kitchen cosmetics strike again!
after the hilarity of me having to defend my sugaring paste from Aprilia whilst trying to wax my legs ("but mummy, it’s scrummy, can I have some in a bowl?") I gave the cheapskate cosmetics a rest. But then decided that my gradually decreasing waistline deserved a treat to perk me up a bit. Body scrubs being scarily expensive (especially when you have as much body to scrub as I have!) I reached for the kitchen cupboards again…..
There are loads of "recipes" on the web, most of them seem to use oats and really, I didn’t fancy trying to explain to Duke how I had blocked up the plug hole with oats in the name of getting nicer skin 
so I kept looking! I settled on one that uses coffee grounds, olive oil and brown sugar. Sounds dreadful doesn’t it? But I hvae to say, the bathroom smelt wonderful (you know, that fresh coffee smell?) it felt quite nice to use and this morning my skin does feel really lovely! Felt even better for knowing that a) I had done something just for ME and b) the whole tub cost under £5 and will probably last ages so I can treat myself lots for not a lot of money 
In other news, Aprilia is having a "quietly assimilating what she knows" sort of week, just lounging round doing bits and bobs then suddenly coming out with something really clever (you know, like reading big long words or telling me what 2 big numbers add up to!). I spent a couple of hours yesterday plowing through one of my course books in the "new improved" digital audio format which is not nearly as user friendly as tapes but is much more compact being one CD rather than a box of 30 cassettes! And we had a fab time at Rainbows doing some stuff from the Change the World Kidscape pack. And I’ve linked to it because it’s free to download and got a lot of stuff that would be useful to other groups and families too.
Oats in a sock (or similar) in a bath are good, and not too messy. I did this when the kids had CP, and realised it works on non-ailing skin too
Comment by Alison — May 14, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
yes, done that in the past and it is lurvely but really needed something “scrubby” hence went with coffee grounds - bathroom still smells lovely too!
Comment by tbirdanni — May 14, 2009 @ 4:22 pm