Archive for the ‘Bath and Body’ Category
One Hour of Pampering – Me Time!
How does an hour of pampering time sound? A great start or end your day! Moms have a right to have ME TIME!
We are the most selfless ladies! We make the sandwiches, pack the snacks, change the diapers and run the errands. Often we are in the car all day. We don’t eat properly or slow down even for a moment!
We all need more relaxation in our lives! Our inboxes are full, our lives are chaotic at times with all we do. Most of us are far too over scheduled and don’t even realize it, till something happens, a wake up call.
Self love, from time to time is good for the soul! Sit and relax for an hour. An hour is not that much time to take out of your day.
Gather up your facial mask, a little time, and enjoy the hour. The much needed indulgence is long over due. Calm time is needed to reflect, every now and then. We all can benefit from a good foot soak and warm robe. Relaxation is a good thing!
Food for thought : No one ever died from taking too good care of themselves! Many ladies have died from not taking good enough care of themselves.
Tip: A favorite robe can be tossed in the dryer for a few minutes to make the experience a little more indulgent. Enjoy!
The ribbon is for all the great women who have battled breast cancer. My life has been touched by the disease and maybe yours. I think we all love someone or know or someone who has had it.
Take care ladies! Thinking of you!
The Ultimate Bath Experience!
Does the sound of an Ultimate Bath intrigue you? You can create the ultimate relaxation experience and your own oasis right at home!
How long has it been since you’ve been in the tub for a soak? Maybe years? Through no fault of our own, we just forget how wonderful baths are.
The health benefits are abundant by taking a bath. A good bath can help you feel better about yourself. A bath can clean out the toxins in your body, clear your mind, help your sinus cavities clear, relieve stress, help you sleep better, help your mood and help you be a happier you.
Ladies we all really do need to relax more! Our lives are so full of activities, chores, lists, errands, appointments and the days run by. When was the last time you took long bath? Think about it, have you even had the time to take a good long soak in the tub? The sad fact is, many of us stop taking baths as soon as we have our first child. For career ladies, it may stop once we great a career going. We just don’t make time for it anymore and it’s not a priority.
The ultimate bath, let’s start thinking and preparing. The ultimate bath experience, what comes to mind for you? What do you enjoy most? Start planning ahead now and have the items at home, so when you get the chance to indulge, you can.
What do you enjoy the most? Figure out your own must haves, be it the candles, music, aromatherapy, scrubs, shower gels, bath bombs, loofahs and essential oils. The list goes on of the ingredients to you can add to your own ultimate bath. In the need of some new towels and a new robe, go for it and really enjoy the experience.
Enjoy!
DIY Treatment – Power of Paraffin Wax
Paraffin wax powers up your favorite moisturizer to whole new level. Paraffin has amazing qualities. The the wax is mixed with mineral oil, to boost it’s power. Various scents are available to enhance your spa experience. Until you try it, you will not know how effective it is.
Once you become a mother your hands take a beating. Your hands appearance can suffer, as well as the health of your skin. Having a busy schedule of diapers, washing your hands and cleaning, can all do a number on your hands. Moms can add in a good skin care routine just for their hands. If you do not need it year round, you may just need it may be seasonally.
A Paraffin wax home treatment, could be your secret weapon in your beauty arsenal. A wax bath, might be just what you need. I recently tried paraffin wax for the first time. I found paraffin to be amazing at sealing in the moisture, you wish your skin normally held. The effects last a few days after the treatment.
Many models exist for Paraffin baths. Some models available are larger to accommodate feet and elbows. Look for a unit that will fit your skin’s needs.
Moms Indulgence Easy DIY Scrub
Moms Indulgence DIY Hand Sugar Scrub
Ingredients :
2 tablespoons sugar (can be brown,white or sugar in the raw)
4 tablespoons of oil (can be olive oil,sweet almond oil, jojoba oil or a favorite massage oil)
Optional : add 1/2 teaspoon of orange zest for color and scent.
Ladies try this recipe (so easy and your hands feel great after)
Enjoy,
Pamper Queen
Happy Feet, Happy You – Sandal Season is coming
Spring is here and summer is around the corner. Sandal season is coming ladies, start now and your feet will look great for summer. We all want pretty feet, not all of us have them, work with what you have (We can change the way we feel about ourselves with a great toe color!)
When I see a lady with a great toe color and well cared for feet, I always think she looks well groomed. Hey we all want to look put together at least some of the time.
I’m like most moms, we wait till we have to put some sandals on to start with good foot care. The basics to beautiful feet are easy : soaking, scrubbing, moisturizing, and painting those toes. I researched why we moms often end up with cracked heals, often it’s just from not wearing shoes in the house. If it’s not a health problem, it may just be lack of support around your heel.
Tip : The tip I have is Ponds Cold cream. I only use it on my feet (I use the one with the light green cover for sensitive skin) If I could find a good organic, natural product I would try it, So far, I have only found Ponds to work. My doctor said to use products with urea as the main ingredient, but to me they don’t work like Ponds. Use it on you feet as a moisturizer daily and at night. Good Bye dry feet! Even if you have the driest feet in the world. It works like nothing I have ever used. I have tried almost everything.
Happy feet, Happy You
Inexpensive Pampering Ideas For Summer
Summer is definitely a time when a woman needs some pampering, but not every one can afford an expensive trip to the spa or a weekend away at a bed and breakfast. On the other hand, every one can afford some inexpensive pampering while laying out in the rays of the sun, soaking up the warm weather and relaxing atmosphere.
Reading a Book
Some people find that simply laying out in the sun enjoying a good book is the way to go. If this sounds like something that you would enjoy, then be sure to schedule a day with your family in which you take time and you enjoy your book while basking in the sun. If you don’t enjoy the sun, then find a nice, cool shady spot somewhere in your yard or even at your local park.
Pedicures
There are several kits nowadays that allow you to give yourself a home pedicure for about half the price it would cost at your local day spa. Even if you don’t have a pedicure kit, you can still give yourself a professional pedicure with a file brush, foot and cuticle cream, and nail polish. You can even have a little pedicure party with a few girlfriends in which you enjoy some drinks outside and give each other pedicures.
Catered Lunch or Picnic
When you hear a catered lunch, you may think it cost a lot of money, but catering is very proud term. Catering could mean going to your local sub shop and getting a few sub sandwiches or having getting a big salad and bread sticks from you favorite pizza place or Italian restaurant. These are cheap options for lunch and best of all you don’t have to make anything. Invite a few close girlfriends over and have a picnic in your yard or at the park. Gives you time to catch up on gossip and enjoy a nice lunch.
Every one deserves a little pampering every once in awhile. This is especially true for moms who may have to deal with the kids being home from school in summer, as they need the time away to focus on themselves.
Homespun Hearts
A couple of months ago I placed ordered from an adorable looking site called Homespun Hearts Grubby and Prim Candles. I didn’t burn a lot in the last couple of weeks because it’s unusually hot here in Seattle and we’ve been on vacations.
I ordered 2 jar candles. 1 in snickerdoodle and the other banana bread. Now I am not a fan of banana stuff, so I was a little leery of that choice. But I let me daughter help choose the scents. lol
Snickerdoodle tends to be a scent I go with for many companies to give a try. It gives me a stock scent to compare. I have to say that this one held up pretty well. To be fair, it is Summer and there are so many windows. It’s not like during the Winter when the house is in lockdown. So, it’s really hard for me to compare the scent throw. But I do have the last of it burning right now and I can smell it behind the scenes so that is a very good thing with the house wide open tonight. The scent is nice and mellow like snickerdoodle should be. Not overpowering at all. But still a decent scent throw. The scent is not a cheap scent either. It’s quality oils and wax that I am smelling.
The banana didn’t have a very strong scent throw I have to say. I burned that in the kids bathroom so it was a small room that should have been totally stunk up with it. But not so much. It did have a nice mellow scent, but not the powerful one I expected upon opening the lid of the candle.
Now Tamara also included a tart with my order and I’m afraid I forgot what the scent is. Which really is annoying because I want to order it now. The tart blew both the candles out of the water for scent throw. I don’t know that I’ve ever melted a tart that was so powerful with scent. I LOVED IT!
All said and done. I will order from Homespun Hearts Grubby and Prim Candles again. Between the awesome customer service, fast order delivery and quality products I’m looking forward to trying some other scents. I’m really dieing to try out the cookie tarts. They are very cute and I know I’m probably just a pyro-weirdo, but it’s cool to watch the fake food stuff melt down.
TST Feet Special
It’s that time of year again. Summer sandal feet. You know you want them beautiful and smooth in time for all of those strappy sandals sitting in your closet. The Scented Tub has the most incredible special running right now for just this cause.
Spa Pedicure Package
Spring into Summer with our Energizing Spa Pedicure
Spa Foot Soak 8oz Jar
Foot Scrub 8oz Jar
Foot Balm 8oz Jar
For the month of April we are offering our Pedicure Spa Package for only $25.00 This includes FREE Priority Mail Shipping. I always love free shipping deals. This special is located in the Spring Tub on the site.
Fill a tub with hot water and let your feet soak. Then use the scrub to peel away dead skin, resoak feet again. Gently pat feet dry and apply the foot balm. It’s that easy to smooth feet.
Luxurious Baths
Relax in Luxury after Black Friday
One of the best ways to relax after a long day finding shopping bargains at all those Black Friday sales is to take a nice soak in the bathtub in a wonderfully scented bubble bath. This can be a great way to unwind after a day fighting crowds and standing in long check-out lanes. It not only soothes the body, but also the mind as the scents of the season fill the room. My personal favorite bath products are by The Scented Tub, a great online store that offers the most amazing scented bath and beauty products! Try the “Holiday Bath Bombs” which are little fantastic balls of seasonal scented bath soak. They come in cheery holiday colors, and are scented in favorites like Winter Wonderland and Apple Cinnamon. Sure to bring the warmth of the season to your bathroom oasis!
One other great way to feel revitalized after a hard day of searching out all those post Thanksgiving bargains is with a good scrub! Not only does it remove all the grime and tiredness from your skin, but it leaves it feeling soft and refreshed. And just in time for all those Holiday get-togethers! I love the Walnut Body Polish for its wonderful home cooked goodies smell and the polishing effect of the natural walnut shells. It’s like being in Grandma’s kitchen baking cookies on a cold Winter day. You’ll almost feel like eating yourself, it smells so good. I’m not kidding either!
Just make sure that after all that stress of shopping that you take time to treat yourself this Holiday season. Then enjoy all the treasures you’ve found, grab a hot cup of cocoa and savor your little part of the joy of the holidays.
Quick Mommy Time Out
It’s such a luxury to be able to pamper myself after a long day at the office or a day spent shopping at the local mall. After getting the family fed, the kids in bed and the house quiet, I like to take a nice long bubble bath, light a couple of candles and enjoy a good book. At that moment, I am surrounded by my favorite scent of Cucumber Melon, the flickering light of the melon scented candles sooth my soul and I get lost in the chapters of my book. Its times like that when I can imagine I am the queen of my own castle and the stressors of the world just melt away. I come out smelling lovely, feeling sexy and refreshed!