I don’t know about you, but for some reason my lips are always super dry. I end up going through a lot of chapstick. I always have at least one tube in my nightstand and one in my purse and at least two others scattered throughout the house. Well, I was reading the chapstick bottle…
Natural Homemade All Purpose Cleaner (Plus free printable label)
What a wonderful weekend this was! My boyfriend’s mom, who has been traveling the world for three months, finally came home. So we got to spend Easter together and it was a really lovely day. I learned that I am really terrible at Easter egg hunts. But it was fun to spend together and we…
Homemade Coconut Lavender Moisturizing Face Exfoliator/ Scrub (Only 3 ingredients!)
If you haven’t already been convinced by my 13 ingredients to avoid in cosmetics to avoid toxic chemicals in your beauty products, you should still try this exfoliator for its luxuriousness. It is simple and smells like lavender and coconut. And it’s great for sensitive skin. Does it get better than that? Exfoliating on a…
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Tabs (Borax Free!)
I’ve been looking for a good homemade dishwasher detergent recipe for a while now. They are pretty easy to find, but the problem is almost all of them have borax in them. I don’t generally have a problem with borax as natural cleaning agent, but it is not something that I want on my dishes….
3 Ingredient Homemade Honey Face Wash
If you’ve read my post on 13 harmful ingredients to avoid in cosmetics, you can understand why I am trying to make the switch over to making all my own cosmetics. I scared myself in my research about what cosmetics are made out of. Now that I know, I have a goal to know every…
Homemade washing soda from baking soda (for use in homemade laundry detergent and homemade dish detergent)
About once a month I wake up in the middle of the night and I just can’t fall back asleep. I don’t know what it is. I’m usually a great sleeper. Usually I just try to watch tv until the morning and try to fall back asleep, but on the occasion that I have some…
Do you know what’s in your medicine cabinet? 13 Ingredients to avoid when buying cosmetics
Of the thousands upon thousands of ingredients used in cosmetics in the US, 1 in 8 is an industrial chemical. Does that shock anyone else? On average, women use 12 different cosmetics a day and men use 6. Odds are, you are using harmful chemicals in at least one of those cosmetics. 1 in 3…
All natural hair detangler recipe
Original Image from Lipgloss Culture When I first switched to the no-poo method, the only big change for my hair was that it got tanglier (is that a word?). The Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse did moisturize my hair, but it didn’t detangle it like conditioner used to. So, I found a solution in a natural hair…