Creative Spa: Make Your Own Skin Care Products

With this guide to creating bathtime treats, an ordinary bathroom becomes a lavish home spa for revitalizing mind and body. The recipes include such luxurious and all-natural items as rich massage oils, foot scrubs, shampoos, conditioners, and moisturizers, as well as therapeutic creams to minimize stretch marks and varicose veins. Bacchanalian Bath Salts have a delicious aroma, thanks to the exotic sweetness of bergamot and ylang ylang. Close-Shave Aftershave Splash--a mix of vodka, witch hazel, and bay--is kind and gentle to the skin. Or put a spring in your step with Cool and Minty Foot Cream. Feature boxes explain the benefits of the ingredients, plus there's information on techniques and a glossary of essentials oils.