Homemade Bath Oil
In the winter, I like to use a bath oil to keep my skin soft. The ones they sell at the drug store are so expensive. Is there any way I can make one at home?
———- from Caitlin Sullivan of Bellevue, WA
When I bring the lawn mower in for the winter, I always drain the oil. It’s a nice, heavyweight SAE 30, and often smells like new mown grass. Strain it through a coffee filter, and you’ve got an aromatic bath oil that will protect your skin from the harshest detergents. If you don’t have a lawnmower, or a lawn for that matter, you might want to try Crisco, or some other vegetable shortening. Let a golf-ball sized lump melt under a stream of hot water, and the tub ring will have a pleasant, snow white appearance.
When I bring the lawn mower in for the winter, I always drain the oil. It’s a nice, heavyweight SAE 30, and often smells like new mown grass. Strain it through a coffee filter, and you’ve got an aromatic bath oil that will protect your skin from the harshest detergents. If you don’t have a lawnmower, or a lawn for that matter, you might want to try Crisco, or some other vegetable shortening. Let a golf-ball sized lump melt under a stream of hot water, and the tub ring will have a pleasant, snow white appearance. 