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3 Healthy Coconut Oil Lotion Recipes
I love coconut oil. Here are 101 ways that I use it. Seriously. Though I use it in coffee, toothpaste, deodorant and sunscreen, my favorite use for coconut oil is in skin recipes. Here are three of my favorite coconut oil lotion or lotion bar recipes: 1. Lotion Bars Since coconut oil naturally is solid …
Healing Lip Salve Recipe
To continue the theme of DIY natural lip care recipes, I’m sharing this recipe for homemade healing lip salve. I really like homemade lipstick and homemade tinted lip balm, but sometimes I just want something to help with dry lips after gardening or being outside in wind/snow but don’t want color, shine, or scent. This …
7 Ingredients – 20+ DIY Natural Beauty Recipes
Cosmetics and beauty products are a major source of chemical exposure for most people. An average beauty product contains dozens of harmful chemicals, many of which have not even been tested for safety in humans! Fortunately, there are natural alternatives for every beauty product, and most work better than the chemical-laden alternatives. I have made …
Homemade Shaving Options for Men
Most of my posts are geared toward women, but I’ve gotten several requests on Facebook for natural skincare and shaving options for men, since shaving is one of the biggest parts of skin care for most men. While I obviously have no firsthand experience with this, I interviewed by husband and did some research on …
DIY Dry Shampoo for Dark or Light Hair
Dry shampoos have been all the rage, and I can understand why… A beauty product that makes your hair look clean when it hasn’t been washed in the past three days that day is a tremendous help! During long days with little ones we are lucky if we get to use the bathroom alone, much …
Homemade Natural Makeup Recipes
I get a lot of questions about natural makeup options, and this was definitely one of the tougher things for me to find natural alternatives for. In college, I practically collected makeup, and had endless tubes, compacts, and brushes that never even got half used. Natural Makeup While there are some good natural alternatives that …
How to Make Natural Homemade Shampoo
I’ve made natural alternatives to most of our household and toiletry products, but homemade shampoo was by far the toughest. I tried the “no-poo” method, which has great results for some, but did not work on me at all (and I have some terrible Christmas pictures to prove it!). If you have coarse hair that …
Homemade Shaving Soap Recipe
At my house, we make almost all of our own toiletries, including deodorant and toothpaste. I’d read plenty to convince me that conventional shaving soaps were relatively toxic, but for a long time, I just used natural bar soap instead. Over time, I developed my own shaving soap recipes that work better than soap and …
Seven Natural Beauty Tricks From Your Kitchen
There are many natural beauty tips, tricks, and recipes that you can make at home, and your kitchen contains all the ingredients you’ll need. 1. Oil Cleansing Use olive, coconut, or almond oil with Castor oil to clean your skin instead of a harsh soap. This will cleanse your skin naturally and keep from pulling …
Natural (Homemade) Substitutes for Conventional Beauty Products
Outer beauty is at least partially a reflection of inner health and a healthy, well-nourished body will shine with great skin, silky hair and bright eyes. It seems ironic then, that most “beauty” products contain chemicals that are so dangerous to the skin. Take for instance, Apricot Scrub by St. Ives, my former beauty product …