February 24, 2017

At the beginning of summer last year, I went on a beautiful yoga retreat with my mum. The yoga instructor gave us each a tub of homemade moisturizer and homemade sugar scrub. I'm telling you, this stuff was heaven! I've tried so many moisturizers over the years but never found one that works with my very dry and agitated skin. I have eczema on my eyes and rosacea on my cheeks, and struggle to find
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February 14, 2017

These eczema relief bath melts have been a lifesaver for me over the past year. I'm sure I'll write about this in more detail soon, but a couple of years ago I developed eczema out of the blue. I'm convincedĀ it was stress related, but I still haven't been able to shake it. It mostly effects my hands, the inside of my elbows, behind my knees and the top of my eyelids (lucky me). Over time, I've been
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Posted in Beauty, DIY, Vegan | Tagged eczema relief, eczema relief bath melts, homemade bath melts, homemade cosmetics |
January 24, 2017

There's nothing that can beat the simple luxury of a hot bubble bath, in my opinion. When the cold has seeped into your bones, you've had a long and stressful day, or you need some help drifting off to sleep, a bath is always the answer. I've been a huge fan of the Lush bath bomb range for a long time. I can't actually use bath bombs anymore - they irritate my sensitive skin - but James loves them
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Posted in Beauty, DIY, Vegan | Tagged bath bombs, DIY, lush, natural cosmetics |
October 26, 2016

I've been thinking for a while about making a snack bowl with a hand coming out of the middle, but it was my Dad who had the genius idea of using a jewellery holder. Seriously, I had been researching ways to mould hands out of clay or pour Plaster of Paris into rubber gloves. This method is 100 times simpler! These hand shaped jewellery holders are really easy to find in charity shops (wash it first,
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Posted in DIY, Halloween | Tagged decorations, DIY, halloween, snack bowl |
October 5, 2016

I love the really scary side of Halloween, but I seem to be drawn to children's crafts the most. These pom pom spiders are no exception - don't let the gloomy photos fool you - they're nothing short of adorable. The spiders are quick and easy to make, especially if you have a pom pom maker. Getting a pom pom maker changed my life. Seriously, they are so cheap, and you can wind the wool around without
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Posted in DIY, Halloween | Tagged DIY, halloween, halloween decorations, pom pom spiders, pom poms |