A Bookworm Creates

I seriously might have to make some more of these.   They are so easy. You. might be asking, 'Why can't I just put my scrub from the other posts into an ice cube tray and be done with it?' Why? They won't harden up.  This recipe calls for melt and pour soap. For these I did two different recipe attempts. First up -   Lavender Sugar Scrub Cubes Ingredients 1/4 cup coconut oil (or your preferred oil) 1/4 cup melt and pour glycerin soap 10 drop lavender fragrance or essential oil 1 cup sugar Wow! I've been using a lot of sugar lately! Directions Measure out your coconut oil and put in a microwave safe bowl or measuring cup. The melt and pour glycerin soap block I bought came in sectioned cubes and I cut four cubes off and grated the cubes.  For a 1/4 a cup I ended up grating 1 cube, but I suspect my measurement was a bit off.  You can also cut the glycerin soap into small chunks and melt that way.  My math suggests eac...

For the second post in my DIY Beauty Recipe series (I have 3 other posts planned so stay tuned) I'm tackling DIY Foot Scrub. What makes this scrub different from the previous scrub? This foot scrub contains Epsom salt.  Epsom salt, while not technically a salt, is high in magnesium which is very good for you.  It has several beneficial properties both internally, externally, and for your garden. In this post we are focusing on the external benefits.  When I was 21 I fell down some stairs at work and badly sprained my ankle.  Ever since whenever the weather is bad or about to be bad my ankle acts up.  Epsom salt foot soaks usually helped.  Epsom salt can help with inflammation... Why not just continue with the soaks? It's winter and my heels are horrible.  Who else is in that dry skin boat? I decided to combine the two issues into one product.  Ideally, you can substitute sugar for this the salt in this basic scrub recipe....

Every now and then there are a couple of friends (the Twins) that I get to have a girls' night in with.  This usually involves Phase Ten (30 phases, they exist, Google them), other random card games, movies in the background, and dinner, most often with dessert.  When Sarah sent me the text, I was all for it.  The only problem we were having was with what to have for supper.  For a few days we sat on it and thought about it.  It is really difficult sometimes to create a meal when so many people have different tastes.  Finally it was settled, homemade pizza.  So, Sarah and Meredith (the twins) bought the pizza dough and cheese while I bought pepperoni and Canadian bacon (essentially ham).  Now, this can be done one of two ways, completely and utterly from scratch which will take a while due to yeast rising, etc, etc. Or you can buy a box mix.  (Yes, the sentence fragment slightly bugs me; I have a love/hate relationship with them....