• Books
    • All E-Books
    • The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners
    • Easy Soap Making Book
  • Food
  • Soap Recipes
  • Beauty
  • Home and Garden
    • Holidays
  • Herbs and Essential Oils
  • Homestead Hop
  • Shop
  • Blog
Simple Life MomSimple Life Mom
  • Books
    • All E-Books
    • The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners
    • Easy Soap Making Book
  • Food
  • Soap Recipes
  • Beauty
  • Home and Garden
    • Holidays
  • Herbs and Essential Oils
  • Homestead Hop
  • Shop
  • Blog

Natural, Homemade, DIY recipes and tips for natural Beauty. This includes makeup recipes, lotion and lip balm recipes, and much more.

How to Make Your Own Makeup Remover

How to Make Your Own Makeup Remover

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...

Homemade Menstrual Pad Pattern and Organic Alternatives

Homemade Menstrual Pad Pattern and Organic Alternatives

Make sure you check out Toxins in Pads and Tampons Part 1 if you missed it. I outline the reasons why we need this Homemade Pad Pattern and Organic Alternatives. Basically, because of the pesticides used on cotton, the quality of cotton used, the chemicals used to process the pads and tampon materials, glues, plus...

How to Go No ‘Poo or Use Natural Shampoo Successfully

How to Go No ‘Poo or Use Natural Shampoo Successfully

Going no ‘poo is a huge topic. Not only are there a zillion options, but it also varies depending on hair types and situations.  That being said, I’m going to attempt to answer some of your questions on how to use natural shampoo bars or go “no ‘poo” altogether. How to Go No ‘Poo: What...

How to  Make Acne Spot Treatment with Essential Oils

How to Make Acne Spot Treatment with Essential Oils

SaveThere is an alternative to treating acne with harsh chemicals that may do more long term damage than good. I’ve made an essential oils blend, and acne spot treatment blend, using essential oils to give you a healthy alternative to harsh treatments. Most of us understand just how much a healthy lifestyle impacts our skin....

The Best Homemade Beauty Recipes

The Best Homemade Beauty Recipes

2014 has been a great year over here at the Simple Life Mom family.  The kids have grown tremendously, we’ve learned a lot, and had a lot of fun. It’s been a blessing to share it all with you! Thank you for your support. It makes a huge difference to our family to have Simple...

Anti Aging Clay Mask with Kelp, Honey, and Clay

Anti Aging Clay Mask with Kelp, Honey, and Clay

Not only is this fun (because what could be better than smearing a mud like substance all over your face?), but it is also super healthy for your skin. And what could help you age like a Pro? Well, an anti aging clay mask of course! Our skin is under a constant battle.  Stress, lack...

Order to Apply Organic Skin Care Products

Order to Apply Organic Skin Care Products

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....

Oil Pulling – A Tooth and Gum Cleaning Method

Oil Pulling – A Tooth and Gum Cleaning Method

Oil pulling sounds like a funny term. After all, you can’t pull oil. It’s a liquid. But people are hearing more and more about it as the rebels around the world stop to look at alternative methods to health care. So, what is Oil Pulling and what is the purpose and benefit behind it? Benefits...

5 Easy Homemade Shaving Cream Recipes

5 Easy Homemade Shaving Cream Recipes

There are so many reasons to make your own homemade shaving cream. It will leave your legs, face, or armpits soft, allow you to get a closer shave than just lathered soap, you will avoid all of those HORRID chemicals that are in the canned store-bought versions, and they make great gifts! You can put...

Make this Invigorating Sensual Massage Oil Recipe

Make this Invigorating Sensual Massage Oil Recipe

I put this invigorating massage oil recipe together as an anytime use…well, unless you’re wanting to fall asleep right away. It has essential oils in it that will wake you up and get you going. It’s great for when you jump out of the shower and want to kick start your day, when you’re in...

11 Homemade Christmas Gift Set Ideas

11 Homemade Christmas Gift Set Ideas

Some might be thinking it’s early to be thinking about 11 homemade Christmas gift set ideas, but it isn’t if you make all of those gifts yourself.  A lot of us who make gifts have to plan ahead for production time, curing stages, or steeping times.  I have been teaching a class at our home...

4 Steps to Heal Cracked Cuticles with Natural Ingredients

4 Steps to Heal Cracked Cuticles with Natural Ingredients

Our cuticles play a very important role on our fingers.  They protect that tender part where your nail attaches to your finger.  Cuticles can become damaged if you work a lot with your hands, wash them often, or are naturally prone to dry skin.  They can then become dry, cracked, and ragged.  Often times people...

Massage Oils for Muscle Pain with Essential Oils

Massage Oils for Muscle Pain with Essential Oils

I think we all have those days when muscle relaxing massage oils would be hugely beneficial. We’ve been using this one by Nature’s Sunshine. It’s like a natural Icy Hot. It’s awesome! We’ve used it on sore necks, backs, ankles, knees….After a few minutes the area will feel cold and hot at the same time....

Dry Shampoo Recipes from Ingredients in Your Kitchen

Dry Shampoo Recipes from Ingredients in Your Kitchen

For a few years I began seeing articles on dry shampoo using various powders.  If you’re like me at all, you may notice things you find interesting, but never quite have the time to read more about them.  A while back, I finally started checking out what the deal was with this “dry shampoo” idea....

How to Use Essential Oils for Better Sleep

How to Use Essential Oils for Better Sleep

I recently posted 6 Steps to Natural Beauty where one of the steps was getting a great night’s sleep. But a lot of us have a hard time with that at one time or another. Others struggle with it regularly and their body fights to keep up. You can use herbs for better sleep, but...

  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

Join the Simple Life Mom Community

And get a FREE Bath and Body Recipe E-Book:

Thank you!

Check your email and add me to your address list so messages don't go to spam. 

You'll have a link to the free e-book in the email.

Kelly

SHOP

Join Us and Get New DIYs and Recipes Subscribe

Categories

  • Soap Making
  • Bath and Beauty
  • Health and Essential Oils
  • Home and Garden
  • Homestead Blog Hop
  • Real Food Recipes

Books

  • Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners
  • Easy Soap Making
  • Natural Soap Making How-To and Recipe Book
  • Make it Yourself: Bath & Home DIY for Self Sustainability
  • Natural Beauty from Head to Toe
  • Herbs & Essential Oils in Soap Making

SHOP

Other Resources

  • Mountain Rose Herbs
  • Herbal Academy
  • Amazon
  • Revelation Health

© 2026 Simple Life Mom - All Rights Reserved

  • Disclaimers/Policies for Simple Life Mom

Press Enter to search · Esc to close