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Homemade foot soak made with Epsom salt and tea in a jar with a wooden scoop

Natural Homemade Foot Soak Recipe | For An At Home Pedicure

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Bath & Body Recipes· Essential Oils

Sore feet? Try our Homemade Foot Soak recipe made with Epsom salt, essential oils, and tea. This homemade tea foot soak recipe is perfect for those that are on their feet all day and need a little relaxation. With a combination of Epsom salt, essential oils, and tea (yes… tea!), this foot soak not only smells amazing, it also has a…
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Garbage disposal bombs used to fix smelly garbage disposals

Homemade Garbage Disposal Bombs | How to Fix A Smelly Garbage Disposal

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Cleaning Tips· Essential Oils

I think we’ve all been there… you walk out to the kitchen and something smells… bad! Is it the trash? Is it something in the fridge? Nope and nope. It’s the garbage disposal. Yuck! Let’s chat about how to fix a smelly garbage disposal with homemade garbage disposal bombs. Garbage disposals are notorious for causing some pretty funky odors. This…
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DIY Hand Soap made without handling lye

How to Make Soap Without Lye | Using Essential Oils

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Bath & Body Recipes· Essential Oils

Technically speaking, soap is a combination of oil/fat, liquid, and lye. Here’s the thing… lye is a highly caustic alkaline solution, which can cause severe burns on your skin. If you choose to make soap (from scratch) you’ll need to use caution and wear proper protection. So… can you make soap without lye? Well… yes and no. While lye is…
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Natural Homemade Goo Remover Recipe

Homemade Goo Remover Recipe | The Easiest Way to Remove Sticker Residue

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Cleaning Tips· Essential Oils

Store-bought Adhesive Removers come with these warnings: “HARMFUL or FATAL if swallowed” and “DO NOT Breathe Fumes” Yikes! No thank you… How about a Homemade Goo Remover recipe requiring only three natural ingredients… and it removes sticker residue like magic! When I decided to organize my spice drawer, one of the things I wanted to do was create cohesive labels…
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Homemade Coffee Scrub made with oils to moisturize skin, coffee grounds for exfoliation, and essential oil to support healthy skin.

DIY Coffee Scrub Recipe

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Bath & Body Recipes· Essential Oils

One of my favorite smells is coffee, so testing homemade coffee scrub recipes was pretty much the best thing ever 🙂 … This particular DIY coffee scrub combines five ingredients that not only moisturize your skin, but also exfoliates and enhances your skin’s appearance. This isn’t my first go-’round with making a scrub. A couple years ago I made a…
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Homemade room spray made with essential oils and vodka

Homemade Essential Oil Room Spray

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Cleaning Tips· Essential Oils

Store-bought room sprays come in beautiful bottles and make our rooms smell delightful, but do you know what’s actually in that room spray? Often room sprays don’t have an ingredient list; and the ones that do contain vague ingredients like “Odor Eliminator”, “Propellants”, and “Solubilizers”. What?! Luckily, I have a homemade essential oil room spray recipe that uses three simple…
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