Bath Melts

Lavender & Rosemary Bath Melts

This time of year with the cooler weather my skin gets so dry and I look forward to those hot baths to warm me up after a day working outside. Yes, fall is here and we are already wearing light weight jackets and gloves to do the morning and evening chores.  The heat has been on for a week or so now and only comes on in the evening, by mid morning the sun has warmed the house enough.

I have been playing around with some wonderful oils and butters I have here and made these.

As you know I love to give stuff away so my niece brought home with her a couple of these to try out. She called me right up and said she just loved them. From the size of the bars I cut she said she only needed to use 1/4 of a bar for her bath and she loved the dried lavender and rosemary!

These are mostly cocoa butter & palm oil both are very good for dry skin. These are not soap, they are moisturizers for your tub. There is a bit of baking soda and sea salt to soften the water and a good amount of lavender essential oil. On top is sprinkled dried lavender buds and rosemary. The heat from the warm tub water releases their scent and it is so relaxing.

My niece is right I only used 1/4 of the bar in my tub so they will last for several uses. Each bar is between 3-4 ounces. What a great value for such a treat.

Ingredients: Cocoa butter, palm oil, baking soda, sea salt, essential oil, lavender, rosemary, colorant

1 Bath Melt Bar....$5.50

Lavender Gift Basket

Lavender, one of my favorite scents and herbs! It's calming, relaxing and energizing all at the same time. I love to use it in any thing I can...soaps, baking, in the garden and dried out on the table in pretty bowls.

This little gift basket is full of my favorite things:

Hand Knit Face Cloths
One in yellow and one in mint green. Hand knit here on the farm and made of cotton, they are about 6 x 6 inches. They are soft yet scrubby enough to exfoliate well. The stitching gets tighter with each wash and will last for years.

Bath Sea Salts
Wonderful for your skin, sea salt in both large and fine grain are wonderful to help soften and provide a relaxing bath. In this upcycled jar is also fresh dried lavender buds to float on top of the water and release their fragrance into the hot water. Just about 1/2 cup per bath will do the trick. This jar holds approx. 4 ounces of the salts. It is topped with a pretty cotton fabric and vintage ric-rack to make a bow.

Lavender Salt Scrub Bars
These two mini sized bars are the same Salt Scrub Bars made right here on the farm that are so popular. The total weight of these is approx. 4 ounces.

Cocoa Butter Solid Lotion
A special edition item here on the farm, and not yet listed. Made with natural cocoa butter, cocoa oil, beeswax and nothing else. There is no added fragrance just the natural scent of the cocoa and beeswax. Rub into your hand and the heat from your skin will melt this bar just enough for the right amount of lotion to moisten those rough dry spots.

Pumice Stone
This I found in my travels over the summer and I liked it so well I'm glad I brought home a few extra. There is a cute leaf on the top of the stone, it will come off after a few uses, at least mine did....

Gardner's Salve
Again a wonderful salve made right here on the farm and not yet listed. Just pure oils and lavender in a handy travel tin. This salve is good for all sorts of problems, dry skin, burns. It even helps me with headaches and I use it as a massage oil on Daisy's feet, arms and legs just before bed each night. This is a 2 ounce tin but the weight is between 1.5 and 2 ounces.

All in a pretty little flat rectangle basket that will be nice to hold other things later on. I have one in the bathroom that I use to stack the face cloths in, I wove some pretty ribbon into the one I have, you could too...

Lavender Gift basket....$35.00

This Weeks Sample Product 9/28-10/10

I just love to get stuff to try out and I like to give stuff to everyone I know for them to try too.  I was always told that's what a good hostess does.....The past few months I have been adding a surprise item in with every order sent out. You never know what it may be, maybe a new product I am trying, or one not listed here yet or even one already here.

I thought it might be a good idea to let everyone know what exactly it is incase you have already decided to order that product and to let you know what will soon be available here.

So for the first announcement for the weeks of September 28-October 10, 2009 I will be including a full size Cupcake Bath Bombs in every order going out. If you would rather try something else because you already have the Cupcakes in your order, just let me know and I'll surprise you with something else.

Now I don't think they always will be full size products but for this time they will be because I want you experience these as they are ment to be...big and bold!