How'd you sleep? As someone who deals with insomnia combined with children waking me up in the middle of the night, my usual response was "meh". I had many friends recommend various supplements or essential oils as a natural way to help me get some much-needed rest. I liked the idea of using a natural product versus taking a pill to knock me out, so I figured it was worth a try. ...
Green Living
DIY: Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent
On my to-do list for this week – making my own laundry detergent. Yes, I make my own laundry detergent instead of buying it at the store, and you know what, I like it more than the name brand that I grew up using. I started making my own laundry detergent about eight years ago, and haven’t had any regrets! In fact, on the rare occasion that something is washed in regular store bought detergent, I notice a difference in the scent (my husband said his shirt smelled like Pez) and in ...
Simmering Christmas Potpourri
I love everything about the Christmas season. From the shopping to the decorating. All of the delicious food and amazing smells. Sometimes, I want the house to smell like Christmas without having to whip up a pie or a batch of cookies. Let's be honest, freshly baked treats smell amazing, but who has time for that every day. My go to used to be scented candles or wax melts, however, we have eliminated a lot of synthetic scents from our home over the past few years for ...
Handmade Honey Oat Soap
One of my goals for this year was to start making my own beauty products; particularly my own soap. I've already made a luxurious foaming hand soap, so now I want to make an equally luxurious bar soap. There are many soap bases available online and in craft stores. When you use a melt & pour soap base, the soap was created in a factory using lye to transform the fats into soap so you don't have to do that step at home. You melt the soap base, and then you ...
DIY Foaming Hand Soap
With young children, hand washing can be a challenge. If we use bar soap, they leave it disgusting with all of the food and dirt that they went to the sink to wash off. If we use liquid soap, they go through half a bottle by pumping and pumping because they want a handful of soap. Enter the foaming hand soap. I really like foaming hand soaps because I need less soap to wash my hands. All of that beautiful, luxurious foam is created with just a small ...