Beauty and Health Wednesday

Argentinian Salt and Uruguayan Olive Oil will be the stars of  today’s Beauty and Health Wednesday.

Here are the recipes:

For the shower: Salt Body Scrub

• 2 Tbsp Salt from the salt flats in Argentina
• 2 Tbsp Scentsible Life Cleansing Powder
• 1 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Uruguay
• 2 drops of Scentsible Life Ruby Red Grapefruit Essential Oil
• and a bit of warm water to form a creamy consistency you like

For the Steam Inhalation:

• 1 Tbsp. Salt
• 2 drops of Scentsible Life Tea Tree Essential Oil

For the Foot Bath:

• 1 Tbsp. Salt
• 2 drops of Scentsible Life Tea Tree Essential Oil
• 2 drops of Scentsible Life Ruby Red Grapefruit
• 1 tsp. Olive Oil

For the Facial:

• 1 tsp Scentsible Life Facial Mask
• 1 Tbsp. Yoghurt
• 1 Tbsp. Aloe Vera Gel
• 1 drop Scentsible Life Tea Tree Essential Oil
• 1 drop Scentsible Life Lavender Essential Oil

Tonight, when you return home from a wonderful day, take  time to sit quietly in your favorite place in your home before you start your evening. Be creative with your quiet time. Maybe you want to do a short meditation in your garden, walk through your home with a feeling of appreciation in your heart, or just sit in your favorite place, closing your eyes and let your thoughts wander.

After your quiet time prepare your beauty recipes, and your space where you can sit back and relax, while you soak in the foot bath.

Now begin your regimen. Step into the shower, bringing with you the salt scrub mixture. Let the water run over you for a few minutes, washing away thoughts and feelings about your day, so that your mind and energy can refresh. Then begin to massage the salt scrub mixture into your body from the legs upward. Take your time. It feels wonderful to gently exfoliate your skin. Thoroughly rinse off the salt scrub.

After the shower, continue with cleansing your face with the Scentsible Life Cleansing Powder. Today, before you put on your mask, you give yourself an additional steam inhalation. Boil water in a sauce pan, add the salt and the Tea Tree essential oil. Cover your head with a towel and keep your face 2 inches away from the water, so not to burn yourself. Inhale this mixture for five minutes. Apply the facial mask and step into your foot bath with salt, olive oil and the essential oils, relaxing for at least 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, wash off the facial mask, and treat your face and feet with the Scentible Life Facial Oil massage. Finish your regimen with a spritz of the Scentsible Life Hydrotone.

Enjoy this relaxing, detoxing and rejuvenating Beauty and Health Wednesday regimen.

Beauty and Health Cooling Down Wednesday

Have you been staying hydrated in this recent heat wave? In today’s practice we use Turmeric as an anti- inflammatory agent and grapefruit to purify. Together we have a facial mask recipe that will leave your skin feeling refreshed and nourished (without leaving Turmeric’s notorious color!)

Tonight after returning home from your day, take the opportunity to relax outdoors first. Go into your garden with a chair and spend a few moments sitting quietly. Look around. What do you notice? Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells that you encounter. You may be surprised at what or who comes into your company after sitting for a certain length of time. Do you notice the songbirds or squirrels? Can you feel the warm evening breeze rolling in? Take a deep breath and unwind.

Before entering your home, pause at the door and again practice showing appreciation for your personal sanctuary. This is your sacred place, where you can truly relax, feel safe and secure, and are always welcome.

Start your Wednesday evening with the preparation of a good meal, and your beauty products. Enjoy the process of preparing food – food for your body and food for your skin. Our practice for tonight gives you an opportunity to counteract the heat accumulated in your skin from the day. Our recommended facial and skin mask is a unique blend of turmeric root, yogurt, fresh grapefruit juice and raw honey.

RECIPE:

1 Tbsp – Scentsible Life facial mask

¼ tspn – Turmeric Root

½ Tbsp – Fresh Grapefruit juice

1 tspn – Spoon full of raw honey

1 tspn – Yogurt

Begin your evening ritual by preparing your facial mask:

Take a bowl and squeeze ½ Tablespoon of fresh grapefruit juice into a bowl. Add  ¼ teaspoon of grated, fresh Turmeric root, and one teaspoon of yogurt. Mix well. Warm one teaspoon of honey and add to the yoghurt/Turmeric mixture. Blend well and then stir in the Scentsible Life Facial Mask.

After you have finished preparing the recipe, take a nice relaxing shower or a footbath (if you want to save water). Allow the water to wash away residual stresses from your day leaving you clean and clear in your mind and body. While you shower or soak feel appreciation for your body, the home for your spirit.

After your shower or your foot bath, apply the facial mask to your face and skin to invigorate and nourish your complexion. Allow the mask to set for 15 minutes. Wash it off with warm to hot water. Complete your regimen with a facial massage with Scentsible Life’s Facial Oil and a spritz of our Hydrotone.

Enjoy this wonderful evening!

Beauty and Health Earth Day Wednesday

Photos by Brett Doran

Happy Earth Day!

It’s Beauty and Health Wednesday, an evening in the midst of the week, where we take a break, pamper and nourish ourselves with the Scentsible Life products and inspirations. Come on board and become part of a growing group of people who are taking the time to nurture themselves. If you do not have our products, you are welcome to give us a call at 310.699.7743, or order it on line at www.scentsiblelife.net.

The past few weeks we have posted different recipes, essential oils and meditations for a stress relieving evening. This week we are switching it up a bit to also include the body and the environment into our weekly practice.

When you come home take a moment to wait in front of your door before you enter.

Take a deep breath and imagine entering a sacred space. Feel how good it feels to come home to your own personal sanctuary, where you can let your hair down, relax and unwind from daily activities. Step into your sanctuary and take a moment to be at home, sitting down enjoying a cup of hot water, letting your thoughts about work and the day go.

As your body begins to relax, start your Wednesday evening with the preparation of a good meal, and your beauty products. Enjoy the process of preparing food – food for your body and food for your skin.

Scentsible Life Food for Your Skin Recipes:

Make enough of the cleansing powder so you can massage it all over your body. Here is a recipe that fits most body types. You can make more or less, keeping the proportions 1 part powder to 2 part fluids. Keep in mind, with our products, a little amount goes a long way.

1 Tablespoon Cleansing Powder
2 Tablespoon freshly pressed lemon juice

Facial Mask Recipe:

1/2 teaspoon of warm honey
1 teaspoon of aloe vera juice
1 teaspoon of facial mask
2 drop of Lavender Essential Oil.
Add more facial mask if you like a more creamy consistency.

Light an aroma lamp with 2 drops of Lavender and place it in the area where you will be sitting or laying down while the facial mask dries.

When you are done preparing your beauty products and your space is ready for you, begin the cleansing step.

With circular motion massage the cleanser into your face and body. While you massage your face and body, feel how your skin becomes cleaner, lighter and brighter. Then step into the shower. For a moment stand directly under the stream of water, allowing the water to wash away stresses and mind chatter. Then wash off the remaining cleanser.

Step out of the shower, dry your body with loving thoughts, full of appreciation and gratitude. Be thankful for your body that carries you through the day, through all the experiences, tasks, and ups and downs of life. Remember, your body is always there for you, strong and beautiful.

Keep your body warm, while you go on to the next step.

Apply the prepared facial mask to your face, feet and hands, put on socks for your feet and gloves for your hands. You may want to set a timer for 20 minutes.

While your mask is working on nurturing your face, hands and feet, become conscious of the aroma in the room. Sit or lay down in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and inhale the aroma. Focus only on your breath and on loving thoughts toward yourself, and your loved ones. After a while begin to ponder what is important to you, and how you can make room to pay more attention to it.

After 20 minutes, slowly get up, rinsing off the mask with warm to hot water. While you apply the Scentsible Life Facial Oil and complete the treatment with a spritz of the Hydrotone, smile at yourself in the mirror, acknowledge how beautiful you are and feel what a great life you have.

Enjoy the rest of the evening with the renewed energy that flows in your body, mind and emotions.