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"This is the best homemade playdough. Kids love it."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, food coloring...

"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...

"This is a fun and effective recipe from the Asian Age newspaper. This works very well. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: warm water, liquid soap...

"The etrog (citron) is a citrus fruit that is used by Jews every year during the holiday of Sukkot (late September, early October, depending on the lunar calendar). It's entire purpose during the week-long holiday is to smell nice. Yes, that's it, we just smell the thing. After the holiday is over you can chop up the etrog and make jam...."

Ingredients: cloves, citrus fruits, citron...

"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...

"Perhaps everyone already knows about this, but I didn't. Maybe it will be helpful to someone. It was very helpful to me."

Ingredients: water, baking soda...

"These darling little bird houses are made with collected wine corks. I made 10 of them (center pieces) for my daughter's bridal shower. Each is different in little ways! I've collected corks from many different wine that we drank and from those that gave to me. My Best Dad in the world went and bought me some never used for me to use too. He..."

Ingredients: ribbon, lavender, glue...

"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...

"Feeling down, have a hang over or just need a lift try this."

Ingredients: honey, lemons, limes...