Soap Making, Oils and Recipes
Sometimes a lip butter (like a dessert) just has to be a little more complex than ginger and cocoa. Check out this tutorial for this complex (sounding) lip butter. The title alone will impress your friends. Perfect for Christmas stocking fillers.
1 oz. cocoa butter
.5 oz. refined shea butter
.1 oz. walnut oil… Read More ...
This adorable rainbow soap is made using two different molds. It would make a perfect holiday gift or a Birthday Favor. You could make it with a brighter color finish if you needed/wanted something more colorful. Full tutorial here.
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Well if you haven’t already started some kind of treatment on your feet then now is the perfect time to get started. I also think these would make wonderful Home-made Christmas gifts as I am pretty sure (allow me the freedom to generalize here) that most people need a foot or heal balm. This balm … Read More ...
This minted green soap on a rope is as simple as it gets. The refreshing scent is sure to leave you feeling revitalized and refreshed. The tutorial is easy to follow and uses melt and pour base. This is a great tutorial for gift giving.
I am not sure if I am lazy or time poor but the truth is I am a throw it into a ponytail kinda gal. I know I should spend more time trying out hairstyles than actually pinning them or in this case blogging about it.
Have you found a new hairstyle via Pinterest that … Read More ...
With Christmas time sneaking up on us it’s time to think of gifts that are “out side of the box”. We love this aftershave and Cream combination. It’s perfect for the man in your life. With coconut oil as it’s base this lotion/cream is sure to leave your man with a baby soft face. Full … Read More ...
I am still on a Bohemian style trend so when I came across this fab tutorial by freckled-fox.com I just had to share. I love the length of her hair it’s beautiful and I can hear the folk bands playing in the background as I pull up my gypsy cart to the festival. Great Gypsy … Read More ...
How many minutes do you have in the morning? this tutorial from LuLu’s has 3,5,and 10 minutes worth of makeup tips. How much time do you spend in the mornings? I take around 5 minutes just using a BB cream and mascara. It’s probably NOT enough time or enough of a finish but that’s … Read More ...
Here is a good idea. An all natural grease stain remover that actually works. There is a secret (but all natural ingredient) at work here, and you will just have to go to Creative Christian Mama’s website to see what it is.
Trust me, it actually works, so head on over: All natural grease stain … Read More ...
I am a bit of a sucker when it comes to chocolate so when I came across this Bath Butter that used Hershy’s Cocoa powder I couldn’t look (click ) away. This is not totally made from scratch though as you will need 5lbs Foaming Bath Butter Stephenson Melt & Pour Soap Base
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This Marzipan body scrub sounds good enough to eat. The coco powder gives it the earthy tone and the brown sugar allows the crystals to scrub away dead skin cells leaving your body smooth and glowing. The full tutorial/recipe can be found at Kittenhood. On a side note, it doesn’t actually contain Marzipan so don’t … Read More ...
This dead Sea salt soap tutorial uses a simple Melt and Pour technique. If you haven’t tried a sea salt soap then beware as they are a little scratchy and not for the weak hearted. Mmm I can smell the jasmine as I type the words. For the full tutorial check out Essentiallyeclectic.com.… Read More ...
This tutorial or recipe is aimed at men with it’s masculine scents of Rosemary and Mint, but I love mint and would love to use this shaving balm all to myself. Did you know the skin benefits of Rosemary include: antimicrobial and antiseptic qualities that make it beneficial in efforts to eliminate eczema, dermatitis, … Read More ...
For this quick melt and pour soap all you need is 10 minutes and some Pumpkin spiced Fragrant oil. How fantastic would these been for Fall or Halloween gifts! Add some extra orange color for a more vibrant look. Pumpkin Spice Soap.
I go through different phases where I want my naturally wavy/curl hair to be straight and day’s when I want beach tossed waves. It seems there are 100′ of different recipes and hair treatments that can help you achieve the look you want without a permanent change.
The full roundup of tips to keeping your … Read More ...