Father's Day Pampering / Men's Grooming

Father's Day is on its way – you love him to bits but you're on a tight budget! Follow my top five credit crunch treats to show him you care:-

Give him a mini facial

Calm that shiny nose (or forehead if he is bald) and ensure there are no ingrowing hairs in the beard area to irritate him.

Totally skint – Mix inexpensive but luxurious Almond Oil with ground pudding rice (baby rice will do) to make a moisturising and gently exfoliating scrub and treat as above.

Got a little – treat him to our Potions & Possibilities Facial Scrub (1/2 price at £7.83), packed with natural plant extracts to soothe those worry lines and ground olive stones to gently buff away his cares. Gently apply with your fingers in circular upward strokes concentrating on the beard area and the nose and remove with hot cloths.

Relieve that work pressure

Totally skint – Take a washing up bowl and place a layer of pebbles in the bottom, fill with warm water and add 4 drops of Spearmint and four drops of Green Mandarin. Soak away his cares with a long relaxing foot soak.

Got a little - Add 3 drops of Cedarwood, 3 drops of May Chang and 3 drops of Bergamot to a foot spa and switch on. Alternatively treat him to our Executive Stress Relief Bath Oil (£10.99 150ml)

Comfort him with a gorgeous scent

Totally skint – mix 5ml of Cedarwood with 10ml of Bergamot and 5 ml of Lime and 15ml of Vodka . Add 50ml of water to the mix and use as a cologne.

Got a little - Treat him to Divinity Cologne from Potions & Possibilities – a luxurious treat at a sensible price! (£19.99 or 2 for £30)

Recondition those hard working hands and nails

Totally skint – place 2 tablespoonsful of olive oil in a small dish with 6 drops of Tea Tree and 6 drops of May Chang (the oil of tranquillity). Mix well. With the hands resting on a protective towel apply the oil so that it is wet on the hands. Place the hands in two sandwich bags and wrap up well with the towel. Add heat by resting the hands on a Potions microwave heatbag or a hot water bottle and leave for twenty minutes. Gently unwrap the hands and you will find the oil has disappeared into the skin leaving the hands and nails, soft, supple and very comfortable (if hands are affected by arthritis add pain relieving Lavender and Chamomile “natures steroid”).

Got a little – Moisture Relief for the hands from Potions & Possibilities (£6.99) for the ultimate conditioning treatment or use our Joint Ease Massage Oil instead of the olive oil mix (£9.99).

Help him sleep

Totally skint – Make him a pillow spray with 50ml Vodka into which 5ml of Lavender has been added. Top with 50ml water and place in a small spray bottle. Alternatively dry the bed linen in a dryer with 10 drops of Lavender added to a hanky in the dryer.

Got a little - Special Dad Bath & Shower Gel (£8.99) to relax the body and soothe the mind or our …and to Sleep Balm for his pulse points (£4.99).

For all the above mentioned Essential Oils please click here to view the premium grade, 100% pure oils available from Potions & Possibilities.

Happy Father's Day!

Julie