Between this homemade citronella candle and homemade bug spray, we’re arming ourselves as best we can against mosquitoes and other annoying flying summer insects. Call me foolish, but we didn’t have these things where we lived in California! The timing of these tutorials is perfect though – with school ending next week and playing outside in theClick to Continue »
DIY Essential Oil Diffuser Necklace
Last fall my son woke up and greeted me with a nasal-y “morning Mom.” In my experience, other upper respiratory issues aren’t too far behind. Since we try to use natural remedies first whenever possible, I reached for my essential oils and applied R.C. topically and diffused Eucalyptus in the room before he left for school.Click to Continue »
DIY Linen Spray with Essential Oils
You know that happy feeling you get when you get of whiff of something that smells really good? Like when you walk into a home with cookies in the oven, or the scent on your pillow when you’ve just washed all the sheets? Wouldn’t it be cool if we could bottle it up and sniffClick to Continue »
DIY Homemade Carpet Deodorizer
A few weeks ago I took a box of produce over to a neighbor’s house and I smelled their house. From the mat outside their front door, I could tell that their house smelled good. Not like they were cooking something or baking something or anything like that. And it wasn’t even the scent ofClick to Continue »
10 Essential Oil Tips for Beginners
Have you ever felt like everyone in the whole world knew more about a topic than you? Like, even people who you thought would be utterly clueless – even they somehow knew more? That’s how I feel about essential oils. I use them and I love them and research them too, but every time I clickClick to Continue »
Homemade Cinnamon Flavored Remineralizing Toothpaste
Eighteen months ago I did something that my friends and family thought was a little kooky. I made homemade toothpaste. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it was remineralizing toothpaste too. You see, it’s made with clay and done wonders for our dental health, despite the fact it does NOT contain fluoride. It also doesn’t make bubblesClick to Continue »
DIY All-Natural Homemade Hand Gel
I. can’t. stand. hand. gel. It totally grosses me out. It’s gel-y, stick-y and I really don’t like the idea of adding chemicals to my hands to clean them. So we eliminated hand gel from our house YEARS ago. Like, back when my daughter used to think it was a toy and smear it allClick to Continue »
DIY Homemade Bug Repellent with Essential Oils
Camping, picnics, evenings on the back porch. What do these things have in common? SUMMER! FUN! BUGS! And the fact that you need homemade bug repellent. You know, but there’s no summer without summer bugs, and really, I could do without the bugs. That’s one reason why we make this homemade bug repellent AND homemade citronella candles.Click to Continue »