| With a few simple supplies and a free afternoon, you | | | | Pumpkin mask: |
| can treat yourself to something special. Here are six | | | | Pumpkin adds moisture to your skin, no matter what |
| at-home spa treatment recipes you can make | | | | your skin type is. Just use three tablespoons of |
| yourself. | | | | pumpkin from a can and one-half teaspoon of honey. |
| Rose Water: | | | | If you have normal or oily skin, add one-quarter |
| Rose water is a well-known toner and astringent. It | | | | teaspoon of milk or one-quarter teaspoon of |
| costs a lot when you buy it by the bottle, but you | | | | buttermilk for dry skin. Once you've mixed together |
| can easily make it yourself. Firmly pack rose petals | | | | all of the ingredients, clean your face using your |
| into a cup and place it in a bowl. Pour two cups of | | | | regular cleanser. Spread the mask over your skin and |
| boiling water over the top and cover. Steep the | | | | then leave it on for 15 minutes. Clean off the dried |
| roses until the liquid is cool and then strain out the | | | | mask with warm water. You can follow it up with |
| petals. Refrigerate the water in a sterile glass jar | | | | rose water and then apply your moisturizer. |
| between uses. Apply to the skin with a cotton ball to | | | | Cuticle softener: |
| tone and tighten your skin. | | | | This treatment is simple to use and can prevent |
| Sugar Scrub: | | | | jagged nails. Combine a teaspoon of olive oil and a |
| Make your own sugar scrub to exfoliate your elbows, | | | | teaspoon of vitamin E oil. Mix them together in a |
| knees, back and limbs. Just take one cup of brown | | | | bowl and then massage the oil into your cuticles. |
| sugar, one cup of raw oatmeal and one cup of olive | | | | After letting the oil soak in for fifteen minutes, you |
| oil. Mix the ingredients together in a jar and then | | | | can wash away the excess oil with soap and water. |
| apply it to your dry skin. Stand on a towel or plastic | | | | Refreshing foot scrub: |
| bag and massage slowly in circles. Step right into the | | | | Combine two tablespoons of vegetable oil, two |
| shower and rinse off the scrub. | | | | tablespoons of sea salt or beach sand (which you |
| Lemon softener: | | | | can find at your local craft store), three drops of |
| The acid in lemons will work wonders on your rough | | | | rosemary oil and three drops of peppermint oil. Mix |
| elbows and rough knees. All you have to do for this | | | | the ingredients into a paste and then massage the |
| simple spa treatment is to cut a lemon in half and | | | | paste onto your feet. Concentrate on rough areas, |
| then rub it on your rough patches. Wash off in the | | | | such as your heels or calluses. When you rinse off |
| shower. Not only will this treatment soften skin but it | | | | the mixture, your feet will be silky smooth. |
| will also lighten dark areas. | | | | |