I absolutely LOVE this face toner recipe. I get very dry skin during the winter and after I wash my face my skin feels tight. I used to say I have crocodile skin and would rush to get lotion, when really the balance of my skin needed to be dealt with first. This DIY face...
Aftershave’s are not just for men. They close pores and sooth irritated skin, making them great for women as well. You can learn how to make aftershave as a gift or for yourself as another DIY you’ve mastered. When I first started making natural skin care products, I didn’t think anyone else would be interested....
Given that this anti aging eye cream recipe with essential oils has been a huge hit, I thought now was the perfect time to update it and give it a fresh look. I love-love-love my Anti-Aging Essential Oil Blend, which is an oil combination of 10 essential oils. Adding this cream with similar nourishing benefits...
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Now on to the Hop Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, & more! Basically anything related to homesteading. Meet Your Hosts! Follow...
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Now on to the Hop Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, & more! Basically anything related to homesteading. Meet Your Hosts! Follow...
I was so excited to make this Anti-Itch Soap that as soon as my husband walked in the door I declared, “I made Poison Ivy Soap!” He looked at me oddly and said, “I hope you didn’t put poison ivy in soap, Kelly.” That made me laugh. I guess he doesn’t know what I’m going...
Berries are growing and summer is coming. Combine the beauty of blackberries with a nourishing goat milk soap and you have gold! I’ve put together a fun soap recipe for you. Don’t worry. If you’re vegan then I’ve given you an alternative to make a goat milk blackberry soap that works for you. Making your...
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...
I just realized that the eye serum formula that has been in my shop for a year already was not published for you yet! A number of you have asked me, how can you give away your secrets to prospective buyers from your shop? Won’t people make it themselves instead of buying it from you?...
Coconut oil has become very popular the past 5 years or so. With good reason! There are so many great uses for coconut oil AND it’s a renewable resource that profits many areas that need our support. So what’s so great about coconut oil anyway? Coconut Benefits Let’s jump right in. First, coconut oil is...
I’ve had a number of people ask how to add apple cider to soap, so I’ve put together a tutorial for this pretty apple cider soap recipe. Apple Cider Soap makes a great Fall decoration AND a great gift! This apple cider soap recipe contains apple cider, madder root for a brown swirl, and essential...
I’ve been working hard to boost my immune system this year and it has definitely been paying off. My allergies are much better this spring so far. I still get itchy eyes and sneeze occasionally and so do my children, so I thought I’d go ahead and create an aromatherapy allergy relief soap recipe so...
I had a lot of fun making this soap. I’ve been wanting to make a charcoal soap recipe with a peppermint scent and white specks or swirls for a while now. I like the white on black or black with white highlights look. It just seems that peppermint fits. Of course, you can add whatever...
I recently realized that I hadn’t given you my Anti Aging Face Bar Recipe. I’ve been selling it in My Shop for months now and it’s been super popular. I actually put it together at the request of someone who wanted the same or similar oils that I use in my Anti Aging Serum Recipe...
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...