Soap Rebatching
Soap rebatching: because sometimes s#!t happens. Why rebatch soap? Well, for any number of reasons. Maybe it cooled too quickly the first round and still needs a couple more hours. […]
Category Archives: Grooming / Beauty
Marigold-Pumice Cleansing Face Scrub
Imagine my surprise one summer to learn there was a considerable difference between marigolds and pot marigolds. (Tagetes vs calendula, to be precise.) I’d been hoping to grow my own […]
Coffee Soap
I’m constantly on the lookout for new and exciting ways to cover my body in coffee. If you’ve got a half-finished pot, some spent grounds, and a basic understanding of safe soap-making […]
Homemade Organic Sunscreen
I have a confession: I frigging love the sun. As health-conscious as I try to be, I will happily run around outside all summer long until I turn a deep mahogany. […]
All-Natural Toothpaste
For many of us, toothpaste was our first foray into the world of DIY personal-care products. We glumped some wet baking soda onto a toothbrush and never looked back. Making […]
Homemade Deodorant
Much to the dismay of my coworkers and loved-ones, I’ve been spending the better part of a year experimenting with DIY deodorant. Like all of us, I used regular drugstore […]
Vetiver & Tea Tree Moisturizing Balm
I found a sexy-sounding recipe for an all-natural shaving cream and decided I had to try it. The ingredients were great and the finished product really was incredible. Only thing […]
Pure & Mild Castile Soap
Of all the products I’ve made myself, soap was always the DIY project that dare not speak its name. The ingredients were simple, the outcome was delightful, but there was […]
Salt & Soda Scrub
There’s no reason to buy posh face and body scrubs — oftentimes filled with more than meets the eye — when you can make your own organic, spa-quality scrub right […]
3 Simple Swaps to Instantly Start Making a Difference
I don’t know about you, but when I think ‘healthy living’, I still picture a Prius driver in yoga pants wandering the aisles at Whole Foods. But it’s easy to […]
The Crunchy Urbanite 