Romantic DIY Gifts for Valentine Day

Romantic DIY Gifts for Valentine Day

Romantic DIY (Do It Yourself) gifts that you can make for Valentine’s Day include:

Bath Salts

Mix 2 cups Epsom salts, 1 cup sea salt and 1 cup baking soda. 

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to make romantic bath salts.

Bath Gel

Take one cup (8 oz or 250 ml) of unscented bath gel or unscented liquid soap 

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to make a romantic bath gel.

Body Scrub

Take one cup (8 oz or 250 ml) of sweet almond oil or olive oil

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Mix them with ½ cup of brown sugar 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to create a romantic body scrub.

Bath Bombs

Mix 2 oz (60 ml) of witch hazel with a few drops of pink food coloring in a spray bottle 

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil)

Mix 2 cups baking soda, 1 cup citric acid, 1 cup sea salt, 1 cup corn starch, and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a bowl as you moisten them by spraying the witch hazel mixture Once they start getting sticky, pack them into ice cube molds and let them dry overnight Remove from the molds and let them air dry for two days before using them

Bath Melts

Put 2 oz. (60 grams) shea butter and 2 oz. (60 grams) cocoa butter in a glass bowl and melt them in a double boiler or in the microwave for several 10 second bursts. 

Once they have melted add 2 fl oz. (30 ml) of olive oil, stir with a wooden spoon and remove from the heat source and let the mixture cool. 

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring drop by drop until you get your desired shade. 

Pour the mixture into ice cube trays and let it harden for several hours. 

Once hardened, turn the molds over to remove the romantic bath melts

Bath Tea

Mix 2 cups of dried pink rose petals with 1 cup of dried lavender flowers

Add 1 cup of Epsom salts

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring

Put the mixture in an air tight jar to make romantic bath tea 

Body Glow

Mix 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) with ½ cup (4 oz or 125 ml) of sweet almond oil or olive oil

Add 1 cup of ground sea salt and mix to form a thick paste

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to make a romantic body glow

Beeswax Cream

Melt 4 tablespoons of beeswax and 2 tablespoons of shea butter

Remove from the heat source and add 8 tablespoons of sweet almond oil or olive oil

Let the mixture cool and add 12 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to make a romantic beeswax cream

Body Butter

Melt 1 oz. (30 grams) beeswax and 4 oz. (120 grams) pure shea butter in a double boiler or in the microwave for several 10 second bursts

Once they have melted add 3 fl oz. (90 ml) olive oil, stir with a wooden spoon and remove from the heat source and let it cool

Once it cools add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring 

Whip the mixture with the stick blender until it forms soft peaks

Spoon the romantic whipped body butter into wide mouthed containers  

Body Lotion

Heat 6 oz (190 ml) of sweet almond oil and 1.5 oz (45 grams) of grated beeswax in a double boiler and stir until they mix

Remove from the heat and let the mixture cool completely

Put 8 oz (250 ml) water in a blender and with the blender on high speed, slowly pour in the cooled vegetable oil and beeswax mixture. Blend until the mixture emulsifies or forms a thick lotion

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring 

Pour the romantic body lotion in a glass jar

Aloe Gel

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) to one cup (8 oz or 250 ml) of natural aloe vera gel 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to create a romantic moisturizing gel

Romantic Perfume

Put 10 ml jojoba in a spray bottle and add 60 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring 

Add 10 ml of 99% alcohol isopropyl  

Let the romantic perfume stand for 2 days before using

Body Splash

Add 25 drops of a floral essential oil (like rose essential oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil or lavender essential oil) to one cup (8 oz or 250 ml) of distilled water in a spray bottle 

Add a few drops of pink food coloring to create a romantic body splash