Good Gifts from the Home: Oils, Lotions, and Other Luxuries--Make Beautiful Gifts to Give (or Keep) (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "LOTIONS AND creamy moisturizers are luxurious gifts..." (more)
Key Phrases: drops fragrance oil, teaspoon borax powder, cup distilled water, Peppermint Cream (more...)

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Product Description

The Best Gifts Come from the Home—and the Heart
Vanilla Body Lotion, Herbal Tea Bath, Floral Facial Cleanser, Mint Lip Gloss—these are just a few of the natural beauty, bath, and moisturizing luxuries you can make at home with the easy-to-follow recipes in this book.
Turn these pages and learn how to create natural, wonderfully fragrant, handmade oils and lotions to soothe dry skin and delight the senses. You will also discover the secrets to making airy dusting powders, silky oils, invigorating mud masks, and more, using nothing but safe, healthful ingredients.
A handmade gift is the ultimate expression of friendship and love—especially when that gift is something soothing and luxurious. This inspiring book offers easy recipes for silky lotions, extravagant oils, and fragrant skin care products you can make at home, including:
·peach and berry gardener's hand cream
·super light honeydew moisturizer
·five-oil massage blend
·herbs and fruit dusting powder
·rose bath beads
·tingling mint toner
·and many more sumptuous indulgences for the body and the senses!
Whatever the occasion, the recipes in Oils, Lotions & Other Luxuries solve the eternal question of what to give when you want your gifts to be exceptional. Focusing special attention on the art of presentation, author Kelly Reno also includes many simple yet elegant ideas for bottling, boxing, and wrapping these wonderfully unique and personal gifts. You can find most of the ingredients at local markets and pharmacies. For hard-to-find ingredients, mail-order sources are conveniently listed.
Oils, Lotions & Other Luxuries makes it possible—and easy—to pamper your friends, your family, and yourself with personal, handmade, aromatic, and sensuous body products anytime!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (May 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761525440
• ISBN-13: 978-0761525448
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #938,781 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginners, October 19, 2000

By	C. Anderson (Grand Marais, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Kelly Reno has done a great job of writing books that are helpful for those just starting out. It is amazing that you can make your own lotions and change the scents to match yourself or your friends. The lotions are heavy and greasy, but I think its because our idea of lotions are those that are so heavy with lotions (with alcohols) that we expect it to soak right in instead of using the healing properties of the oils.

The bath beads turned out great. My first batch was great, but all the rest (go figure) I had to add a little more dry product to it so it wasn't so sticky. Its like cooking, its all an experiment and you just have to "season" it the way you like it.

Highly reccommended!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
, March 28, 1998

By	waltkellyfan "pogo" (Valdosta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Gifts from the Home: Oils, Lotions & Other Luxuries: Make Beautiful Gifts to Give (or Keep) (Hardcover)

There must be an error in the proportions for
the Rose Bath Beads because it isn't possible
to "stir until thick" the 1/4 cup rose water
and 1/4 c. powdered milk. I tried three times.
The wrinkle-smoothing potion seems ok, but the
Vanilla Body Lotion is heavy and greasy and
more difficult to blend (beeswax mixture with
water) than suggested.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas...but so-so recipes, January 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Gifts from the Home: Oils, Lotions & Other Luxuries: Make Beautiful Gifts to Give (or Keep) (Hardcover)

I find the the lotion and cream recipes to be far too heavy and greasy. Also, the solid rose and milk bath tablets did not work well when actually used in the bath. I get the impression that the recipes need some adjustment.