A great Love or Valentines Gift! One thing wonderful about having this face cream close by during all seasons is the scent. Though you can change up the scent to this wonderful recipe, rose is a traditionally calming, relaxing, and great for skin care. This recipe is also very hydrating. Almost all lotions in stores...
Though 2020 was a whirlwind, a lot of great things happened as well. There was a lot of growth, people seeking religion, family, reaching out to friends. People were married and babies were born. I’m excited to move on to 2021 and will always hold hope even when things crumble around us, because I trust...
I am a definitely a morning person, but in an effort to simplify life, it’s nice to be able to grab things out of the fridge or freezer for a quick and healthy meal. Waffles actually make a great make ahead meal. I’m glad that my kids are older now and can get themselves breakfast....
So, what do you do when you only have a week or two until a holiday or birthday and you don’t have a gift? For those who don’t know, I have a shop where I sell my soaps, shampoos, essential oil blends and other items. Right now, everything that usually takes 3 days to arrive...
We don’t eat a lot of sweet year around, but making cookies or other sweets during the Christmas season has been something I’ve enjoyed with family and friends. After all, what’s better than flour all over the kitchen and dining room, Christmas music playing, and lots of kids laughing. There are a few cookie recipes...
Being able to design your own soap recipe is fantastic! You are no longer inhibited by someone’s else’s ideas, favorite oils to use, or even batch size amounts. Instead, you make all the decisions. Want a large 36 bar, 9 pound batch? Great, start designing. Want to use the oils you have in the house...
This has been an upside down year in so many ways. Yet, many of us still want to create, learn, and share with others. These 8 lip scrub recipes are a cheap way to make something special for yourself and a friend, while staying frugal and healthy. Need ideas for teachers that can easily be...
This is a beautiful recipe for cold process soap. I gave it a pink and white swirl for an elegant look throughout the bar, for continued beauty throughout the use of the soap bar. And just for fun, add champagne! Really, the only reason I would add champagne is as a fun gift idea. The...
We recently had some wonderful breakthroughs with our health. One person in my family was having a lot of skin issues, including something that looked a lot like psoriasis. Dermatologists were in disagreement so we tried one remedy after another, including every natural remedy that I could think of or discover over six months. Nothing...
September is a great month to start making these Fall Soap Recipes. After three to four weeks, they’ll be ready in time to use during October and November. They’re also great as holiday gifts for teachers, Fall get togethers, and Thanksgiving. The past few years, I’ve shared a number of fun soap recipes for Autumn....
If you haven’s heard, deodorant is a big toxin that can easily be avoided by using and making natural deodorant or making your own herbal deodorant spray. I have a number of recipes for natural deodorant on Simple Life Mom. There’s a simple natural recipe with baking soda, a detoxing deodorant recipe without baking soda,...
It’s important to know how to convert oils from milliliters to drops, and ounces to grams when you are crafting with essential oils and larger base carrier oils. I’ll delve more into ounces to grams in an upcoming soap article. For now, I want to concentrate on converting essential oil values. A good set of...
I love this recipe for chamomile body butter. It’s very hydrating, and a little but goes a long way. It’s easy to make, so I’ll walk you through the ingredients and the how-to so you can enjoy an easy DIY with great ingredients. Ingredients The number one reason I make things myself is the control...
Whether it’s winter and the cold weather is hurting your joints, or it’s summer and the work and activity has made for sore muscles, having some sore muscle relief recipes on hand is a great idea. Sore Muscle Causes We’ve probably all had a very hard day’s work where our muscles are just sore and...
How to substitute oils in soap recipes is probably the number one question I get on a weekly, if not daily, basis. It stands to reason. You have a fun looking recipe and are excited to try it, but then you see that it has one or more oils that you don’t have on hand,...
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