Sunday, October 31, 2010

Making Soap!

     My newest adventure, making soap! This is my second batch of soap during its curing process. The picture to the left is 7 days cured. The one below is 2 weeks cured. This particular soap I created contains natural ingredients. This soap contains lavender, grapefruit extract, rose petals, bran flakes, coconut oil, cinnamin powered milk, vitamin E oil, and lanolin.
    I had originally thought my soap would be cured in 2 weeks. However, with all the rich ingredients I added to the soap, they are making the curing process slower. I believe this will take another 2 weeks. I can not wait to try it out! 
    Making your own soap is not only interesting, but it is also aids in a healthy lifestyle. It helps boost the immune system along with simple natural diet. There are not artificial chemicals in my homemade soap in which is a great step in being chemical-free. Below are the books I used in creating this old-world craft.






Sunday, October 24, 2010

Natural Insecticide For Plants Recipe

                                           Image Credits:

                                          dezinerfolio.com



 Natural Insecticide for Plants Recipe

Ingredients:
1 quart of warm water                                                  
2 tb or organic liquid dish soap
1 large re-used spray bottle


 
Directions:
1. Warm up a quart of water on the stove or microwave. Pour the warm water inside the spray, then add the organic liquid dish soap. Shake it up and it is ready to use!

                                                                                                               I had a big problem with tomato worms attacking my bell pepper plants and I did not want to use any thing harmful to the plant or myself. This homemade insecticide took care of the problem!