Goat Milk Soap Recipe
(by measurements, not weight)
1 cup lard, melted
1 cup Olive oil,
1 cup goat milk
1/4 cup Red Devil lye granules (not flakes or crystals from other
sources)
1/4 cup water
Dissolve the lye in the water.
Ingredients near 110 to 120 degrees F.
Add the lye/water to the fat. Stir in the milk.
Tracing time about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Leave in molds 2 days
Place in freezer 3 hours to help remove soap from molds
Remove soap from molds (or cut if in a large mold)
Age 3 weeks
Natural Detox Shower Scrub
Designed to improve your circulation and help shed toxins through the skin. Great on cellulite.
1/4 cup chopped fresh gingerroot or parsley;
2 Tbls Dead sea salt
Scrub yourself in the shower accenting on cellulite spots. You also can use a detoxifying bath soak just add a body brush body brush (such as cactus bristle) .
Buttermilk & Goat milk Bath
Designed to hydrate and soften dry itchey skin.
1/4 cup dry buttermilk
1/4 powdered dry goat milk
1 tbsp. Cornstarch
1/8 tsp of your favorite essential oil
Combine all the ingredients and use appx 1/4 per bath
Bath Bombs
Fun project for Tweens Birthday Partys
4 Tablespoons Citric Acid
4 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup baking soda
3 Tablespoons Monoi de Tahiti Oil (or you can use any other emollient oil like coconut or Almond Oil, )
1/4 teaspoons Fragrance Oil or essential oil (Eucalyptus, peppermint and rosemary is an uplifting blend, great for head colds)
Sift all of the dry ingredients (first three) into a bowl and mix well with wire whisk. Put bottle of oil in warm water to melt oil .
Slowly add oil to dry ingredients, then add fragrance and blend well.
Take 1T of mixture and shape into balls or press (really hard)into molds (such as small chocolate mold) if using molds, pop them in freezer till hard and pop out.
Let the balls rest on a sheet of waxed paper for two to three hours.
Gently reshape if needed.
Let the bombs dry and harden for 24 to 48 hours.
These are fragile so carefully package each bomb in it's own cellophane bag or in a closed container to keep fresh.
Directions for use: To use, drop one bomb into warm bath water to release fragrance and oils. A little bit of heaven right in your bath tub!
Oatmeal Bubble Milk Bath
Great for poisen- ivey bath soak
1 cup powdered buttermilk
1/2 cup fresh quaker oatmeal
1 cup baking soda
4 tbs. corn starch
1/4 cup soap chunks
Using a food processer add chunk soap and oatmeal until grainy. Add powdered milk, baking soda & corn starch .
Add essential rosemary or lavender oil works up nicely
Blend until all ingredients are a powdery consistancy.
Use 1/3 cup to each bath
Lavender Herbal Milk Bath
Sit Back and Relax
1 cup Cornstarch
1 cup powdered goat milk or buttermilk
2 teaspoons essential lavender oil
1/4 cup english lavender buds
Using a food procesor or blender add lavender buds and remaining ingredients.
About a 1/4 for each bath
Homemade Bath Salts
May also be used as a foot spa
Peppermint oil works great to soothe tired swollen feet
1 cup Epsom salt
1 cup dead sea salt
1/2 cup Baking soda
1/4 tsp. essential
Combine all ingredients with wisk in a large bowl.
Aries (March 21- April 20) Your Horoscope by Susan Miller: Home decorating is back on your front burner, as it was in the autumn, and you're all excited about instituting your plan. The difference is now you'll be ready to get down to brass tacks. With delays and obstacles no longer a factor, you'll see an open path and take it. Mars, your guardian planet, will finally be moving at full throttle from March 4 to May 9, your most energetic window of opportunity. Get your new home selected and furniture ordered during this phase, and you'll be ready to enjoy your space fully by the new moon, July 2. The start of July would be an ideal move-in date, but only if you do all the preparations now and through early May. In the first week of March, Mars will be not opposed to Pluto, so it will be clear that your boss assumes you have no private life nor need one. He feels you should give all your time and energy to your work. Hearing this may be the last straw in a long line of problems you've faced with your current job, and could finally make you pick up the phone and accept an interview with another firm. Happily, with Jupiter in fine angle to the Sun on March 6, you will get a terrific reception and leave the new prospective employer with a good impression. If your present job is where your heart lies, it may be that this domineering boss will calm down after the pressure of the moment disperses. See how you feel. In the third week, at the full moon March 21, a key relationship is about to reach critical mass and a decision will be required, but you may be the last one to see this coming. Again you may feel pressured by a pushy boss, client, or even a family member (parent, mate, or other close kin), who will leave you feeling tense and deficient in some way. Something about this episode will be jarring and upsetting. You will see this person's hidden agenda, so what you decide to do now that you have full information will be up to you. With the full moon falling in a critical degree (one degree, Libra) this episode seems to have ramifications, not only for your relationship, but on the job, too. You may get to the point that you need to say something - even quit or move out. One thing is certain; you won't sit and suffer silently. This all comes down Friday evening, March 21, and continues over the weekend, March 22-23. You will be in action mode, not in a "let's talk it out" mode. All I can say is that if someone pushes you too hard, they will be sorry! Singles will have luck this month in finding and maintaining love. If you hope to meet someone new, circulate when Uranus and the Sun join forces on Saturday, March 8. A blind date scheduled for that day is sure to bring a better-than-anticipated result. You might meet on the Internet, because with Uranus involved, there would be a digital element to your meeting. On the other hand, you may simply meet at Best Buy or the Apple store - or any place that sells electronics. Sounds like you'd have lots in common - enjoy the month! Look for love and it'll find you: March 8 Work on a home improvement plan: March 4 - May 9 Overcome fears about parenthood: March 21
