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Pamper Yourself Gift Basket Everyone deserves a little pampering. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-504

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When things get rough, fight back with granular body scrubs! Let them do the dirty work for you!

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Sugar Scrub

Sugar and Salt Body Scrubs

Ingredients:

2 c. turbinado (raw) sugar
1/2 c. avocado oil
1/4 c. apricot kernel oil
essential or fragrance oil (we used ginger and vanilla)
honey
plastic screw-top jar for storage
jar lid liners (available at online homemade beauty products suppliers, such as Majestic Mountain Sage)
shrink bands sized to fit jars
embossing or heat gun

1. Mix together the sugar, oils and honey with several drops of essential oils (figure A) (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

2. Spoon the mixture into containers (figure C). This recipe makes approximately four 4-oz. containers.

3. Top each container with a jar lid liner and screw it in place (figure D).

4. Print label text on sticker paper.

5. Insert the jar through the shrink band sleeve (figure E). Apply heat with an embossing or heat gun. The band will shrink and wrap around the jar, sealing it closed.

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E

Salt Scrub

Ingredients:

2 c. coarse sea salt
1/2 c. avocado oil
1/4 c. apricot kernel oil
essential or fragrance oils (we used cucumber and green tea fragrance oils)
honey
plastic screw-top jar for storage
jar lid liners (available at online homemade beauty products suppliers, such as Majestic Mountain Sage)
shrink bands sized to fit jars
embossing or heat gun

1. Mix together coarse sea salt, oils and honey with fragrance or essential oils (figure A) (figure B) (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

2. Spoon the mixture into containers (figure D). This recipe makes approximately four 4-oz. containers.

3. Top the container with a jar lid liner and screw it in place (figure E).

4. Print label text on sticker paper.

5. Insert the jar through the shrink band sleeve (figure F). Apply heat with an embossing or heat gun. The band will shrink and wrap around the jar, sealing it closed.

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

Basket Building Techniques

Combine lip balm, soaps and scrubs into one fantastically rejuvenating gift basket.

Gift Baskets

Materials:

basket or other container
shredded paper
bath and beauty products
24" or 30" clear cellophane
ribbon
optional: a printed card that includes a personal message and the product ingredients, or additional bath items such as towels, a rubber duck, etc.

1. Place shredded paper in the bottom of the basket/container. Arrange the bath and beauty products on top of the paper (figure A). If desired, add a card (figure B).

2. Cut a piece of cellophane 24" longer than the total length of the sides and bottom of the basket. Place the basket in the center of the length of cellophane and gather the ends together.

3. Tie the cellophane ends together with a small piece of ribbon; tape the sides of the cellophane down, if necessary (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

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RESOURCES :

Beeswax, Oils, Vitamin E capsule, Lip Balm Containers, Disposable Plastic Pipettes
Majestic Mountain Sage
Website: www.thesage.com