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I used to do a thing on the old blog I called Weekend Wonderings where I’d find comments you’d made over the previous week and share them in a post. I stopped doing it as there were so few comments on the old blog and a lot of them were things that had been said...
On Wednesday, we created the oil phase for this lovely, light, luxurious body butter, and yesterday, we created the water phase. Today, let’s put it all together and create something lovely and wonderful! CHAMOMILE & ALOE SUMMER TIME BODY BUTTER! HEATED WATER PHASE 32% distilled or reverse osmosis water 10% aloe vera liquid 10% witch...
Yesterday, we took a look at some ideas for the oil phase of this soothing and moisturizing body butter, so today it’s all about the water! THE WATER PHASE When it comes to where I live, it’s all about the humectants. Let’s draw all that moisture in the atmosphere to our skin to hydrate the...
I really hate summer so very very much. I have rosacea, so my cheeks are always burning and now my eyes get very dry to the point where my contacts fall out on their own. It’s humid as heck where I live, and my skin always feels dry and tight and awful. I need something...
Welcome to another instalment of “For the love of God don’t make this!” brought to you by Goodful’s Homemade Gentle Magnesium lotion. (I can’t get the video from YouTube, so you’ll have to click on the link to see the video on Facebook.) Here’s what they would have you make. For fun, consider the mistakes...