It’s common for people to feel that bleach and conventional germ-killing cleaners are good strong cleaning products. But at what cost to your health? Studies are now finding that cleaning chemicals are likely to damage your lungs. People who work as cleaners and use these products all the time have a greater decline in lung…
Category: DIY
The Only DIY Lip Balm Recipe You Need
Making my own lip balm is one DIY that is SOOO worth the time. Why? Because it is SO easy, and it is SOOOOO much cheaper than buying it! I have a few different lip balm recipes on my blog, including my everyday moisturizing one, gingerbread, chai, and chocolate mint. But then I thought –…
DIY Chai Lip Balm with Essential Oils
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see a lot of photos of chai because I LOVE chai. So when I was thinking about a new flavour for lip balm, I thought – yum – chai! I realized I had all the essential oils I needed so I played around with them a bit to…
My Most Popular Posts of 2017
I don’t often do a roundup of my most popular posts every year, but I thought this year was an interesting one. I think it says something about what you’re interested to find out about – DIY, living greener, and real life. I’ve been blessed to have you along on this journey with me. I…
Perfect Easy DIY Gifts for Everyone on Your List
I never thought I’d love DIY as much as I do now – and the key for me is that any DIY I do has to be SUPER EASY with very little time involved! These perfect easy DIY gifts are great for everyone on your list. I will be giving them out to friends, family,…
DIY Outdoor Spray with Essential Oils
I love spending time outside in my garden during the spring and summer months. What I don’t love is getting eaten alive. Thankfully after some experimentation, I’ve settled on a great DIY outdoor spray with essential oils that allows me to enjoy the outdoors annoyance-free! Print DIY Outdoor Spray with Essential Oils Author: Juicy Green Mom…
Celebrate Earth Day with my FREE eBook: Detox Your Home & DIY Guide
Happy Happy Earth Day! I want to celebrate Earth Day with you by giving you a free copy of my eBook Detox Your Home & DIY Guide! I first released it in November 2015, but have updated it and added more recipes (hurrah!). This little book summarizes a lot of what I’ve learned over the…
My DIY Beauty Containers List
I’ve shared my DIY skincare supplies list with ingredients that I use in my DIY beauty products, so it’s only fair that I also share with you where I get the containers I use as well! I try to use glass as much as possible for my DIYs with essential oils. Infinity Jars are what I…
Skin Loving DIY Body Butter with Essential Oils
I’ve made a few DIY creams since starting to dabble in the world of DIY beauty – it’s been really fun to experiment and customize my own products! I’ve been making my own creams and body butters and playing around with different combinations of essential oils. I think I have a good winner here! This recipe uses…
DIY Chocolate Mint Lip Balm with FREE Printable Labels
Last Christmas we made DIY Gingerbread Lip Balm for my daughter’s Kindergarten classmates, and they were a big hit. So this year we decided to use Homemade Mommy’s recipe for DIY Chocolate Mint Lip Balm! I doubled her recipe and substituted avocado oil for sweet almond oil just in case any of the children in…