DIY Cleaning Wipes with Thieves Cleaner and Lemon Essential Oil are the perfect alternative to those expensive, chemical laden, store bought ones we all rely on for counter top and spill cleanups. These are so easy and inexpensive to make you will never revert back plus you can feel safe using them. They smell so much better than those bleach ones. Bonus: they don't leave your hands feeling dry and nasty! We use these on everything in the house, including my son's cpap mask! DIY Cleaning Wipes Materials: *list contains affiliate links Omni-Wipe Container Roll of paper towels. I have used Bounty and Scott and not had issues but a quick scan on google shows others warning against using the cheaper brands because they turn to mush. Large knife Thieves Cleaner - You get save 24% by becoming a wholesale member Young Living Lemon Essential Oil-take advantage of my $25 refund with Young Living Premium Starter Kit Amazon promo and you could get the Omni-Wipe Container FREE with your rebate PLUS get the oil and Thieves Cleaner at 24% off.How to Make DIY Cleaning Wipes:Using large knife (love my Cutco for this) cut paper towel roll in half. ...
Super Simple Lip Scrub | Quick and Easy Beauty DIY
A few weeks ago I hosted a fabulous "Make and Take" Essential Oils party with some of my friends and we made up this super simple lip scrub for everyone to take home. Towards the end of Summer/beginning of Fall my lips are always a little dry and chapped. Enter this super simple, customizable lip scrub to help gently exfoliate the dry skin on my lips, making it easier to apply lip balms and the occasional lipstick smoothly. It's so easy that all of the 5 year old girls there made one for themselves! DIY LIP SCRUB INGREDIENTS List contains affiliate links! Sugar-Raw or Granulated-up to you. I personally like the Raw for better exfoliation. Fractionated Coconut Oil Screw Top Tins Young Living Essential Oils-try Lavender, Peppermint, any of the Citrus ones, or your other favorite Vitality oil (careful if you have broken skin)DIY LIP SCRUB DIRECTIONSFill tin container 2/3 full of the sugar of your choice. Add coconut oil to just cover the top of your sugar. Stir with a tooth pick. Cover and decorate lid. We just used heart stickers this time.That's it. Told you it was super simple! ...
How To Organize Your Measuring Cups and Spoons : DIY Kitchen Organization Hack
The past few months we have been doing a major kitchen over-haul and I love, love, love the way it is turning out. Combine the kitchen redo with my massive love-hate relationship with the KonMari method of organizing that I adopted last fall and I have been very busy. Yes, KonMari is the crazy method of basically throwing everything away that doesn't "spark joy". It comes from the book the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and let me tell you, the process is most definitely life changing. All of these things lead me to today's solution for how to organize your measuring cups and spoons.First, let me tell you what DIDN'T "spark joy" for me. THIS DRAWER:So when it was time to empty out and decide what to do with it I went back to my pinterest board of home ideas and was inspired by a measurement conversion chart created by the blogger at Infarrantly Creative. I tried to figure out how to organize your measuring cups and spoons with a much taller, skinnier pine cabinet door and this is what I came up with:The first thing I did was gather the supplies for my project: *This post contains Amazon Affiliate linksChalkboard Contact Paper red paint 3 paint ...
Peppermint Mocha Latte Lip Balm
I was needing a new flavor of lip balm when my friend Jillian started chatting on Facebook about how she was infusing her shea butter with coffee. What a great idea. Jillian's tastes are a little different than mine when it comes to lip balm ingredients though so I started playing around with how I could do this using my go-to ingredients and what I came up with is this amazing Peppermint Mocha Latte Lip Balm inspired by her original post. It tastes just like your local coffee shop with a lot less calories! Ingredients for Peppermint Mocha Latte Lip Balm *this post contains affiliate links.1 cup raw cocoa butter 4 tbsps organic course ground coffee (I used some my son had just brought back from Costa Rica :) ) 2 TBSP Fractionated Coconut Oil (this is the liquid kind) 1 heaping TBSP beeswax pellets (buying pellets is much easier than grating) Lip Balm containers - you can do tubes or tins (this recipe makes 5 1/2 ounce tins) Small crockpot for infusing Cheescloth for straining the coffee grounds Young Living Peppermint Essential Oil (get a GREAT deal on this and 10 other oils through the link)Directions for Peppermint Mocha Latte Lip ...
Disney Cruise Door Decoration Ideas
More than on any other cruise line, Disney Cruisers LOVE to decorate their doors. It's a real part of the Disney Cruise planning process and people go all out. Are you getting ready for your first Disney Cruise? These Disney Cruise door decoration ideas will have you sailing in style in no time.*this post contains affiliate linksAll of the below photos were taken in November of 2016 on a Disney Merrytime Cruise on the Wonder so that is why you will see holiday themed doors mixed in. There are several ways people make these decorations. Most often people use their Cricut or Silhoutte Machines and follow patterns similar to the ones found in this thread on Disboards. They laminate them and then use heavy duty magnets to make them stick to the door. Per Disney rules, "You are welcome to place magnetic signs on your stateroom door. Though, please note that Concierge staterooms on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy have wooden doors. You may not affix items to your stateroom doors using tape or any adhesive, including removable gel adhesives, as this can damage the doors’ finish." There are fines for damaging the doors. The second most common way, and what I did to save ...