Honey: The Perfect Ingredient for Healing and Pampering
Honey is a sweet food that is produced by bees from the
nectar of flowers. It is an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent,
effective at treating skin inflammations such as eczema, and
preventing staph and yeast infections that cause diaper rash.
Honey is also a natural humectant, attracting moisture from the
air to your skin and makes a terrific addition to homemade spa
treatments.
Recipe #1: Vanilla, Honey & Brown Sugar Face Scrub
This gentle face scrub smells wonderful and feels just as good.
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1 rounded tablespoon brown sugar
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1 tablespoon of almond oil
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1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons honey
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3 tablespoons oatmeal
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Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
Mix together brown sugar, honey, almond or olive oil, and vanilla
extract. Stir in oatmeal. Apply to face and gently scrub. Rinse
with warm water. Will last for one week if stored in airtight
container in refrigerator.
Recipe #2: Honey Almond Foot Scrub
Massage this foot scrub onto your feet before bed to help you
really relax!
Grind almonds into a fine meal in a blender or food processor. Mix
almonds, olive oil, honey, brown sugar, and juice of lemon. Rub
onto feet and massage, then rinse off. Makes enough for a single
foot scrub application.
-Heleigh Bostwick Staff Editor
Growing up in Vermont, her
education and work as a botanist and landscape architect, and now her
job as a mom of twins, have all contributed to Heleigh’s “Green Living”
lifestyle. She has a BA in Botany from Connecticut College and a Master
of Landscape Architecture from the University of
Pennsylvania.
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