Category: Tutorials and Recipes
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How to Use Our Premium Massage Candle Base
Making a massage candle has never been easier than simply purchasing your choice of essential oils and Craftiviti’s Premium Massage Candle Base! Not only is switching to this product kinder to your wallet, but the days where you have to make your own massage candles from scratch will be gone. But, before we get into…
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How to Fix Grainy Butters & Balms
Sometimes, you get grainy butters or your balms have a rough, beady texture to it. We find this usually happens when reheating our shea butter and cocoa butter. But, don’t throw the entire tub out or think that the butters have gone bad! This is a normal occurrence because you are working with natural fats. The…
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DIY 3 Ingredients Facial Toner
Looking for the right facial toner for your skin isn’t as easy as it seems to be, especially when there’s an ocean of facial toners out there to try. We have to be certain that the ingredients in commercial facial toners are both compatible and kind to our skin (alcohol, parabens, and other harmful chemicals…
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How to Make Your Own Essential Oil Blend
Essential oil blends have their own unique synergy. They provide a combined effect that is greater than their separate effects. Of course, it is easier to buy ready-made essential oil blends but those blends may not meet your exact preferences. Therefore, for this post, we are going to share the basics of how you can…
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2 Ways to Make Your Own Reusable Beeswax Wrap
When used to store or heat food, plastic leaches toxins into the food which is later consumed by us. There are many studies that have proven that BPA (a common chemical in many plastics) causes a variety of health issues for those who consume food products that have come in contact with it. (1) They’re…
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DIY: Lavender Rose Salt Scrub
One of the best ways to maintain gorgeous skin is manual exfoliation. Therefore, there are various scrubbing products available on the market, ranging from coffee scrubs to herbal scrubs and moisturizing scrubs. Nevertheless, salt scrubs and sugar scrubs remain the most popular choices. It should be noted that there are differences between a salt scrub and a…
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How to Make Shrink Charms
Shrink charms are super easy to make and a fun activity for family and friends. It doesn’t matter if you’re artistic or not, making shrink charms gives everyone a chance to be creative! All you need are… Shrink plastic (we used semi-transparent shrink plastic here, you can get the white shrink plastic and transparent ones from…
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How to Make ‘Cold’ Flower Infused Oil
Infused oils are simply carrier oils that have been permeated with herbs (that is, any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume). (1) They are suitable alternatives for certain herbs that don’t have or don’t produce enough essential oils for extraction. However, it should be noted that the ‘feel’ of infused oils…
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7 Air Dry Clay Ideas
Air dry clay is commonly used with children and as such, can sometimes be overlooked as a potential material to make some wonderful things like plant pots, wind chimes and jewelry. However, the idea of making stuff like the aforementioned may seem a little intimidating for those who know nothing about using air dry clay.…
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Make Shower Time Great Again with Jelly Soap
The thing about shower time is that it isn’t fun when all you do is simply clean. It’s functional but not fun-fun in the many ways bath time can be. Like, watching bath bombs dissolve, building bubble kingdoms or simply relaxing in warm waters with essential oils, clays and whatnot. Your only options for fun in…
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