Tuesday, June 29, 2010

How To Make A Banana Yogurt Face Mask

Good Morning,
It's kind of a gloomy looking day outside and I think it's going to rain later. Oh well, enjoy a rainy day inside and treat yourself to an all natural facial :)

Banana Yogurt Face Mask

This face mask can be chunky or smooth depending on how you think you will like it.

To make it you will need:

  • 1 banana (or half, depends on how much banana you want in it)
  • plain yogurt (not vanilla, plain)
  • honey
  • an orange or lemon

  1. puree banana or mash to desired texture

  2. add yogurt until a creamy texture

  3. add small amount of honey (mostly for scent and colour)

  4. add squeeze of orange or lemon

  5. combine mixture and apply to face

  6. let sit for 10-15 minutes

  7. rinse with a cool or steaming warm face cloth

I hope you enjoy this face mask, it's one of my favourites.

xoxo

Cait

Monday, June 28, 2010

* DIY All Natural Honey Sugar Lip Scrub *




to make your own all natural, exfoliating honey-sugar lip scrub you will need:


a small bowl
regular table sugar
honey
Olive Oil

*mix all ingredients until they form a gritty paste,

*apply small amount of the scrub to your finger - or if you want, a toothbrush (make sure it's not your everyday toothbrush, ew!)

*scrub onto your lips (not too hard as it can damage your lips)

* you can either let it sit for 2 minutes, or rinse off with warm water !

* apply moisturizing lip gloss !

as another option you can use brown sugar, this works best for lightly conditioning lips (aka - wont work as well as regular white sugar, but if you have sensitive lips or whatever, it should be great)


Honey has many other benefits for skin and hair and all around health, and it tastes good too :)

It can be used for sore throats, as an energy booster, even as a hangover remedy! For more

information on the natural uses and benefits of honey, click here

xoxo
cait


Ps: sorry for the use of a random google photo, I hope to get some of my own photos up as I make the products :)


First Post ! :)

Hey guys, this is my first post - hopefully there will be lots more...
I'm recently addicted to DIY projects, so I'll share some of my favourites here with you.
I'll be focusing mostly on beauty products but there will also be some home crafts and other stuff I just kind of figure out along the way. I like to work with all natural things from the beach and the garden so it will kind of "all natural" beauty products and projects, I hope!

I'm also a fan of the dollarstore for craft items so I'll make sure most of my stuff is for those who are on the cheap and with budgets in mind, I'll try and also stick with stuff you can find around the house, beach, yard, garden, etc :)

So I hope you enjoy my stuff, and leave any comments or feedback please - i love inspiration and ideas! If you have any requests let me know and I will try my best to get back to you :)



This would be my daughter, Anna at the beach in Boisdale.
She is just as enthusiastic about beach combing as her mama :)