Rebecca D. Dillon is a soapmaker, DIY-er and blogger whose life is controlled daily by a dachshund. You can learn more about Rebecca by checking out her bio.
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Strawberries & Champagne Solid Sugar Scrub Bridesmaid Favors
These strawberry & champagne scented solid sugar scrub bridesmaid favors are made with a combination of organic argan oil, moringa oil, sugar and a detergent free buttermilk soap base for a luxurious sugar scrub that your bridesmaids are sure to love! (Or give them as teacher gifts for Valentine’s Day!) I used ActuallyOrganic 100% Pure Moroccan Argan Oil to create these luxe bridesmaid favors. This cold pressed argan oil is USDA certified…
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Best of 2016: Favorite Beauty and Skin Care Recipes
2016 has ended and we’ve started a bright and shiny New Year. That means lots of new beauty and skin care recipes to look forward to! In the meantime, however, be sure to check out my favorite beauty and skin care recipes I developed in 2016. Then give them a try to treat yourself or to give as homemade gifts throughout the New Year! Here’s to 2017! Favorite Beauty and Skin Care…
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Strawberry Chocolate Solid Sugar Scrub Bar Recipe for Valentine’s Day
Learn how to make homemade Valentine’s Day gifts with this solid sugar scrub bar recipe. A sweet treat for DIY Valentine’s Day gifts, these strawberry & chocolate solid sugar scrub bars resemble fudge. They make a delightful homemade gift idea for her to exfoliate and hydrate dry winter skin as part of any natural beauty regimen for winter skin care. How to Make Solid Sugar Scrub Bars for Valentine’s Day…
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Natural Clay Cleansing Bar Recipes
These natural clay cleansing bar recipes are soap free and contain ingredients that are not only kind to skin but also help to prevent acne! My friend, Bambi, joined me in creating these clay cleansing bar recipes. I formulated my recipe with bentonite clay and activated charcoal for my combination acne prone skin. Bambi created hers for normal but maturing skin. You can make both for your ever changing skin…
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Homemade Magnesium and Arnica Body Butter Recipe
This homemade magnesium and arnica body butter recipe is scented with a delightful lavender and orange fragrance and is great for everyday aches, pains and bruises. I created this body butter recipe with my grandmother in mind. My grandmother is now in her mid-80’s and her health has gotten worse recently. This of course means a lot of doctor visitors, getting blood drawn or being hooked up to IV’s and some hospital…
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Exfoliating Microdermabrasion Scrub Recipe for Acne Prone and Combination Skin
Ever wanted to make your own microdermabrasion scrub recipe but without potentially skin irritating baking soda? Then you need to check out this amazing DIY beauty hack for making your own exfoliating microdermabrasion scrub recipe for acne prone and combination skin! This simple and all natural microdermabrasion scrub recipe contains just TWO ingredients to help you save money over expensive commercial options. Plus it doubles as an anti-acne face mask! I…
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Scented DIY Soy and Beeswax Candles with Printable Lables
Learn how to make your own scented DIY soy and beeswax candles for homemade gifts this holiday season! Choose from three candle scent recipes including chocolate espresso and vanilla verbena peppermint plus download free printables for you finished soy and beeswax candles to make gifting even easier! Chocolate & Espresso Scented Soy and Beeswax Candles © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 6 oz. soy wax 5.5 oz. natural filtered white beeswax…
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How to Make A Natural Deodorizing Beeswax Candle
Want to make your own natural deodorizing beeswax candle? My natural deodorizing beeswax candle recipe is made with eucalyptus and tea tree essential oils and makes a great homemade holiday gift idea for friends and family! There are even free printable candle labels to make gifting even easier! Natural Deodorizing Beeswax Candle Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 13.75 oz. beeswax .8 oz. eucalyptus essential oil .5 oz. tea tree oil…
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Easy Homemade Deodorant Recipe with just 3-Ingredients
Learn how to make this quick and easy homemade deodorant recipe for sensitive skin from a natural baking soda free deodorant base and two simple ingredients you can locally in most grocery, co-op and health food stores! First, some backstory. Sometimes you just need a hack to make things in your life better. Something quick and easy to improve whatever. Health is one of those things that is hard for me to…
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Holiday Foaming Hand Soap DIY
This holiday foaming hand soap DIY lends a festive touch to your foaming hand soap pumps! Learn how to create festive holiday images for your foaming hand soap containers as well as how to make your own peppermint scented foaming hand soap. All you need are three simple, natural ingredients. Not only will these festive holiday soap pumps look great in your bathroom, but they also make great homemade teacher gifts too!…
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DIY Beauty Kits from Oleum Vera® + An Almond & Oats Exfoliant Recipe
On November 1st, Oleum Vera® launched their new line of DIY beauty kits, with each kit focusing on the natural, the fresh and the edible. I was the lucky recipient of their “Off to a Good Start” beauty kit which arrived beautifully packaged last week. Not only was this DIY beauty kit filled with wonderful organic ingredients, but the ingredients also came in very sturdy, quality containers that allow them to be…
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DIY Christmas Gifts: 50 Unique DIY Christmas Gifts You Can Make for Friends and Family
If you’re looking for unique DIY Christmas gifts to make for friends and family this holiday season, then you’ll definitely want to pin this post! Following are 50 of my favorite DIY Christmas gifts that are perfect for everyone on your shopping list. DIY Christmas Gifts for Friends & Family 1. Chocolate Orange Body Butter Recipe / 2. Easy Melt & Pour Polar Bear Soap Recipe / 3. Cranberry Chutney Solid Lotion…
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Two Fabulous Fall Bath and Beauty Recipes and A Review of For Soap’s Sake Subscription Box
Learn how to make your own DIY fall lip tint and a fall inspired caramel coffee scented dry body spray! Plus find lots of other ideas for ingredients found in this month’s For Soap’s Sake – a monthly soap supply subscription box! Don’t subscribe? Not to worry. You can visit For Soap’s Sake online to discover their list of suppliers and to find out where to buy your future soapmaking, bath…
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Hibiscus Salt Scrub Recipe: DIY Anti-Aging Skin Care for Glowing Skin
This hibiscus salt scrub recipe exfoliates and moisturizes dry skin with mineral rich sea salt and hydrating cocoa butter and safflower oil. Discover how to make this natural salt scrub recipe for your beauty regimen for glowing skin. This easy homemade hibiscus salt scrub recipe contains exfoliating sea salt and hibiscus flowers as well as moisturizing cocoa butter and safflower oil to pamper and help soften and clarify your skin.…
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DIY Rose Sugar Scrub: A Moisturizing Sugar Scrub with Essential Oils
Moisturize, hydrate and exfoliate skin with this DIY rose sugar scrub recipe. Perfect for both dry skin relief as well as homemade gifts, this amazing sugar scrub is naturally scented with rose absolute. Learn how to make this rose sugar scrub for your natural skin care routine for soft skin. Roses aren’t just for sunny seasons. They’re also perfect year round. Learn how to make this easy DIY rose sugar…
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DIY Snowflake Soap Favors for Weddings, Teacher Gifts and Co-Workers
Explore soap crafting with this easy melt and pour soap recipe for DIY snowflake soap. These easy snowflake soaps look exquisite and make beautiful homemade guest soaps or easy soap favors. DIY Snowflake Soap Make DIY snowflake soap for winter to use as guest soaps or soap favors at winter wedding! They make wonderful teacher gifts or homemade holiday gifts for friends, family and neighbors. My DIY winter snowflake soap favors are…
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Sunday Spotlight: A Few of My Favorite Things
A Few of My Favorite Things This Sunday I wanted to share a few of my favorite things that I’ve discovered recently. From handmade bath and beauty products to soy candles and jewelry, these are just a few of my favorite recent finds! Buy them for yourself as a special treat or a simple everyday luxury or purchase as gifts for your most favorite friends! Sweet Pea & Vanilla Soy Candle via…
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Sculptural Rainbow Soap Tutorial
This sculptural rainbow soap tutorial will teach you how to make your own unique and fun homemade rainbow soaps! No two are alike, but instead are like little works of art! And that, of course, is what makes these so much fun! There’s no right or wrong way to make them! At the same time you’re creating these fun rainbow soaps, you can also create homemade soaps that resemble pebbles in a…
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Cardamom & Pumpkin Spice Solid Coffee Scrub Recipe for Holiday Gifts
If you love a good homemade coffee scrub recipe, then you’ll like this solid coffee scrub recipe even more! Made using coffee, sugar and salt to exfoliate skin, this solid coffee body scrub works just as well as a traditional sugar coffee scrub, but without the mess. Learn how to make this skin pampering solid sugar scrub to exfoliate and moisturize for glowing skin. Or create these scrubs as homemade…
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Sunday Spotlight: Etsy Halloween Favorites
Etsy Halloween Favorites A collection of spooktacular Etsy Halloween favorites to help you celebrate this fantastic holiday! Halloween soaps and bubble bars, Halloween decorations and more to get you into the spirit of the season! Raven Halloween Cupcake Toppers by Wall Decal 76 // Blood Bath Soap by Leeloo Soap // Ghost with the Most Beetlejuice Inspired Soap by Leeloo Soap // Bloody Brains Soap by Soap Rhapsody Witch’s Broom Scented Halloween Candle by…
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DIY Rainbow Soap Favors: A Creative Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
Learn how to make fun DIY rainbow soap favors with this easy melt and pour soap tutorial and recipe. A fun addition to birthday parties or weddings, these rainbow soaps are a creative way to up your soap making game once you’ve mastered the basics of melt and pour soap making. These DIY rainbow soap favors are easier to make than you might think and they make super cute favors…
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Simple Pain Relief Massage Oil Recipe with Just 3 Ingredients
Learn how to make this simple pain relief massage oil recipe to help relax tight muscles, soothe pain and reduce inflammation. This pain relief massage oil recipe is perfect for sore muscles and joints caused by exercise, arthritis and even conditions like fibromyalgia. My simple pain relief massage oil recipe is so easy to make and only requires three ingredients and doesn’t require a digital scale to weigh any of…
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Chamomile Calendula Bath Salts Recipe for Sore Muscle Relief
Upgrade your bath time routine with this chamomile calendula bath salts recipe. These relaxing bath salts are perfect for pampering self care and are made using simple ingredients that help to relieve stress, condition skin and ease sore muscles. This relaxing chamomile calendula bath salts recipe is made using a simple combination of ingredients – natural salts, botanicals and coconut oil – that helps to relieve stress, condition and detoxify…
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Sunday Spotlight: Pumpkin Spice Bath and Body Favorites
Pumpkin Spice Bath and Body Favorites It’s fall and you know what that means – pumpkin spice! And really, how can you resist the spices that combine to bring you exceptional flavor, fragrance and warmth during autumn! Following are just a few of my pumpkin spice bath and body favorites for fall. Moisturizing Cinnamon & Pumpkin Spice Body Scrub by Sweet Therapy // Pumpkin Pie Scented Kaolin Clay Soap by Perma-Earth…
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Exfoliating Salt Scrub Bar Recipe
Learn how to make exfoliating salt scrub bars to exfoliate, smooth and soften skin. Packed with naturally moisturizing body butters and oils, this natural skin care recipe not only gives you soft skin, it also helps to hydrate for dry skin relief. This exfoliating salt scrub bar recipe is similar to traditional salt scrubs but in a convenient solid form. Similar to exfoliating sugar scrub bars, salt scrub bars are…
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Natural Lavender Cream Deodorant Recipe with Bentonite Clay
Learn how to make a lavender cream deodorant recipe with bentonite clay that won’t irritate sensitive skin. Plus discover three other ways to use this product for other skin care needs as part of your natural beauty routine! Lavender Cream Deodorant for Sensitive Skin My natural lavender cream deodorant recipe is free of irritating baking soda and contains only natural ingredients like arrowroot powder, magnesium hydroxide and bacteria fighting…
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Orange & Chamomile Exfoliating Foaming Cleanser Recipe
Inspired by Suki’s Exfoliate Foaming Cleanser, my orange & chamomile exfoliating foaming cleanser recipe gently exfoliates your face with natural sugar while also helping to purify pores, remove dry skin, even skin tone and smooth and soften your complexion. This all natural foaming facial cleanser lathers as you massage it onto damp or wet skin to wash away excess dirt and makeup, while sweet almond oil – a mild, hypoallergenic…
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Pine Tar Soap Recipe for Psoriasis, Eczema & Other Problem Skin Issues
Learn how to make a pine tar soap recipe for its natural benefits for problem skin. A traditional remedy for relief of a variety of skin conditions including psoriasis, eczema, dandruff and skin inflammation, this cold process pine tar soap recipe also helps with common seasonal issues such as itchy bug bites and poison ivy. Keep reading to learn how to craft your own natural pine tar soap recipe for…
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Sunday Spotlight: Unique Bath and Body Products & Shops
Sunday Spotlight: Unique Bath and Body Products & Shops Sixteen unique bath and body products from four fantastic bath and body shops that offer a fun twist on skin care. Browse for inspiration or shop for unique homemade gifts! Skin Food by AB Skin Food by AB is a cruelty free skin care company sells artisan organic skincare products that are handmade in small batches from raw ingredients. Superfoods, butters, herbs and oils are used…
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DIY Detox Shower Scrub Bars Video Tutorial for skin in need of some TLC!
DIY Detox Shower Scrub Bars Want soft and supple skin? These DIY Detox Shower Scrub Bars are perfect for skin in need of a little extra TLC. Plus they’re easy enough that anyone can make them! This simple video tutorial from The Nadia Effect will walk you through the process of creating your own DIY Detox Shower Scrub Bars so you get it right the first try! Once you’ve made…
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Sunday Spotlight: Artisan Bath and Body Shop Favorites
Artisan Bath and Body Shop Favorites Three artisan bath and body Etsy shops I’m crushing on right now! (Because, yes. I am both an Etsy addict and an artisan bath and body addict regardless of whether or not I make my own bath and body products. It’s an addiction. But quite a fantastic addiction in my humble opinion.) Four Foxes Candles Four Foxes Candles sells luxury hand poured soy candles…
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Moisturizing Coffee Scrub Recipe with Non-Comedogenic Ingredients
Learn how to make your own homemade moisturizing coffee scrub recipe that won’t clog pores as well as about alternative non-comedogenic ingredients you can substitute. In addition to this moisturizing coffee scrub recipe, I’ve also provided two versions of printable labels you can use for your finished coffee scrubs so can give them as homemade gifts! You may recall my previous recipe for making an orange and coconut scented coffee scrub recipe without…
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Truffle Buff Recipe for the Softest Skin Ever
Learn how to DIY this homemade truffle buff recipe for an exfoliating in the shower body butter scrub that leaves your skin extraordinarily soft! This truffle buff recipe was created by Nadia Mansour, the former owner of a successful small business called, Ouish®, for which she created high end and all natural skincare products. Since then, however, Nadia has decided to take a break from the small business world and…
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Moisturizing Bath Fizzy Powder Recipe
Need a simple, but exciting way to moisturize and care for your dry skin? This moisturizing bath fizzy powder recipe is an ideal solution! Easier to make than bath bombs, this fizzing bath powder is a creative and easy way to make your own skin care products at home. Of course, you don’t have to make a DIY bath soak. You can use this same recipe to make DIY bath…
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How to Make Pumpkin Pie Soap: Easy Fall Melt and Pour Recipe
Learn how to make this pumpkin pie soap for fall! Scented with a blend of pumpkin pie spice and a cardamom mocha fragrance oil, this homemade soap recipe is a warm and cozy way to bring autumn inside your home. Try this layered DIY pumpkin soap with your favorite pumpkin spice essential oil blend. Or use a pumpkin pie fragrance oil to enjoy your favorite scent of the season! DIY…
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Unicorn Body Butter Recipe with Shimmering Highlighters
Learn how to make a lovely homemade unicorn body butter recipe with magical shimmering highlighters! This sparkling DIY unicorn body butter is the perfect addition to your skin care routine! This tri-color unicorn body butter recipe not only moisturizes skin, it also leaves behind a hint of shimmer. Customize it further with your favorite fragrance or colors. A lovely handmade gift idea for unicorn lovers and bath and beauty fans…
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DIY Anti-Puff Eye Roller for Tired, Puffy Eyes & Under Eye Bags
Create this easy DIY anti-puff eye roller with just three simple ingredients to help calm and soothe your tired and puffy eyes and reduce under eye bags! So what causes under eye bags? As you age you’re more likely to experience bags under your eyes. Because the tissue structures and muscles supporting your eyelids weakens, this skin may start to sag. As a result fat that is normally contained around your…
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Melt and Pour Caffeinated Soap Recipe with a Coffee Scrub Center
Learn how to make an easy caffeinated soap recipe with a coffee scrub center. This homemade soap is made using a melt and pour soap base and is a suitable soap making project for beginners. This easy melt and pour caffeinated soap recipe has with a coffee scrub center makes a fun two-in-one DIY soap and coffee sugar scrub bar! This melt and pour soap recipe is easy to make…
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DIY Coffee Scrub for Cellulite, Stretch Marks Without Coconut Oil
Can your skin use an instant refresh? Learn how to make a homemade coffee scrub recipe for cellulite, stretch marks and anti-aging skin care. As there are a number of coffee benefits for skin, this DIY body scrub is an incredibly easy beauty hack to help you achieve glowing skin, reduce puffiness caused by inflammation, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. As coconut oil has a high comedogenic rating which…
