Treatments at the spa are the best, but sometimes lounging around at home in a plush robe, nibbling on delicious food and sipping a cup of herbal tea while enjoying specially made at home spa treatments fits the bill. 

     I’m giving recipes for a couple of my favorite hand treatments that can easily fit into any manicure routine.  Shape the nails, add some polish or buff the nails for a beautiful natural look and you are good to go.
 
Rose Petal Manicure Soak

Handful Organic Rose Petals
1 ounce Black Sea Pink Salt
3 ounces Epsom Salt
1 drop (or 2) Rose Absolute

Combine Epsom salt and rose absolute, add the pink salt and fold in rose petals.  You can use as much as you like for a manicure soak.  Store any leftovers in a clean glass jar.

Rose Petal Manicure Masque

1 ounce Pink Clay
1 ounce White Clay
1 tbs Rose Clay
1 tbs Rose Petal Powder

Mix/sift ingredients together.  Use a tablespoon or so of the dry masque and mix it with pure water or rose hydrosol to form a paste.  Spread the paste over the hands and wrists, let dry.  Remove with a warm cloth, rinse well and pat dry.  Store in a clean glass bottle or jar.

Follow with a conditioner made of equal parts camellia seed oil and rose hydrosol.  Use just a touch to smooth over and massage into hands.

     Happy Mother’s Day, enjoy.

Pennie Mills is a handmade jewelry designer, candle maker, aromatherapy, all natural health & skincare enthusiast, massage therapist, scrapper, easy sewing seamstress and crafter of all things beautiful!  She sells her handmade gemstone jewelry, soy candles and atmosphere sprays on her website,  Ladies Blend design studio and writes about all topics of interest at the Ladies Blend blog.