~Pumkin Soup

~Chocolate Cake Bath Salt

The yummy chocolate cake scent is perfect for chocolate lovers and chocoholics. The simple recipe uses easy-to-find ingredients that you may already have at home.

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup sea salt or kosher salt
3 tsp. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. oil (almond, olive, sunflower or other good quality oil)


In a clean, dry bowl, add together the dry ingredients and mix very thoroughly. Add the vanilla extract and oil. Mix very well again to ensure that the oil is completely blended in. Transfer to small clean jars or cello bags and close tightly.

~Chocolate Berry Face Mask

Make and apply a chocolate facial mask.Try this ultra-easy recipe for Chocolate Berry Facial:

1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup washed strawberries or raspberries
3 tsp. cocoa power (adjust as needed to correct consistency)

Mash up the berries. Blend in yogurt and cocoa and then mix thoroughly. Refrigerate until use. Apply to clean skin. Leave on face about 15 minutes and then rinse off. Safe for most skin types.

~Bride Wars

"You don't alter Vera Wang, you alter yourself to fit Vera!"

I went today to see Bride Wars with a group of girls. So cute & the clothes in the movie were to die for. It's put me in the mood to re-read "Diary of a Mad Bride". It was a very girly kinda day!

~Champagne Hair Rinse

Got left over champagne? More ideas...

Champagne Hair Rinse

courtesy of Recipe Goldmine

This is an old French secret for making hair shiny, silky, and healthy. If you have light-colored hair, it brings out the golden lights in it. It will not dry or damage the tresses.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup champagne
1/2 cup hot water

Directions:

Mix; after shampooing and rinsing well, pour the mixture through the hair. DO NOT rinse again. You can use a conditioner before using the Champagne Hair Rinse if desired. The hair is left looking vital and lustrous, with pale champagne highlights.

~Betty Grable Quote

“The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.”

~Betty Grable

~Jane Fonda Quote

"It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."
~Jane Fonda