DIY Makeup Remover

As I was wiping off my makeup the other day; the thought popped in my head, how much do these really cost to make because all I do is throw them away?

Off to the kitchen I went to see what all I had in the pantry and cabinets. I found a few leftover mason jars, coconut oil, and the cotton rounds. After I gathered everything on the counter; I made my way to Pinterest. From there I found several different recipes . Most called for coconut oil,  water, air right container, and some essential oils.

I made my own recipe from what I read.

1. I filled my mason jars more than half way full, then transferred that water to a pan to boil it. When it comes to a boil, pour it back into the mason jar.

2. I only put 1tbsp of coconut oil into the hot water to let it melt. I stared it with a straw *laughing at myself now* it was the only thing that I had right there in my reach!

3. Add the cotton rounds to the hot water mixture. Using the straw again; push the rounds down so they fully absorb as much liquid as they can.
*after I added all the rounds that I wanted I poured out the excess mixture, but it isn't a must*

I let it cool completely and put on 2 different types of waterproof mascara to see how well it actually works or not. To my surprise it worked fantastic! I didn't have to scrub my eyes to get all the mascara off and it didn't leave my eyelashes dry/brittle feeling. I will most definitely be making this again when I run out. I wish everyone could have seen my face!!! Totally shock!

Younique 3D Mascara

So..back on my favorite makeup. The 3d mascara is AMAZING! That may even be a slight under statement. If you haven't tried this out, you need too!! It is a 3 step process 1. GEL 2. FIBER 3. GEL

No false eye lashes here. All natural!! No more glued eyelids either!! The mascara goes for $29 and it comes with everything you need along with a cute carry case. #younique #lovemylashes #makeup #joinme #lovemyjob

If you're remotely interested please check out 

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Younique Makeup

Why Younique?!? On a personal, financial level, as someone who spends money regularly, it made sense to me. Realistically, I can walk into a drug store, grocery store, Ulta, Sephora, ANY big name department store and spend heaven knows what without even thinking and walk out with cosmetics and skin care that I am not sure I will even like and that I will never realistically take advantage of a “Return if you don’t love it” guarantee that some stores offer. With Younique, I felt my cosmetics spending would be under better control. I would be receiving a discount on high end cosmetics and to remain active, I only had to spend $125.00 in a rolling three month period. Really? I can go into a drug store and in five minutes spend $125.00 on skin care and cosmetics. No brainer!!! And then there was the option of selling it. First of all, everyone who wears mascara needs Younique’s Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes + Mascara. THEY JUST DO!!! They are AHHH-MAAA-ZING!!!! With selling Younique, it's provided me with some extra splurge money. Who wouldn't like that!?!?! #SUCCESS

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How To Get Underarm Stains Out/Waxy Build Up

Do you have a favorite shirt that you always wear that may have underarm stains or waxy build up on the shirt like my husband gets all the time? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbwmWFp_bs 

I found this on YouTube and I tried it out on a few of my husbands shirts and low and be hold it works, at least for the waxy build up. I couldn't really tell if he had any stains because they were dark colored work shirts. 

But I gathered all of his shirts that he generally wears to work and turned them all inside out so that I could have contact with the waxy build up. I followed the recipe she gave in the video: 1/4 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup hydrogen peroxide. Mixed it up in my bowl and then scrubbed on the shirts and let it sit for 30-45 minutes. I washed them like I would any other time. And BAM it was practically gone. There were a few shirts that I had to do this a few times to get the waxy build up off.  

My husband no longer makes fun of me for "trying" homemade things anymore!!! 

Homemade Teeth Whitening

Now I know this sounds silly, but why pay $30-$50 on teeth whitening strips when you can just make your own stuff at home!?!

In the expense of trying to save money with the home made detergent which I still have a ton of; I came across a recipe for homemade teeth whitening. It persisted of:

1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp hydrogen peroxide
1/2 tsp water
little dab of toothpaste

Mix all of this in a little bowl. Dip your tooth brush in the mixture and then brush for the normal 2 recommended minutes.

**MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT SWALLOW**

It's not the best tasting mixture in the world but then again neither are some tooth pastes. After you've brushed your teeth, rinse mouth out with water.

I got all of this from a post on Pinterest.  It wasn't were I could copy the link and give it that way.

So far I've done this once a week for the last 2 weeks and I've noticed that my teeth have whitened and I'm having to pay a whole lot anymore. I wish I would have taken some before and after pictures, but somehow you never really think of doing that until afterwards...or at least that's me anyways.

Homemade Laundry Detergent - HE Safe

     So in my midst to try to save money for my husband and I; I thought about trying homemade laundry detergent. I did a lot of research on Pinterest and Google. I found a recipe that would work for our HE washing machine. To my surprise our local Wal-Mart had almost everything that I was in search for. I had to use a different soap than the recipe called for, no big deal! I used the Fels-Naptha instead of the Zote it called for. When I was finished checking out it wound up being only $35 with everything, and that included a new grater; I'm not about to use my cheese grater on some soap! 

The ingredients are

1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Powder 

4lb box of Baking Soda

1 box Borax 

1 55oz Pyrex Crystals - any fragrance will do 

2 bars Fels-Naptha 14oz each or 2 bars zote

1 5 gallon bucket

The most time consuming thing was grating the soap. However, if you choose to use Zote; you can cut the bar of soap in slices and then microwave it for 1 minute. It will puff up like a marshmallow; when it cools it will harden. After it's hardened then you can just crumble it up in a bowl. 

After the soap is grated, gather all your other ingredients and mix them outside. I made the mistake of mixing all of this at my kitchen table...let me just say that was a huge no no! I had a cloud of dust all around me from all the powders. Anyways....what I did was mix a little of each thing layer by layer. That way by the end it was easier to mix up. 

After everything is mixed up you can put some in the empty Pyrex Crystal container like I did. For the leftovers I had a big Rubbermaid tote that help the rest. This product smells wonderful and makes a ton!!! I even had so much leftover that I gave some to the girls I work with. 

My next batch will be made with the pink Zote soap. 

I told my husband that I was trying to be thrifty and crafty and all he did was roll his eyes at me! Oh well!! Guess who doesn't have to buy the expensive Tide HE detergent anymore!! Or at least for now...

I have things to try homemade furniture polish, toilet cleaner, glass cleaner, and carpet powder!!