Homemade Face Powder Foundation – All Natural

My Merry Messy Life: Homemade All Natural Face Powder Recipe - Use ingredients found in your kitchen!

If I had known how easy it is to make your own face powder, I’d have done it a long time ago! It’s also the cheapest and most natural thing you could put on your face – just cornstarch or arrowroot powder and spices. Yup, that’s it! If you’re already into making your own cosmetic [...]

Homemade All Natural Perfume

My Merry Messy Life: Homemade Perfume - All Natural with No Chemicals

If you’re concerned about the chemicals lurking in commercial perfumes and would like an all natural option, then this post is for you! Make your own perfume at home with just vodka and essential oils and save tons of money in the process! And it’s surprisingly easy. I have quite the memory for scents. To [...]

Homemade Bath Salts for Romance – All Natural

My Merry Messy Life: Homemade All-Natural Bath Salts for Romance

Here is a recipe for one amazing bath soak experience – you’ll be transported to a garden at the height of spring, with all the flowers in bloom, while feeling the stress and anxiety of the day ease from your muscles and joints. It is also an aphrodisiac blend you can use to bring you closer to [...]

13 Cleaning and Body Care Recipes Using Essential Oils

My Merry Messy Life: 13 Ways To Use Essential Oils

I am crazy crazy crazy about using essential oils for making my own cleaning, beauty and medicinal products. They are powerful little suckers that also smell divine. Here is a roundup of most of my recipes on the blog that use essential oils, but first, we can learn what essential oils actually are and why [...]

Homemade All-Natural Peppermint Mouthwash

Homemade Peppermint Mouthwash

An easy recipe for homemade peppermint mouthwash that leaves your mouth feeling fresh, kills bacteria and germs that cause bad breath and even helps to prevent tooth decay – with no harmful chemicals. This also includes a free printable label so you never have to look up the recipe again! Have you looked at the [...]

Truly’s Natural Deodorant Review

Truly's Natural Deodorant Review

I’ve been making my own deodorant for about a year now with great success, so I was excited to come across Truly’s Natural Deodorant, which is perfect for those of you who’d rather not make your own! What’s the point of using a natural deodorant? I decided to only use natural when I learned of [...]

The Oil Cleansing Method – Natural Non-Toxic Face Cleansing

The Oil Cleansing Method - Natural and Non-Toxic Face Cleansing with Oil

The Oil Cleansing Method has allowed me to ditch face soap, lotion and even makeup remover and my skin has never been happier! That’s what I love about natural products – many of them have multiple uses and keep my medicine cabinet clutter-free. Not only that, this method is totally safe with no toxins, sulfates, chemicals [...]

All Natural Christmas Gifts – Winter Care Gift Sampler

All Natural, Green Christmas Gift Set

Here is a sampler of some of my green, all natural recipes and ideas that you can quickly put together to create a unique, special and very functional Christmas gift! All of the items are 100% natural, organic, pure and safe for your body.  I bought these  from Amazon and stamped them with some festive [...]

Homemade Lip Balm Recipe – All-Natural Clove and Orange

Homemade All-Natural Lip Balm Recipe with Clove and Cinnamon

With the cold, dry winter air here to stay for the foreseeable future, here is a super moisturizing, all-natural, chemical-free lip balm recipe you can make at home in just 10 minutes or less! It has a wonderful scent with the clove and sweet orange essential oils and makes for an excellent gift with Christmas approaching. This [...]

Homemade Moisturizing Baby Shampoo Recipe {free printable}

Natural Moisturizing Baby Shampoo with Dr. Bronner's

Here’s a super simple recipe for a baby shampoo that’s 100% natural, organic, safe and easy to make with a free printable! No sodium lareuth or lauryl sulfate, parabens or other preservatives or anything unprounceable. To get a shampoo like this in the store, you’d have to pay a good $10 or $15 bucks for [...]