Articles Posted in the Homemade Cleaning & Care Category
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DIY Eye & Face Makeup Remover – 21¢ per ounce
Finding an effective makeup remover is important, especially if you wear dark eye makeup. After trying at least a dozen different brands, I’ve gone back to Clinique’s Take the Day Off Makeup Remover, even though it’s way too expensive, because it’s the best remover I’ve found on the market… till now. Clinique’s eye makeup remover [...]
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DIY Neosporin Recipe (Multi-Purpose Balm/Salve/Ointment)
Uses for balm: Cuts, sores and scrapes Acne (before and after they pop) Mosquito bites (before and after they’re scratched) Chapped Lips Eczema & dry skin Wrinkles & puffy eyes Anywhere your skin needs healing 5 ingredients (Click the links to Purchase): Beeswax Coconut Oil Lemon Oil Tea Trea Oil Lavender Oil Neosporin – $11 per [...]
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Most Popular Soap Making Methods
Soap is something that has been made in the home for a very long time; pretty much since the dawn of its creation. It is only in the last century or so, with the coming of the industrial revolution, that soap has become something that was manufactured and then bought in stores. This made the [...]
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DIY Burt’s Bees Style Lip Balm Recipe – 8¢ Per Tube
If you know me at all, you know that I don’t leave the house without Burt’s Bees lip balm. In fact, if I had to die alone on a deserted island, I would die happy as long as I had Burt’s. Just the other day I was thinking of some kind of invention that would allow [...]
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How to Make Homemade Baby Wipes
Why I Make Homemade Baby Wipes My mom had suggested using cloth diapers since my first pregnancy for both financial and eco reasons, but I always refused thinking I wouldn’t be able to handle it. But over the years, I heard more and more about them. I looked into them a tiny bit when I [...]
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Lemon Ginger Honey Green Tea Concoction to Battle Your Cold
So, like I said last week, one long-term resolution I’d like to make is to transition more and more towards natural remedies for sickness–to prevent it and treat it. This is a concoction I made last week, and although I can’t prove it had anything to do with the fact that this was the shortest [...]
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Homemade Sugar Scrub
I see sugar scrubs on the shelf anywhere from $10-$50 for a small jar. Frankly, I’m annoyed by this. Partly because, I’ve always been the sucker that has bought them for that much! Sugar scrubs are incredibly cheap and easy to make, so please don’t pay more than you have to ever again! If you’ve [...]
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Simple Homemade Herb Soap Recipe – 70¢ per bar
There were so many amazing things in this soap, I didn’t know which ingredient to highlight: Olive oil, coconut oil, beeswax, goats milk, oatmeal, almonds, basil, rosemary, thyme, lavender… sheesh! I gave these away as Christmas presents with labels that said “Ande’s Handmade Herbes De Provence Soap” though, so I guess that’ll do. This Christmas, [...]
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