Summertime is upon us and I’m ready for some warm nights on the patio! Normally I am not a sangria fan. I just don’t love tons of sugar in my cocktails and I’m not a red wine fan either. After I brought home a bottle of white Zinfandel and realized it was too sweet for me, instead of throwing it out,…
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I just happened to catch Dr. Oz the other day and I’m so glad I did. Many of you have watched Suzanne Somer’s on DWTS lately as have I. I must say, I’ve just fallen in love with her! Now that I have caught this episode of Dr. Oz, it’s official, I’m obsessed. For playing such a ditzy character on the beloved…
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Lemon water…. A super simple habit you should explore. I am a huge fan of lemon water but honestly I use lemon essential oil to boost my water. The truth about putting lemon essential oil in your water is, while it’s great for detoxing, anti bacterial, anti fungal and anti viral, it does not contain all the vitamins a fresh lemon does.…
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I’m so excited for this post!!! My daughters and I have been experimenting in the kitchen this week. First, it was the beeswax lotion, and now it’s naturally dyed Easter eggs!! There is loads of info. on making your own egg dye all over the internet so I figured, this is the perfect project to tackle this year. Every time I start…
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Many of you have asked me if you can ditch the emulsifying wax in my other DIY cream recipes and use beeswax instead. With quite the know-it-all stance, I quickly assured you that beeswax would not properly bind oil and water. I had tried this method in my early days of experimenting with DIYs and created the most greasy, non-cohesive “cream”. It…
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Ok, I’m not trying to be cocky here but I have invented the BEST smoothie EVER! I’m not kidding. Yesterday I talked about the amazing benefits of kale. Today, I’m so excited to share with you probably the best smoothie I’ve ever made! Last weekend was spring break and my girls and my mom and I went to Dallas for the weekend. …
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I started adding kale into my diet about 6 mos. ago. I’m always looking for new veggies that I can stomach. Especially leafy greens. The benefits in leafy green vegetables are huge. I was just going to make this a smoothie recipe post, but I decided to divide it up into 2 posts because kale honestly deserves a post of it’s own. …
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A couple of months ago I wrote a post on the London based skin care company, Neal’s Yard Remedies. I became a consultant to the company in order to get quite a few products for an extremely discounted price plus, I wanted to offer a source for you all to buy the products I was going to review since Amazon didn’t carry…
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Ok, get ready for an alarming, eye opening post that’s going to make you want to jump up and take action IMMEDIATELY! I was scrolling through my Pinterest feed and found THIS article on adding 1 drop of lavender essential oil to your mascara each time you buy a new tube. Why you may ask?? Brace yourself…. EYELASH MITES. Yes, 50% of…
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