Lasting Candles

I have been making candles for a long time, but I just learned why the smell is not the best it can be.
HAPPY HOME candles makes amazing smells that are so strong. Here is why:
After melting your wax, make sure you add the essential oils when the temperature is at 185 degrees.

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Pre Makeup MUST

So I completed any amazing photo shoot this weekend and I was saved by a MAC product that is applied right before you start with makeup and right after the primer spray is applied. It is a shimmer base that literally makes the face glow before anything else is put on. Must apply a shimmer cream to keep the products bright for hours.

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What is your skin type?

You do need to know your skin type. We are all not exactly the same and some products are better for you then others.

Dry Skin - Skin feels like it needs lotion all the time. When you wipe your skin it feels itchy and needs nourishment.

Oily Skin - Does not need anything else to keep it moisturized. Needs something to balance out the oil.

Normal Skin - Feels good most of the time and could you a little moisturizer to keep it healthy along with a proper cleaning routine.

Sensitive Skin and Acne Prone Skin - It is irritated by almost anything and you always have to be cautious about what products you are putting on your skin. Essential Oils are great because they won't add harm to your skin.

Try products for your skin type that are made with essential oils at www.melissa-makeup.com

Beauty Routine

So Important! We all need a beauty routine to keep our skin looking its best.

MORNING ROUTINE:

Clean skin with light exfoliation.
After, moisturize skin with a coconut or shea butter based product.
Calm Skin with a Vitamin C Serum that also protects from the sun.
Try to use products with Retinol in them so you are also repairing damaged skin while cleansing.
Feel great and moisturized through out the day with a Facial Spray for your skin type.

Fruity Body Detox Wrap

The best products to put on your body come from the earth and this body wrap is filled with nutrients to help detox your skin while repairing dehydrated areas.

3 Cups Grated Papaya
2 Cups Plain Yogurt
2 Cups Rice Bran
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
1 Cup Epsom Salt

Take a warm shower then sit in the empty bath tub with the mixture of ingredients above. Cover your entire body and sit for 60 minutes. Read a book, text your friends or take a nap. Then, wash off with warm water.Apply a shea butter or coconut lotion to keep skin ultra soft.

Sensitive Skin Scrub

Use this recipe for extra sensitive skin.
The fresh pineapple will help the product blend quickly into the skin
without causing irritation.

1 1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
1/2 Cup Pineapple
1 Teaspoon Honey
5 Drops of Glycerin

Blend in a bowl then apply to face with a brush. Let sit for 20 minutes then gently wash off with a warm cloth.

Tropical Daze Facial Repair Mask

3 Teaspoons Avocado
1 1/2 Teaspoons Coconut Milk
3 Tablespoons Water
1 Tablespoon Sea Salt

Mix all ingredients together until a paste is formed.
Apply the mask on your face and let sit for 20 minutes.
Wash off with a warm washcloth.

So silky smooth!

Check out essential oil based products we make for you.

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Essential Flavored Soap

Make your own soap to help your specific needs.
Add the essential oils that will help your skin type.

1 Block Goat Soap Base
Your Choice of Essential Oils
1 Cup Sea Salt
Soap Molds

Boil water in big pot
Place small pot inside the bigger boat
Add the soap
Let melt them add 5 Tablespoons of your choice of essential oil

Mix and then pour into soap molds.

Eliminate Itchy Scalp

Naturally get rid of dandruff for good!
This recipe is soothing and the essential oils penetrate
into the skin to keep moisture and hydration.

Itchy Scalp Soothing Mist:
1/2 Cup Water
2 Green Tea Bags
3 Drops Tea Tree Oil
2 Teaspoons Grape Seed Oil
2 Tablespoons Aloe Vera Juice
2 Teaspoons Vitamin E Oil
2 Teaspoons Almond or another Carrier Oil

Lavender Milk Bath

A silky and sweet milk bath to use on those days you need to destress and spend time helping yourself. Make this bath and mix with warm water. Sit in bath and relax for an hour. Let the mixture turn your skin silky smooth.

1/2 Cup Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Corn Starch
1/2 Cup Epsom Salt
10 Drops Essential Oils
1 1/2 Cups Powdered Milk

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Fruit Body Scrubs

We are what we eat! These fruit body scrubs will absorb int your body giving you needed vitamins t restore and energize yourself.

Make it don't bake it......

Blueberry Lemon Body Scrub
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
1 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon freeze dried blueberries
4 Drops Lemon Essential Oil
1 Drop Blue food coloring
Benefits:
Anti-aging
Moisturizing
Evens skin tone

Chocolate Mint Body Scrub
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Coconut Oil
1/4 Cup Almond Oil
3 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1 Teaspoon Peppermint Oil
1 Teaspoon Vitamin E
Benefits:
Tightens skin
Fights aging
Prevents breakouts
Soothes skin

Cellulite Scrub

Caffeine kills body fat, that has been proven. To keep the coffee grinds on the body without being a total mess can be tricky. This recipe helps bind the ingredients to make the experience much better.

Cellulite Scrub:
1 Cup Ground Coffee
8 Ounces of Coconut Oil
1/2 Cup Cinnamon
1 Cup Sugar
4 Tablespoons Glycerin

Keep adding Glycerin if you need the mixture to be thicker. Keep in a jar and use with in 6 months. After applying on the body, let the mixture stay for 20 minutes.

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The Power of Rose Quartz

Melissa Makeup created the Rose Quartz Primer Spray to use before applying makeup. Most people do not know of the strong and unique benefits of Rose Quartz.

Benefits of Rose Quartz:
Brings Trust and Harmony to relationships.
Strengthens unconditional love.
Purifies the heart.
Creates peace.
Reduces signs of aging when placed in liquid and sprayed onto skin.

Rose Quartz is a stone you should have in any form in your life.
Strength and Peace will be generated.

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Clear Skin Tea Tree Cleanser

If you want to make a homemade cleanser to really try to clear up your skin with the freshest products possible, try this:

1 Table Almond Oil
3 Table Honey
1 Table Apple Cider Vinegar
20 Drops Tea Tree Oil
2 Capsules of live probiotics

Mix everything together in a blender then apply to face with a brush. Let sit for 20 minutes. Wash off earlier if skin becomes sensitive.

For scars, use this recipe:

2 Teaspoons raw honey
3 Drops Lavender
3 Drops Tea Tree
3 Drops Frankenscense

Apply paste on scar and let sit. Let it stay on scar for up to an hour if you can.
For Sensitive Skin you should dilute the essential oil blend and use almond oil for 1/2 of the recipe and the essential oils for the other half.

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Bath Jellies

So I found a great project to do for bath jellies to clean your body.
Must make fresh and keep in the refrigerator.
Fun Times!

Coconut Bath Jellies Recipe:
3/4 Cup Water
1 Pack Gelatin
1/4 Cup Bath Soap Gel
3 Drops Blue Food Coloring
Teaspoon of Gold Mica Pigment
1 Dropper of Coconut Essential Oil

Bath Molds

Heat water then add gelatin to it. After, add the bath gel, food coloring and essential oils.
Swirl mica pigment on top.
Pour into molds and freeze for 6 hours.
Pop out and use.

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Unicorn Coffee Mask Recipe

I created my makeup line with products that I know will help people. Along the way, I have gained so much information about essential oils and recipes to make at home. Choosing to share all this information with you will help you learn more about essential oils and why they need to be incorporated into your beauty routine.

Here's a Coffee Mask Recipe for detoxification:

The Unicorn Coffee Mask:
1/2 Cup ground coffee
1/2 Cup Cocoa powder
1 Cup Whole milk
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 Tablespoon honey
Use glycerin to make thicker

Blend all ingredients together to create a serum to apply to face.
Do this once a week to create glowing skin.

Try putting the serum all over your body and sit in the bathtub for 15 minutes.

To make it more pasty so the coffee grinds stick together, try using glycerin.

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