bentonite clay

• 1 oz. of. Glycerin

• 1/4 oz. of Jojoba oil

• ¼ oz. of tea tree oil

The ingredients in this list will make one 8 oz.

package of black head remover face mask. You

can multiply this by the number of packages you

want to make. Mix the dry ingredients first, then

add your wet ingredients. Package this in its mud

form and make sure to tell your customer to add 2

parts water to 1-part mud to the instructions. Apply

this mask and allow it to dry completely before

washing off.

5. Facial Mask for a Sun Burn – A mild sun

burn is no good for the complexions. It

makes you vulnerable to splotchy skin and

other unpleasant coloring, not to mention, it

just hurts. This mask will bring some of the

sting out of a light burn and bring the

swelling down form the skin giving your face

time to get back to its natural color and

healthy look.

What you will need:

• 2 oz. of aloe vera liquid

• 2 oz. of avocado oil

• 4 oz. of Bentonite clay

• .5 oz. of turmeric

• .16 oz. of Optiphen (preservative)

Add your dry ingredients into a dish and mix

well. Add the aloe liquid and avocado oil and mix

into a paste. Finally, add the preservative and

blend completely. The facial mask will sooth and

reduce swelling for those who might experience

discomfort from sunburn. The recipe will make

one 8 oz. container, so adjust your amount

depending on how many containers you want to

fill. It is not recommended to use preservative on

eyes or lips, so when using this mask, it may be a

good idea to remember to keep out of eyes.

6. Under Eye Night Cream - A night cream

for under the eye has two important

components. You want to focus on

ingredients with anti-inflammatory properties

and also a super moisturizer. You will

recognize that night creams are usually thick

body butters. With our night cream eye

recipe, we make a thick shea based body

butter and add soothing ingredients that are

known to minimize swelling and puffiness.

What you will need:

• 100 grams of aloe Vera juice

• 23 grams of shea butter

• 19 grams of coco butter

• 12 grams of ewax

• 12 grams of steric acid

• 1.5 grams Germall plus

• 57 grams of Eucalyptus oil

When packaging under eye night cream you

will use 2 oz. containers. In this recipe

eucalyptus oil is an anti-inflammatory and will

help bring down puffy eyes. Remember, this

goes on the skin under the eye, not in the eye.

7. Dark Herbal Acne Drying Face Mask –

This is a dark heavy mud mask that will be

applied, dry for 20 minutes, and be washed

clean. This mask is for those who have acne

due to oily skin. The salt additive will dry the

skin making this recipe different from other

masks. This is a large recipe and can be split

up to your desired amount, depending on

how many packages you want to make.

What you will need:

• 2 cups of activated charcoal

• ½ cup of turmeric

• ½ cup of Thyme

• ½ cup of Marjoram

• ½ cup of Rosemary

• 1 cup of Spirulina powder

• 1 cup of Epsom salt


First, make sure your spices are ground to a fine

powder. Add your salt to the spice and grind again

to a powder. Add the bentonite clay. Mix. The

mixing process should be done carefully and

thoroughly, just be careful not to make too much

dust and breath in the combination. When the

products become too fine, you can breathe the clay

and salt and it can create an uncomfortable layer in

your lungs. Just be sure to use common sense. Add

your charcoal and mix. Packaged this in its dry

form and include the instructions on the ingredient

label. 4 parts powder to one-part water. Make a

mud pie and apply.

8. Reduce Rosacea Face Mask – Rosacea is

pink red skin. Sometimes this is temporary

irritation and sometimes people have a

chronic red patchy skin. For people who are

very sensitive to chemical products it is often

recommended to minimalizes the number of

items that one places on their skin. The

following items are known to sooth irritated

skin, but for people who suffer from Rosacea

results will vary depending on the person.

What you will need:


• 1 cup of ground oatmeal


• ½ cup of Thyme


• 1 oz. of licorice extract



powder. Add the oatmeal and grind it into a fine

powder with the dry spices. Add the bentonite

clay. Mix. The mixing process should be done

carefully and thoroughly, just be careful not to

make too much dust and breath in the combination.

Add your charcoal and mix. Add your liquid

ingredients and continue mixing. Packaged this in

its dry form and include the instructions on the

ingredient label. 4 parts powder to one-part water.

Make a mud pie and apply.

9. Tighten and Firm Face Treatment – For

those who want to feel tighter skin and a little

rejuvenation. This mask focuses on the oils

with high absorption and the spices that

tighten the skin. This is another great recipe

for women over 40 who already have good

complexion, but just want a pick up.

What you will need:



• ½ cup of Lemongrass


• 1 cup of Epsom salt


• 4 oz. of extra virgin Olive Oil

• 1 oz. of Jojoba Oil

• .2 oz. of Optiphen



to a powder. Add the bentonite clay. Mix. Just be

sure to use common sense. Add your charcoal and

mix. Packaged this and include the instructions on

the ingredient label. 4 parts powder to one-part

water. Make a mud pie and apply.

10. Reduce Pores Pink Facial Mask - This is a

dark heavy mud mask that will be applied,

dry for 20 minutes, and be washed clean.

This mask is for those who have acne due to

oily skin. The salt additive will dry the skin

making this recipe different from other

masks. This is a large recipe and can be split

up to your desired amount, depending on

how many packages you want to make.

What you will need:



• 1 cup of pink Himalayan Sea Salt

• 5 cups of Rose Clay

• ½ cup of Wheat Grass


• 1 cup of Lemongrass



to a powder. Add the rose clay. Mix. The mixing

process should be done carefully and thoroughly.

Remember you are rubbing this into your face and

you don’t want to get sharp pieces in your eyes, so

let this blend as fine as possible. Add your

charcoal and mix. Packaged this in its dry form

and include the instructions on the ingredient label.

4 parts powder to one-part water. Make a mud pie

and apply.

Chapter 5: Massage Oils

When making massage oils you want to choose

grapeseed oil or coconut oil. The reason we use

these two oils is because they wash out the most

easily if absorbed into your linens and clothes.

These two oils are very light and essentially clear

and fragrance free.

11. Hot Peppermint Chocolate Massage Oil –

This recipe will use fragrance oils and if you

want a mild tingle in your massage oil then

substitute the mint fragrance oil with

essential oil. Sweet Almond Oils is the oil of

choice because it is light and won’t feel

greasy after it absorbs into the skin.

What you will need:

• 15 ounces of Sweet Almond Oil

• 8 ounces of Avocado Oil

• 7 ounces of extra virgin Olive Oil

• 1 ounce of Jojoba Oil

• .7 ounces of chocolate fragrance oil

• .3 ounces of peppermint essential oil

Combine all the oils and stir well. Pour this

product into 4 ounce containers. The oils will

provide excellent moisture and will not leave a

greasy feel. You can substitute peppermint

essential oil instead of fragrance oil. You will only

need .1 oz. of essential oil instead of the .03

fragrance oil.

12. Lemongrass Anti-Aging Massage Oil -

Lemongrass essential oil is in the family of

aroma therapy that rejuvenates and

encourages wakefulness. This recipe is

perfect for morning and getting ready to start

your activities. Olive oil is the most

moisturizing of all the cosmetic oils. It is full

of antioxidants and absorbs better than the

rest. Olive oil does actually absorb and

doesn’t ride on top of the skin like some of

the other oils. That’s why this recipe is our

anti-=aging and different from the other

recipes.

What you will need:

• 15 ounces of Olive Oil


• 7 ounces of Coconut Oil


• .4 ounces of lemongrass essential oil




greasy feel.

13. Lavender Massage Oil – Lavender essential

oil is in the family of aroma therapy that

relaxes and encourages restfulness. This

recipe is perfect as a sleep aid and de

stressing.

What you will need:





• .4 ounces of lavender essential oil




greasy feel.

14. Cinnamon & Vanilla Massage Oil – This

recipe uses grapeseed and coconut oil as the

base oils. Use this oil if you always end up

with extra laundry or are likely to make a mess.

These oils are very light and wash out of your

clothes the most easily. Vanilla is known to

leave a tint, so if you want you can leave the

vanilla out of this recipe. (This is not always the

case. This is a little greasier than the lighter oils

such as grapeseed or It will depend on who

your vanilla essential oil supplier is.) coconut,

but the nourishing qualities will outweigh the

greasy feel.

What you will need:

• 15 ounces of Grapeseed Oil

• 8 ounces of Coconut Oil



• 15 drops of cinnamon essential oil

• 15 drops of vanilla essential oil

• 5 drops of clove oil


product into 4 ounce containers. This is a sweet

musky smell that is known to be relaxing for sore

muscles and great after a hard work day.

15. Stuffy Head & Sinus Massage Oil –

Sometimes you need a massage oil for a cold

or lousy feeling. You want to massage the

stiff muscles in the next and shoulders

associated with congestion. Eucalyptus,

citrus, and mint essential oils are known to

aide deep breathing.

What you will need:





• .7 ounces of Eucalyptus oil

• .3 ounces of Lemon essential oil




greasy feel. You can substitute peppermint

essential oil instead of fragrance oil. You will only

need .1 oz. of essential oil instead of the .03

fragrance oil.

Chapter 6: Lotions and Body Butters

Lotions and Body Butters. These are the

moisturizers that you find on your store shelves but

also these are the luxurious products that you get

when you got to your day spa for a pampering

session. These 10 recipes do have common

ingredients, but with changes in the types of

butters and waxes you can get very different

products that are good for different skin types and

needs.

16. Soothing Oatmeal Milk & Honey Night

Cream - This lotion is a very basic recipe

and one you get the hang of making your

lotions with this texture you can start to

tweak the fragrances and colors to your

creative liking. These thicker lotions are

good for soothing dry skin, winter protection,

and overnight wear. Any time the thicker

butters are added you know this will be more

than just a summer moisturizer.

This is the thickest lotion we recommend that

still works well in a squeeze bottle. This will make

8 oz. of lotion. You can multiply the recipe

depending on how many bottles you wish to fill.

What you will need:

• 157 grams of aloe Vera juice

• 23 grams of shea butter

• 19 grams of coco butter

• 12 grams of ewax

• 12 grams of steric acid

• 3 grams Germall plus

• 5 grams of fragrance

Instructions: Melt your waxes and oils together

first and the liquid product to your aloe vera juice.

Mix well will a stick blender to make sure your

product is completely emulsified. Allow your

lotion to cool before adding your and fragrance

and preservative. Pipe your product into your

bottles and set aside for your labels to be applied.

This process can take about 20 – 30 minutes. Take

your time and keep your area clean as you go

along. This product must stay sterile.

Note: The aloe vera juice is the kind that you

can buy in the gallon jar at your local Walmart.

This is processed differently than if you squeeze an

aloe plant. You can substitute the aloe juice for

water in this recipe for a lighter texture lotion.

17. Lotions Sticks with Glimmer- This recipe

is a version of the popular massage bars, but

with a lotion stick you can use a similar

recipe without the need to pull your product

out of a messy tin if it should start to melt.

We have one warning about selling this

product. If your market table is set up on a

hot day you will want to keep this out of

direct sunlight and even, consider keeping

your extra products in a cooler. The touch of

gold powdered mica will give your skin a

little glimmer when the oils absorb, but this

is completely optional. Love Spell fragrance

is a floral scent and can be substituted for any

fragrance you like. This is a waxy type of

lotion that will sit on the skin and lock

moisture.

What you will need:

• 24 oz. of Shea Butter

• 10 oz. of Coconut Oil

• 11.5 oz. of Olive Oil


• 10 oz. of Argon Oil

• 33 oz. of Beeswax

• 1.5 Of Love Spell Fragrance Oil

• 2 grams of gold mica

Melt all your hard oils down on the stove top

and melt the beeswax into the oil. Do this slowly

and allow the oils to melt without bringing the

temperature too high. Add your liquid oils and the

mica. At this point you will want to use your stick

blender to make sure the mica is completely mixed

into your oils. Once the oils have begun to cool

you can add the fragrance. Fill this product into

your push stick containers. Typically, large 4 oz.

push sticks work well with this product. If you

want to find a great resource for the kind of

containers you will need for this product you can

find a list of stores in the last chapter of this book.

These will need to set and harden before you

attach your labels.

18. Light Summer Day Moisturizer – We love

shimmer lotion. This will give you a touch of

shimmer on your skin and add a brightened

touch during the dull winter months. The

base here is light for the summer days.

• 48 oz. of distilled water


• 5 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil

• 3.2 oz. of E-wax

• 2.6 oz. of Steric Acid

• 1 oz. of Woodland Fragrance Oil

• .5 oz. of Vitamin E

• .66 oz. of Optiphen Plus

• 8 / 8 oz. clear bottles. With caps

First, boil your distilled water in one pot. Next,

melt down your hard oils over the stove top with

just enough heat to turn the oils liquid. Take your

time doing this. There is no rush. This includes the

Shea butter, the E-wax, and the Steric Acid. Let

the oils cool to room temperature. Add the soft oils

and water. Mix this well with your stick blender.

As this cools it will thicken up. Add your fragrance

and preservative only when the temperature is

under 115 degrees. You want to make sure that

you don’t lose the potency of the smell and

preservative because of the hot temperature. You

can pour this lotion into your bottles. Once it has

finished setting, it will remain a light lotion that

will readily absorb into the skin.

19. New England Winter Body Butter – In

New England we have a few months with

both cold wet and cold dry weather. Dry

scaly skin is a common effect of the cold

temperatures in the east, especially along the

shore line with the salt sea air. For seasons

like this you may need a thick shea based

body butter that soaks right into the skin and

doesn’t leave a waxy build up.

What you will need:



• 11.5 oz. of Olive Oil




• .5 Of Sandalwood Fragrance Oil

• 1 oz. of Winterberry Fragrance Oil




temperature too high. Add your liquid oils. This

butter will make a thick light colored butter

moisturizer. The fragrances we suggest for this

recipe are great for rich winter and Christmas

scents, but you can experiment with anything you

prefer. When packaging this recipe, you will want

to spoon this butter into a 4 or 8 oz. jar with a wide

mouth screw top lid. It is too thick for a squeeze

bottle. When you finish this recipe, it might seem

logical to put it into a lotion bottle, but it will

thicken as it sets.

20. Honey Oat & Milk Body Moisturizer –

Here is another recipe for a light lotion.

Experimenting with different lotion recipes

will help you get a feel of what each oil is

good for and how it weighs in your product.

This light day lotion can be used for after the

shower or just throughout the day. We use

the Honey Oat & Milk Fragrance Oil as an

example again to remind you that you are not

limited to just this fragrance but can choose

from the hundreds available online made

specifically for soaps and lotions.

What you will need:

• 14 oz. of Apricot Kernal Oil Butter


• 11.5 oz. of Grapeseed Oil

• 10 oz. of shea butter


• 10 oz. of E-wax


• 1.5 Of Honey Oat & Milk Fragrance Oil

• .5 grams of chocolate mousse mica

Melt all your hard oils down on the stove top and

melt the beeswax into the oil. Do this slowly and

allow the oils to melt without bringing the





you can add the fragrance. This lotion will work

well in squeeze bottles.

21. Soothing Decongestant Salve – One of the

things we classify as a lotion, but could fall

into other categories is the “save-the-baby”

like salve that your mother used to rub into

your chest when you were stuffy. This is

usefully on your market table and when

making it you mix many of the same

ingredients and package it similarly so we

have put it with our lotions.

What you will need:

• 2 oz. of ground Thyme

• 2 oz. of ground Mullein

• 3 oz. of ground Lavender Buds

• 3 oz. of ground Rosemary

• 4 oz. of ground Peppermint

• 4 oz. of ground Yarrow

• 1 oz. of ground ginger powder

• 2 and ½ cups of Virgin Olive Oil



Grind all your spices down into a fine

powder in the blender. Pour your 2 and a half

cups of Olive oil into a glass mason jar. Fill a

pot of water about 4 inches on the stove top and

let it simmer. Place your glass jar of olive oil in

the simmering water and allow your oil to heat.

Add your spice powder and give it a good mix.

Allow the oil to stay in the water for about 20

minutes. You can allow this spice to infuse into

your oil over night if you like. When you are

ready, melt down your beeswax until it is a

liquid and pour it into your infused herbal oil.

Give this a good mix with your blender. Allow

the combination to cool, but before it becomes

hard add your preservative and mix with your

stick blender. Pour this salve into your

containers before it has completely cooled. You

can use tin 2 oz. containers, or you can use 4

oz. plastic jars with lids. You do not need any

fragrance, but if you would like to give it a

stronger aroma, try 1 oz. of eucalyptus essential

oil.

22. Lemon Crème Lotion – Here is a nice lotion

with a lemon crème fragrance. Some people

like the wide eye refresh of citrus but the

fragrance we suggest here is more of a sweet

floral sugar smell. The vitamin E is a super-

rich moisturizer. This is a small batch of

lotion. It will fill 5 containers of 4 oz. lemon

lotion. It will have a light lemon

meringue/filling consistency. It can almost be

labeled and packaged light a sweet.

What you will need:

• 15 oz. of aloe vera juice

• 2 oz. of sweet almond oil

• 1 oz. of e-wax

• .5 oz. of cocoa butter

• .5 oz. of steric acid

• .5 oz. of vitamin E


• 1 oz. of lemon pie fragrance oil

• .5 oz. of jojoba

• 1 gram of yellow mica

First, sterilize your containers by spraying them

down with rubbing alcohol and wiping the

moisture away from the lids and containers. Melt

your hard oils and waxes together in short bursts in

the microwave. You do not want them to be at

high temperatures. You just want enough heat to

melt the waxes. Add your aloe juice to your liquid

oils and the mica. At this point you will want to

use your stick blender to make sure the mica is

completely mixed into your oils. Once the oils

have begun to cool you can add the fragrance. Mix

and fill your containers. This lotion can be

spooned into jars. If you want to find a great

resource for the kind of containers you will need

for this product you can find a list of stores in the

last chapter of this book. These will need to set and

harden before you attach your labels.

23. Soothing Lotion for Shaved Legs – This is

a thick butter that will sooth away the razor

burn if you apply it after the shower. It is

excellent for use as a night cream and cannot

be piped into a squeeze bottle because when

it sets it will be too thick. This is also a good

lotion to use for sun burn.

What you will need:



• 10 oz. of Aloe Juice

• 1 oz. of Vitamin E Oil


• 2 oz. of Steric Acid

• 5 oz. of E-wax

• 1.5 Of Soothing Cucumber Fragrance Oil




temperature too high. Add your liquid oils. Once

the oils have begun to cool you can add the

fragrance. Fill this product into your containers.

Typically, large 4 oz. jar work well with this

product. If you want to find a great resource for the

kind of containers you will need for this product

you can find a list of stores in the last chapter of

this book. These will need to set and harden before

you attach your labels.

24. A Kiss of Rose Body Lotion – Some people

are just “rose” people when it comes to

cosmetics. It’s the first “go to” fragrance.

The issue with rose scented anything is that

the rose smell is like wine. It can be

expensive or it can be cheap and people will

like what they like. Many times, your rose

scent will remind someone of a dollar store

smell while others love it. We recommend

you experiment, but until then we do have a

few combinations they we have discovered

we love.

What you will need:


• 16 oz. of aloe juice

• 10 oz. of Cocoa Butter Oil

• 2 oz. of jojoba Oil

• 3 oz. of Steric Acid

• 5 oz. of E-wax

• 1 oz. Of Rose Fragrance Oil

• 1 oz. of Geranium Fragrance Oil

• .5 oz. of Sandalwood Fragrance Oil

• 2 grams of pink mica

Clean your surface and your jars with rubbing

alcohol. Melt all your hard oils down on the stove

top and melt the beeswax into the oil. Do this

slowly and allow the oils to melt without bringing

the temperature too high. Add your liquid oils and

the mica. At this point you will want to use your

stick blender to make sure the mica is completely

mixed into your oils. Once the oils have begun to

cool you can add the fragrance. Fill this product

into your containers. Typically, large 4 oz. jars

work well with this product. If you want to find a

great resource for the kind of containers you will

need for this product you can find a list of stores in

the last chapter of this book. These will need to set

and harden before you attach your labels.

25. The Massage Bar – The solid massage bar is

a clever product that people really love. My

recommendation is to focus on this bar

during the cool months and perhaps

Christmas. The idea behind this product is

that it is a solid bar until it touches the skin.

On contact the butters melt into a

moisturizer. I find they keep well in little 2 or

3 oz. tins. They are more manageable when

poured into 2 and 3 ounce sizes, because if

your bar melts or gets sticky you won’t ruin

the entire thing. They can be kept well in the

fridge, and as a last note: I wouldn’t

recommend shipping them in the summer if

you want to sell online because it is hard to

control the temperature in shipping.

What you will need:


• 12 oz. of Bees wax

• 14 oz. of Jojoba

• 1 oz. of Vitamin E

• One silicone mold with 2 oz. designs

• 1.5 Of Love Spell Fragrance Oil

• 2 grams of gold mica








you can add the fragrance. Pour the liquid wax into

your silicon molds and set them aside to harden.

Give your bars 24 hours. You can even set them in

the fridge. Unmold your bars after they have

become hard. Do not handle them too much

because they will melt in your hand. The mica is

optional. If you choose to blend the mica it will

give a little shimmer to your skin.

Chapter 7: Body Wraps

Body wrap sessions are usually spa treatments

that are for more than just the two-hour salon. A

wrap can take several hours and accompany other

treatments like facials and scalp massages. The

purpose of a wrap can vary, some are labeled for

“weight loss” and some are detoxifiers. These are

pretty strong claims, but there is no doubt that the

relaxation and comfort that goes along with a wrap

can definitely have its healing soothing properties.

Any of these recipes for wraps can be made and

packaged and offered to customers who may want

to apply their own wraps at home. Wraps are used

two ways. One way is with ace bandages and the

other are with metal disposable heat blankets. Both

are available at a drug store or Walmart.

26. The “slimming” wrap – The “slimming”

wrap isn’t going to make you lose weight

after a few hours, but it will make you skin

feel tighter and that will make a difference in

the way you feel inside your blue jeans.

Remember making the wrap can be made

two ways. If you are making this for your

store or market, consider leaving the water

out so that you can package it without a

preservative. If you choose to make it with

the water in a mud form, make sure to add ½

oz. of preservative.

What you will need:

• 3 tea bags, organic rose hip tea

• 1/4 cup of pink Himalayan sea salt

• 4 oz. of coconut oil

• 2 tablespoons of activated charcoal

• ½ oz. of Optiphen (optional depending on

the water)

You can package this product with or without

the ace bandages, but you will have to offer your

customer instructions on how to use the product.

To make your product put your coconut oil in a

glass jar and soak your tea bags. Simmer the glass

jar in a pot of water and let the hose hip tea bags

infuse into the oil. Let this set over night. The next

day add the charcoal and sea salt directly to the oil.

Package this as the mud wrap and add the

following directions to your package.

“Slimming” Body wrap Instructions: Bring 2

cups water to boil. Add the contents of package

and dissolve into the water. Let the water cool.

Drink 8 oz. of water before wrapping. Soak the ace

bandages in the solution allowing the bandages to

absorb the product. Massage the area that you are

wrapping with oil or moisturizer. Tightly wrap the

area you wish to wrap with the ace bandage. Cover

the ace bandage with plastic wrap to lock in the

heat and moisture. Relax for 20 minutes. Unwrap

and rinse.

27. The Traditional Seaweed Wrap – The

traditional Seaweed wrap is the go to body

wrap that everyone recognizes from their trip

to the spa. It’s possible that a seaweed wrap

was the main treatment that everything else

revolved around.

What you will need:



• 1 cup of activated charcoal


• 4 tbsp. of ground kelp

• 4 tbsp. of slippery elm

• 3 oz. of Optiphen

There are a few options when creating this mud

wrap. You can add more oil and give it a runny

texture and package it in a 16 or 24 oz. container,

or you can make it thicker and leave instructions

for your customer to mix it with one-part water

and one-part mud. With this wrap your customer

will use disposable heat blankets to insulate their

body after applying it to the affected area. You can

use the recipe as you find it here, or you can

experiment to your liking. Remember to keep your

containers sterile and wipe your work environment

down with rubbing alcohol before use.

28. Roses and Blooms Body Wrap – When it

comes to roses people prefer essential oils

over fragrance oils. Rose geranium is a very

popular choice, but in this wrap we will be

making a rose petal infusion so that the petal

itself will be a part of the wrap.

What you will need:

• 1 bouquet of fresh roses of your choice

• 16 oz. of Grapeseed Oil

• 4 cups of rose clay

• 2 tablespoons of activated charcoal

• 1 oz. of rose geranium essential oil

• 2 oz. of Optiphen (optional depending on the

water)


• .5 oz. of Jojoba Oil

First, pluck all the fresh petals from your roses

and put them in a pile on the counter. Fill 16 oz. of

grapeseed Oil in a 1 Qt. glass mason jar. Add the

flower petals into the oil. Set the glass jar in a pot

of water about 4 inches deep. Allow this water to

simmer on the stove top for about 30 minutes. Let

the infused oil set over night with the flower petals

in it. Next, add the fragrance oil, the rose clay, the

activated charcoal, jojoba, vitamin E, and the

preservative. Package this into 8 oz. plastic jars

with lids. Label your jars accordingly.

The instructions for the rose body wrap will

include the following:

To Use: Get 3 disposable heat blankets available.

Mix 1-part mud to 2 parts water or aloe juice in a

large mixing bowl. Apply to affected area and

completely wrap with heat blankets. Once the wrap

set into the skin for 30 minutes, removes and wash

off.

29. The Chocolate Coffee Mousse Body Wrap

– Coffee isn’t only a wonderful drug of

choice but it’s known for easing the curse of

cellulite. Now, I’m not making a miracle

claim, but that is what they say. Caffeine is

said to stimulate blood cells and bring

circulation to the skin. Coffee scrubs are

popular and here we even wrap ourselves in

grounds and mud.

What you will need:

• 1 cup of Brewed Coffee grounds




• 4 oz. of coco butter kelp

• 3 oz. of Optiphen

• 1 oz. of mocha coffee fragrance




Mocha Coffee Wrap Instructions: To Use: Get 3

disposable heat blankets available. Mix 1-part mud

to 2 parts water or aloe juice in a large mixing

bowl. Apply to affected area and completely wrap

with heat blankets. Once the wrap set into the skin

for 30 minutes, removes and wash off.

Strawberries and Crème Clay Wrap – This is a

fun strawberry fragranced wrap in a light red color.

Its features are spices that tone the skin and pull

out impurities.

What you will need:

• 3 tea bags, organic rose hip tea

• 1 cup of dried rose petals

• 1/4 cup of pink Himalayan sea salt


• 4 tablespoons of turmeric

• 5 cups of rose colored bentonite clay

• ½ oz. of Optiphen (optional depending on

the water)

Grind down the rose petals into small pieces in

the food processor. Take the tea bags and cut them

open. Empty the contents in the 12 oz. of coconut

oil. Add the ground flower petals into the oil. Add

the rose clay and the sea salt together. Combine the

dry and liquid ingredients. Add the turmeric and

Optiphen.




Package this as the mud wrap and add the

following directions to your package.

Mix your mud with a 4-part water to one part

mud in a bowl. Massage the area that you are

wrapping with your rose mixture. Tightly wrap the

area you wish to wrap with the ace bandage. Cover

the ace bandage with plastic wrap to lock in the

heat and moisture. Relax for 20 minutes. Unwrap

and rinse.

Chapter 8: Exfoliators & Scrubs

Exfoliators can be made with sugar or salts and

are packaged in the form of scrubs or body

polishes. We have a word of caution when making

these products. Most of our recipes are anhydrous,

meaning there is no water added to this product

and so technically, we do not need to add a

preservative, however, remember when making

products that usually stay in a person’s shower or

bath water is usually introduced to the product, so

if you are selling this item to others you will want

to properly add a safe preservative.

30. Emulsifying Sugar Scrub with Summer

Melon – This is an anhydrous sugar scrub.

You can make very large batches of this

scrub, split them at the end of your process,

and add different colorants and fragrances.

Here we have created a light summer

fragrance that the ladies love.

What you will need:


• 25 oz. of Corn Oil

• 80 oz. of Sugar

• 4 oz. of Pomelo Fragrance Oil

• 25 grams of Optiphen

• 4 oz. of E-wax

• 3 oz. of steric acid

• 2 oz. of beeswax

• ¼ teaspoon of pink mica colorant

Melt down your oils if they are solid. (Putting

your coconut oil in the microwave is perfectly

fine.) Melt down your beeswax, steric acid, and e-

wax. Add all the liquids together. Add your

fragrance and preservative only after the liquids

are cool. Add your sugar to the entire mixture.

You just want to add enough sugar to get the

consistency that you want. If you want your scrub

to be a little bit runny then you will use a little bit

less sugar. Mix this well and add your mica to tint

the product a light melon pink. This sugar scrub

will emulsify in the shower so you it will wash off

nicely and not leave too much oil behind on the

skin.

31. Emulsifying Salt Scrub with Summer

Breeze Salt is another beautiful body scrub.

It is good for really getting to that dead skin,

but you don’t want to shave your legs with

this product. When using salt in your scrubs,

try different kinds of salt. We find that the

boxes of kosher salt with large flat flakes

make a great consistency and is the most

comfortable on the skin.

What you will need:



• 80 oz. of Kosher or Sea Salt

• 4 oz. of Summer Breeze Fragrance Oil


• 4 oz. of E-wax

• 3 oz. of steric acid


• ¼ teaspoon of blue mica colorant

Melt down your oils if they are solid. (Putting

your coconut oil in the microwave is perfectly

fine.) Melt down your beeswax, steric acid, and e-

wax. Add all the liquids together. Add your

fragrance and preservative only after the liquids

are cool. Add your salt to the entire mixture. You

just want to add enough sugar to get the

consistency that you want. If you want your scrub

to be a little bit runny then you will use a little bit

less sugar. Mix this well and add your mica to tint

the product a light blue breeze color. This salt

scrub will emulsify in the shower so you it will

wash off nicely and not leave too much oil behind

on the skin. Salt wants to separate more than sugar,

so add an instruction on your label to mix the

product well before each use.

32. Strong Foot Scrub – Foot scrub recipes are

just a little bit different because you want to

get a tougher exfoliant against the skin to

sluff off dead skin cells compared to other

more sensitive places on your body. Here we

offer you one sugar scrub for feet, but keep

in mind you can replace the sugar with salt.

You can use larger particles for a better

exfoliant. When fragrance foot scrubs, the

most popular smells are in the mint family.

What you need:

• 1 cup of large granular brown sugar

• 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

• 4 tablespoons of honey

• 20 drops of peppermint essential oil


Mix all these items well and scoop into your

jars. You will notice that the product hardens over

time. That is no problem. It is fixed by stirring

before use. Packaging for this product is best in 4

and 8 oz. jars. The recipe will make 2/ 8 oz. jars.

When making sugar scrubs it is really easy to

make too much product and then end up with too

many on your market table. First, try a few jars of

any fragrance that you like and when you want to

make a second batch try a different essential oil.

This will increase the likely hood of find a

customer who wants something on your display.

33. Mint Chocolate Sugar Lip Scrub – A

basket of lip balms on your market table are a

great way to add variety. Also, they are easy

to make and call sell up to 3 dollars a stick.

You can bend all types of butters when

making your balms. However, this recipe

describes an even easier way. You can

purchase lip balm base directly from your

soap supplier and then color and flavor them

to your creation.

You will need:


• 4 oz. of Olive oil

• 12 ml of mint chocolate sweetened flavor oil

• 8 oz. of sugar

• 1 tsp of brown sparkling mica

• 14 pc. 1/3 oz. clear jars with tops / or snap top

clam shell jars

Melt your lip balm base in the microwave.

When the base is melted add your mint chocolate

flavor fragrance. Split your lip balm into two cups.

Color one part red and the other part sparkling

brown. Let them thicken a little bit as they cool.

You still want the consistency to be easily poured.

With one cup each in each hand pour them

simultaneously into each lip balm shell. If it

becomes too thick to pour warm the balm in the

microwave. Finish pouring the balm until all shells

or pots are filled.

34. Sugar Soft Scrub Cubes – These sugar

scrub cubes are solid cubes that are used in

the bath. They are meant to hold in your

wash cloth and used to exfoliate by hand.

These can stay next to your soap and will last

a little while if they are kept in a place that is

drained and out of direct contact with water.

What you need:



• 40 oz. of sugar



• 2 oz. of E-wax

• 1.5 oz. of steric acid



Melt your waxes into a liquid form. Mix all

these items well and spoon them into a silicon ice

tray. Press down firmly until each square is

packed tightly. You will notice that the product

hardens over time. It is best to leave overnight

before unmolding Packaging for this product is

best in 8 and 16 oz. jars. When making sugar

scrubs it is really easy to make too much product

and then end up with too many on your market

table. First, try a few jars of any fragrance that you

like and when you want to make a second batch try

a different essential oil. This will increase the

likely hood of find a customer who wants

something on your display.

35. The Sea Scrub Loofa Sponge – Do you love

those natural loofa sponges, but don’t always

know what to do with them? These sponges

are a wonderful luxury item but they aren’t a

thing you like to keep in your shower for a

very long time. This recipe works for solid

sugar scrub and also when you are pouring

soap. For this recipe, you will need to find

those tall natural loofa sponges and cut them

into 5 inch by 2 inch pieces, usually they

come out in circles. You will also need

silicone molds that are large enough to fit the

loofa. They don’t need to fit perfectly

because different shaped lead to a creative

artisan look.

What you need:

• 6 to 10 cut pieces of loofa sponge



• 40 oz. of sugar



• 2 oz. of E-wax




Melt your waxes on the stove top and add the

dry ingredients. Allow the product to cool before

adding the preservative and fragrance. Fill your

silicone mold three quarters with sugar scrub and

push your loofa sponge into each cavity in the

sugar scrub. Allow this to set and harden for 24

hours. Once these harden you can unmold and

wrap in cellophane with a ribbon for packaging.

36. Acne Bath Scrub – Foot scrub recipes are

just a little bit different because you want to

get a tougher exfoliant against the skin to

sluff off dead skin cells compared to other

more sensitive places on your body. Here we

offer you one sugar scrub for feet, but keep

in mind you can replace the sugar with salt.

You can use larger particles for a better

exfoliant. When fragrance foot scrubs, the

most popular smells are in the mint family.

What you need:




• 40 oz. of sugar

• 2 oz. of Lavender Mint Fragrance Oil


• 2 oz. of E-wax







and 8 oz. jars. The recipe will make 2/ 8 oz. jars.

When making sugar scrubs it is really easy to

make too much product and then end up with too

many on your market table. First, try a few jars of

any fragrance that you like and when you want to

make a second batch try a different essential oil.

This will increase the likely hood of find a

customer who wants something on your display.

37. Pink Himalayan Bath Scrub with Roses –

This is a delicate rose scrub with flower

petals. Sometimes with pretty products we

will not just package these in plastic jars with

lids, but instead we will scoop the end

product into glass mason jars with matching

colored cloth screwed over the top.

What you need:



• 40 oz. of pink Himalayan sea salt

• 2 oz. of Rose Fragrance Oil


• 2 oz. of E-wax



• ¼ teaspoon of pink mica colorant

• 1 cup of ground dried rose petals





and 8 oz. jars. When making salt scrubs it is very

easy to make too much product and then end up

with too many on your market table. First, try a

few jars of any fragrance that you like and when

you want to make a second batch try a different

essential oil. Remember with salt scrubs you may

want to warn your customer not to use after

shaving their legs.

38. Morning Citrus Face Scrub – Foot scrub

recipes are just a little bit different because

you want to get a tougher exfoliant against

the skin to sluff off dead skin cells compared

to other more sensitive places on your body.

Here we offer you one sugar scrub for feet,

but keep in mind you can replace the sugar

with salt. You can use larger particles for a

better exfoliant. When fragrance foot scrubs,

the most popular smells are in the mint

family.

What you need:



• 40 oz. of sugar

• 2 oz. of Morning Orange Fragrance Oil


• 2 oz. of E-wax



• ¼ teaspoon of yellow/orange mica colorant





and 8 oz. jars. This particular sugar scrub is made

for the face. It isn’t necessary to have a rough hard

granular product for faces, so we find it is better to

add less sugar and end with a product that is a little

runnier for a comfortable facial scrub.

39. Mermaid Salt Scrub – Bath salts aren’t only

simple, but they can be beautiful displays on

your counter whether in your store or at

home. These have been given a bad

reputation over the years, however, by using

your main salt ingredients you can

completely control the ingredients that go

into your product and keep them chemical

free if you want to. This recipe will give you

a beachy scent and a little magical mermaid

color.

What you need:

• 5 cups of Epsom salt

• 2 cups of pink Himalayan sea salt

• 1 cup of kosher white salt flakes

• 1 oz. of grapeseed oil

• .5 teaspoon of blue mica

• 1 oz. of turmeric

• 1 oz. of lemongrass

• 1 oz. of Tropical Beach Fragrance Oil

Mix your mica and your grapeseed oil first.

Add the colorant to your white salt and Epsom salt,

and mix thoroughly. Add your pink salt, turmeric,

lemongrass, and fragrance. Mix well and pour into

a large glass see through container. This is a

popular item to allow your customer to scoop and

fill a sachet. You can price per ounce.

Chapter 9: Bath Additives

The following products are additional items that

have been popular for us over the past two years at

the markets. They are easy to make and package.

One clever way to market these items is to make

them as matching fragrances to the previous listed

recipes and sold next to wraps and scrubs as an

accessory.

40. Sea Salt Spray for Full Hair - One fun

overlooked product is a sea salt spray that can

be applied in your hair for fuller hair at the root.

The result is that hair that is full and thick like

when you have spent the day at the beach. In

recent years, sea salt has been added to some

shampoo products for a little bit of volume.

Another way to get this effect is to simply wash

your hair with baking soda.

You will need:

• 4 oz. spay bottles with spritz tops

• 2 cups of Boiled water

• 4 teaspoons of sea salt

• 2 tablespoons of coconut oil

• 1 teaspoon of leave-in conditioner, or

homemade lotion

• 2 dime size dabs of water based hair gel

Boil your distilled water and allow it to cool.

While it is still hot dissolve the salt and coconut oil

and mix well. Add the conditioner and hair gel and

make sure the mixture is thoroughly dissolved. A

leave in conditioner works beautifully as a

detangler. Pour the mixture into your spray bottles

and label accordingly. You can add a few drops of

coconut or Hawaiian ginger fragrance.

41. Scoopable Bath Fizz & Fragranced Water

Softeners – This is a loose bath salt that can

be sprinkled into one’s bath water for a

soothing fragrance and water softener. The

recipe here is similar to those recipes of bath

bombs. The difference it you can put this into

a large table display and sell it by the ounce

just in case your customer will want a larger

package.

What you will need:

• 16 oz. of baking soda

• 8 oz. of citric acid

• 8 oz. of corn starch

• 8 oz. of sea salt

• 4 ounces of Witch hazel

• 4 drops of yellow food coloring

• Essential Oils of your Choice (Lemongrass)

• 1 tablespoon of rosemary herbs (optional)

• Chamomile dried flower buds (optional)

Mix your dry ingredients in a large plastic bucket

or tub. Blend well until everything is thoroughly

mixed. Put the 4 drops of yellow food coloring into

the witch hazel along with ½ ounce of your

essential oil and whisk the liquid into the mixture.

This will color and fragrance your mixture without

activating the fizz. If you choose to use water

instead of witch hazel you may be able to do this

successfully, but you will activate some of the

citric acid and loose a little of the fizz effect. Mix

your rosemary spice for a decorative effect. You

can also add some chamomile flower buds for

beauty. Package this in clear plastic party bags

with a label and a ribbon, or set it in a jar and let

your customer fill to amount they like.

42. Lavender Suds Bubble Bar - Bubble bars

are another product that the kids love. This is

an item that has been made popular by some

brand name bath stores. The one observation

that we have about this product is that over

time you’ll discover that you can sculpt this

into creative shapes and make little animals

and voodoo dolls with the dough. These

seem to break and fall apart after a little

while and may not hold up in shipment. We

find this holds together best when rolled into

a simple bar and cut into slices. The recipe

for the Solid Bubble Bath is:

• 7 oz. Liquid Glycerin

• 1.8 oz. Castor Oil

• 0.7 oz. Lavender Fragrance

• 10.1 oz. Baking Soda

• 7.4 oz. Cream of Tarter

• 2.7 oz. Corn Starch

• 0.6 oz. Tapioca Powder

• 5.8 oz. SLSA (Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate)

• 12 mL Purple Liquid Colorant

If you are making this product for yourself a few

drops of food coloring can substitute for any liquid

soap colorant. Although, liquid soap colorant can

be found at nearly all your large craft stores as well

as online.

First mix your castor oil, liquid glycerin, and

fragrance oil in one bowl. Mix them completely

and set this bowl aside. Next, mix the baking

soda, cream of tartar, corn starch, and then the

tapioca powder. Finally, mix your SLSA into

your dry ingredients. Carefully mix this so that

you don’t get dust everywhere. With gloves add

your wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Mix carefully and thoroughly and kneed with

your hands until you have a firm dough

consistency.

Now that your dough is ready, divide your

dough in half and mix your purple into one part.

Remember to change your gloves in you need

to, you don’t want to contaminate your colors.

Once your dough is colored, spread out a piece

of wax freezer paper and start with your first

color. Sprinkle a little baking soda on the wax

paper and work your first color out and pat it

down flat like cookie dough. Then, place the

uncolored on top and work it down as a second

layer. Once these are flattened, carefully roll

the two pieces into a roll. You will need to peel

the wax paper as you go along. Now your

bubble bar is ready to cut into pieces. Let these

pieces sit out to dry for a few days for a firm

but still soft texture.

43. Bath Crayons for Kids - OK, this is 100%

a kid product, and it’s likely that this item

won’t make its way into any of your adult

gift packages, but this is a fun product to

make. You can package these in a cellophane

colored bag with a ribbon tied around the top

and along with bubble bath and jello jelly

you can make bath time a fun place to be for

a little person.

You will need:

• Silicone molds that are on the shape that

easily fits in a child’s hand.

• 6 oz. of glycerin

• 6 varieties of bright powdered mica


Melt these ingredients on a light heat until liquid.

Separate into as many parts as you would like to

color and sprinkle your mica until your desired

color is reached. Typically, you will use on gram

of mica per 2 oz. of liquid. Pour the colored liquid

into molds and set aside to dry. When these

“crayons” are set you can unmold them and

package. These little creations will color and draw

on the side of the bath tub and then they will wash

off with the shower head. You can also use this

recipe with melt and pour soap.

44. Jelly Jell-O Soap for Kids – The first thing

we will tell you about the Jell-O soap it that

kids love to bathe in it. This is especially

popular with the 3 – 6 year olds. In fact, it is

so highly requested that we have offered the

recipe here. That being said, I’ve never found

an actual adult who likes to use this product.

If you are just bathing and want a spa soap,

then this product isn’t for you. The little

pieces can ball up and get stuck on your skin

and hair, and it’s almost impossible not to

over use without most of it ending up on the

shower floor. It is a good product if you want

to hear your 4-year-old giggling in the bath.

What you will need:

• 4 oz. glass mason jars.

• 8 oz. of liquid baby soap

• 1 package of Knox gelatin

• 2 cups of water

• A variety of liquid soap colorants.

• Fragrance Oils of your Choice (Grape,

Strawberry, Lemon)


Make you gelatin as directed from the Knox

package. This is boiling water with the gelatin

dissolved into the simmering water. Remove the

water from the heat and allow to cool. Add the 8

oz. of liquid soap and Optiphen, pour the product

into separate plastic cups. Add a few drops of

liquid colorant and fragrances. You can add

different fragrances to match the color, or you can

keep everything one fragrance of choice. Once

these have turned to Jell-O you can break the Jell-

O up one spoonful at a time and fill the glass

mason jars with alternating colors. These will last

in their Jell-O state depending on the temperature.

To keep them fresh and new you will need to keep

them in the refrigerator, however, I have noticed

that if I leave the mason jar on my kitchen window

sill it will stay in the Jell-O form for about 4 -5

days before getting soft and sludgy. The soap

always stays good to use, however, the texture can

get creepy if its left in a hot place. If I am selling

these at a craft table, I usually store them in a

cooler and rotate them on the table for display if I

am outside in the heat or in direct sunlight.

45. Sexy Bath Truffles – These cute little

truffles melt in your bath water and soften

your skin. The bath truffle is an item popular

with mom. If you have never seen one

before, these are a simple little bath square

that is chock full of oil and aroma and will

put some moisturizer in your bath water. You

can use this simple recipe and soon you will

discover how to tweak the recipe to turn

them into items that look like candies. You

can package them in a candy box in the

different varieties you make.

What you will need:


• .25 oz. of Mango butter

• .80 oz. of Beeswax

• .4 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil

• .4 oz. of Cocoa Butter

• 1 gram of Titanium dioxide

• 2 grams of light pearl purple mica

This recipe will make a small batch of truffles.

Multiple the amount if you are making this for

your store shelves. It is common to make smaller

batches, so that you can make a different shape or

fragrance for the next batch. Melt all the

ingredients into a pan or bowl. Mix your pearl

purple mica. Pour into a small square mold. Allow

these to set. You can fragrance these as you like.

Now, you may want to pour drizzle over the tops

of your hardened squares to make it look like

frosting. Melt one oz. of Cocoa butter and add a

pinch of white titanium dioxide. Mix this until it

looks like a sugar frosting and drizzle it over your

squares. This will take about 2 hours to harden.

Now you have beautiful little candies for your bath

water.

46. Leave in Conditioning Hair Oil –

Sometimes you want to add a little

conditioner in your hair in just a few dry

places without adding more oil to your scalp.

What you will need:

• 2 tsp of coconut milk fat

• .2 oz. of coconut fragrance oil

• 2 tsp of Argon Oil

• 1 tsp of Optiphen

• 4 pieces of 4 oz. spray bottles with spray top

caps

• 19 oz. of water

This recipe will give you extra oil at the tips of

your hair. Boil the water and let it cool. Add all the

additives and mix the product completely. When

using the coconut milk you can use the liquid

product straight from the can, but I prefer to get

two spoons full from the thick fat that has gelled to

the top of the coconut milk can. In order to get

this, don’t puncture the can and pore, but open the

entire top because the thick fat will accumulate at

the top under the lid. Also, if you want to put a

little detangler effect in your spray then give your

recipe a table spoon of soft hair conditioner. (You

can make your own hair conditioner, or you can

use your favorite conditioner)

47. Dark Cherry Bath Softeners – This is a

different version of the bath truffle, but it

focuses on a heavy fragrance that disperses

more quickly when it hits the water. You can

create them just like the truffles and sell them

as bon bons and be creative with your

candies. You will need a silicon mold that

looks like bon bons. You can find these in

the aisles at your craft store where you make

cakes and candies. They are mold that look

like deep half circles and about an inch by an

inch.

What you will need:


• 3 oz. of Coco Butter


• .4 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil

• .5 oz. of Dark Cherry Fragrance Oil

• 2 grams of Chocolate Suisse mica

• 1 gram of titanium dioxide


Melt and Mix all of your oils, starch, and waxes.

Keep one ounce of coco butter set aside. Add your

fragrance and chocolate fragrance to the mix.

Spoon the mixture into your molds and set aside to

harden. Once these are ready to unmold, turn your

bon bons so that the flat side sits at the bottom.

Melt your ounce of coco butter and mix your

titanium dioxide to make your frosting. You can

blend a pinch of chocolate mica for a light

chocolate frosting. Drizzle your frosting over your

bon bons and allow to harden. The addition of the

corn starch in this recipe will help your bon bons

to float and disperse quicker allowing the

fragrance to escape into your bath. I have noticed

that people do like to tweak these recipes to their

liking. This is why I offer smaller amounts of oil in

these recipes. You can make a batch and get the

feel of the product before you use your expensive

oils in a big batch that you want to package. As

always, when you are ready to make many of these

just double, or triple, your recipe.

48. Chocolate Bath Cookie Skin Soaker – This

recipe will make about 25 bath cookies. Run

each cookie under running water at bath time

for a smooth silky bath with a beautiful

aroma. These are a fun item to add to your

truffles and bon bons. By know you see that

you can make these little treats and package

them together.



• 2 oz of white kaolin clay

• 1 oz of cocoa butter

• .5 oz of chocolate mousse fragrance

• .5 oz of geranium fragrance

• ¼ teaspoon Chocolate Suisse mica

• ¼ teaspoon of Peach mica

In a small glass or plastic beaker, measure 1 oz.

of fragrance and set aside. Measure the baking

soda, citric acid and clay and place into a glass

mixing bowl. Mix powders together. Use a wire

whisk, fork, or a sifter to break up any clumps so

the mixture will be smooth. Add 1/4 teaspoon of

Peach mica and mix well. Add the fragrance to the

dry mix. Using a plastic dropper, add fragrance oil

by drizzling into different areas of the mixture. Do

not pour all of fragrance into one location in the

bowl. Using a whisk or fork, mix well by breaking

up lumps of fragrance oil. Once mixture is free of

clumps, begin to spray with rubbing alcohol. Using

gloved hands, toss the mixture while it is being

sprayed. Once mixture is just moist enough to stay

together when pressed, it is ready to be molded.

Note: This step is easy to check by taking a

tablespoon of the mixture and squeezing it in the

hand. If it falls apart, then you need to continue to

spray and mix. Make sure you are wearing gloves

for this part of the recipe.

Using the Small Squeeze Handled Scoop,

form cookies (approximately 1-2 Tablespoons) and

place on a cookie sheet. Then press your thumb

into the ball to form a thumbprint cookie

shape. Allow to sit 6-12 hours. Once the fizzes

are firm you are ready to add the “jasmine flower

center” Mix light blue mica into one ounce of

melted cocoa butter. With a pipette, drizzle blue

color in the center of each peach cookie as if it

were a flower center.

49. Soothing Bath Tea – Bath tea bags are

another soothing form of aroma therapy.

With this recipe, you can add in your full

dried flower buds and keep them inside the

tea bag so that you don’t get the pieces in the

tub and stuck in the drain. You can get two

types of “tea” bags for this recipe. There are

the clear netting ones made with soft cloth,

and there are the burlap looking ones. We

recommend that you use bags that are 3 by 5

inches. So, they are much larger than actual

tea bags you use for drinking.

What you will need:

• 1 cup of orange peel or orange zest

• 1 cup of lavender buds

• 1 cup of lemon verbena leaf

• 1 cup of full chamomile buds

• 10 oz. of grapeseed oil.

• 1 oz. of fragrance oil of your choice

To start you will make an infusion with your

chamomile buds. Fill a glass jar with your

fragrance and grapeseed oil. Add your chamomile

buds and allow it to soak for 1 week. You are

infusing your favorite scent onto the chamomile

buds. Strain the buds and put them in a bowl. Add

all your dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Spread this mixture on a flat piece of paper towel.

Your buds will not completely dry out, but you

want to absorb the excess oil on the towel. Once

the mixture is as dry as possible spoon the flowers

into your tea bags. Tie with a ribbon and label for

your customers.

50. Flower Bath Bomb – To make the hardened

spherical bath bombs that you have learned to

love at your bath and body store, you will need

to get yourself some bomb molds. There are

two ways to find these molds. At your local

craft store you can find clear plastic balls that

snap together. These are labeled as Christmas

balls. You can also buy a metal mold that is for

the purpose of bath bombs. These can be found

online at your soap supply store.

What you will need:




• 8 oz. of sea salt

• 2 oz. of shea butter

• 4 ounces of Witch hazel

• .5 tsp of pink mica

• Essential Oils of your Choice (Roses)

• 1 tablespoon of rosemary herbs (optional)

• Baby Rosebud dried flower buds

• 1 tsp of borax

First, mix all your dry ingredients. Make

sure you wear gloves and mix thoroughly. You

will really need to get your hands in there. Melt

your shea butter and add your fragrance oil.

Blend the butter and fragrance to the mixture.

Again, mix with your hands. You will need to

really take your time to make this mixture.

Squeeze the mixture until you feel the

consistency of sand. If you squeeze the mixture

and it holds together in your hand, then you

have it in the state it needs to be in. If not, spray

the mixture with several spritz of witch hazel

until it becomes like sand. Take your mold and

sprinkle your rose buds at the bottom of one

side. Fill your mixture until both halves of the

mold are heaping. Press them together and

work the mixture into a ball. Carefully separate

the pieces and you will have a solid bath bomb.

At this time, it will need to dry and harden. If

you aren’t careful you can destroy your bomb. I

like to keep my bomb sitting in one half of the

mold until it has hardened. These should be

hard after 24 hours but your results can vary

depending on the humidity of your location. If

you are in a wet place it can take a week to dry,

but if you are in a dry area your bomb can be

hard in a day.

Chapter 10: Glossary of Ingredients

The items found in this glossary are not a

complete list of spices and additives that you can

find in the world of soap, bath, and cosmetic

making. This is a list of the ingredients used in the

recipes in this book. Here we will give you a little

more description and insight on the ingredients

that you are putting into your products.

• Activated charcoal – This a product found in

many cosmetics because its main quality is its

power of absorption. It will absorb the oil on skin

and draw out impurities. Activated charcoal is used

in many cosmetics and even first aid products.

• Bentonite clay – a popular additive for use in

detoxification aid. This is a combination of

minerals usually from volcanic ash. It is known for

absorption and healing the skin.

• Cleavers (spice) – This is a plant based spice that

has a long history of alternative medicine use. It

has been known to be used to treat skin problems

such as seborrhea, eczema and psoriasis. It has also

been used as an anti-inflammatory.

• Chickweed (spice) – This is an edible plant that is

high in vitamins and minerals. It has been long

used in alternative medicine as well as in herbal

remedies. It is good as an effective antihistamine.

It is also used for relief of any kind of roseola and

is effective wherever there are fragile superficial

veins or itching skin conditions

• Spirulina (spice) - Spirulina is a type of blue-

green algae that is rich in protein, vitamins,

minerals, carotenoids, and antioxidants that can

help protect cells from damage.

• Thyme (spice) - Thyme has antiseptic qualities

that make it useful for a mouthwash and to combat

tooth decay. Its antiseptic qualities also make it

useful in cases of anemia, bronchial ailments, and

intestinal problems, as well as a skin cleanser. It

has been known for anti-fungal properties that can

be used to treat athlete’s foot and has anti-parasitic

properties that are useful against lice, scabies, and

crabs. Thyme is also used as aromatherapy and

even as a perfume.

• Rosemary (spice) - is a woody, herb with fragrant,

needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue

flowers. Some of the most interesting and unique

health benefits of rosemary include its ability to

boost memory, improve mood, reduce

inflammation, relieve pain, protect the immune

system, stimulate circulation, detoxify the body,

protect the body from bacterial infections, prevent

premature aging, and heal skin issues.

• Turmeric (spice) – This is a yellow spice found in

the form of a powder. It is most commonly found

in curry and in known for its healing and anti-

inflammatory qualities. In skin care turmeric can

also dye fabric and skin, so we are careful to use

this powder in the proper amounts.

• Marjoram (spice) - Cosmetically, marjoram is

used in skin cream, body lotion, shaving gel, and

bath soaps. Whether used as an essential oil,

powder, fresh leaves, or dried leaves, marjoram

has many uses with numerous health benefits.

Marjoram is related to mint and oregano.

• Coconut oil – Coconut oil in cosmetic products in

an oil that will ride on top of the skin. Coconut oil

is extremely popular and can be substituted in just

about anything that calls for oil. It is readily

available and is very light and almost clear. This

makes it a good choice for products that come in

contact with fabric and clothes.

• Aloe Vera juice – Aloe oil and gel comes from the

green aloe plant and is commonly used for healing

and burns. It has soothing anti-inflammatory

properties. You can use this juice in products to

substitute recipes that call for water.

• Shea butter – Shea butter will penetrate the skin.

Shea butter is an off-white soft fat extracted from

the nut of the African shea tree. Shea butter is

derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It

is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve

or lotion because of its rich soft texture.

• Coco butter - Cocoa butter, is a pale-yellow,

edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean.

It is used to make chocolate, as well as some

ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals. Cocoa

butter has a cocoa flavor and aroma. You can use

this if you want your products to smell like

chocolate. Also, it is very hard and you can add

this butter to make your products harder.

• E-wax – Also purchased under the label of

emulsifying wax. This is a very useful cosmetic

ingredient that allows your oils to stay mixed with

your water ingredients when making lotions,

scrubs, and body butters. By adding the e-wax

your product will either absorb into the skin

without leaving a waxy residue or it will wash off

the skin in the shower without leaving an oily

buildup behind. E-wax is what makes your

finished product feel more comfortable to your

customer.

• Steric acid - Stearic acid is a white, waxy, natural

acid found in animal and vegetable fats. Small

pastilles are ideal as an emulsifying agent in

creams, lotions, deodorants, and most natural body

care recipes. Stearic acid is best known for the

“pearly” and “waxy” feel that it adds to your body

care products. Though Stearic acid occurs

naturally in vegetable and animal fats, it does have

to undergo a hydrogenation process to convert it.

The end result is a white, waxy, natural fatty acid.

It is fairly insoluble in water. It stores well under

most conditions, with an indefinite shelf life.

• Germall plus – This is a preservative used in

artisan cosmetic products. It is one of the two we

recommend and use in our own recipes. (see

chapter 3)

• Optiphen - This is a preservative used in artisan

cosmetic products. It is one of the two we

recommend and use in our own recipes. (see

chapter 3)

• Sea salt – Sea Salt is not your normal table salt. It

will be labeled as sea salt. This will have

additional minerals and inclusions. We always use

food grade sea salt as it is sure to be safer than

some others available. You can always interchange

any of the salts in our recipes. Judge your salts

based on the size of the pieces and how they feel

on your skin.

• Epsom salts – Epsom salts are specific for

bathing. You will find Epsom salts in the section in

your pharmacy with rubbing alcohol. Typically,

they have a higher content of magnesium and have

healing qualities. This is a common ingredient in

your bath salts and bombs.

• Yellow dock root (spice) - Yellow dock is a root

that can be consumed and is thought to have

medicinal properties in alternate medicine. For

cosmetics yellow dock is believes to be an anti-

inflammatory, sooth redness, and help with

swelling.

• Slippery elm (spice) – this is another spice that

you can find in your health food store. When in a

tea it tastes a little bit like licorice, but in cosmetics

it is known to help as an anti-irritant and anti-

inflammatory. We recommend that you get yours

from a reputable supplier. The part you are using is

the ground bark, and if other parts of the plant are

harvested that can actually be irritating to the skin.

• Coriander (spice) – is a spice that you will find in

your food recipes. It is related to parsley and

cilantro. In cosmetics, it is good for its beautiful

fragrance and skin soothing qualities.

• Kelp - Algae (commonly referred to as Seaweed)

is an everyday miracle. The benefits of including

seaweed’s optimum nourishment into your skin

and hair. In Japan, the use and study of Seaweed,

is light years away from any research done in the

west. Seaweed has been used extensively in

cosmetic applications there, not only for their

nutrient and anti-oxidant properties internally but

also externally. One thing to keep aware of, is that

even though you will read a lot about kelp powder

and algae being an amazing product, some people

are allergic to it and you should always make sure

your labels are marked accurately.

• Vitamin E – Is one of the more expensive

additives in your products. You can most easily

find this in a 2 oz. bottle on your shelves in the

drug store or at your Target for about 7-11 dollars.

It is a thick oil that is full of antioxidants and is

used sparingly in your recipes.

• Olive oil – is said to be the most moisturizing for

the skin. It sits right on top of the skin, that means

it has poor penetrating properties. This is good

when you want to keep the skin moist and lock in

the moisture. It is chock full of vitamins and

antioxidant and mixes well with almost any

cosmetic product.

• Honey – Honey is an accelerator in many

products. This means it will make your mixture

thicken faster, so if you need them to stay in a

liquid form for a longer period of time to work

with them, add the honey toward the end.

• Glycerin – glycerin is a humectant, meaning it

brings in moisture to your skin. Glycerin it used in

personal care products. One thing to know about

using glycerin is that some are a waste product of

biodiesel production. The kind we use is a

byproduct of vegetable plant production. This is

most common in the United States and this is what

you are looking for if you buy it online.

Chapter 11: Artisan Cosmetic Terminology

The difference between essential oils and

fragrance oils:

The first question you will probably come

across within these recipes is the difference in

fragrance oils and essential oils. First, to answer

this question directly, one is natural and one is

synthetic. Each have their advantage and

disadvantage. Fragrance oils can be cheaper and

you can get a wide variety of scents like coffee or

linin. Of course, in order to get these smells there

has to be chemicals and additives in the oil recipe.

If you want a more natural product you would

have to choose an essential oil, however, not all

the oils are well liked by every customer and they

can be more expensive that the fragrances.

What Are Essential Oils?

Aromatherapy essential oils are naturally

occurring substances found in different parts of

plants - the blossom, fruit, leaf, stem, bark, wood

or resin. The oils are produced especially for

people who want to use them for their cosmetic

products, but it is possible for oils to be an irritant

to some folks. Also, not all essential oils are safe

for pregnant or nursing women. These oils can

even spoil under the correct condition

What Are Fragrance Oils?

Fragrance oils, aromatic oils or perfume oils

as they are sometimes called, are manufactured

scents. These products are easy to find online, and

under the correct conditions they will last quite a

while in storage. They are specifically designed to

copy the scent of a natural product, and you can

even get your favorite “dupe” scents from other

big name cosmetic companies. The range of scents

is enormous and fragrance oils are quite

inexpensive.

Chapter 12: How to store, package, and

price your items

Since this is the second book in our Thermal

Mermaid collection, you may have been familiar

with the chapter in storing, packaging, and pricing

your home-made soap items from the first book in

our series. However, the following tips apply

specifically to the recipes found in this book.

To Store:

For the recipes found in this book, you will

find it no surprise that you should store your

packaged items in a cool dry place out of direct

sunlight. In some cases, you can find plastic

packaging that is a brown translucent color. This

will block some of the sunlight. Your products will

not last indefinitely even when you have used the

proper amount of preservative, so don’t make more

than you will use or sell within a six-month period.

Once your products are opened try not to

keep them in a place where water is sprinkling into

the jar. For example, sugar scrubs may be kept in

to shower, but it is better to close the lid and put it

in the medicine cabinet after use. This way the

product won’t turn to sludge or disintegrate in the

shower.

If you have chosen not to use a preservative for

personal use products, then treat your item the

same as you would food. Store your product with

its lid tightly closed. You will get longer use out of

putting it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh longer.

Packaging:

We do have a few additional tips for the

recipes and products in this book to go along with

the spa treatments. In this book, you need to fill

jars with nearly every item you find here and the

sanitary conditions for lotions and scrubs must be

taken into careful consideration. We try to

minimalize the possibility of bacteria growth in

our products by adding small amounts of

preservative, but also it is important to spray down

empty jars with a spritzer filled with rubbing

alcohol. Then, with gloves on, you will wipe the

jars and caps with a cloth to sterilize the empty

jars. You can always boil glass jars, but this isn’t

always an option, since it is easier to package in

plastic peta jars.

Also, since your items may end up in the

shower, when you create or order your labels, try

waterproof labels. This does make a lot of

difference in the way people feel about your

product. It gives your product a more commercial

appeal and takes away the homemade feel. If your

package is beautiful and the ink runs and label

peels, it can be a little disappointing. You can find

waterproof labels online. When you break the cost

down, it comes out to be just a few pennies more.

Make sure your ingredients are labeled on

your items. If someone is allergic to any of your

ingredients you want to give them the opportunity

to review the ingredients. (And it’s also the law)

Just because you might sell your product at a craft

table, farmers market, or online, you still have to

follow the laws in regard to treating your

consumers properly and labeling your items.

Pricing:

As always pricing can be tricky. You don’t

want to over charge, but you do need to get a fair

value from your products. Prices can range

depending on the ingredients. Some oils are

luxurious and expensive, while some items might

be filled with corn oil. It all depends.

As a general rule, double the cost of your

supplies and then add you value in the time it took

to make the product. If your product is filled with

vitamin E, Argon oil, or jojoba oil it will be more

expensive than others. Don’t cheat yourself with

the value of your product just to stay competitive

with the next guy.

Chapter 13: Online Resources for All

Your Cosmetic Supply Needs

TheSage.com - MajesticMountainSage – This is a

great company for dried flowers and herbs.

EssentialDepot.com – Essential Depot is a great

place to get items such as Essential Oils,

Fragrances, Oils, Butters, Molds. Essential Depot

offers some of the most competitive prices and

best shipping offers. This is the first website we

shop at before any others. The quality of their

product has never disappointed.

BulkApothecary.com – This website will provide

you with mica, colorant, and jars with lids

thesage.com

http://essentialdepot.mivamerchant.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=&affiliate_no=w2319635

http://www.bulkapothecary.com/

Additional Works from Thermal

Mermaid Kindle Editions & Paperback Editions for Amazon:

Thermal Mermaids Main Market Recipes: Volumes 1-3

Soapmaking: 90 Homemade Soap Making Recipes for

Natural Healthy Skin (Thermal Mermaid Book 1)

50 Spa Products and Treatments: A Soap & Spa Making

Guide for Hobby or Business (Thermal Mermaid Book 2)

50 Cosmetic Products for Skin and Make Up: Recipes for

your home or store (Thermal Mermaid Book 3)

Thermal Mermaid Lotion Volumes

Lotion Making: 25 Lotion Recipe Guide for Beginners

Hobby or Business (Thermal Mermaid Lotion Book 1)

This volume covers 25 recipes for lightweight summer time

lotions. These are day wear, sun screens, and warm weather

cosmetics



This volume covers 25 recipes for heavy weight nourishing

winter time lotions. These are night crème’s, shaving

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massage bars. These are solid lotions great for gift and

novelty.

Thermal Mermaid Specialty Editions

Cannabis Cosmetics: Hemp Oil Healing with Soap and

Lotion Recipes for your Small Business (Thermal Mermaid

Book 4)

Shampoo Making: 25 Shampoo & Natural Hair Care

Recipes: A Shampoo Making Guide for Hobby or Business

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20 Non-Toxic & Natural Homemade Mosquito, Ant & Tick

Repellents: Organic Insect Repellent, Natural Insect

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House Cleaning with Salt and Baking Soda: 50 Ways to

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About the Author

Jennifer Tynan grew up on the New England

seaboard. She spent 10 years sub-contracting as an

archeological field tech for environmental

companies throughout the United States. She

received a bachelor in Anthropology from the

University of Connecticut.

With her daughter, Hannah, Jennifer spends

some of her time making handmade artisan soap

for her Bath and Body Company, Thermal

Mermaid. Thermal Mermaid is an outdoor market

found at summer vendors and renaissance fairs in

New England. For those who are far away,

products from Thermal Mermaid can be found on

line. Many of the same recipes in this book are

found on their product line.

Hannah is co-owner of Thermal Mermaid. At

sixteen years, old she is active in preparing and

creating new product as well as organizing and

developing her recipes. Hannah can often be found

proudly sitting behind her market tables on the

weekends while she studies her normal school

work during the week. Hannah is a natural artist

and is always working at designing creative

packaging along with her soap recipes.

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Hannah Sits behind her market display on a cold

New England morning in early April.

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