Misc. Recipes Page 3

Miscellaneous Recipes Page 3

1TBSP - 2 TBSP Vanilla Powder (available from www.sfherb.com)

1TBSP honey( I use very light colored honey- this gives it a little shimmer

anda great taste)

Put the cornstarch and vanilla powder in a foodprocessor and process on slow

while very carefully drizzling the honey intoit...process until there are no

lumps and honey is completely incorporated...DELICIOUS!!!!!!!

Edible Massage oil

1/4 cup glycerine

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp flavoring

mis well and bottle. This is a water-soluble lotion that heats up when you

blow on it, and is latex-friendly. It can be used as a personal lubricant of

edible massage oil.

Edible Body Paint

Mix 1 packet unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup hot water. Set aside.

Separately, combine:

1/2 cup cornstarch

1 3/4 cup hot water

Cook over low heat until thickened. Add gelatin mixture and 1/4 cup

glycerine. Divide into small bowls and tint with food coloring, and a few

drops flavoring extract. It should be noted, this will stain sheets, skin

and clothing, but is washable

Sounds like fun! Here is a recipe for Love Dust that doesn't use vanilla

1/4 cup cornstarch

powdered honey to taste

few drops vanilla extract

Mix well and sift. I include a small feather to apply the dust with.

1/4 C lemon juice

1/4 C vegetable glycerine

Cooked to softball stage, then poured into glass jelly jars. Use

CAUTION!!!!! this stuff can be very hot and can burn your skin very bad

(use at your own discretion, I'm not responsible for any pain or injury, :

)).......it's placed either in a sink of hot water to melt or on the stove

in a pan of water, powder the area first, apply thinly in the direction of

hair growth, apply the cotton cloth strips and yank off in the opposite

direction of hair growth. I find this personally both painful and not

satisfactory, give me my shaving cream and a good razor any day, hahaha!

Before you apply it to your legs, test the temp on your hand first.

Homemade Nads Recipe#2

Juice of 1/2 a lemon.

Mix the ingredients, and microwave it for 2 min., stir and microwave it for

about 20-30 sec. more. Let it cool till it is warm and you can spread a THIN

strip onto your skin. Make sure your skin is clean, so the oils in your skin

and hair don't keep the sugar from sticking. Use a popsicle stick, or a

tongue depressor to spread it on.

Spread a thin strip of the mixture onto leg, covered it with a strip of

cotton fabric. Rub the strip three times in the direction of the growth,

then (very important) pull the skin taut, pull against the direction of

hairgrowth. BTW, whether you pull the skin taut from the top or bottom of the

strip doesn't seem to matter, just the tautness of the skin. You have to

occasionally reheat the mixture for about 20 sec. in the microwave

I read somewhere that soaking your nails nightly in a solution, 3 parts Olive

oil, 1 part fresh squeezed lemon juice will eventually harden your nails.

Here are some recipes for some products that would be nice in a baby's gift

basket: (submitted by Cat)

Cleansing Cream for Babies

2 3/4 oz. almond oil

1 1/2 oz. olive oil

1 tb. melted beeswax

1/2 tsp. lecithin

3 tb. herb infusion*

4 drops e.o. blend **

2 capsules vitamin E

Melt the wax, lecithin and oils together. Cool to room temperature. Beat

in the herb infusion and then the e.o.'s and vitamin E.

2 tb. dried calendula

1 tb. dried chamomile

1 cup boiling distilled water

Steep until cold; strain.

**Essential Oil Blend

5 drops lavender e.o.

3 drops blue chamomile e.o.

2 oz. almond oil

1 oz. jojoba oil

1/4 cup dried calendula petals

Infuse over low heat or in a crock pot for several hours. Cool and strain

out petals. Add to the oil:

2 tb. dried calendula petals

2 tb. dried chamomile flowers

Gently reinfuse over low heat for several hours more. Cool, strain and add:

2 capsules vitamin E

4-5 drops e.o. blend**

(for an ointment, mix in 3 tb. melted beeswax)

2 oz. almond oil

1 oz. jojoba oil

1 tsp. vitamin E

3 tb. herb infusion*

4-5 drops e.o. blend**

Melt oils and wax, cool. Beat in herb infusion and vitamin E. Add e.o.

1 cup powdered milk

1 cup colloidal oatmeal (Aveeno)

6 drops e.o. blend**

Mix and use 2 tb. per bath

I found this on the net HTH

3/4 cup of baking soda

A few drops of liquid soap

Bathe the animal!

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This is the most amazing recipe for skunk deodorizing. It came from

the Penn State Extension service & it really works:SKUNK DEODORIZER

2 qt.. Hydrogen Peroxide

¼ C. Baking Soda

Mix and use to wash dog who has been hit. Rinse. Helen.

folk lore remedies :

soak cotton ball into whiskey , rub onto tooth or gum(adults ONLY )

soak cotton ball with vanilla extract(adult only-alcohol)

cotton swab with a drop of clove oil (one application will normally

control the pain for 2-3 hours)

a few grains of cayenne pepper onto tooth and gum (hurts at first , but ,

will quickly go away)

cut a FRESH leaf from an aloe plant and squeeze gel onto tooth. Repeat as

necessary.

prepare chamomile tea and soak a cloth into the tea. place warm cloth

onto the outside of the jaw where the pain is located . Re dip cloth into

warm tea as the cloth cools.

Make sage tea double strength. hold the tea in the mouth for about 30

seconds before swallowing .

Disclaimer-this is the way I do it, it is not written in stone that you have

to do it this way or use the same ingredients..

This is for incense sticks, but the cones should be pretty much the

same way.

Some suppliers are Bitter Creek Candle,Tradewinds,Incense Galore for incense

stick blanks, and DPG (dipropylene glycol) a cutting agnet that is used to

make the stick burn more evenly and use less of the expensive scent. You can

use alcohol or use the fragrance oils straight. I use DPG.

Here goes: you need flat pans and something like a vase.

I use "really elegant" flat aluminum disposable cake pans, and 2

liter Pepsi bottles that I cut the tops from. I stuffed wadded up toilet

paper in the bottom to catch drips. You will need a pan and bottle for each

fragrance.

Count out the amount of sticks you need, and place them in the flat pan. Mix

1 part f/o to 2 parts DPG, stir, then pour over the sticks. I use for 100

sticks .75oz of f/o and 1.5oz of DPG. There will be some oil left over when

they are done. Some f/o's are oilier and some are so strong that you use

less/more of the cutter.

Roll the sticks around in the DGP, wear gloves,also, this may irritate your

hands. When the sticks look dark/moist evenly, then set aside for 24 hours.

I usually roll them around at least once in the 24 hours. After time is up,

I set them right side up into the pepsi bottles to drain for another 24

hours..If they look like they are really wet on the bottom and dry on the

top, I dry them upside down. They could be sold then, but I like to dry them

for another couple of days, even if they are a little damp when I take them

to market, my customers want them..They would rather have too fresh, than the

old dried out ones from the grocery store.

Disclaimer, the sticks will take the finish off of furniture..package them in

plastic and if you are extra careful, put a sticker on every bag with the

warning...paper bags suck the oils out of incense, package in plastic bags,

or bath salt tubes.

Thats it...

Jackie in Ore

List Co-Moderator.

Here's my recipe for making incense sticks... I use the rubbing alcohol from Walmart and with

the 11" sticks I get at least an hour of burn time, sometimes more... So far the ones I did 6

months ago still have awesome scent to them also..

1 oz. fragrance oil

2 oz. rubbing (Isopropyl) alcohol

100 incense sticks

Pan(s) - I use the disposable aluminum ones

Plastic wrap or plastic bags from the store.

Lay incense sticks in pan

Mix fo with rubbing alcohol and then pour over sticks.

Roll sticks to make sure they are totally covered with mixture.

I cover the pan with either plastic wrap or put the pan in one of the plastic grocery bags and

wrap ends under to seal.

Let soak 24 hours.

Remove from pan and place upright in a jar to dry.

HTH,

Deb

Country Creations

'Faux' E-Wax

1 oz beeswax

1 oz. anhydrous lanolin

Melt together and mix well.

Fire starter recipes:

We Girl Scout leaders make fire starters all the time. I use the cardboard

egg flats I get my eggs in and dryer lint. Occasionally, if I come across

some wood chips or sawdust, I use that. Just pack the lint in real tight,

and pour melted wax over the whole mess, letting it soak in real good. Tear

them apart and store in an old coffee can or ziplock bag. To use, just light

the corner of one or two and let them do their thing.

Meredith :)

Hi. a friend of mine makes firestarters, she uses potpourri, she put that in a egg box then puts parrafin over the the

stuff. She is working on using other items. they work great. she charges

.50@ or 4 for $1. they sell great up here in the mountians. hope this helps
Vickie

I do make firestarters, but for personal use not sale. You've got the right

idea - what I usually use is a 3 oz. paper bathroom cup, and fill about 1/2

full of melted wax/chips mixture. Once they harden, I clip the top of the

cup and fold it down, covering the top. To use, lift one of the top flaps

and use it as a fuse for lighting.

Usually I use wood chips, like the ones that you would use for barbeques or

smokers... but have been known to use sheets of dryer lint, by laying it in

a sheet in a pan and pouring the wax on top. After it completely hardens,

cut with scissors. It's amazing how little you need - I cut these into an

inch by two inches (roughly).

Our scouts have done some experimenting to make them burn different colors -

nutrisweet will burn purple/magenta, salt burns a clear yellow, copper salts

burn green. They just mixed the powders with the chips, before adding the

wax. (they are very fond of fires... =8O )

I've heard that you just pour/dribble the wax onto the cones, and you can

have a cup-type base for these as well. I've never done it, so can't help

you there. And I've never figured up the cost, so no idea.
Good luck!
MaryB

Shower Gel made with Melt and Pour

If you're looking for a shower gel recipe using M&P, I've made some before.

I think I melted 1 oz of M&P into 1/2 c. water and added a pinch of borax

plus any color and scent/eo's you wanted. It does have a slight tendency to

seperate but it's full of lather and very nice so if you don't mind shaking

the bottle every now and then...

Ange

I made a pretty simple (and cheap) room spray, but I

didn't take exact measurements (though I don't think

they are really necessary):

Isopropyl Alcohol (rubbing alcohol)

I mixed the fragrance into the polysorbate (I would

say that I used about 1/2oz of each ps-20 and

frangrance oil) and then mixed that into approximatly

4oz of the isopropyl alcohol. I know this sounds like

it would smell nasty, and it does, LOL. Only in the

bottle though. Once you spray it into the air, the

alcohol immediately evaporates so all you can smell is

the fragrance. (Wait a few minutes before you go

sniffing, it can kind of burn your nose). I would

never sell this, only because it does smell like

rubbing alcohol in the bottle, but use it all the time

around my house. You may not even need to use

polysorbate-20 since some fragrances will solubilize

Here's a nice spray for the Holiday season. In a spray bottle mix together:

40 drops of clove eo

30 drops of cinnamon eo

30 drops of ginger eo

20 drops of orange eo

Shake before use and make sure NOT to spray anywhere near your face.

Hugs and Hands across the Ocean,

I make a Room spray/body spray/cologne splash/linen spray using the same

recipe for all of them:

4 oz. distilled water

1 tsp. fragrance or essential oil

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, slowly add the water to this. I add 2

tsp. glycerine to the cologne sprays for a fixative for the scent, as well

as to add a slight moisturizing effect.

If Everclear isn't available in your area, substitute a strong proofage

vodka for the total 8 oz. water and alcohol in the above recipe.

Heart shaped soaps done in the wedding colors and tied up in tulle, a pretty

ribbon, and a hang tag with the wedding date and names

Heart shaped bath melts

Heart shaped bath bombs

Simple bars with a personalized label

Bars embedded with wedding favors http://www.oriental.com/home.html

I think WSP sells a pristine tubemold shaped like a dove and I know martin

mold offers one that is shaped like a bell (gold or silver wedding bells

http://www.reneal.com/ sells a balm that I believe they say helps you use

petals in mp. If so, you could do soaps with rose petals in the wedding

color (make sure the petals are organic)

Sew velvet or silk pouches for whatever the favor ends up being--you could

even tie these with a ribbon and a silk flower

Stamp Impressions sells alphabet stamps so you could stamp soaps with the

Bags of potpourri beautifully packaged with a personalized tag that celebrates the wedding

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