Want to get your best friend a luxurious spa-inspired gift, but don’t have much extra money in the budget? Try making a homemade spa gift made especially with the recipient in mind for a special and personalized gift of relaxation. Wrap your gifts in beautiful colored glass jars and bottles with interesting shapes, and add ribbons and fabrics based on your own tastes, or to match the theme of your spa gifts. Be creative, and be confident gifting quality gifts that will soothe and treat even the hardest person to buy for. For a real spa treat, fill a basket with several homemade spa recipes and dress it up with flowers and other trinkets to dress them up and make them luxurious. Below are ideas for

Beautiful Bath Oil

To make an interesting and pretty scented bath oil, first acquire a clear glass bottle or container with a tight fitting lid that can hold one cup of liquid. Combine a ½ cup of grapeseed oil, extra virgin olive oil, or almond oil with three drops of food coloring. Add the oil to the glass container. In a different container, add three drops of a different color to ½ cup lavender water or rose water. For an unscented oil, use spring water. Add the water to the oil. Enjoy how the oil and water separate into rings of color that can be shaken before use. One teaspoon of oil should be added to bath water.

Lavender and Rose Hand Cream

This simple hand cream softens the hands and has a unique floral scent. Combine 1/3 cup glycerin with 1/3 cup rose water and 1/3 cup lavender water. Pour the mixture into a nice bottle and shake gently before use.

Bathtub Finger Paints

Make a child inspired spa basket with a chamomile herbal bath bag and these fun bathtub finger paints. Combine a 1/3 cup of liquid baby soap with ½ tablespoon of cornstarch. Add a few drops of food coloring, and store in a tight closing container. Make several different colors for a cute and special gift.

Green Tea Scrub

This exfoliating scrub is a treat for dry, flaky skin that needs some softening and reinvigoration. Combine one cup of sea salt with one cup of sugar, ½ cup of baking soda and three tablespoons of powdered green tea. Add one capsule of vitamin E and ½ cup of almond oil and mix thoroughly with the dry ingredients. To use, rub a small amount rubbed in a circular motion on the desired area.

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