Acklen House Recipes

Here are a few bath and body recipes for you to try at home. The ingredients can be found at you local drug , grocery, or craft store.

Simple Bath Salts

• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1 cup sea salt
• 10-20 drops fragrance oil
• 10 drop coloring

Stir salts together. Add fragrance and color and mix well. Store in clean jar.

Brown Sugar Body Scrub

• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 – 1/2 cup almond or other light oil
• 1/2 tsp vitamin E (you can use the oil from vitamin E capsiles)
• 45- 60 drops fragrance or essential oil

Mix oil, vitamin E, and fragrance oil together in a glass bowl. Add the brown sugar.
Mix well and put into clean container.

Nail Oil

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp vitamin E

Mix together and massage into nails and cuticles.

Dusting powder

• 1/2 cup cornstarch or arrowroot powder
• 1 tsp ground herb or flower of your choice
  (Cinnamon, peppermint, lavender, chamomile, or rose, etc)

Clean container(s) with sifter lid.
(You can use spice or pepper shakers.)

Mix together until well blended. Sift several times.
Use funnel to add to container(s).

Bubble Bath

• 1 cup liquid glycerin soap
• 1 Tbs glycerin
• 15 drops fragrance oil
• 2 or 3 drops liquid color (optional)

Mix gently until well blended.
Pour into decorative bottle.

Simple Milk Bath

• 1 cup dried milk (whole, buttermilk, and/or goats milk)
• 1 cup baking soda
• 2 tsp cornstarch

Mix together and store in clean jar.
Use 2 or 3 Tbs per bath 

Homemade Dog Shampoo

• 1 pint Ivory or Dove liquid dishwashing soap
• 1 pint water
• 1 pint apple cider vinegar
• 4 oz glycerin

Mix ingredients together and store in clean container. This is a very simple recipe and a great alternative to expensive store bought dog shampoo. It will leave your dog with a beautiful, clean and healthy coat.

Bath Crayons

• 1 3/4 cup Ivory Snow powder
• 1/4 cup water
• food coloring

Mix water and soap flakes together. Add the food coloring and pour into ice cube trays. Let mixture harden, break or cut into pieces.

Chocolate Milk Bath

• 1 cup powdered whole milk
• 1 Tbs cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Mix together and store in jar.
Add desired amount to warm bath.

Lemon Facial Mask

back