INSIGHT Magazine December 2018 | Page 34

Rose Petal Bath Salts Source: papernstitchblog.com What You Need: • 1 cups of epsom salt • 1 tablespoons of baking soda • 1.5 cups of himalayan sea salt (or regular coarse sea salt if you don’t like pink) • rose essential oils • glass jars • mixing bowl (or even a pitcher, like I used) • spoon or whisk • blender or food processor Instructions: 1. Start by drying out 1-2 cups of organic rose petals (you want organic roses if possible, since they’ll eventually be in your bathtub while you’re in it). I removed the rose petals from the stems and laid them out on a piece of canvas for 4 or 5 days. Also, if you lay them out in a single layer, they’ll dry out faster. 2. Once the rose petals have dried out, you can actually make the bath salts. Mix the epsom salt, baking soda, and himalayan sea salt into a large bowl or container. Then, add in the drops of essential oils. Depending on how fragrant you want the bath salts to be, add between 4–8 drops of essential oils. 3. Next, pour your dried rose petals into a blender or food processor with sharp blades. Wood Wick Soy Candles Source: cocokelley.com What You Need: • Soy wax flakes • Essential oils or perfume fragrance (patchou- li, sandalwood, rose extract, and lavender) • Glass measuring cup • Medium sized saucepan, for heating wax • Glass tumblers 34 And set the blender or food processor to the pulse setting until the petals resemble confetti. This took a couple of minutes for me. I alternated between using the actually blender function and the pulse function on my blender and it worked great. 4. Once the petals are ready, pour them into the salt bowl and mix together with your hands or a spoon. Pour into decorative containers (one that has an airtight lid is best). Add 2 ounces or so to your next bath and you’re feel like you’re hanging out in a f Wood Wick Soy Candles • • • • Wood wicks, with metal bases Wooden spoon Label paper Scissors Instructions: Step 1 // Prep your glasses. Clean your tum- blers and add a wood wick to the center of each glass. The wooden reed should easily snap into the metal base and is self supporting. Unlike December 2018 INSIGHT