The beauty industry is huge – as I am sure you know, and the constant stream of new products coming on the market each year are expensive, smelly ( i.e. highly perfumed) and contain a complex mix of chemicals. But do they work? Could you make your own nourishing cream that contains only simple and Continue Reading
Worried about the Coronavirus? Don’t panic. Keep Calm and Get Creative!
Panic has gripped the world because of the Coronavirus and supermarkets are selling out of hand sanitiser, cleaning products, disinfectants, toilet paper and rice etc. It seems that people are easily panicked. I heard a psychologist say on the news that the buying of sanitiser etc. helps people feel that they can take some control Continue Reading
DIY Body Wash with Essential Oils – A Review of 3 Different Recipes
When I first decided to make my own personal care and household cleaning products I didn’t realise just how many products I would have to make. However, I also had no idea about how simple the process would be for most products and how simple the ingredients could be. One product that was a bit Continue Reading
DIY Hand Sanitiser Recipe
We posted about a hand sanitiser product that we make last year but given the recent virus outbreak we thought it was a good time to update it and remind you that you can make your own sanitiser. We are all being encouraged to wash our hands properly, not to shake hands and not to Continue Reading
DIY Beard Balm with Essential Oils
As a user of Essential Oils you will no doubt find that some of your family and friends will question and even mock the use of oils. So the day that a family member asks if you have an oil to help them is very exciting. Now I’m not saying that Andrew mocked my new Continue Reading
Quick Guide to the Tools You Need for DIY with Essential Oils
Have you been making your own cleaning products? What tools do you use? I have quite a collection of tools and containers now that help make the DIY process easy. Of course you also need suitable containers to store what you make. This post is about the tools and the containers that you will need. Continue Reading
Shower and Tile Cleaner
This recipe is based on a doTERRA recipe. I have old bathrooms to clean and old tiles and grout so I am always struggling with mould. This cleaner is helpful to clean off the mould from the grout. I use an old toothbrush to do the scrubbing. Be careful though, hydrogen peroxide is powerful so Continue Reading
Foaming Hand wash
This recipe is so easy to make. Most people don’t realise that to make the foam its all about the pump top, not the soap inside the bottle! Once you get your foaming bottle you are set. You Will Need: 1 x Foaming Pump bottle 1 x tablespoon of Castile Soap Protective blend and Lavender Continue Reading
Quick Guide for Finding DIY Ingredients Part 1.
This page contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. In an earlier post I wrote about using a strategy to help you gather the ingredients you need to make DIY Low tox Household products. I have now written a few posts that mention ingredients so I Continue Reading