Beauty Night Not Only Pampers Your Body but Pampers Your Soul as Well
You've been good all week. Your mind has been wandering today, in anticipation. When you get home, you need to take all distractions away. You have the house to yourself. Whip up a yummy My Antonella, complete with two olives (or more) and bring your box of Godiva chocolates with you. Turn off the phone. Turn on your senses. You need to focus...on Beauty Night!
Olive oil has amazing antioxidants such as polyphenols and hydroxytyrosol, which help the proteins in it to maintain healthy skin, strong nails, and supple hair. Olive oil is also rich in Vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D, and Iron. It helps the body maintain strong levels of Vitamin E that helps to delay aging process. Beneficial fatty acids found in olive oil help the skin to be more soft and supple. Olive oil helps regulate the body's natural moisturizing properties of the skin.
Only make as much as you need for one treatment, unless otherwise instructed. These recipes do not contain chemicals to prevent the natural ingredients from souring.
My Antonella
1 oz gin
1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
3 oz tonic water
1 lime wedge
2 olives
In a highball glass, combine gin and chambord over ice. Stir, add two of your favorite type of green olives, and fill with tonic water. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Cuticle Softener
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
Combine and massage into nails and cuticles.
Cucumber Olive Oil Hair Drench
1 egg
1 half-eggshell's worth of olive oil (i.e., one portion of the eggshell you broke apart)
1 quarter of a peeled cucumber
Blend the egg, olive oil and peeled cucumber in a blender or food processor until smooth. Spread evenly through hair. After 15 minutes, rinse thoroughly. For the best results year-round, continue this treatment monthly. Great for those who swim in chlorinated pools.
Aromatic Olive Oil & Milk Bath
1 egg
1/2 c light olive oil
1 T glycerin
1/2 c milk powder
1 drop jasmine essential oil
1 drop rose essential oil
6 drops lavender essential oil
2 c distilled water
Beat together egg, olive oil, glycerin and milk powder with a whisk or hand held beater. While beating add essential oils. Continue beating until a smooth paste forms. Add the water a little at a time, continuing to beat. Immediately add to your warm drawn bath.
Miracle Hand, Elbow, and Feet Exfoliater
1/4 c fresh ginger root
1/2 c salt
2 limes
1/2 c warmed olive oil
Pulverize ginger root in a blender; add salt. Mix in juice from two limes and warmed vegetable oil to make a soft but gritty paste. Use to exfoliate hands, feet and rough spots such as elbows, massaging into skin with gentle circular motions. Rinse with warm water spiked with squirts of lime. Follow with your favorite moisturizing lotion..
Clove & Olive Oil Conditioner
½ c olive oil
2 T ground cloves
Warm olive oil in a small pan. Add cloves. Heat until hot but not boiling. Remove from heat. Let sit at least 3 hours, overnight is better. Strain into a small unbreakable bottle. Rub oil between hands to warm it then rub into scalp and comb through the ends of hair. Wrap in a shower cap. After 20 minutes rinse oil out and shampoo as usual; shampoo twice, if needed. The cloves will warm brown and auburn hair.
To find more ways to pamper and indulge yourself on Beauty Night, simply go to the top of the page and click "Angela Cisco."
