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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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Dead Sea Mud Soap Recipe with Tea Tree (Easy Melt and Pour Soap DIY)
This DIY tea tree and sea mud soap is a creative way to explore melt and pour soap crafting. Not all soap DIY’s are as easy as they seem. Especially when formulating a new recipe. This melt and pour soap recipe started as a mishap, but turned into a beautiful marbled soap in the end! Check out the before and after photos of this melt and pour soap project. Then…
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Activated Charcoal Detox Mask Recipe with Free Printable Labels
This activated charcoal detox mask recipe draws out impurities, clears up blackheads and removes excess oil for reduced breakouts and faster healing times. Discover how to make this face mask to fight acne for clear, beautiful skin below. Detox Face Mask for Acne Created as a dupe to the clariSEA Deep Pore Detox Activated Charcoal Exfoliating Mask, this activated charcoal detox mask recipe draws out impurities, clears up blackheads and…
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Natural Neem Oil Deodorant Recipe
Learn how to make neem oil deodorant. This natural skin care recipe is formulated to be gentle enough for sensitive skin, but also tough enough to tackle your worst odors. A no baking soda deodorant, this fun recipe also comes with printable labels for your finished product. Neem Oil Deodorant This natural neem oil deodorant recipe is a no baking soda deodorant that won’t irritate skin. Learn how to make…
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Hair Mask Recipe for Hair Growth: Natural Hair Mask DIY for Longer, Stronger Hair with Castor Oil
Learn how to condition, hydrate and encourage hair growth this with natural hair mask recipe for hair growth. Say goodbye to split ends and damaged hair, while also encouraging hair growth with this homemade hair mask recipe with castor oil. Get Longer Stronger Hair with a Hair Mask for Growth Make this easy, all natural hair mask recipe for hair growth! This hair mask recipe contains natural neem oil and…
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Ultimate Detox Salt Bar Recipe with Activated Charcoal
Learn how to make salt bars with activated charcoal to draw toxins and other impurities from skin. Perfect for acne and other problem skin issues, this ultimate detox salt bar recipe combines pink Himalayan salt with coconut derived activated charcoal for the ultimate detox salt bath! Salt Bar Soap with Activated Charcoal I love salt bars! They’re such an exquisite skin care product that make you feel like you’re indulging…
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Natural Spray Deodorant Recipe for Wookiees with Printable Labels
DIY Spray on Deodorant This natural spray deodorant recipe isn’t just for wookiees. It’s pretty much awesome for anyone looking for a non-irritating natural deodorant alternative. (There’s ZERO baking soda!) But just for fun there are free printable “Wook Away Spray” deodorant labels for your finished product! Inspired by my boyfriend, who is a HUGE Phish fan and plans to on “drag” me to the summer festival, Lock’n, this year, I…
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Foaming Celtic Sea Salt Scrub Recipe
This foaming Celtic sea salt scrub recipe contains light grey Celtic sea salt to moisturize, revitalize, exfoliate & detox skin as well as calm inflammation. Learn about the skin care benefits of this natural salt scrub recipe with essential oils, plus how to make your own to incorporate into your natural skin care routine. This foaming Celtic sea salt scrub recipe contains light grey Celtic sea salt which is naturally…
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Dead Sea Salt Face and Body Scrub Recipe for Glowing Skin
Get glowing, healthy looking skin with this homemade lush face and body scrub recipe. Formulated with nourishing body butters, coconut oil and Dead Sea salt, this Dead Sea salt face and body scrub recipe exfoliates skin and offers dry skin relief. It’s the perfect addition to your natural beauty regimen for sensitive, maturing or dry skin! Keep reading to learn how to make this amazing Dead Sea salt scrub for…
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Detox Sugar Scrub Recipe
This detox sugar scrub recipe creates lovely solid sugar scrub shaped gemstones that contain activated charcoal to help keep skin acne free and vibrant! In addition to naturally detoxifying activated charcoal, this detox sugar scrub recipe also incorporates anti-acne/anti-aging sea buckthorn oil as well as lavender and tea tree essential oils. (Just like my lavender and tea tree soap recipe with activated charcoal!) Learn how to make this easy detox sugar…
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Cracked Heel Salve Recipe with Essential Oils for Natural Skin Care
Learn how to make this easy cracked heel salve recipe with essential oils for your foot care routine. If you’ve been dreaming of ditching your calluses, dead skin and rough heels for good, then this natural skin care DIY is a must. Formulated with natural ingredients to help promote healing, this DIY foot salve for cracked heels helps hydrate, soften and soothe dry skin for beautiful, healthy looking feet. Ultra…
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Odor Neutralizing Candle DIY: Create Custom Scented Candles
This odor neutralizing candle DIY will teach you how to make beautifully scented candles that neutralize odors in the air while burning. Learn how to create custom scented candles that neutralize and wipe out odors in your home with this easy candle making tutorial. Most of us burn candles to give our home a fresh scent or to fill our favorites spaces with fragrances we love. However, often times, we…
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DIY Wedding Favors
Need DIY wedding favor ideas? Consider this lovely collection of DIY wedding favors that are easy to make in bulk for your big day. DIY Wedding Favors 1. DIY Mango & Coconut Milk Soap Wedding Favors – Learn how to make your own cold process soap wedding favors with this tutorial. There are two homemade soap recipes for making mango and coconut milk two different ways – choose from a simple…
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Watermelon Soap Recipe
This easy watermelon soap recipe is perfect for summer and incorporates not only a fun watermelon color theme, but also shimmering cosmetic glitter! They’d look great by any sink or you could also craft a smaller version to gift these as DIY summer party favors. Watermelon Soap Recipe © Rebecca D. Dillon Ingredients: 12 oz. clear melt and pour glycerin soap base 3 oz. white melt and pour glycerin soap…
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DIY Father’s Day Gift Ideas
DIY Father’s Day Gift Ideas Father’s Day is right around the corner so I thought I’d share my collection of 20 DIY Father’s Day gift ideas that you can make and gift this Father’s Day for Dad! These DIY Father’s Day gift ideas include men’s cologne, homemade soaps – my fave is the Star Wars soap! – man candles, a six pack of Dad’s favorite snack treats and more. While some…
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Leather Mandle DIY
Learn how to make this leather scented mandle DIY for Dad as a Father’s day gift! This leather mandle DIY is quick and easy and can be made and gifted in the same afternoon. What’s a mandle? Why, a man candle of course! Here’s how to make yours. Leather Mandle DIY © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 4.7 oz. soy candle wax .47 oz. leather fragrance oil Tools & Materials: medium…
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Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Mother’s Day is right around the corner! If you’re still on the hunt for last minute Mother’s day gift ideas, then you’ll love this collection of Mother’s day gift ideas! Make them in just an hour in an afternoon and then gift them the same day! Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift Ideas to DIY 1. Adzuki Bean Soap Recipe – This easy DIY adzuki bean soap makes a beautiful and functional homemade Mother’s Day…
