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The Citrus Family

Tonight my sister helped me make a ton of body scrubs and essential oil perfumes! She brought her box of oils, glass pipettes and vials just so we could make a slew of products. She's completely against spending $20 on a jar of sugar scrub when you can make the exact same thing at home for $1. And since she's read a billion books on aromatherapy and natural cosmetics, i can opt for the easy condensed 5 minute tutorial!

We made 4 different body scrubs: brown sugar with vanilla and sandalwood (bakery sweet), sea salt with tangerine and lime (deliciously refreshing), white sugar with lemongrass and lavender (fresh and zingy), and brown sugar with ylang ylang and bergamot (rich and citrusy). Along with the scrubs, we made 4 perfume concoctions with essential oils in a base of vodka: lavender, grapefruit, lime and lemongrass.

My most favorite scents are the citrus ones. I never realized how much i loved them until quite recently. I'm not a flowery scent kind of person, nor do i like the mediciney smells like eucalyptus. And i hate patchouli! Given my fresh oj, grapefruit and limeade addictions my love of citrus smells does make sense.

So if you pass by someone smelling like limes or grapefruit, it's probably me!

posted by beXn @ 2:06 AM