Still trying to find a homemade Christmas gift idea for those tough to shop for teens and tweens? If you have a young DIY-er in the family she’ll love this simple to assemble – and craft! – DIY Soy Candlemaking Kit! Keep reading to learn how to assemble your own. DIY Soy Candlemaking Kit © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen What you’ll need: 10 oz. of natural soy wax 1 oz. candle…
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Madagascar Black Pepper Soap Recipe for Men
Looking for a homemade gift idea for men? This homemade black pepper soap recipe is just your ticket! Created using both cold process soap and melt & pour glycerin soap, these homemade black pepper soaps are scented with a Madagascar black pepper fragrance oil. The top and bottom layers are made from a cold process black pepper soap recipe that contains flecks of ground black pepper while the center layer is…
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Patchouli Rose Complexion Soap Recipe with Essential Oils
This patchouli rose complexion soap recipe is made using a melt and pour soap base and activated charcoal and clay help to fight acne. Made using natural essential oils, this easy melt and pour soap recipe for beginners is a great project for beginners looking to add a natural soap to their daily skin care routine. Melt and Pour Soap Inspiration These heart shaped complexion soap bars were inspired by…
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DIY Soy & Beeswax Candles
I’ve been playing around a lot with candles lately. I’ve made numerous hand poured candles with soy wax as well as beeswax, so I figured why not combine the two? I love how simple and easy the soy wax candles are to make – especially since I’ve hear paraffin can be a nightmare – as well as the long burn time of all beeswax candles. However, because the beeswax is…
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Homemade Tea Gifts for the Holidays with Printable Chalkboard Labels
Make simple homemade tea gifts for Christmas with this easy, homemade holiday tea gift idea. All you need are a few metal tins, some tea and the free printable labels. These are perfect for last minute gifts as well as an element in homemade tea gift baskets! Homemade Tea Gifts Looking for a simple homemade Christmas gifts for tea lovers? Then this simple tea gift idea is a must. These…
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Foaming Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe for DIY Holiday Gifts & Natural Winter Skin Care
This rich & thick foaming peppermint sugar scrub recipe lathers like a soap when massage onto skin. So there’s no need to wash with soap beforehand. Just slather it on to cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize skin all in one easy step. A must have natural skin care product for your winter skin care routine, this homemade foaming peppermint sugar scrub recipe is also well suited for DIY holiday gifts. Keep…
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DIY Christmas Wax Melts for the Holidays: An Easy DIY Holiday Gift Idea
Learn how to make seasonal holiday scented DIY Christmas wax melts to scent your home with your favorite holiday fragrances. This easy holiday project also makes lovely DIY gift for coworkers, friends and family. And the kids can help color in the free printable labels for the DIY Christmas wax melts you create! Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY Christmas wax melts. Plus learn where to…
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Homemade Garden Mint Soap Recipe
I often find that when hunting for handmade Christmas gift ideas or customizing that perfect homemade Christmas gift for that special someone, it can really help to think outside of the holidays. After all, the two big winter gifting holidays – Christmas and Valentine’s Day – are just one short day each out of an entire year. So not everything needs to be red and white or smell like peppermints.…
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Electric Guitar Candied Orange Soap Recipe
Looking for a great homemade holiday gift idea for the guys? Try this fun candied orange scented soap stamped with an electric bass guitar! For this recipe I combined the Crisp and Candied fragrance oil from Nature’s Garden with a bit of dark patchouli essential oil to cut down on the sweetness of the scent. I then stamped my final bars with a hand carved rubber stamp I purchased from…
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Gingerbread Man DIY Snow Globe Soaps: DIY Holiday Gifts for Kids
Need a unique holiday gift idea for the kids or grandkids? These adorable DIY gingerbread man snow globes soaps make the perfect gift. And they’re small enough to tuck inside a Christmas stocking to gift as stocking stuffers! Not only will your recipients actually get excited about bath time, they get to play with the the gingerbread man toy inside once all the soap is gone. Keep reading to learn…
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DIY Homemade Cherry Bomb Soap Recipe with Printable Labels
With the holidays right around the corner I’ve been trying a few new seasonal fragrances, one of which is called Santa’s Pipe. This fragrance oil smells rather like a cherry cigar with more emphasis on the cherry than the cigar smoke, and is a pretty interesting fragrance. However, calling it Santa’s Pipe Soap made it seem like you’d only want to enjoy this homemade soap during the Christmas season, so…
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Tomato Soap Recipe: How to Make Homemade Soap With Ripe Tomatoes
Every wondered how to make a tomato soap recipe using REAL tomatoes? You can do more with overripe garden tomatoes this summer than just cook with them. If you’re bored of using those extra tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce or canning them, try making soap instead! Learn how to craft your own tomato infused natural skin care recipe with my natural cold process tomato soap recipe. How to Use Ripe…
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How to Make Pumpkin Spice Massage Candles for Fall
Learn how to make unique DIY pumpkin spice candles. Formulated for both aromatherapy as well as fall skin care, these homemade massage candles don’t just scent the room. They also doubles as a massage lotion for skin. Scented with a fabulous pumpkin pie spice fragrance oil, this easy DIY craft is a great way to start enjoying those fall vibes. Easy Massage Pumpkin Spice Candles for Fall Create the perfect…
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Frosted Cranberry Coconut Milk Soap Recipe for Homemade Christmas Gifts
Learn how to make a coconut milk soap recipe for homemade Christmas gifts for friends and family this holiday season. Made using the cold process soap making method, this coconut milk soap is scented with a seasonal, holiday frosted cranberry fragrance oil. This frosted cranberry coconut milk soap recipe looks beautiful stamped with mica reindeer shapes. Keep reading to discover how to create these unique, homemade Christmas gifts for friends…
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How to Make Homemade Massage Candles
Learn how to make homemade massage candles to nourish dry skin while also enjoying the traditional, aromatherapeutic scents they emit. These products are easy to make and are also lovely for seasonal holiday gift giving! Keep reading to learn how to craft your own DIY massage oil candles at home. What Are Homemade Massage Candles? Since around 2006 massage candles, also known as lotion candles, have risen in popularity. A…
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Easy Pumpkin Salt Scrub Recipe with Real Pumpkin
Learn how to make pumpkin salt scrubs for your fall skin care routine or seasonal DIY gifts. This easy, homemade body scrub recipe is scented with a Perfect pumpkin fragrance oil. It is formulated with real pumpkin flakes as well as pumpkin seed oil for their skin benefits. Pumpkin Skin Care for Fall October always brings around thoughts of Halloween and, of course, the seasonal fragrance of pumpkin! And what…
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DIY Handmade Face Cream Recipe with Printable Labels
Want a light homemade face cream that you can make yourself without a lot of complicated steps? Then give this moisturizing face cream with white tea extract a try. A DIY kit for this project can be purchased from Wholesale Supplies Plus or you can buy the ingredients and containers separately. It’s simple to craft and luxurious to use! This recipe from Wholesale Supplies Plus combines Vitamin E rich Crafters…
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DIY Tempestuous Roll On Cologne for Men
There’s a cologne fragrance for men called Fierce that’s distributed via Abercrombie & Fitch. However, in light of their recent negative press, you might be wary about making future purchases from them. Regardless of your stance, their cologne, Fierce, is still a great fragrance for men. But you don’t have to buy it because now you can actually DIY it. Very recently a dupe of this Abercrombie fragrance was developed…
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How to Make Perfume Oils
Dying to wear your favorite soap or candle fragrance with you everywhere you go? Then make your own homemade perfume oils. It’s easy to find many of your favorite fragrances and fragrance dupes online. One company in particular, Nature’s Garden Wholesale Candle & Soap Supplies, offers a wide selection of fragrance oils perfect for using in your own homemade soaps and perfumes. They also carry one of my favorite all…
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DIY Birthday Cake Lip Balm Recipe
Looking for fun weekend project with the kids or a simple homemade gift idea? Give my homemade birthday cake lip balms a try! These little handcrafted lip balm pots are great for birthday parties and wedding favors and can be made in under thirty minutes. This deliciously sweet buttercream cupcake scented pink shimmer lip balm is made with moisture rich, all natural shea butter, cocoa butter, and mango butter. Whip…
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DIY Mustache Wax for Men
Coming up with a great handmade Father’s Day gift can be hard. So I’ve created a functional DIY Father’s Day gift that Dad that’s sure to be used year round. Granted, it’s only a great gift for dad if he has a mustache, but if your dad – or the man in your life – sports a ‘stache, this is a gift that’s sure to be appreciated. I had my…
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DIY Skully Shot Glass Candle
One of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to try new craft projects that I’d been wanting to try, but never got around to. Candlemaking was one of those craft projects. So what better way to get started making hand poured candles, than to create a homemade Father’s Day gift. I was really excited by how easy this project actually was – by far easier than making cold process…
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DIY Natural Beard Conditioner for Men
Looking for a homemade Father’s Day gift idea? Then try out this easy DIY natural beard conditioner recipe for men! This DIY natural beard conditioner is the perfect Father’s Day gift for Dad’s unruly beard. This natural beard care product keeps Dad’s beard from feeling prickly. It’s also great at preventing flaking so Dad’s chin, just like his scalp, stays in top condition. After all, no one wants beard dandruff.…
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Recipes for Lemon Verbena Bath Melts & Solid Sugar Scrub Cubes
Liven up your natural skin care routine by making this lush recipe for bath melts as part of your self care beauty regimen! Two natural bath and body recipes for summer skin care for soft skin. Learn how to make a natural lemon verbena bath melts recipe to moisturize skin. Plus how to make a solid sugar scrub cube recipe without a melt and pour soap base. Recipes for Bath…
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DIY Container Succulent Garden – Last Minute Homemade Mother’s Day Gift Idea
Need a last minute homemade Mother’s Day gift idea for mom? Skip the bouquet of flowers and instead gift her with a gorgeous DIY Succulent Container Garden Arrangement! Not only is it inexpensive to make – definitely less than a florist’s flower bouquet – but it will last and last even if Mom doesn’t have a green thumb! To get started you’ll need to purchase an assortment of your favorite…
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DIY Foaming Salt Scrub: A 3-in-1 Skin Care Product & Gift Idea
Learn how to make a foaming salt scrub for your skin care routine. This exfoliating body scrub recipe is an easy way to cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize skin — all in one step! Make this DIY salt scrub today for homemade gifts for Mom. Or to gift to friends and family ready to take their beauty regimen to the next level! Whipped Soap Body Scrub with Dead Sea Salt If…
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Homemade Hidden Flower Soap & Salt Scrub DIY
Looking for a fun craft project you can make and gift for Mother’s Day? My DIY homemade hidden flower soaps are sure to be a hit with mom! This lovely layered soap reveals a pretty flower as it’s used while the bottom of the soap is an exfoliating salt scrub that’s perfect for all of those rough skin areas! DIY Hidden Flower Soap & Salt Scrub Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap…
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DIY Herb Garden Markers – Homemade Mother’s Day Gift Idea
With spring in full force and planting underway, now is the perfect time to whip up some garden markers for your new plants! This herb garden marker is so easy to make with materials you probably already have on hand. Plus, they’re simple enough the kids can craft some for all of mom’s favorite plants as a homemade Mother’s Day gift! Herb Garden Marker Craft Project What you need: popsicle…
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Deodorizing Air Freshener DIY with Essential Oils to Deodorize Your Home
Learn how to make natural deodorizing air freshener disks with essential oils to freshen your home naturally with this easy DIY project. Make your own custom scented, deodorizing air freshener disks for a fresh, non-toxic clean in your home. These flower shaped, deodorizing air freshener disks are easy to make and can be used anywhere in your home! I made mine into flower shaped disks using a silicone chocolate flower…
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DIY Ring Holder for DIY Wedding Gifts or A DIY Valentine’s Day Gift for Her
Learn how to make a hand carved tree stump DIY ring holder. This super cute, rustic ring holder makes lovely DIY wedding gifts. Or gift it as a DIY Valentine’s day gift for her! This is a fun air dry clay craft project for couples and newlyweds. Since spring is wedding season, I thought it’d be neat to make a ring holder for married couples. So I used some of…
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Skin Loving Natural Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe for Dry Skin
This skin loving natural homemade cold process soap recipe for dry skin makes a thoughtful homemade Mother’s Day gift or homemade Valentine’s Day gift. You’ll need to make it at least 3-4 weeks of the intended holiday however as cold process soaps take a minimum of three weeks to cure. You can also cut your homemade soap loaves into smaller guest sized soap bars, stamp with hearts and use as lovely DIY wedding favors…
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DIY Solid Sugar Scrub Cubes Recipe
With Mother’s Day right around the corner I thought this would be the perfect time to revisit one of my most popular posts for 2011 on how to make solid sugar scrub cubes as they would make lovely homemade gifts. However, this time around, I’m also including free printable labels for your homemade solid sugar scrub cubes – both in black and white and color – so they are even…
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Rhassoul Clay Mask Recipe for All Skin Types (Including Sensitive, Dry or Maturing Skin!)
I formulated this homemade, natural Rhassoul clay mask recipe especially for those with maturing, dry and even sensitive skin. I use red Rhassoul clay as it’s suitable for all skin types, even if you have sensitive, dry or maturing skin. It makes a wonderful weekly or monthly addition to your beauty regimen for natural skin care. Skin Care Benefits of Rhassoul Clay Mineral rich, cleansing and detoxifying, Rhassoul clay helps…
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Breathe Easier Salve Recipe for Sinus Congestion: A Natural Home Remedy for Symptom Relief
Get natural relief from nasal congestion caused by the cold or flu with this simple 3-ingredient breathe easier salve recipe! Don’t let sinus congestion from colds, flu or even seasonal allergies slow you down! Take charge of your health and wellness with this natural home remedy. Made with just three natural ingredients – beeswax, sweet almond oil and a natural breathe easier essential oil blend – this homemade breathe easier…
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DIY Valentine’s Day Solid Lotion Bars Recipe
Want to craft your own homemade Valentine’s Day gifts? Then give this DIY Valentine’s Day Solid Lotion Bars Recipe a try! They are easy to craft – individually or in multiples – and make a fabulous Valentine’s Day gift for any bath and beauty lover on your list! Their heart shape also makes them perfect for gifting as homemade wedding favors. You can also make these for tucking inside Easter…
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DIY Soap Sugar Scrub Bars: A Combination Solid Sugar Scrub & Soap Recipe for Homemade Gifts
Learn how to make these DIY soap sugar scrub bars to cleanse and exfoliate skin in one easy step — all with a single product. These homemade sugar scrub bars with soap are the perfect addition to your skin care routine for soft skin. Plus this easy soap sugar scrub recipe create lovely handmade products that are perfect for gift giving! Keep reading to learn how to make your own…
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Homemade Valentine’s Day Gift Idea: DIY Triple Butter Solid Sugar Scrub Hearts
Whip up these lovely heart shaped solid sugar scrubs as a homemade Valentine’s Day gift for someone special this year. Not only do they smell like spring – I scented mine with a rose & violet fragrance oil – but they are made with a trio of skin nourishing butters! And remember that heart shaped silicone mold I used for my handmade heart Valentine’s Day soaps? Well, here’s another opportunity…
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Heart Shaped Soap Recipe for DIY Valentine’s Day Gifts
This no-lye homemade heart shaped soap makes a lovely DIY Valentine’s Day gift! Formulated with naturally hydrating skin care ingredients, this easy rebatched heart shaped soap won’t strip skin. So it can help combat the drying effects of winter. Keep reading reading to learn how to craft this easy heart shaped soap recipe to add to your winter skin care routine or to give as lovely DIY Valentine’s Day gifts…
