DIY - Solid Sugar Scrub Recipe
Ingredients:
17 oz. sugar
2.5 oz. melt and pour soap base (of choice)
3 oz. shea butter (natural or refined)
1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1/2 oz. illipe butter
2 Tablespoons rice bran oil (or olive oil, or any carrier oil of choice)
1/2 Tablespoon aloe vera gel
1/2 mL vitamin e oil
1 Tablespoon fragrance oil or 1 1/2 teaspoons essential oil of choice (optional)
soap dye (optional)
Supplies:
Wilton 6-Cavity Silicone Heart Mold Pan or Miniature Hearts Silicone Mold
Two large glass bowls or measuring cups
Spoon or spatula
Digital scale
Tablespoon
Graduated Plastic Transfer Pipettes
Instructions:
Start by weighing out the cocoa butter and illipe butter. Place into a glass, microwave safe bowl or measuring cup (I like to use a large Pyrex measuring cup as I find the handle useful) and heat in the microwave until just melted. (Alternately you may use a double boiler.) Next, weigh out the melt and pour glycerin soap base and cut into square chunks. Add these to the bowl of cocoa and illipe butter. Then weigh out the shea butter and also add to the cocoa butter, illipe butter and glycerin soap mixture. Continue to microwave until ingredients have melted. Once your soap and butters have melted, remove the bowl from the microwave and stir well.
Now measure out the rice bran oil, aloe vera gel and fragrance with a Tablespoon - I used a rose & violet scented fragrance oil - and add to the bowl of butters and soap. Using a pipette, measure out the Vitamin E oil and add it to the bowl of ingredients as well. If using a liquid soap dye, you would also add several drops at this point until the mixture reaches desired color. Mix well to thoroughly incorporate ingredients.
Now in a clean container, weigh out 18oz. of sugar then slowly pour into the soap and butter mixture. Stir well to be sure there are no remaining pockets of sugar that are not mixed in. Then slowly spoon or pour the sugar scrub mixture into your silicone molds. If you add to much you can level off the top with the back of large knife. Now carefully place the mold in the refrigerator until mixture has hardened thoroughly.
Once your hearts have solidified, simply push out of the molds and wrap tightly in plastic film. Then decorate your solid sugar scrub hearts for gift giving! I decorated mine with washi tape and bakers twine and used sticker paper to attach labels with ingredients on the bottom of the hearts.
To use, simply rub onto damp skin in the shower after you have bathed, then rinse. The sugar will gently exfoliate skin while the oils moisturize. In between uses, store in cool dry location away from water. Alternately, you may simply cut the heart into smaller pieces using a Chef's knife and place in an airtight container. Pull out one to two cubes of the scrub to use in the shower whenever you want to give your skin some extra love! Simply crush the solid sugar scrub cubes onto your skin as the last step after you bathe but before you get out of the shower, and rinse.
17 oz. sugar
2.5 oz. melt and pour soap base (of choice)
3 oz. shea butter (natural or refined)
1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1/2 oz. illipe butter
2 Tablespoons rice bran oil (or olive oil, or any carrier oil of choice)
1/2 Tablespoon aloe vera gel
1/2 mL vitamin e oil
1 Tablespoon fragrance oil or 1 1/2 teaspoons essential oil of choice (optional)
soap dye (optional)
Supplies:
Wilton 6-Cavity Silicone Heart Mold Pan or Miniature Hearts Silicone Mold
Two large glass bowls or measuring cups
Spoon or spatula
Digital scale
Tablespoon
Graduated Plastic Transfer Pipettes
Instructions:
Start by weighing out the cocoa butter and illipe butter. Place into a glass, microwave safe bowl or measuring cup (I like to use a large Pyrex measuring cup as I find the handle useful) and heat in the microwave until just melted. (Alternately you may use a double boiler.) Next, weigh out the melt and pour glycerin soap base and cut into square chunks. Add these to the bowl of cocoa and illipe butter. Then weigh out the shea butter and also add to the cocoa butter, illipe butter and glycerin soap mixture. Continue to microwave until ingredients have melted. Once your soap and butters have melted, remove the bowl from the microwave and stir well.
Now measure out the rice bran oil, aloe vera gel and fragrance with a Tablespoon - I used a rose & violet scented fragrance oil - and add to the bowl of butters and soap. Using a pipette, measure out the Vitamin E oil and add it to the bowl of ingredients as well. If using a liquid soap dye, you would also add several drops at this point until the mixture reaches desired color. Mix well to thoroughly incorporate ingredients.
Now in a clean container, weigh out 18oz. of sugar then slowly pour into the soap and butter mixture. Stir well to be sure there are no remaining pockets of sugar that are not mixed in. Then slowly spoon or pour the sugar scrub mixture into your silicone molds. If you add to much you can level off the top with the back of large knife. Now carefully place the mold in the refrigerator until mixture has hardened thoroughly.
Once your hearts have solidified, simply push out of the molds and wrap tightly in plastic film. Then decorate your solid sugar scrub hearts for gift giving! I decorated mine with washi tape and bakers twine and used sticker paper to attach labels with ingredients on the bottom of the hearts.
To use, simply rub onto damp skin in the shower after you have bathed, then rinse. The sugar will gently exfoliate skin while the oils moisturize. In between uses, store in cool dry location away from water. Alternately, you may simply cut the heart into smaller pieces using a Chef's knife and place in an airtight container. Pull out one to two cubes of the scrub to use in the shower whenever you want to give your skin some extra love! Simply crush the solid sugar scrub cubes onto your skin as the last step after you bathe but before you get out of the shower, and rinse.
Rivie's Man Land
So we have been slowly fixing up the Rivie's shed into a pool house. It has a kitchen, bathroom and now a game room. This is supposed to be man land but we all know that really means it's a place for the women to hang with the men not inside the house.
So now things are actually falling into place. The Rivie's are waiting for a few more things to make it complete. But this is what we did this weekend.
Using Air Bricks we framed the doorway. It's just like any other type of brick and mortar project. With these bricks the backings are not even so you do have to use a lot of mortar on some of them.
And of course Lizzie Borden had to be in the picture.
Same concept. Except I didn't think this one thru very well. It was midnight and the liquor had been flowing. Good concept other than the bottom as no one wanted to hold the bricks in place while drying. For the top bricks we used a piece of scrap wood tacked to the wall until the bricks were dry. The guys opted to tie in the bottom wood frame to match the trim and floor boards. I was too sick to fight for the bricks but it still came out looking good.
Once your mortar is dry. Depending on the climate more than 24 hours. Go in with your wall paint and a small paint brush and just paint over any mortar that squeezed out or is prominent.
Oh did I mention we got to eat this during this whole process? ..............
FLOWER POWER
How to make your white flowers different colors.
For this particular set I used week old flowers. It is best if you use fresh flowers.
For fresh flowers, let sit out after purchase approx. 3 hours. Cut stems at an angle.
Warm water
Food coloring - Clothes dye
White flowers of any variety
Once you cut your flowers set them aside. You don't need much water. Just enough for your stems to reach.
*Clothing dye really works well and is the best thing to use if you are trying for black flowers.*
Put anywhere fro 5-15 drops of food coloring, depending on the amount of warm water you use.
For these flowers I used about 10 drops of blue food coloring.
But I like to use a lot.
After a few hours the first touches of color will start to soak into the flower and start showing. This is about an hour after I put the coloring.
This is about 2 hours after the coloring is put in.
And 24 hours later we have ....
Unfortunately she wouldn't play along and take pictures daily for me. Next time I'll do a rainbow of colors with a day by day showing.
Remember - the more color/dye you use the better the results.
Here is the best "recipe" for black roses ...
Leave flowers out of water for at least three hours once you get them home from your florist. When flowers are a bit stressed, they will absorb the dye-enhanced water more quickly.
Remove lower foliage from each stem. Cut stems at an angle with very sharp floral shears or a floral knife
Place them in a vase of warm water (100-110 degrees Fahrenheit/37-43 degrees Celsius).
and add black ink or black food coloring to the water.
Make dye by mixing 1 tsp (4.9 milliliters) of black food coloring with 5 cups (40 fl. oz.) of water.
Dipit Floral Dyes are the most popular flower Dyes
you can also use food coloring
or Rit Black Dye
Leave them for 24 hours The roses will draw the black water up through the stems, turning the petals black
Move to a Vase for Display now you can Dry them and use them in Crafts or Decorations
The color of your flowers will intensify as the dye continues traveling up the stem. If dyeing different varieties, don’t expect the color to be absorbed at the same rate. Woody stems, like roses, take longer to uptake the dye than green-stemmed flowers, like carnations. Black roses also may not achieve even coloration unless you maintain the temperature of the dye solution while the stems are in the liquid. With those blossoms, place your container into a water-filled slow cooker on medium heat throughout the soaking period. If color is spotty, transfer roses to a separate container of warm water. Allow them to soak up the plain water overnight to further hydrate and spread the color throughout the petals.
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