How to Make Your Own Bubble Bath
May 16, 2009 by Kelly Townsend
Filed under Bath & Body
Making your own bubble bath is pretty easy. All you need is unscented shampoo, salt and essential oils in the scent of your choice. You should be able to find unscented shampoo at major drug stores (and places like Wal-Mart). However, if you can’t, Johnson’s Baby Shampoo will work in its place.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unscented shampoo
3/4 cup water
1/2 tsp table salt
15 drops fragrance oil
Directions:
Pour shampoo into a large glass bowl and add water.
Stir until thoroughly mixed.
Add salt and continue stirring until the mixture thickens.
Add essential oil and stir.
Store in a plastic or glass bottle.
This bubble bath also can substitute as a …read more
Expert Tips: Healthy Home Spa Experience
May 13, 2009 by Kelly Townsend
Filed under Bath & Body
Get your feet sandal ready with a fabulous pedicure. At home pedicures are a great option, but you have to be safe about it. You don’t want to risk cuts, infection and other problems.
Dr. Oliver Zong, a top podiatrist based in New York City, offers us these fabulous pedicure tips to help you keep your feet looking fantastic all summer long.
Bacteria can flourish in dark, wet places, such as a bathroom medicine cabinet. Be sure to sanitize your nail clippers by soaking them in boiling water and wiping them down with rubbing alcohol every few weeks
Say NO to self-surgery! Anything …read more
Home Spa: Epsom Salts
January 5, 2009 by Colleen Coplick
Filed under Bath & Body
When I was growing up, Mom always had a bag of Epsom Salts in the bathroom, and I was really never sure exactly what their purpose was. I knew she put them into the bath once in a while, and that was great, but I still wasn’t sure what they did.
Now I’m looking for my own home spa treatments and ways that I can cut some corners financially, I’ve found some good uses for the ubiqutous epsom salt!Â
Check out these home spa remedies from the Epsom Salt Council, and then head to the drug store or grocery store and pick …read more
Get a Spa Atmosphere at Home
January 4, 2009 by Colleen Coplick
Filed under Bath & Body
Your husband has the kids, and you’ve got a precious 30 minutes to yourself. You might not be able to leave the house, but you can certainly turn your bathroom into an intstant oasis with Sonos.Â
Sonos is the first wireless multi-room music which lets you listen to different music in up to 21 rooms of the house all by the palm of your hand.Â
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The beauty of the Sonos system is that you can have relaxing spa music in the bathroom, your husband can have another kind in the livingroom and the kids can each have their own music in their rooms as …read more
Tassi: Keeping your Hair Off Your Facial
December 10, 2008 by Colleen Coplick
Filed under Bath & Body
If you’ve got hair that could be considered to have any actual length at all, you’ll know that there are times when it just gets in the way! Facials, massages, even just washing your face can result in completely screwing up your ‘do. You run the risk of getting the girl-version of hat head – big dents in your hair when you use clips, hairbands and other accessories. Why risk a big-ass dent in an otherwise perfect ‘do?
There just may be a solution however, in Tassi. Tassi is a new product, which gently holds all of your hair off your …read more




