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. Or discover more great skin care & beauty recipes by subscribing to Soap Deli News blog via email.
Household Tips for Organizing and Living
Don’t just work hard, work more efficiently and effectively! Here’s a fantastic collection of ten household tips for making doing what you need to do even easier. 10 Fantastic Household Tips + Life Hacks 1.) Use Tins for Storing Spice Packets. Use metal storage tins for storing spice packets in the pantry. It keeps them contained in one place and makes them easy to remove and flip through to find…
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Quick Beauty Tips for a Beautiful, But Busy, You!
Making your own bath and body products can be a blast. It’s more cost effective than buying everything you need from the store, not to mention a lot of fun. Sometimes though, there’s just not enough time to craft our favorite beauty products. So here are a few quick beauty tips and skincare recipes that you can create in a minimal amount of time with little to no effort. Stay…
How to Make Handmade Cold Process Soaps
Handmade soap is gentler on skin because it’s made with natural ingredients, not synthetic ingredients found in most commercial soaps whose sole purpose is to create a foam or lather. Because of this many individuals who can’t use commercial soap, and have turned to using only handmade soaps. I first got into soapmaking because I was buying handmade soaps on a regular basis to satisfy my finicky skin. I soon…
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Helpful Tips for Everyday Success
Sometimes things can be a little overwhelming. So why not try a few life hacks to make it simpler? This collection of helpful tips are a great start! Life isn’t always easy, and it’s been a lot harder. Otherwise we wouldn’t have so many nifty inventions for gadgets to simplify our lives. I know I couldn’t live without my immersion stick blender. I can’t imagine the time it would take…
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Easy Homemade Refrigerator Dill Pickles
Refrigerator dill pickles are an easy and delicious way to use up those extra cucumbers in your garden. They also make healthy addition to your diet. Learn how to make my easy, small batch, homemade refrigerator pickles at home. Plus discover the health benefits of fermented foods and the difference between pickled and fermented foods. Now that we have our cucumber plants in the ground I’m already thinking about all…
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How to Grow Stevia to Use as a Natural Sweetener & Sugar Substitute
Learn how to grow stevia from seeds, plants and cuttings to use as a natural sweetener or sugar alternative. Stevia is an herb that has a naturally sweet taste. As it doesn’t affect blood sugar, it makes a wonderful, all natural sugar substitute that is safe for diabetics as well as for use in keto recipes. Growing Stevia as a Natural Sugar Substitute Stevia is a wonderful, natural sugar substitute. Not…
DIY Sugar Scrub Recipes and Pretty Jars for enjoying or gifting.
Sugar Scrubs are easy to make and a great natural alternative to many commercial products that exfoliate and moisturize your skin. But what makes these recipes fun is creating your own packaging. So skip the Gladware containers and make your creations as special on the outside as they are on the inside. Maybe Matilda Blog has a simple how to crafting decorated jars for your sugar scrubs. And what’s better…
Sewing made simple. A diy travel sewing kit for non-sewers to sew. Or something like that.
My friend Ben is a crafty seamstress – seamster? – who is on his way to becoming a sewist – “someone who creates sewn works of art, which can include clothing or other items made with sewn elements.” Currently he stitches backpacks together with a craftsmanship I doubt I could master with my current lack of patience. Recently, however, he informed me that he’s decided to make his own clothing.…
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My Favorite Cornbread Recipe with Just 4 Ingredients That Even Kids Love
Regular cornbread is fine and dandy, but I like mine best moist and little sweet. Here’s my favorite cornbread recipe for a cake like cornbread that will have you and your family coming back for seconds! This kid-friendly cornbread recipe makes a great addition to family dinners and is the perfect side for a kid-friendly chili recipe. Made with just four simple ingredients, this homemade cornbread recipe is, and has…
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Easy Wedding Place Card Holders on a Budget Using Clothespins
Learn how to make easy wedding place card holders using clothespins, scrapbook paper and ribbon for your wedding or event on a budget with this easy DIY idea. Budget Friendly Wedding Place Card Holder Ideas This tutorial for making wedding place card holders was written by and is reprinted courtesy of Kat’s Krafts. Need a cute, fun, inexpensive idea for wedding favors or wedding place card holders? These fun embellished…
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Quick And Easy Natural Massage Melts Recipe for Pain Relief
Learn how to craft quick and easy natural massage melts with this simple, natural skin care recipe. A natural substitute for massage oils, this quick and easy natural massage melts recipe is an eco-friendly, green beauty alternative. As there’s no packaging to contend with, this holistic beauty recipe lowers your personal carbon footprint as it reduces the need for plastic packaging. Thereby these DIY natural massage melts reduce landfill waste…
Sun + Skin Soother Natural After Sun Lotion Recipe
This rich cream is perfect for replenishing those stubborn spots of dry skin or for soothing and healing a sunburn. Sun + Skin Soother Natural After Sun Lotion Recipe © 2005 Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 1 Cup Shea Butter 1/2 teaspoon Lavender Essential Oil 1/4 teaspoon Tea Tree Oil 2 teaspoons Raw Organic Aloe Vera Gel 1 teaspoon Vitamin E Oil 2 teaspoons of Mountain Rose Herbs Restorative Skin Oil…
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DIY Aloe Vera Soap Balls: An Easy Hand Milled Soap Recipe
These DIY aloe vera soap balls are scented with essential oils and include skin soothing aloe vera gel, rosewater & evening primrose oil for dry skin relief. If you love the look of traditional New England soap balls, then you must try this soap crafting project for making DIY aloe vera soap balls. An easy hand milled soap recipe, these homemade soaps are made using a rebatch soap base so…
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Flower Water Recipes for a Natural Fragrance for Your Home & Body
These simple, natural flower water recipes are a wonderful way to freshen your home and linens. They can also be used as natural perfumes for your body. Natural Flower Water Recipes Made using a combination of natural flowers, herbs and essential oils, these healthy homemaking recipes are perfect for room sprays to freshen laundry, linens and the air. Or try your favorite flowers to craft a custom scented floral perfume.…
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Natural Dog Shampoo Bar Recipe that Repels Fleas
Here’s an all natural cold process homemade dog shampoo bar recipe for your furry friends. This homemade dog shampoo bar recipe is gentler on your dog’s skin than commercial dog shampoos so it won’t dry out your dog’s delicate skin like traditional sulphate filled shampoos. The essential oil blend makes it great for repelling fleas without chemicals. Natural Dog Shampoo Bar Recipe Ingredients: 8oz coconut oil 6oz olive oil 1.5oz castor oil 6.5oz…
Bug Away Handmilled Soap Recipe with Citronella Essential Oil
Try this easy bug away handmilled soap recipe with citronella essential oil and wash your way to superhero bug repelling power! Bug Away Handmilled Soap Recipe with Citronella Ingredients: 1 cup grated Castile soap 1/2 cup water 10 drops citronella essential oil 5 drops eucalyptus essential oil 1 T. dried, crushed pennyroyal leaves Instructions: Mix the ingredients into the melted soap/water mixture. With an electric mixer, whip the soap until…
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DIY Lavender Citrus Soap (Easy Rebatch Soap Recipe)
Learn how to make citrus soap for summer skin care. This easy lavender citrus soap recipe is made using the rebatch soap making method. Also referred to as hand-milled soap, this simple soap project is formulated by grating existing soap bars or leftover soap slivers. That soap is then rebatched with water, moisturizing vitamin E and essential oils for a nourishing summertime soap. Lavender Citrus Soap DIY Making homemade soap…
DIY Gel Air Fresheners
Craft project courtesy of Blossom Farm. DIY Gel Air Fresheners Ingredients: 1 packet of unflavored Knox Gelatin 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup vodka of grain alcohol 1-2 TBSP. fragrance oil (or half the amount of essential oil) Instructions: Bring the water to a boil. Then, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water. Remove from heat Allow your DIY gel air fresheners to cool to room temperature then add the vodka,…
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Natural Shampoo Recipes + 15 Homemade Hair Care Recipes
You’re going to love this collection of easy natural shampoo recipes. Plus discover 15 fabulous hair care recipes to condition, strengthen and add shine to your locks. Natural Shampoo Recipes Create these natural shampoo recipes in your kitchen using simple, all natural ingredients. For quality organic herbs and botanicals, I recommend shopping with Mountain Rose Herbs. Soapwort Natural Shampoo Recipe Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Soapwort Root 1 Tablespoon Dried Chamomile Flowers 1…
Kick the stink! Handmade Natural Deodorant Recipes for a Sniff Worthy You.
Kick the stink with your own natural deodorant bars. Here are a few recipes you can try. You can purchase ingredients for these projects at Mountain Rose Herbs. Natural Deodorant Stick Ingredients: 1/2 cup cocoa butter 1 cup coconut oil 2 tbsp thyme 2 tbsp rosemary 9 oz. beeswax 1 Tbsp tea tree oil 2 tbsp lavender essential oil 2 tbsp castor oil 1 cup baking soda, sifted Instructions: Infuse…
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Rosemary Honey Hair Conditioner Recipe: A Simple Green Beauty Recipe
Discover how to make a simple, rosemary honey hair conditioner recipe for your natural hair care routine. It’s the perfect remedy to moisturize dry or damaged hair. The extremes of heat and cold we endure from summer into winter can make even healthy hair look and feel like straw. And who wants that? Remedy dry hair with this natural, nourishing rosemary honey hair conditioner recipe. This simple green beauty recipe…
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Melt and Pour Coffee Soap Recipe: Orange Mocha Dream Gardener’s Soap
This melt and pour coffee soap recipe works great as both a gardener’s soap and a kitchen soap. Scented with a fragrance blend of coffee, orange and mocha, this easy melt and pour soap recipe for beginners is a great way to add some fun to your hand washing routine! Use this easy DIY coffee soap to gently exfoliate skin and tackle tough kitchen odors like garlic and onions. Or…
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Facial Mask Recipes for Your Natural Skin Care Routine
Learn how to make natural facial mask recipes for every skin type as part of your everyday natural skin care routine. Four easy facial mask recipes to try for dry skin, normal skin, dehydrated skin and acne prone skin. Face masks are a simple beauty hack for healthy looking, clear beautiful skin. Learn how to make these homemade facial mask recipes for your natural beauty routine now! Natural Facial Mask…
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Handmade Lip Balm Recipes for Healthy Looking Lips
Forget store bought lip balms! Make your own handmade lip balm recipes instead! A special for your lips, these handmade lip balms not only moisturize lips, they also soothe chapped skin and promote healing. Keep reading to try one of three easy handmade lip balm recipes. Handmade Lip Balm Recipes Basic Lip Balm Recipe Ingredients: 1.25 oz Beeswax 1.5 oz Shea Butter 1.1 oz Apricot Kernel Oil 1.1 oz Sweet…
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Sugar Scrub Recipes for the Body
Learn how to make your own homemade sugar scrub recipes for the body. These easy homemade sugar scrub recipes are perfect for your natural skin care routine. Or learn how to make these homemade sugar scrub recipes to give as handmade gifts to friends and family throughout the year! Beauty Benefits of Sugar Scrub Recipes Salt and sugar scrubs are great for exfoliating the skin. However, sugar, unlike salt, produces…
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Cucumber Loofah Soap DIY: An Easy Hand Milled Soap Recipe
If you love making homemade soaps, but don’t don’t to work with lye, then you must try this easy cucumber loofah soap DIY. An alternative to melt and pour soap making, making hand milled soaps involves grating traditional soap bars down into small pieces. The grated soap is then gently heated with a liquid, such as water or milk to create a custom soap bar with the desired scent and…
Handmade Bath Bomb Recipes
I get lots of requests downtown for Bath Bombs or Bath Fizzies. Unfortunately these items are finicky and don’t deal well with heat and humidity. They are best kept in a cool, dry place around room temperature and let me tell you the Farmer’s Market offers the least ideal conditions for that. Therefore I’ve put together a few recipes so you can try your hand at creating your own! For…
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Natural milk bath recipes to soothe dry, itchy skin this winter.
Even if you don’t normally have dry skin, the dry winter can suddenly make your skin feel awful. There’s nothing worth than dry skin that feels tight and itchy. However, a simple natural milk bath recipe can help soothe dry skin naturally. Not only will you scratch less, you’ll be able to focus on your favorite winter activities! Natural Milk Bath Recipes Here a few natural milk bath recipes you…
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Lavender & Peppermint Foot Cream Recipe with Essential Oils for Natural Foot Care
Learn how to naturally care for dry, cracked feet and skin with this homemade foot cream recipe made with lavender and peppermint essential oils. Make a Natural Foot Cream Recipe for Fabulous Feet Year Round Without fail, winter always takes a toll on my feet unless I give them extra attention daily. To help keep my feet looking and feeling healthy, I have to put in extra time and effort…
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Chocolate Skin Care Recipes to Make Using Ingredients In Your Kitchen
Learn how to make two natural orange & chocolate skin care recipes using ingredients in your kitchen! Delicious orange & chocolate recipes for homemade melt and pour soap and a brown sugar coffee scrub! Original chocolate skin care recipes from my first experiments in making homemade beauty products. Yum, yum, yum! Here are two bath and body recipes that make a fabulous gift when paired. Try your hand at crafting…
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Orange & Eucalyptus Bath Salts Recipe
One of the first bath salt recipes I ever made, this natural orange & eucalyptus bath salts recipe is the perfect DIY for beginners! Bath salts are a wonderful luxury. Commonly made from sea salts, epsom salts, or a combination of both, they can help to relieve aches and pains, as well as relax the muscles to help prevent stiffness. They also soften the water, and help to naturally cleanse…
