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Do you have bottles of fragrance oil that are nearly empty, but you just can’t bring yourself to throw them away? Maybe the bottle contains just a few milliliters, or even just a few drops of oil. Even an “empty” bottle still has a little bit of fragrance oil on the inside. To use up every last bit of oil, I like to pour dry ingredients directly into the bottles to create scented bath salts , scrubs or bath bombs. Salts and bath fizzies have a low fragrance oil usage rate because you usually don’t wash off after taking a bath. For 16 ounces of salts, you can use 0.2-0.3 ounces of fragrance oil for a light to medium scent. To check how much of your fragrance oil should be used, check out the Bramble Berry Fragrance Calculator . For this trick, I don’t measure exactly how much fragrance oil is leftover in the bottle. Just by eyeballing it, I know when there are only a few milliliters left in the bottle. If you think the amount might be over .48 ounces (which is the largest recommended ...

Shares 20K Need a great gift idea that is unique and doesn’t break the bank?  These 25 Homemade DIY Gifts for Natural Bath and Beauty products are just the ticket! Homemade DIY Gifts 25 Natural Bath and Beauty recipes BoulderLocavore.com" width="600" height="857" /> Are you hearing that sound?  The tick tock of an imaginary holiday clock heightening the angst about your last minute gift giving ?  Teachers, coaches, neighbors, the ladies in the school office, your postal carrier; all those people whom you want to acknowledge but are finding you are running out of ideas and possibly resources. For the last two weeks I’ve shared a collection of ideas for Homemade DIY gifts ; the first for Seasoning Blends and Extracts , the second for Liqueurs and Infusions .  This week I have rounded up a delicious, luxurious collection of homemade Bath and Beauty product recipes most of which you can make from your pantry.  With the dozens of cookies being baked I’m s...