I love lip balm. I don’t know why my lips are so dry, even in the summer, but they are. And so I always have some with me. Well, I made some awesome homemade honey lip balm a while ago, and I am almost out of it. So when I went to make a new…
How to Make Homemade Toilet Fizz Bombs (Only Three Ingredients)
When I first saw the recipe for these toilet bombs on Maria’s Self about a year ago, I thought it looked super awesome. I was still in the beginning stages of learning about green cleaning and it seemed like a more “advanced” recipe to me. Well, trust me, it’s not. I just didn’t know what…
How to Make Homemade Facial Sunscreen (Acne Friendly and Good for your Skin)
Last week I posted How to Make Homemade Sunscreen. In that post, I mentioned that the recipe was not very acne-friendly. At least for me personally, coconut oil makes my face break out. It has a comedogenic rating of 4 out of 5, meaning it is very likely to clog your pores. So, the sunscreen…
How to Make Homemade Sunscreen (SPF 30-40 and good for your skin!)
On my quest to use all natural cosmetic products, I knew that sunscreen was going to be a necessary product to make. My skin often gets itchy just from using the store-bought kinds, and it leaves me feeling icky. Not to mention, it is usually polluting a water body. You also want to be on…
How to Make Laundry Detergent Tabs (Without Borax and Fels Naptha)
There’s lots of good reasons to make your own laundry detergent. It’s less expensive, it has less irritants for the skin, it’s better for the environment, it has more natural ingredients, you name it. When I started looking at homemade laundry detergent recipes, I noticed that they pretty much all use Fels Naptha laundry soap….
Honey Cinnamon Face Exfoliator/ Scrub
As I’m writing this post I am enjoying the amazing smell of honey and cinnamon this face scrub has left on my face, and it makes me happy. Last weekend we had a picnic for my boyfriend’s brother’s birthday. It was a lovely time and the food was delicious. Lars’s mom is a great cook/baker…
How to Make Citronella Candles
The fourth of July is approaching soon. For me, when I think of the fourth of July, one of my strongest memories is of the scent of citronella candles. Every time we went to the fireworks, we always had a few of them. The scent is nostalgic for me. Well not only does it bring…
Green Bathroom Cleaners Part Three
First of all, I want to apologize for my temporary absence. I was having a tough week health wise, and I’ve kind of been blogging nonstop since I started and I just needed a break. The problem with blogging is it isn’t just writing. Once you get started, you want to learn more about how…