DIY Vanilla Peppermint Sugar Scrub

DIY Vanilla Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Thanksgiving is over, which means I can go all out for Chrismas. Around here, we put the lights up on Thanksgiving day (or the day after), and the kiddos help me set up the tree and we shift from fall decor to full-blown Christmas everywhere. Even in the bathrooms. Jump to my Christmassy DIY vanilla…

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Apple Spice DIY Carpet Powder With Essential Oils

diy carpet freshener

Mamas, I need help.  My pre-teen has the world’s smelliest feet.  I can smell him before I see him most evenings.  And before I get tons of comments telling me to make him bathe, he does.  Daily.  With soap. Click here to learn how to make apple spice DIY carpet powder. Apple Spice DIY Carpet…

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Ways to Give Back to Your Community

Ways To Give Back To Your Community

This post is sponsored by U by Kotex but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. As a woman, I have been trying harder to give back to the other women in my community this November. This is a time of thanksgiving, and I am a firm believer that those who have should…

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Lavender Lemon Lip Balm Tubes

natural lip balm recipe

I am loving the cooler weather…but my skin is definitely not. I have been making all kinds of skin-loving concoctions in the past few weeks because it’s gotten really dry. And it’s getting worse. I don’t love the dry winters here in Michigan, but I’m learning to manage them. This year, instead of being reactive,…

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DIY Halloween Glow In The Dark Soap

ghost soap recipe

Y’all. We had literally the most fun ever this past weekend. We attended Hallowe’en at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI, which is basically a Hallowe’en party that involves literally thousands of jack-o-lanterns, themed buildings, a “ghost bridge” and lots of candy. And a headless horseman. Skip to the DIY Halloween Glow In The Dark Soap…

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DIY Moon Press Bath Bombs

DIY Moon Press Bath Bombs

Here’s a quick tip: if you don’t want to make your own bath bombs, you probably shouldn’t start. Because once you figure out how freaking easy they are to make (even if there seems to be a million ingredients), you’ll never want to spend money in those mall stores buying them ever again. Jump to…

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Well this is embarrassing…

period talk

This post is sponsored by U by Kotex but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. Before we dive in, how many of you have kind of, sort of known that your period was going to start soon…but you didn’t think it would be today? This happened to me a few weeks ago. I…

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Homemade DIY Eyeball Halloween Bath Bombs

DIY Eyeball Bath Bombs

Who else is super beyond excited for Halloween? I mean, it may be the fact that I’m still on a high from all the decorations at Disney World last weekend, or the fact that I was able to get my hands on not one but two poison apple cauldrons (one is a popcorn bucket and…

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9 Fall Essential Oil Blends To Diffuse

easy Fall Essential Oil Blends

I love fall. I honestly didn’t realize how much I loved it until I didn’t have it. I love the sweaters, the leaves changing, the sweaters, the cider…the sweaters. Sadly, when we moved away from Michigan to back to Texas a few years ago (before moving back to Michigan), I donated all of my sweaters, so…

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