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...
There are a lot of reasons as to why we limit eating out. A lot of people will say it’s expensive and unhealthy to eat out a lot, but not everyone would agree. Plus, there are other consequences that we sometimes do not think of. Here are our family reasons for limiting the number of...
This Natural Grout and Tile Cleaner recipe is the floor cleaning recipe of my dreams…well, if I did dream about cleaning floors they would clean themselves. But this recipe is great! Super excited to tell you about it! For other great floor recipes see: 9 Recipes to Clean Your Floors Naturally Sometimes I come up...
I can’t believe how much I’ve learned in the past year! I do things now that I never would have thought of this time last year. Check out the Simple Life Mom Top 10 of 2013’s. (I love how banana peppers are right in the middle of all the DIY items). Thank you all for...
You can do it! You can make your own eye liner at home with great natural products like aloe vera gel, activated charcoal, cocoa powder, and water. You can make it thick, thin, darker, lighter. Hey, you can even add mica instead of activated charcoal and get some crazy bright sparkly color. The big question...
Having kids, especially boys, we have cuts and scratches that need to be taken care of. The neat thing is that it is not that difficult to make your own antiseptic ointment to heal and protect wounds. Calendula flowers (also knows as marigold or pot marigold) has anti-inflammatory and astringent properties which makes it very...
In an effort to make more things ourselves, I have started making 2 of our favorite salad dressings: Homemade French and Greek Salad Dressings. Both are simple. Both are healthy. I know every ingredient. What more could you ask? My mom used to make this French Dressing recipe when I was growing up. It was...
The Best Ever Pizza Sauce is a big claim. The “Best” sauce really does vary depending on taste. Some people like their pizza sauce sweet, while others like theirs overflowing with oregano and garlic. Some like less sauce so that the other flavors are balanced and accentuated (me), while others would rather their pizza swimming...
It’s that wonderful time of year again, and although my kids want me to buy them toys, there are a number of other people in our life who would love to have Presents From Scratch. Homemade gifts show you took the effort and care to make something for that person, and you can tell them that...
Here are 9 Recipes to Clean Your Floors Naturally. Whether they be wood, laminate, or carpet, or whether you want to disinfect your bathroom floors or not, here are some great recipes for you. We use them and love them. I have found that I don’t need anything else. 9 Recipes to Clean Floors Naturally...
You really can make your own applesauce. It’s surprisingly easy! Even if you’re on a budget and don’t have lots of fancy tools it’s not difficult to make it work. If you can get a WONDERFUL contraption like This One, then apple sauce…and any other sauce, will be even easier! Again, I’m sure there are...
Who knew that making your own yogurt could be so simple?!! It really is! If you can get your hands on some raw milk, you will avoid the harm that occurs at the cellular level from homogenization and you’ll retain the good bacteria that usually gets destroyed through pasteurization. The scare from raw milk started...
Carrying on with the theme of simple, but great…. these BLT wraps are simple, but always a big hit. I first made them for a Sunday gathering with family and friends. Everyone asked for the recipe and I found out later that they were making them when their friends came over. It’s just a clean...
Real Mayonnaise is not white. Mayonnaise is most often made from egg yolks, oil, lemon juice, and mustard. None of which is white. Then, what is that in the grocery store that is white as snow? Companies are required to tell us the ingredients (though they are often coded), but not the processing procedures. Just...
This is called a Kale Chip Recipe, but there’s really not much recipe to it. It’s so easy that kids can put it together. Mine felt very much in charge as they washed, ripped, and tossed the kale in olive oil. Initially, it is understandable as a kid to not want to try something like...
