My very first post

As a stay at home mom I often try to find ways to save money around the house. For the past six months I decided to stop spending money and make a few of the things I used to buy. So for my first post I decided to share my recipes for a body scrub, facial scrub, and facial toner. 

The body scrub is really simple and cheap! 

                       1 tsp. of raw honey

                       1/4 cup of olive oil (I used EVOO)

                       1 cup of raw or granulated sugar

                       2 tsp of lemon zest

Mix the honey and EVOO together, add in sugar, and then the zest. I keep my scrub in a clear glass jar. This only keeps for a few weeks, but if you use it everyday it won't really matter. My skin loves it, I always feel so soft and smooth after my showers!

The facial scrub is just as easy and the best scrub I've ever used.

                      1/3 cup of brown sugar

                      1/2 tsp of lemon juice

                      1/2 tsp of witch hazel

                      1 tbsp of olive oil

                      1/2 tsp of raw honey 

                      2-4 drops of tea tree oil 

Mix together in a small jar exactly as the recipe says, this keeps for a few weeks as well. I use mine every morning since I like the way it makes my skin feel all day long. I use the scrub on my face first, then use a natural cleanser after to cut down on the oily feeling, but it is still very soft after.

Lastly, the toner. About 6 months back I ran out of my favorite facial toner, but at the time I had a hard time spending money on myself. My solution was to keep my old toner spray bottle and make my own!

                     1 cup of water

                     1/2 cup of lemon juice

                     2/3 cup of witch hazel

                     3-4 drops of tea tree oil

Mix and pour into any bottle you plan on using. I prefer a spray bottle, but some like to pour onto cotton balls.

Also if you don't care for tea tree oil, you don't have to use it. I prefer to use it because my skin does continue to break out. Tea tree oil is great stuff, if you have not used it before or looked into it, you definitely should! 

That is all for today folks! Thank you for reading!!!