So I know you come here for home decorating and crazy English women making videos of junk but today I thought we'd talk about my feet.
I don't suppose this is going to win me any home-decorating awards but I love a little play with potions. Always have done.
I can remember mixing up things in the bath as a little girl, for some reason we had this opaque blue Tupperware jug in our bathtub, in fact I know the reason it was there, for hair rinsing…back then in England not too many people had showers (don't cringe those of you Stateside). Really I'm being serious. So I used to mix up things sitting in that tiny bathroom…and now I find myself strangely drawn again to that mixing up and stirring.
But I'm no handmade cosmetic person, more a dabbler with a few essential oils.
Moons ago before I had a house on either side of the world, three children ++++ all that goes with that (you know, don't you?) I was a bit of a cosmetic junkie. I liked nothing better than to treat myself to a nice little item from Chanel.
And I used to buy a sugar scrub from Origins. Well those days are, while not long gone I hope, at the moment, are off the radar, and so I've tried just about every other version of scrub on the market that doesn't break the bank.
Nothing cut it. Not one even came close to that Origins magic, so for the sake of my feet, which are ahem, not my best feature I decided to have a go at making my own.
And now, what do you think, of course I feel ridiculously stupid for all those jars of sugar scrub I bought from Origins. All those pennies sitting in their bank for jars filled with, yep that would be…oil and sugar.
The first time I made this, typical of me, I suddenly decided to do it when I shoulda been making dinner, well my kids like Patchouli in their rice . Then, I used what I had which was extra virgin olive oil, regular white sugar and lavender. Since then I have turned this into a sugar scrub marathon trying all sorts of brews…I've tried sunflower oil, regular olive oil, sweet almond oil, groundnut oil. And here's the verdict, any of them work, sweet almond is great but the most expensive. I've settled on extra virgin olive oil (nice and thick and oily), dried lavender buds (got mine in herby shop), Patchouli & Lavender essential oils and raw sugar (more grainy for exfoliation).
Pour some sugar in a jar, lug on some oil, throw in the fragrance and the dried flowers..stir…done. Boo to Origins.
If you have only ever thought of those fancy jars of scrub as some irrelevant luxury for those people who have time to care about stuff like that, think again. Make up one of these little concoctions and turn 2 minutes or less in the shower or the bath into a beauty regime and your skin, like mine has, will thank you…
Don't tell me you don't get your money's worth here at the Beach Cottage *wink, I don't just paint things white you know…
have a good weekend folks, I'm feelin' better, yeehaw (tho I said that on Thursday) watch out beaches treasure hunting- haunts and anything not painted white I'm-a-coming…
Wow I too had one of those jugs same colour for the same reason when growing up in uk w no shower!!! Too funny lol
Big fan of essential oil and gee isn’t lavender some much nicer than tea tree?
Only a couple of weeks to go though till bub here then I’ll be able to reach my feet – if I can find the time!
Happy your feeling better – go gently
~Justine~
Love love love essential oils! I must give you my recipe for my ‘floral water’ aka toner. Perhaps I will post it on my blog…….btw what sort of shop has those flower bud thingies?
I have a major thing for essential oils too and your concoction sounds wonderful!
Be sure to stop by and visit me today as I highlighted my favorite Aussie bloggers (and non Aussie’s living Down Under).
Happy Weekend Sarah.
Love it Sarah!!
I’m thinking perfect Present, imagine a jar with a pretty label, or whatever to tizz it up a bit.
Good too for those School Mother’s Day Stalls
Thanks for sharing with us
Happy weekend to you and glad you’re feeling better
Fun post to share with us for weekend experiments. Finding ways to treat ourselves frugally is always a good idea. Have a fun weekend in the spring sunshine.
Aren’t these Le Parfait jars the coolest ever? Got one at the local fleamarket a couple of weeks ago, accompanied by three nameless lookalikes. What’s in it, you’ll ask – well, brown sugar, what else!
And your scales are pure magic, too!
As for the mixing – I stick to the quicky version of coffee/sea salt. It does its job for me!
Ooooohhh! I love sugar scrub, it’s a magical potion.
Honey, I thought being so close to the beach you’d have learned that a good long walk along the side of the water is better than any pedicure on earth. I can’t wait until next month when we take a little trip to see the sea and walk until my feet are silky smooth. It’ll take a few hours, but I plan on walks in the morning and at night. Walking in the edge of the salty sea is the most relaxing things on earth!
I found your blog through SITS. I absolutely love body scrubs and have been spending way too much money purchasing them. I had never thought about making them before but thanks to you I’m going to try it.
Hello, you have the most fabulously wonderful site here and I had to leave this comment for you ! Your posts are beautifully written, creative and original too, and you have interesting pictures.
It’s all perfect !
Thank you for sharing your site and best wishes…. ‘Happy September’….
Sarah
I followed your recipe for the sugar scrub, sans the essential oils. I used sugar, olive oil, lavender flowers and a spritz of perfume. Not only my feet, but the rest of me enjoyed the scrubbing. Wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I, too, have experimented with making sugar scrubs, which feel soooo wonderful and really make a difference on dry skin! Also, I’ve made some pretty weird face masks and stuff for my hair with avocados, and mayo, and oil and other things, but they were way too icky to make again. I think I’ll stick with the sugar and oil, it’s the way to go!
Glad you’re feeling better. Have a great weekend!
Heidi – Heart and Home
Sarah, of course you are so much more than the “paint it white girl!” Do you have a magic potion for an ailing foot, for a clumsy Texas gal like me?
Brenda
Your scrub sounds like a wonderful idea, except for the patchouli oil. Oh that stuff is stinky to me, lol!! I’ve never heard of putting it in rice though. Maybe I’d actually like it that way. Years ago I used to buy a lotion made with sweet almond oil. Made me hungry for dessert.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better. Enjoy your weekend.
Hi! Since you’re trying out…things, maybe you’ll enjoy my Complete Pedi Treatment:
1.Heat 2 glasses of whole fat milk with 7 glasses of water until the temperature is tolerable
2.Mix 1/2 teacup of sugar with 2 spoonfuls of body lotion (usually I use the ones I don’t like-a good way to get rid of them!) until they become an even mixture
3.Soak feet into the milk for 10 minutes or as long as the milk turns cold
4.Remove one foot at the time and scrub thoroughly with the sugar mixture
5.If you have very scuffed feet use a pumice
6.Put feet again into the milk and try to remove the sugar off them
7.Do not wash off your feet.The milk should stay on your skin. Just pat dry with a towel
8.Apply generous amounts of a very hydrating cream like Nivea or any handcream.
9.Do not try to walk or put shoes on! You will create a mess!Instead wear cotton socks and your feet will love you!
Your blog is such an inspiration! Keep posting and I promise I’ll send you huuuge waves of friendship and love all the way from Greece!
What a fabulous quilt! You have put me to shame by finishing yours – I have squares I cut out over 20 years ago that I’ve never finished piecing together – they are of my children’s clothing when they were small. Ah, one of these days….
sarah..just a tiny question. Should this be mixed in a particular measure or simply mix till a scrub consistency is reached? I am going to try this today
Honestly, I’m a cosmetic Junkie too and of course, not that you’ve not tried since you are from England, still, in case you haven’t: Do try Lush’s “bare naked fig handmade soap”. It’s worth the cash + it’s one of those magic stuff that gives you luscious skin, as you step out of your bath and holds it all day long.
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
. Then, I used what I had which was extra virgin olive oil, regular white sugar and lavender. Since then I have turned this into a sugar scrub marathon trying all sorts of brews…I've tried sunflower oil, regular olive oil, sweet almond oil, groundnut oil. And here's the verdict, any of them work, sweet almond is great but the most expensive. I've settled on extra virgin olive oil (nice and thick and oily), dried lavender buds (got mine in herby shop), Patchouli & Lavender essential oils and raw sugar (more grainy for exfoliation). 
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Sea salt(or Kosher salt) and olive oil work,too.I never thought of adding essential oils,tho.
Duh!Slaps self on the head……
Wow I too had one of those jugs same colour for the same reason when growing up in uk w no shower!!! Too funny lol
Big fan of essential oil and gee isn’t lavender some much nicer than tea tree?
Only a couple of weeks to go though till bub here then I’ll be able to reach my feet – if I can find the time!
Happy your feeling better – go gently
~Justine~
Love love love essential oils! I must give you my recipe for my ‘floral water’ aka toner. Perhaps I will post it on my blog…….btw what sort of shop has those flower bud thingies?
lg xx
I have a major thing for essential oils too and your concoction sounds wonderful!
Be sure to stop by and visit me today as I highlighted my favorite Aussie bloggers (and non Aussie’s living Down Under).
Happy Weekend Sarah.
Oh, i love it when kitchen/pantry items become so much more! We used use brown sugar, beer and a tea bag to bless my house. It might sound strange, but it’s true: http://pachamamahouse.blogspot.com/2009/09/weeks-57-59-bless-this-house-pacha-mama.html
Sarah – I’m going to do that tomorrow!
Enjoy the weekend -
Marsha
Love it Sarah!!
I’m thinking perfect Present, imagine a jar with a pretty label, or whatever to tizz it up a bit.
Good too for those School Mother’s Day Stalls
Thanks for sharing with us
Happy weekend to you and glad you’re feeling better
You make me laugh out loud!!!!!
Okay, so can you tell me what the equivalent to raw sugar is in the UK, I have been trying to work that out since I got here!
Fun post to share with us for weekend experiments. Finding ways to treat ourselves frugally is always a good idea. Have a fun weekend in the spring sunshine.
Aren’t these Le Parfait jars the coolest ever? Got one at the local fleamarket a couple of weeks ago, accompanied by three nameless lookalikes. What’s in it, you’ll ask – well, brown sugar, what else!
And your scales are pure magic, too!
As for the mixing – I stick to the quicky version of coffee/sea salt. It does its job for me!
This one I have to try. I have the worst feet – thanks to my fathers genes I have awful feet.
Sounds like a fabulous concoction
Alison
Ooooohhh! I love sugar scrub, it’s a magical potion.
Honey, I thought being so close to the beach you’d have learned that a good long walk along the side of the water is better than any pedicure on earth. I can’t wait until next month when we take a little trip to see the sea and walk until my feet are silky smooth. It’ll take a few hours, but I plan on walks in the morning and at night. Walking in the edge of the salty sea is the most relaxing things on earth!
I became a fan on Facebook, followed you on Twitter and left a comment on your interview (which was great by the way.)
Here from SITS.
I found your blog through SITS. I absolutely love body scrubs and have been spending way too much money purchasing them. I had never thought about making them before but thanks to you I’m going to try it.
You have a lovely blog by the way.
Hello, you have the most fabulously wonderful site here and I had to leave this comment for you ! Your posts are beautifully written, creative and original too, and you have interesting pictures.
It’s all perfect !
Thank you for sharing your site and best wishes…. ‘Happy September’….
This is one of the best ideas I’ve heard in a long time…..can’t wait to try it. Thanks!
Have a happy weekend.
Vicki
Sarah
I followed your recipe for the sugar scrub, sans the essential oils. I used sugar, olive oil, lavender flowers and a spritz of perfume. Not only my feet, but the rest of me enjoyed the scrubbing. Wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
p.s. love your entire Beach Cottage ambience!
Hurray – I already have all the ingredients. And my feet are in need of a little post-summer attention. I’m wondering if coarse salt would also work…
I’ll have to try your recipe. I started making mine around two years ago and I too hate to think what I used to pay for them!
Love this post! Glad you are feeling better!
ummm, interesting. I’ll be giving this one a try, Sarah…
Hi Sarah!
I, too, have experimented with making sugar scrubs, which feel soooo wonderful and really make a difference on dry skin! Also, I’ve made some pretty weird face masks and stuff for my hair with avocados, and mayo, and oil and other things, but they were way too icky to make again. I think I’ll stick with the sugar and oil, it’s the way to go!
Glad you’re feeling better. Have a great weekend!
Heidi – Heart and Home
Just gorgeous. I just found your blog and really like it a lot. Am adding it to my favorites!
All the best from good old Germany,
Silke
Sarah, of course you are so much more than the “paint it white girl!” Do you have a magic potion for an ailing foot, for a clumsy Texas gal like me?
Brenda
Your scrub sounds like a wonderful idea, except for the patchouli oil. Oh that stuff is stinky to me, lol!! I’ve never heard of putting it in rice though. Maybe I’d actually like it that way. Years ago I used to buy a lotion made with sweet almond oil. Made me hungry for dessert.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better. Enjoy your weekend.
Hi! Since you’re trying out…things, maybe you’ll enjoy my Complete Pedi Treatment:
1.Heat 2 glasses of whole fat milk with 7 glasses of water until the temperature is tolerable
2.Mix 1/2 teacup of sugar with 2 spoonfuls of body lotion (usually I use the ones I don’t like-a good way to get rid of them!) until they become an even mixture
3.Soak feet into the milk for 10 minutes or as long as the milk turns cold
4.Remove one foot at the time and scrub thoroughly with the sugar mixture
5.If you have very scuffed feet use a pumice
6.Put feet again into the milk and try to remove the sugar off them
7.Do not wash off your feet.The milk should stay on your skin. Just pat dry with a towel
8.Apply generous amounts of a very hydrating cream like Nivea or any handcream.
9.Do not try to walk or put shoes on! You will create a mess!Instead wear cotton socks and your feet will love you!
Your blog is such an inspiration! Keep posting and I promise I’ll send you huuuge waves of friendship and love all the way from Greece!
What a fabulous quilt! You have put me to shame by finishing yours – I have squares I cut out over 20 years ago that I’ve never finished piecing together – they are of my children’s clothing when they were small. Ah, one of these days….
sarah..just a tiny question. Should this be mixed in a particular measure or simply mix till a scrub consistency is reached? I am going to try this today
Honestly, I’m a cosmetic Junkie too and of course, not that you’ve not tried since you are from England, still, in case you haven’t: Do try Lush’s “bare naked fig handmade soap”. It’s worth the cash + it’s one of those magic stuff that gives you luscious skin, as you step out of your bath and holds it all day long.
thanks I love LUSH!
yes to a scrub consistency….just mix it until you can rub it on easily…you can’t really go wrong
xx