Homemade Foundation Powder
Note: This recipe is so incredibly popular with readers I decided to create a video tutorial for making homemade foundation powder. You can find my video tutorial here. I love make-up! In fact, I find...
View ArticleNourishing Homemade Body Wash
Being a mom is dirty business. Literally. Within a few hours minutes I can go from fresh, clean and smelling fabulous to, “When’s the last time she bathed?” How is it that every piece of dirt, marker,...
View ArticleSimple Homemade Moisturizer
I love simplicity. What’s the opposite of simplicity? Complicated. Who’s got time for complicated? Certainly not this mom. I take this simple philosophy when it comes to my kitchen. I try to keep...
View ArticleHomemade Pumpkin Spice Facial Scrub
I wait eagerly for October and the season of Fall to make its grand debut every year. Then, suddenly with a blink of the eye it’s here and soon-to-be gone. I’m still dreaming of pumpkin patches,...
View ArticleSimple Homemade Peppermint Toothpaste
Remember those chocolate chip cookies I posted this week? Yes, those ooey-gooey little bites of pure joy. It’s time to draw it back a little, finish up that last little crumb smudged with chocolaty...
View ArticleHomemade Ultra-Moisturizing Lotion (without Coconut Oil)
April has brought valuable lessons. Let’s review a few: 1. Don’t keep your glass 2-gallon jar of Kombucha hidden in a dark pantry. Your husband unknowingly will break it, sending sticky Kombucha...
View ArticleSimple Homemade Facial Astringent
I think it’s been established, I have quite the past. I’ve been a beet-hater (now, a lover). A Chick-Fil-A and fast food lover (before real food). I recently gave up store-bought laundry soap (thank...
View ArticleHomemade Foundation Powder (Video Tutorial)
My journey to simplicity started with food. Little did I know ditching the processed food and learning to use my oven would ignite a fire within my soul for getting back to simple living. Now, I’m not...
View ArticleDIY Hand Scrub
I’ve never been much of a “dirty” person. In fact, I much prefer living in the city… the lack of dirt and abundance of Target stores sells me on the need for city life. Lately, I’ve felt a rustling, a...
View ArticleHomemade Honey Oatmeal Acne Mask
Let’s do coffee! No computer, no email, just you and me. As we sip on our freshly-brewed coffee, in over-sized chairs, you’ll probably notice I possess a few characteristics. First, despite my...
View Article3 Simple & Quick Homemade Clay Mask Recipes
Before kids, I was the perfect parent! My list of perfection parenting (remember, I’m a list kind of gal), included everything my children and I would never do. I don’t know why I thought parenting...
View ArticleHow to Clean Your Face Naturally with Oil
Hang around this little corner of the internet for long, and you’ll quickly learn I love homemade remedies. Now, please hear me out. I’m not a snobby anti-bleach or even anti-Tide woman. I’m simply a...
View ArticleDIY Homemade Peppermint Lip Balm
I like to think of myself as a simple kind of gal. Simple hasn’t always described my life. There was a time when life was complicated and even a bit fake, but two kids, eight chickens, and a bit of...
View ArticleHow to Make Homemade Ultra-Moisturizing Lotion without Coconut Oil: Video...
When the weather drops into the fifties (that’s Fahrenheit) in Florida, you know winter has officially arrived. The boots are ready, coats are hung by the door, and the heater is hard at work. With...
View ArticleDIY Homemade Perfume (a simple homemade gift)
I love perfume! It’s the finishing touch to the beginning of my day. I remember as a child how I used to beg my mother to allow me to use her perfume. I felt so grown up when wearing it, almost like...
View ArticleDIY French Toast Lip Scrub
A Note From Kristin: Happy 2015! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and new year’s celebration. During the busy holiday season, I decided to take a ten day break from blogging here at Live Simply....
View ArticleDIY Homemade Facial Serum
It’s time to share a recipe I’ve been secretly hiding in my bathroom, holding back from sharing here at Live Simply. Not in a mean holding back kind of way. Oh no, I would never do that! More like...
View ArticleDIY Homemade Honey Face Wash
Pass the soap, please! No oil cleansing tonight. Let me back up a bit, for the sake of all the readers out there with vivid pictures of motor oil being splashed all over my face. Oil cleansing? Oil...
View ArticleDIY Homemade Reusable Facial Cleansing Wipes
A couple of weeks ago, after publishing the DIY Honey Face Wash, a Live Simply reader commented, “Do you think this could be incorporated into DIY face wipes? Maybe not even disposable ones, but a jar...
View ArticleDIY Homemade Milk and Honey Body Wash
You guys, I just can’t do it. Surprises and long waits are too much for one blogger to bear alone. The very best surprises must be shared. While taking a shower a few weeks ago, just days after...
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