The Home Spa

The Home Spa

Create A Home Spa and Save Money! The world is a spa.  The world's best spas take whatever is found in nature, whether it be herbs, oils, grains, fruits, and seeds and make all natural homeopathic remedies  that benefit your body with medicinal properties. You can create your own herbal body treatments for significantly less than paying for a body treatment at your local spa, and the best part, in the comfort of your own home.   Green Tea &  Mint  Milk Bath The cold, dry wind of the winter months can be especially hard on your skin.   Soften dried skin with this basic recipe for a  specially made milk bath that smells and feels great! You will need: One Green Tea Bag One Mint Tea Bag 1 cup of powdered milk 1 small plastic container A coffee grinder Instructions: In a coffee grinder, empty the green tea and mint bags, and grind the tea into a fine powder.  Pour this mixture into a plastic bowl with the powdered milk and mix well.   Place this mixture into a tub the next time you have a bath and fill the tug 3/4 full with warm water.   Enjoy! Body Scrubs: Simple Yet Blissful Sugar Scrub The cold, harsh weather can be especially rough on skin during this time of year. Fortunately, with a few store bought ingredients, you can have a simple yet luxurious body scrub for under what it would normally cost you at the spa.  If you can put 10-15 minutes aside before your next shower or bath, you can make a body scrub and apply it to your body in no time flat. The result is soft, smooth, and moisture-rich skin that has a heavenly glow. Renew your skin with this basic recipe for a blissful and refreshing   Sugar Scrub. You will need: ½ cup of olive oil ½ cup of raw sugar 1 small plastic container Instructions: Mix all the ingredients together in the small plastic bowl.  In the shower, apply the sugar and olive oil mixture to your skin in a circular pattern.  Be sure to cover your face, shoulders, arms, hands, torso, legs and feet. Rinse and shower or bathe as usual.  Pat your skin dry.   Bath Magic:  Soaking in Epsom Salt Many of us are deficient or have low levels of magnesium. Magnesium deficiency in the body is associated with stroke, heart disease, osteoporosis, joint pain, arthritis, chronic fatigue, digestive problems, and other stress related illnesses.  An easy way to replace magnesium is to soak in a bath with epsom salt. Soaking in epsom salts may be an old fashioned cure for aching joints and muscles, but this time-tested, feel good cure has real benefits for the human body.  Over 325 enzymes (proteins) are regulated by magnesium.  Some of these enzymes are catalysts for important bodily functions such as electrical impulse control, muscle control, production of enery, and the elimination of toxins from the body.  Epsom salt is a compound that is naturally occurring and made from the elements magnesium and sulfate.   Magnesium is the second most abundant element found in cells within the human body.   When your body is deficient in this crucial substance, one of the best ways to replace its level within the body is through soaking in a bath.  Magnesium molecules that are dissolved in water are quickly absorbed through the pores in your skin.   Sources: http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/health-benefits-of-epsom-salt-baths