Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
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Damp heat encourages sweat to flush out ingrained dirt while bringing oxygen rich blood to renew the skin. Adding fresh herbs and spices to warm water helps release their healing powers in the steam. Enjoy their aromatic healing powers as you do a facial sauna this week!
Ingredients:
Orange peel
Dried rose petals
Lavender
Fennel seeds
Additionally add according to your skin type:
Oily skin: rosemary or licorice root
Dry skin: chamomile or bay leaf
Blemished skin: lemongrass or dandelion root
Normal skin: thyme
Method:
Use as many of the base herb/spices as you can. Additionally add the herb by your skin type. Boil about 5 cups of water in a non-metallic pan. Add two handfuls of the herbs/spice blend. Cover and let boil for a few minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool down to a comfortable temperature.
Drape a towel over your head and face to enjoy this heavenly facial sauna! Alternately you can soak several wash cloths in this hot herb-infused water, wring out and place on your face for about 5 minutes. Replace the cloths as they cool down. Pat your face dry and give a cool splash of toner or water.
Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Conscious Living Lifestyle
Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Conscious Living Lifestyle
With full lives and being always on the go, many of us have little or no time to care for aching feet. Calluses and corns have become a part of our daily lives.
Take a few minutes this week to cool, refresh, and rejuvenate tired feet with this wonderful foot bath and scrub
Relaxing foot bath
5 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil
1 sprig rosemary with leaves broken into pieces
3 drops tea tree oil
Add luke warm water to a foot basin or small plastic tub. Add the above ingredients. Gently swish. Add a layer of marbles or pebbles. Soak your tired feet at the end of a long day for 10 - 15 minutes enjoying rolling your feet on the marbles. Finish with a cold water rinse. Dry your feet.
Time permitting go ahead and give yourself the following foot pampering foot scrub
Foot Scrub
1 tsp almond oil
1 tsp jojoba oil (optional)
2 tsp Adaara's herbal ubtan (alternatively you can use 1 tsp fullers earth mixed with 1 tsp rock salt)
3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drop lemon essential oil
The herbal ubtan (or the fullers earth mix) will help buff away rough skin. The essential oils are cleansing while the almond and jojoba oils are moisturizing.
Mix the almond and jojoba oils. Add in the essential oils. Make a paste with the ubtan (or fullers earth mix) using this oil base. Sit on the edge of the bathtub and massage your clean, damp feet with this scrub, paying attention to rough callused areas. rinse your feet well with warm soapy water.
Lavender essential oil is anti-microbial and helps soothe any itching, irritation and inflammation. Tea tree oil is a powerful antifungal.
Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Conscious Living Lifestyle
Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Conscious Living Lifestyle
Deep cleansing face packs and masks, recharge your skin. They add moisture, exfoliating dead skin cells, all while giving the skin a good dose of vitamins, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants.
This protein and vitamin rich avocado mask will leave your skin smooth and soft. Avocado rich in fat content is an excellent moisturizer for the skin. Honey with it emollient power and the nutrient rich egg tone and condition the skin. Using egg on your face gives it a quick lift leaving your skin looking good even without a full treatment.
Ingredients
1/2 avocado
1 egg
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon almond oil (optional)
1 tablespoon plain yogurt (optional)
For oily skin:
Use only the egg white and yogurt
For normal to dry skin:
Use the egg yolk and almond oil
Method
Beat the egg in a separate bowl. Mash the avocado, add the honey. Use yogurt (for oily skin) or almond oil (for dry to normal skin) to combine the ingredients into a paste. Add the egg.
Prep the skin by placing a warm washcloth on your face for 30 seconds. Spread/brush the mixture over your face and neck avoiding delicate skin around the eyes. Leave on for about 10 minutes. Massage and rinse off with warm water.
Adaara. Nurturing the body, mind, and spirit.
Conscious Living Lifestyle
