DIY All Natural Body Spray/Perfume Recipe

I think this happens to be the most asked question I get in regards to what I use in replace of store bought body spray or perfume. The good news is? It's SO easy to make, switch up the scents and make it custom to you!

This is a recipe I use all the time! I finally said "bye bye" to store bought body sprays at the beginning of the year and have been making this instead. This combo I use is such a nice blend of flowery and tropical, which was great for spring and I'm loving it for summer now. But really, you can use whatever essential oil blend you'd like!



SO are you ready for me to show you how easy it is to make your own body spray/perfume?

I just use this small glass perfume bottle and refill it each time it runs out. About once a month. I got mine as a gift, but you can get one very similar to it on amazon here. 

Ingredients/Directions:
-Small Glass perfume bottle (mine was a gift but i will post the link to a similar one in the comments)
-4 drops of Ylang Ylang Essential Oil (i'll post more about this oil in the comments)
-3 droops of Grapefruit Essential Oil (I'll post more about this oil in the comments)
-Fill the glass bottle half way with Witch Hazel
-Fill the rest with distilled or boiled then cooled water
* twist the lid on and give it a good shake and BOOM. You have a very pretty smelling perfume!

Here is a little info about the AMAZING YLANG YLANG:

Bonus Tip: If you are detoxing from aluminum deodorant this is a great way to cover up the ermmm SMELL that you might be experiencing right now :P. But really it's great for just every day use to smell good and know that you aren't spraying toxins on to your skin!

So what do you think? Would you try this? Also, if you have another blend you use for perfume I would LOVE to hear! 

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DIY All Natural Garden Bug Spray Recipe

Are you growing a garden this year? We are! And man do we hae some bugs flying around here.

So I tried out a few different types of all natural bug spray recipes and loved that the one that worked best was the SIMPLEST recipe. #winwin

What you need:

Empty Spray bottle

Water

Peppermint Essential Oil (High Quality)

For a 8oz spray bottle:

- pour 8 oz of water into spray bottle

- add 8 drops of peppermint EO

*Shake and spray!

Apply spray to every plant in the garden, *I would try to make sure you've sprayed the stems and undersides of leaves as well. Spray after every rainfall.

This will help keep bugs and mice away from your hard work!

I hope you find this recipe helpful!

*Bonus Tip: You can also use this EXACT same recipe as a coolant spray for a hot day! I keep a small spray bottle of this in my baseball mom bag for game days. I spray down the back of my son's neck to help keep him cool. He loves it!

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Recipe: Instant Pot Bone Broth on a Budget

I love bone broth. What is bone broth you may ask? 

It's a broth that is rich in minerals that supports the immune system and contain healing compounds like collagen, glutamine, glycine and proline. The collagen in the bone broth heals your gut lining and reduces intestinal inflammation.

Long story short, it's really good for your gut, has amazing things in it that will help improve your digestive system, strengthen your hair and nails and the list goes on and on.

I'll be honest, buying organic bone broth in the store can be a bit pricey. Yes it goes on sale sometimes but you can save SO much money by making it yourself at home!

How? Every time you cook use veggies... save your scraps! I keep a on going zip lock freezer bag in my fridge that I put the following scraps:

-onion 

- celery 

- carrot 

- bell pepper 

-garlic

-zucchini

-squash

-mushrooms

-herbs (parsley is my favorite to keep for this)

Also the day I am planning to go to the grocery store I will take out any veggies in my fridge that will be going bad and set them aside to use to make my bone broth. 

Then when I got to the grocery store I pick up an organic cooked rotisserie chicken from the deli. I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of cooking a big dinner after grocery shopping and putting everything away. So the day I go grocery shopping is always chicken night with a salad and some other simple side dish. At our store an organic cooked chicken is $9.99 so not only am I feeding my family of four dinner for under $15, I am also going to use that same left over chicken to make my bone broth the next day. Do you see where I'm going with this?

A store bought container of prepped organic bone broth is typically around $7.99 where I live for usually 20 oz. Making it myself at home will not only save money but I can make over 65 oz (sometimes 90oz) with this one chicken and my saved veggie scraps. I don't have an exact total amount saved, but you can see it's definitely a lot.

So now I'm going to tell you how I make it!

First add your left over chicken into your instant pot. (I have a 6qt duo)

Then add all your veggie scraps. No exact science to this, just add the scraps you want. I like to throw in some extra baby carrots, some fresh parsley and a little extra crushed garlic when I have it on hand. 

Next I fill up the instant pot with water. No exact amount.. I just make sure I cover the chicken and most of the veggies. Then I'll add a little Himalayan salt and ground pepper and sometimes a tbsp of apple cider vinegar. (But not every time, just depends on the what I'm in the mood for. The Apple Cider vinegar gives the broth a little kick)

Then I seal the lid, make sure the pressure valve is closed and then Instant Pot to Manuel High for 90 minutes.

After it's done I release the valve for a quick release (so right away) and take the lid off and turn the IP off. Then I let it cool for awhile. 

Afterwards I get a large glass bowl out and put a strainer inside. I slowly pour the instant pot mixture into the bowl through the strainer tell it's full. After it's full I lift the strainer out an pour the glass bowl full of broth into a 1/2 gallon glass mason jar. Then repeat the steps again tell I empty out the entire batch of bone broth from the instant pot. I let that batch fully cool in the glass bowl.

Once it's fully cooled pour the rest of the bone broth into a freezer bag. Then just lay it flat in your freezer and wha-la! Not only do you have about a half gallon of homemade delicious bone broth to use in your fridge but you have EXTRA in your freezer to use when needed. 

**Bonus Tip: Save the plastic container your rotisserie chicken comes in. Once you have strained the broth you can toss the veggies and chicken bones into the plastic container, seal the lid and dispose of. Then it's not all lose in your trash can.

I get asked often when and how often do I drink bone broth? I drink a coffee mug a day usually in the morning while we do school time. I used to have a cup of coffee then but now I love drinking this instead and it's much better for me!

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DIY Simple Home Remedy Recipes

Natural Home Remedy Recipes:

For your Garden:

DIY Natural Garden Bug Spray Recipe

For your Home:

Stress Away Bath Scrub Recipe

More is on it's way!!!

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