• Beginner,  Hair,  Tutorials and recipes

    An easy, ultra-effective dry shampoo recipe

    Get great looking hair in the blink of an eye! Are you looking for a handy aid in spacing out your shampoo use? Look no further, we have the perfect dry shampoo recipe for you! This DIY dry shampoo freshens your tresses, while revitalizing and strengthening them, and won’t leave a powdery residue behind. Made up of natural ingredients including white clay, bitter orange powder, and marshmallow root powder, this homemade dry shampoo is highly versatile: it can double as a face mask or a “no poo” shampoo!  Read on for the full recipe! Before you begin Before you begin your recipe, it’s important to make sure that your workspace…

  • homemade face lotion to get glowing skin
    Advanced,  Face,  Facial cream

    Skin ’n’ Tonic: a cocktail for glowing skin

    Say goodbye to dull complexions with this DIY lotion   Has winter left your skin looking a little lacklustre? You’re not alone! The cold and reduced daylight hours over long, snowy months have left many a complexion weary. Good news, though! We have the perfect pick-me-up: Skin ’n’ Tonic, a homemade face lotion featuring a cocktail of revitalizing ingredients to give your skin the boost it needs to glow again. In developing this natural lotion recipe, we opted for ingredients with toning, revitalizing, and comforting properties—including a skin-brightening orange peel powder infusion and soothing chamomile hydrosol. Xanthan gum and Olivem 1000 combine to give it a delicate gel-like texture that…

  • How to make solid shampoo
    Hair,  Intermediate,  Zero waste

    This homemade solid shampoo gives your hair real Sleek A-Peel!

    Your hair is sure to take a shine to this DIY solid shampoo Winter tends to make our daily lives a little duller: nights are long, days less bright. Our complexions lose some of their radiance, and our hair some of its shine. Luckily, we have little ways of brightening our days! There are beautiful homemade candles to add a warm glow to your evenings, a DIY face cream specifically formulated for winter, and last but not least, a homemade solid shampoo that will restore your hair’s natural shine. That’s the recipe we’re sharing with you today: Sleek A-Peel, a DIY solid shampoo that leaves your hair lustrous and silky!…

  • homemade face mask
    Face,  Tutorials and recipes

    This homemade face mask has real Orange Appeal

    This easy face mask recipe has a very appealing ingredient We don’t often associate the colour orange with beautiful skin. But the fruit is another matter! Did you know that bitter orange powder, made from the peel of bitter oranges, has a wealth of skin benefits? It cleanses and tones your complexion, leaving it with a healthy glow. So, we’ve come up with an ultra-easy face mask recipe to introduce you to the Orange Appeal! To make this face mask, you need just four ingredients. Bitter orange powder tones and exfoliates your complexion, while also adding radiance. Colloidal oatmeal softens and hydrates your skin, pink clay purifies and brightens it,…