PAMPER IT

Balms and Bubbles
Luxuriate with your own concoctions of body
and bath products. BY SUSAN BEAL

Photography by Susan Beal

It’s easy to create your own super-personalized lip balms, soaps, and brown sugar scrubs as gifts — or to keep for yourself. And if you’re fascinated with skulls, horses, cowboys, or what have you, why not craft up some quick, fun bath and beauty products in your favorite scents and colors, themed around your favorite things? I’ve got 3 products — a peppermint-vanilla lip balm, soaps in fun shapes, and a brown sugar scrub sure to turn your skin into velvet — to get you started.

One little tip: To save some serious cash (and an extra trip to the store), try a half-and-half blend of canola and olive oils to make both the lip balms and the brown sugar scrub. You can also use your favorite essential or fragrance oils in all 3 projects instead of what’s suggested, so substitute away!