lAVENDER MASK
The lavender essential oil provides a relaxing sensation,
while the mud mask tightens your skin and takes away that 'tired' look.
This also is excellent, applied in a dark room, for relief of headaches.
2 tablespoons green french clay
1 teaspoon spring water or lemon juice (for extra toning properties)
20 to 30 drops of pure lavender essential oil.
To use these masks, simply mix ingredients together until smooth
and apply in a thin but thorough layer on your face and neck.
These will take about 15 to 20 minutes to dry.
After it is dry, rinse with warm water.

LAUNDRY SOAP
1 bar of Ivory soap (plain pure soap,no fragrance)
1 cup washing soda (not baking soda)
Fill a large bucket or container
(I use a 3 gallon bucket leftover from dishwashing detergent)
with hot tap water, set aside.
Grate bar of soap into a saucepan, add just enough water to cover.
Heat, stirring constantly, until soap is dissolved.
Add soap/water mixture to the hot tap water in the bucket.
Stir or combine. Then (do not reverse this order)
add 1 cup of Washing Soda and stir.
As this cools, it will turn into a bucket of white gelatinous soap.
(thickness depends on size of container used)
. Use 2 cupfuls per load of laundry.
The author adds a handful of baking soda
to the load and sometimes puts vinegar in a Downy ball
in the rinse cycle. Super Washing Soda is in the laundry
aisle by the borax
products at the grocery store. This can be used hot or cold.
Happy laundering and God bless.

ARTHRITIS RELIEF
I have heard that for arthritis pain, soak GOLDEN raisins in gin.
It has to be golden raisins, and I believe you soak them 10 days.
I can't remember if you take 1 tsp or 1 TBLSP. of raisins once a day,
but,I have heard it said that it works, if you can stand the taste.

Sinus Spray
When I get a sinus headache,
I just use some saline nasal spray with Eucalyptus and Menthol
and the headache is gone within 20 minutes.
It also clears sinuses.

GARLIC OIL SPRAY

Use for control over aphids, cabbage loopers, earwigs,
June bugs, leafhoppers, squash bugs, and whiteflies.
Mince 1 bulb garlic
soak in 2 t mineral oil for 24 hours
mix 1 pint of water with 1 T liquid soap
add garlic mix to water and soap Mix throughly
Strain out garlic and place into a jar for storage
Use 1 to 2 T garlic oil mix to 2 cups water.
Spray plants covering all leaf surfaces.

HOW ABOUT A NICE FACE CREAM?
Shred 1/2 ounce of white wax into a jar and
add 2 ounces of almond oil. Stand jar in a saucepan
of boiling water and stir occasionally until wax is
dissolved. Peel a ripe cucumber and chop very finely.
Add just enough to the jar to be covered by the wax.
Cover and leave in pan of water. Simmer slowly for at
least an hour. Remove from heat, stir thoroughly and
allow to get cold. use everyday

DISPENSING BATH OIL
1 whole egg
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
2 teaspoons liquid soap or dishwashing liquid
1/4 cup vodka
2 tablespoons of honey
1/4 cup whole fresh milk
Fragrant oil is optional about 1 teaspoon
(I have use 2-3 teaspoons of lavender flowers or rose peddles)
Mix all the ingredients in a blender for 30 seconds.
Use only one or or two tablespoons of
this oil in a tub of warm water.

MAKE YOUR OWN ROSE WATER

2 cups of water and 2 Tablespoons of glyserin
(I think it is 2 Tablespoons) and put the pedals
in the water and glyserin..
and let it sit for 24 hours.. and then pour off the
rose water into your bottles.
strain it really well if you can..