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"If you wash your dog(s) half as often as we do, then you still spend a fortune on dog shampoo. I found this recipe on a couple of different websites... I just tried it out on our dogs and it worked great (of course that's just my opinion, you'd have to ask the dogs for the definitive answer)."

Ingredients: glycerin, liquid dish soap...

"The baby oil gives this scrub a nice fragrance. If you want you can grind the oats in a coffee grinder."

Ingredients: vitamin E, oats, oil...

"I buy a transparant or white liquid soap for this, it shows the honey color when made. You could also use a neutral bubble bath as a base. I now sell this at craft fairs and for the packaging I bought old fashioned glass milk bottles. If you plan to give this as a gift, save up small salad dressing bottles, that is what I used to use. My favorite fragrances..."

Ingredients: fragrance oil, honey...

"Treat yourself or your friends with this body scrub, it removes dead and flaky skin cells. Instead of the orange you can turn this into a lemon or lime scrub. The essential oil is optional but it does give it a nice smell. The salt will settle, shake the jar before use."

Ingredients: oranges, zest of, orange oil...

"This makes your skin feel very soft, it is gentle and not messy. For a dry or sensitive skin use cream or olive oil as a binder, for an oily skin the yogurt. I have a dry skin and I like the cream best, and as that usually comes out of the fridge it makes a nice cool facial. If you have any left, treat your hands as well!"

Ingredients: cream, oats, yogurt...

"No harsh chemicals, made with only two ingredients...I have not tried this, but a friend uses this & she says it really works but takes a while to see any change, but plan on trying this...if you use this let me know how it does..."

Ingredients: cocoa powder, lotion...

"These bath bombs make fantastic gifts - they are just dropped into a hot bath & they fizz & dissolve releasing a beautiful fragrance! Surprisingly easy to make, let your imagination run WILD & experiment with different oils & colours - I also like to add dried rose petals, dried lavender & fine glitter......the possibilities are..."

Ingredients: bicarbonate of soda, citric acid...

"Treat yourself and also make this as a gift. I did not give amounts of the fragrance oil, just add them by "smell" Use the layering technique, don't make it too wet with the oils because the layers will become the same color then, or just mix it all together. The salts will have a light golden brown color."

Ingredients: fragrance oil, sea salt...

"From the Weekend magazine."

Ingredients: eggs, olive oil, sea salt...

"From Delicious Living. Glycerin attracts moisture; that's whay makes it such a great moisturizer - it brings in moisture from the air to the skin - so it can actually increase the moisture in the skin by adding water from the air. This is great for oily skin. It soaks in pretty quickly and feels cool."

Ingredients: glycerin, aloe vera gel...

"Honey is antiseptic, cleaning your pores, and toning your skin. It's for your face but go ahead and enjoy the other half of the apple with lemon juices and honey on it whie your face gets renewed!"

Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, honey...

"A cleansing lotion to sweeten and soften bathwater and use as a hair rinse after shampooing. Using both flowers and leaves will work."

Ingredients: lavender, fresh rosemary...

"Vanilla is so popular as a fragrance in everything from bodycare to candles and air fresheners---it has that secret something that draws us in! In tests done by the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago to understand the impact of smell upon sexual arousal, it was discovered the smell which arouses mature men the most was vanilla...."

Ingredients: cornstarch, nonfat dry milk powder...

"I have named this scrub after the Zaar member/chef who gave me the idea and inspiration to make this. There was a topic about nuts and their "use by date" I had a look in my kitchen cupboard and found ground almonds which had passed their date. I use almonds in the soaps I make, but at the moment I am into the salt scrubs. The vitamin E is..."

Ingredients: glycerin, fragrance oil...