I get all kinds of Martha-Stewart-inclinations during the holidays: I want to make my own Christmas cards and ornaments and decorations, and, yes, even gifts. So imagine my delight whilst flipping through Living yesterday on the plane and finding recipes for creating lip balms, salt or sugar scrubs, bath fizzies and more to give as gifts! How perfect for a beauty junkie like me! I am psyched to whip some of these up for my friends and family and for me…because I won’t be able to give it all away. Seriously, homemade sugar scrubs? Sign me up. Check out all the "how-to’s" on the Martha Stewart site, including templates for printing out the labels for your homemade goodies. And the Vitamin Shoppe has a bevy of essential oils you can use for your scrubs and balms. I am geeking out over this.





