Making Produce Last

✨Did you know placing lemons in a glass container of water in the fridge will make them last 3 weeks longer? 

✨ Did you know rinsing off your fresh fruit and placing them in glass containers in the refrigerator make them last almost 2 weeks! 

✨Fresh lemon is a natural preservative. 

✨ Place your asparagus in a glass jar with water at the bottle of prolong their life. 

DIY Foaming Soap

DIY foaming hand soap, super simple to make! You can make this in bulk or just individually in a matter of minutes!

Ingredients; 

  • 2 tablespoons of liquid Castile soap (I use lavender)
  • 1 tablespoon of fractionated coconut oil
  • 10 drops of essential oils (I do 5 of lavender and 5 of On Guard for extra bacterial fighting purposes)
  • Water

Mix in the first 3 ingredients and slowly add in the water (think of it like you are pouring a beer to avoid foam) I bought some cute foaming hand soap dispensers on Amazon linked here (foaming mason jar soap dispensers), or prior to these I reused old store bought foaming soap dispensers. 

This is the most moisturizing soap and I love the ability to customize the scent!

Phenoxyethanol

✨This is a new one for me that I have been looking for on products, and let me say….so many products contain this. 

✨Synthetic preservative and stabilizer found in cosmetics.

✨Can be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane which can have carcinogenic effects

It is almost completely absorbed through the skin 78% of it for leave on products such as beauty products.

✨What to look for on labels/other names; Phenoxyethanol, 2-Phenoxyethanol, Euxyl K® 400 (mixture of Phenoxyethanol and 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane), PhE

✨Often found in moisturizer, eye shadow, foundation, sunscreen, conditioner, mascara, eye liner, shampoo, lip gloss, concealer, body wash, hand cream, blush, hair color, hair spray, lip balm, lotion, nail polish, baby wipes, toothpaste, the list goes on and on….