2012

With the year ending it's a great time to look back at the past year. 2012 was the year I started more serious blogging, finished my first year of school, discovered a lot of great new things and met some really cool and beautiful people. A lot of changes and new things happened, and I hope 2013 will be a year with changes that will last, although I'm always open for new stuff.

In the new year I hope to write at least one blog post a week, maybe with more DIYs, more about where to get supplies for home made cosmetics and of course a lot of cool new recipes.




I hope 2013 will bring you lots of happiness, love and everything else you wish for.

No-buy challenges

No-buy challenges are a great way to become more conscious of your spending behavior, will boost your creativity and will save you money. I decided that from now on I will start 2 no-buy challenges.

1. A 3 month no-buy challenge for clothing.
2. A 1 month no-buy challenge for anything else.

 It's kind of hard to predict what I might need for school and I can't postpone those expenses, so that's the only exception. I still have a lot of supplies and tons of clothes so it shouldn't be a problem. I chose to go with shorter periods of time because it's easier to accomplish. After the challenges end I will tell you more about my experiences, and I will probably prolong the challenges if I can.

Make your own rose water

I've been wanting to make my own rose water for a while and now I finally had the time.
It's pretty cool to make and fairly easy.

My etsy store

It's not really DIY or natural cosmetics related, but I would like to take a minute to promote my etsy store
It's mostly hand made unique jewelry. In the future I would like to add more jewelry, maybe some silver stuff too and some customized t-shirts and so fort. So if you're curious just click the link and take a look.

Make your own Lavender oil.

Making your own oils is super easy, it's cheap and natural! There are tons of different things you can do with, but this time I chose for one of my favorites: Lavender oil.

What do we need?

50 gr of dried lavender.
500 ml of sunflower or olive oil
a big clean glass jar
a nice sunny and warm spot

Put the dried lavender into the clean glass jar. (find more info on keeping things clean and hygienic here)
Poor the oil over the lavender, this isn't exact science, you might need a little more or less than the 500 ml, just make sure the buds are covered in oil.

Now place the jar in a warm and sunny place. Preferably on a window sil or something (if there's a heater nearby that's even more perfect) Keep it there for about 4 weeks, and stir the mixture every day.
After those 4 weeks you take some cheese cloth or a fine strainer to separate the flowers from the oil and you will have some very very nice smelling lavender oil. Lavender is great for your skin and the smell is calming. I really really enjoyed making this, if you want to try making your own oil I highly recommend it. The smell is just so amazing. You will not regret it.

Super easy bath salt DIY

Whenever I make something, I try to keep it as natural as possible, cheap and easy.
This week I decided to try something I'd never made before; bath salt.

Sea Salt Scrub

Sea salt scrubs are a classic in the world of beauty and cosmetics. It's super easy to make yourself, 100% natural.