Today's Quick Tips 4 U

Health:

Combine massage with aromatherapy and music to reduce your stress level by more than 50%.  A study done with emergency room nurses proved the value of music and aroma with massage.  Stress is one of the leading causes of illness.

Consider a Spa Gift - Bought or Homemade

Wealth:

The best store bargains are on the lower shelves of your supermarket.  Retailers place the most expensive items at eye level where we all look first.

Diet: 

Got cravings?  Eating habits are controlled by the subconscious mind. Control your thoughts and you can control your health and weight.  Check out www.easywillpower.com.  I'm not affiliated with the program, just think it is one that will benefit most of us to correct bad eating habits.

Exercise:

Try to incorporate weight training in your usual workout routine.  Weight training tones your muscles which looks great and raises your basal metabolism...which causes you to burn more calories 24 hours a day. You'll even burn more calories while you're sleeping.

Spiritual:

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry
about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

--Siddartha Guatama Buddha


Do It Yourself Spa Gift Basket 

Do It Yourself- Spa Gift Basket -

You can do it yourself.  It's a quick,easy and lovely spa gift basket for someone special in your life.

Most of the items you can find in a Dollar or discount store.  Search the sales shelves in your local drugstore.

Find a suitable container.  A basket, a box, even a gift bag will work.  Again the $$ store and they have them a Goodwill and Salvation Army stores.

Be sure it's sturdy and if possible have a handle to make it easy to carry to the bathroom.

I lined mine with a soft towel, folded to fit the basket and rolled up a hand towel and facecloth, laying them vertically along side the outer part of the basket.

This is an ideal candle type for the center of the basket.

Surround it with body and bath supplies you found at the discount store.

Here's a list of some of the supplies I recommend.

• Body Brush
• Loofah 
• Fragrant Body Wash  = unless there is an allergy to fragrant soap.
• Body Oil 
• Bathe Crystals - See below to make your own.
• Facial Mask
• Wine Glass with a small bottle of wine
• or Tea Cup with fragrant tea bag
• After bath massage oil or body cream

Homemade Bath Crystals

1 Cup Sea Salt or Epsom Sale - available in grocery stores

1/4 tsp Glycerin

Food color

Essential Oils, Cologne or Perfume

Jar with a lid or plastic zip lock bag.

Pour salts into a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients sparingly, you don't want the liquid to dissolve the salt. Mix together.  

Pour into container.  Tie with a ribbon or raffia string. add a caring note and give to that special person in your life, could be a girlfriend, mother or wife. 

If doing it yourself isn't for you, here are a couple from Amazon you can choose.

Intro image from Amazon

For Valentine Gift Ideas for that Special Someone Check out 
Valentine Spa Gifts