diy vanilla & orange bath bombs

vanilla & orange bath bombs by Stella Crown

Bath bombs are amazing and can be spectacular, while rejuvenating us. However, are they really suitable for our skin? Not necessarily. Unfortunately most that are on the on the market, contain loads of dangerous dyes or inappropriate ingredients such as toxic fake fragrances, glitter, etc. which can cause serious skin issues (this is the best scenario).

The good news is that we can easily make bath bombs at home using certain ingredients according to our own needs.

diy vanilla & orange sugar scrub

vanilla & orange sugar scrub by Stella Crown

Lately, I am often absent and when I’m back, blogging seems a kind of a luxury. Obligations are accumulating and their classification causes me horror; what if I am a librarian and know exactly how to get the job done? listening the “obligation” word is enough to spoil everyone’s psychology. And somewhere here, while I was passing in front of the grocery, trying to find a solution to fix things and situations, a crate full of oranges whispered in my ear “USE US”. That was it! It was time to throw out of my life toxins and toxic people, I grabbed my suitcase and came back to what I love. I started with a body scrub (watch the symbolism coming), the only way to get rid of dead cells, pollutants and toxins.

Orange: a Citrus with a Long Beauty History

Orange has always carried something luminous. In Greek mythology, the golden fruits of the Garden of the Hesperides were symbols of immortality and divine beauty. These legendary “golden apples” were a wedding gift from Gaia to Hera and were guarded by the nymphs and the dragon Ladon. When Heracles completed his eleventh labour and took the sacred fruits, they were eventually returned to the gods, as their beauty and power were never meant to belong to humans.