It’s easy to make homemade spa-quality bath products with ingredients that you have around the house.  Pick up some essential oils (a small bottle goes a very long way) and  add them to inexpensive ingredients like Sea Salt, Espom Salt (I get mine at the Dollar Store), put them in a pretty glass jar and you’ve got a beauty treatment for a fraction of what it would cost at the store, plus you can tailor the scent to your particular taste.

Bath Salts
2 cups Sea Salt
2 cups Epsom Salt
15-17 drops essential oil of your choice (I use lavender or eucalyptus)
food coloring, …read more

A few years ago, it seems Avon jumped on the Oil of Olay bandwagon (or maybe Avon was the trailblazer?) and revamped its image. These days, Olay doesn’t immediately make one think of that little pink bottle on grandma’s dresser, and Avon has scored a reputation as a bona fide skincare savant.
With products like Anew Ultimate Age Repair Elixir, it’s easy to see why.
The light-weight serum is like a blanket of silk you cloak around your face and neck before applying your sunscreen or night cream. The elixir is full of something called Sirtuins, which are considered a breakthrough …read more