I was looking through my makeup recipes and realized that somehow I didn’t have my natural finishing powder recipe available for you yet. This is a clean filling, natural mineral makeup choice that’s easy to make and healthy for your skin. It’s especially important to choose healthy ingredients when you’re putting them on your skin...
I just held a workshop where we discussed the many ingredients that are in our makeup today, emphasizing why natural homemade makeup recipes are a great resource. One of the frustrating problems is that the dangerous chemicals that are found within makeup are not our only source of toxins that we encounter on a daily...
I have multiple natural mascara recipes here on the Simple Life Mom website. I have simple recipes using charcoal and coconut oil, or even egg yolk. I also have another recipe that I love that is a little more than egg yolk and charcoal, but still simple enough to make at home. So, why a...
I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to write for Mischelle over at Reformed Health on: The Natural Solution to Toxic Skin Care Products. After all, that’s what got me started blogging and working in my kitchen for hours at a time experimenting and testing out various recipes for home body care. EWG has reported that the...
We are continuing on the journey of simplifying our lives. We have talked about What Stress Does to Your Body and natural methods of lowering the effects of stress on the body. We’ve also discussed simplifying breakfast, Meal Planning, and organizing the Kitchen. Knowing Over 20 Ways to Detox Your Beauty Routine can be a...
I never wear a lot of makeup, but I like my eye liner, mascara, and lip stick. So, what do you do if you go all natural? You can forget it all and go with your beautiful, clean face (I really wish you would see quite how beautiful that really is!). But if you’re not...
I’ve finally put together an e-book! A 21 Beauty and Body Recipe E-book called Natural Beauty from Head to Toe. No more hunting around for the best recipes that really work! You know exactly how it is. You try a recipe and love it! You save it. Yes! A few months go by and you...
This year, we’ve covered a wide variety of DIYs from head to toe, including essential oil health remedies and a few yummy food recipes. I’ve put together the most popular articles, recipes, and beauty tips from this year on Simple Life Mom and wanted to give them to you all in one place! A lot...
I accidentally came across a natural clay bronzer. I was wanting to make a red swirl in my Candy Cane Soap and thought I’d try Pink Kaolin Clay and Red Moroccan Clay. Well, it turns out that while Pink Kaolin Clay is a beautiful pink color (which is great for blush, by the way), Red...
We used to go through a lot of makeup wipes, especially with my daighter in dance and using makeup for performances. There are a number of makeup wipes out there with healthy ingredients, but I never felt comfortable spending the amount of money it cost to buy make up remover with good ingredients, or the...
There is a good order to apply skin care products so that you get the maximum results from what you are applying. You want to make sure that your skin is absorbing everything you want it to absorb, blocking all that you want it to block, and able to blend products as you see fit....
These Top 5 Makeup and Beauty Recipes are the best of the best and get the most views on Simple Life Mom. Don’t forget that you can find most of these items in my Shop. We’ve had a lot of fun over the past few years experimenting with homemade makeup, making soap, trying out various...
I was asked to do a before and after shot with homemade mascara! Homemade with natural healthy ingredients, mind you. Oh my, just what I want to do, ha ha. You should know though that I have very little in the area of eyelashes to begin with, but here goes…. The first photo is of...
It is actually quite easy to make your own Homemade Natural Mascara. I gathered these recipes together for a few reasons: better and healthier ingredients and testing which ones work the best. First, store bought mascara generally has…*he hem*… Paraffin, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate,Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Peg/Ppg-17/18 Dimethicone, Steareth-20, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sodium Polymethacrylate, Simethicone, Disodium Edta, Polyquaternium-10, Saccharum, Ascorbyl...
Homemade Natural Lip gloss is always a fun thing to wear. It is shiny, silky smooth, healthy for your lips, and it’s so easy to make! Plus, it tastes really good! I now that sounds odd, but take a look at the ingredients below. I told you it is a healthy recipe. You know it...