• homemade shampoo for kinky hair
    Hair,  Intermediate,  Zero waste

    This homemade shampoo provides Care 4 Curls

    This DIY shampoo does wonders for type 4 hair (and types 2 and 3, too!) Each and every hair type has its own specific needs… and kinky hair is no exception! Afro-type hair is often very dry and requires specific products to nourish and hydrate it. Enter Care 4 Curls, a solid shampoo for kinky hair, commonly known as coily hair or type 4 in Andre Walker’s hair typing system. We specifically formulated this shampoo recipe for type 4, but it also works great for types 2 (wavy) and 3 (curly). We used one of our new products, moringa oil, in this homemade shampoo recipe. Moringa oil does marvels for…

  • How to make soap with honey
    Advanced,  Soaps

    Let this DIY soap take your skin on a Honeymoon

    Happiness and gentleness unite in this DIY soap with honey It’s time to take your skin on a Honeymoon… without leaving your house! How? With this homemade honey soap! Formulated for sensitive skin, it cleans gently, lathers up beautifully, and leaves your skin soft and delicately scented. It’s so wonderful, you’ll wish you could marry it. Though why not skip the ceremony and head straight to the Honeymoon? If you’ve never made soap with honey before, keep in mind that this ingredient speeds up trace. But don’t worry, we’ve carefully constructed our recipe so that it won’t be a problem here. Thanks to the high ratio of water to sodium…

  • how to make lotion for combination skin
    Face,  Facial cream,  Intermediate

    This DIY lotion gives combination skin Simple Symmetry

    This lotion is a poem for your complexion Oily mien shining too bright / your dryness is also a blight / what immortal hand or eye / could revive thy Simple Symmetry?  With all our apologies to William Blake… Combination skin is not always easy for us mere mortals to manage! People with a combination complexion often have an oily T-zone—that is, forehead, nose, and chin—but dry or normal skin elsewhere on their face. For proper skin care, you need a product that controls oily skin without drying out dry areas. Happily, there’s Simple Symmetry! This balancing homemade face lotion is specially formulated for combination skin.  One of its key…

  • how to make a face mask easily
    Face,  Tutorials and recipes

    Get Fresh in a Flash with an easy face mask recipe

    Get soft, hydrated skin in just a few minutes Alright, let’s be honest. Sometimes our skin is crying out for care, but our energy and motivation? They’re nowhere to be seen. It’s so tempting to just keep lounging on the sofa. If the cat can do it, why can’t we? At times like these, we have two options: Either we stay put and continue bingeing our latest favourite series in a single night, or we scrounge together enough enthusiasm for a few minutes’ worth of effort. That’s all the time you need to make Fresh in a Flash, a homemade face mask that’s ready—you guessed it—in a flash! So, finish…

  • making night cream at home
    Face,  Facial cream,  Intermediate,  Tutorials and recipes

    This DIY night cream is called Sleeping Beauty for a reason!

      This night cream recipe will give your skin a good night’s rest Night has fallen, the stars are gently twinkling in the darkened sky, you’re winding down after a long day, and the dream world is calling to you. It’s finally time for bed. All you have left to do is curl up under the covers and let sleep take over. Of course our mind and body deserve this rest, but don’t forget that our skin does too! It also needs a bit of evening care so it can greet tomorrow restored, refreshed, and glowing. Luckily, we’ve got a night cream recipe so that your skin, like you, can…