Sugar Scrubs

Our moms group had a Pamper Night tonight and one of the events was a make and take of sugar and salt scrubs. So many of the woman did not realize how easy it is to make scrubs!

The most popular, but my recommendation, was brown sugar coffee scrub. The trick- don't stick to a recipe. Just mix what you think will be good. There is no set formula. Good oils to use are olive, safflower, sunflower, almond, jojoba, light vegetable (the most affordable) and/or a combination of all the above.

Here is a recipe I use for a brown sugar coffee scrub:
1/2 cup coffee
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup coarse salt
2 tablespoons baking soda
1/2 tsp vitamin e oil
2-4 tablespoons oil (mix until the consistency you want- it should stick together at least a little)

Mix all together. Let sit overnight. Slather on before a bath or before you start the shower.
Caution: the bathtub/shower may be slippery!

This saves a fortune compared to purchasing premade products. Also, you know what is in it! I put mine in small kitchen containers with a tight lid- use plastic in the bathroom!

Christmas Decor November 3???

Driving to the grocery store from Curves, I happened to glance up and saw a Christmas decoration (much less a cheezy Florida decoration). November 3 is a little earlier isn't it!?



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Consumer Reports Money Saving Websites

I was in Walmart today waiting forever for the cashier to get a customer out of the way (typical Walmart), and I looked over and saw the Consumer Reports magazine. They had some money saving websites listed that sounded really interesting. Not wanting to spend the $4.99 on the magazine for the list of sites, I was hoping someone had posted them...
and someone did. Check here for the cool money saving sites.