Homemade beauty treatments are fun to make and healthy for your skin. Today, we have an amazing body butter that you can make at home using pure honey, shea butter and other terrific ingredients, including gold leaf! This silky body butter will soften and hydrate your skin, while giving it a fantastic shimmer.
Ingredients

1/2 cup pure honey
2/3 cup shea butter, (can substitute cocoa butter)
3 Tablespoons wheat germ oil
2 teaspoons grapefruit seed extract, optional
3 drops sandalwood oil, optional
2 to 3 sheets 24-karat gold leaf

Directions
Blend honey, shea butter and wheat germ oil until completely mixed. If using cocoa butter, soften in a double …read more

Your can turn your bath into a home spa by creating homemade beauty treatments with honey. Here are three fabulous recipes that you should try — a firming mask, a polish (body or face) and an exfoliating mask. These recipes are courtesy of the National Honey Board.
Firming Face Mask
Ingredients

1 Tablespoon honey
1 egg white
1 teaspoon glycerin (available at drug and beauty stores)
approx. 1/4 cup flour

Directions

Whisk together all ingredients and enough flour to form a paste (approximately 1/4 cup).
Smooth over face and throat.
Leave on 10 minutes.
Rinse off with warm water.

Honey Peanut Polish
Ingredients

1 apricot
1 ripe pear
1/2 plum
3 tsp. honey
1/2 cup …read more