Organic skincare doctor tea tree oil body wash

Normally I use an all natural bar of body soap to wash my body, but when i saw this on sale for $7.99 I couldn't pass it up.

The tea tree oil actually really helped out my ezcema. It actually completely cleared it up.  Cost wise, I think a bar of soap is better, but for the price of this, it was quite the steal.

This tea tree body wash is made by "Organic Skincare Doctor" and includes natural ingredients such as tea tree oil obviously, aloe Vera juice, Apple fruit extract, which hazel leaf extract and peppermint oil.  Like all the washes I purchase it is free from sls, artificial colors and harsh preservatives.  It so doesn't have any parabens or phthalates in them.

8.5 ounce for pure goodness!  

Making Your Own Dishwashing Tablets

I have been making my own dishwashing tablets for my dishwasher for a while now.  No more chemical smell lingering in the air and it is a super cheap formula!  I absolutely love it!

You don't need many ingredients to make this formula and you most likely already have many of them in your house.

*Salt (Optional, only if you hard water)

*Vinegar

*Baking Soda

*Borax

*Essential Lemon Oil (Optional, but it smells amazing and adds antibacterial cleaning properties to your dishwasher)

*Ice Cube Tray

Mix two cups of the baking soda with an equal two cups of borax into a bowl.  Add a quarter cup of salt and a half cup of vinegar.  The mixture will harden up a little bit and clump together.  You can now add as much lemon oil to the mix as you would like.  I usually add 5-6 drops.  Make sure the dishwashing detergent  is fully mixed together.

Press a spoonful of the mix into the ice cube.  I would recommend filling them halfway full of the tablets will be too large.  Pop them out immediately, but very gently and allow them to dry for at least 12 hours before you use them.  I have tried leaving them in the ice cube tray to dry and then popped them out, but they tend to fall apart a lot easier.  It is important to be very gentle with these tabs because they are super fragile.

After the tablets are dry, put them in the soap area in your dishwasher and wash as normal.  I also add a splash of vinegar to the bottom of the dishwasher for an extra boost,  This comes to 7 cents a load!

Organic Penne

I just picked up this penne and we gave it a try last night for dinner.  It was really good!  I was amazed at how different it tasted than the regular store bought noodles.  They are made in Italy, so you know this Italian noodle has to be delicious and made with quality.  It was only a couple bucks for the box.  I was able to get a meal and a half for my family so I didn't think the price was too bad!  Feed your family organic and boost their health!

Raw Crunchy Organic Kale Review

I picked up some organic, vegan, gluten free Brad's raw crunchy kale the other day.  It was really delicious so I figured I would make a blogpost reviewing it.  Usually we make our own kale chips, but this was so much more convenient with excellent flavor.  I got the vampire killer flavor which was made and seasoned with sunflower seeds, cashews, vegan cheese and garlic.

It is non-GMO verified which is great.  My five year old and I really enjoyed this healthy snack.  I would definitely recommend picking this up as it is a decent price at the store as well.  We will definitely be buying this product from Brad's again.

Sanitize and Bleach Your Cloth Diapers Naturally With The Sun

Cloth diapering has really made a comeback within these last few years.  We cloth diaper for several reasons; it's cheaper, it's better for their skin and it's better for the environment.  The Honest Company does have nice chemical free diapers, but those too can be pricey for disposable.  With my first daughter I did a lot of the pocket diapers.  This time I'm using more prefolds with the covers.  My favorite brand so far are the rump-a-roos.  They tend not to leak and the elastic by the legs keeps the prefolds tucked in tightly.

Anyways, the sun has a natural way to bleach and sanitize your prefolds.  If you have any cloth diapers with stains, the sun will definitely get them out.

These are my cloth prefolds, right after washing.  As you can see, the poo stains are still there.  With the lighting, it is kind of hard to see, put if you look close enough they are definitely there.

Lay them in the sun for a few hours and they magically disappear!

I know a lot of mamas only sanitize and bleach their diapers once a week, but I do it every washing just so I'm left with white prefolds for the next changing.

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Organic Insecticide Review

Those are two words you probably never thought you would hear together "organic" and "insecticide".  Fortunately EcoSmart makes an organic pesticide that is safe around kids and pets as it is non toxic.  I was a little worried that this would be ineffective, but it turns out that it works out really great, especially on ants.  The main ingredients in this bug killer are peppermint and rosemary oil.  I love the fact that this is non toxic and you don't have to worry about inhaling toxic fumes.  I would give this spray a 5/5.

How to Properly Prepare a Placenta and Turn it Into Powder

In this blog post, I will teach you how to properly prepare a placenta and turn it into powder.  You can use that powder to make a lotion (great for stretch marks, nipple cream and diaper rash cream), to encapsulate it, or to mix the powder in with some of your smoothies.  If you are not going to consume your placenta raw, making a powder is a very good option.

Preparing a placenta is very easy to do and requires not much more effort than cooking a steak.

The first thing you want to do is to thaw the placenta out thoroughly.  To get the most out of your placenta, you will want to do this process within the first two weeks of delivery.  Thawing out the placenta usually takes a good 18-24 hours in the refrigerator.

Placenta completely thawed out.

The next thing you will want to do is make your placenta art work.  Some people prefer to put the cord down, and others the cord up.  Position the cord how you want it.  This may take several sheets of paper to complete as the first batch may be too soaked in blood.  You should use watercolor paper if you have it to get the best results.

Peel off the outer bag of the placenta and cut the cord off.

You will now want to rinse the placenta really well.  Not all of the blood will drain off, which is fine, but you will want to get the most of it off.

You will now want to take some skewer sticks or toothpicks and poke the veins to drain the veins. 

Rinse well again.

It should look similar to the picture above once the blood i completely drained and rinsed off.

There is a thin layer attached to the placenta that you will want to peel off before you cut it up.

Start cutting in thin strips.  The thinner you cut the placenta, the faster it will cook.  Place on your dehydrator.

The entire process takes about 12-24 hours to completely dehydrate.  It will look similar to beef jerky when it's finished.  You will know when it is done when it breaks like a chip.  You should not be able to bend it at all.

Place it in a coffee grinder and grind the cooked placenta pieces up into powder.  You can now do what you wish with the powder.  Put a teaspoon or two into a smoothie or make a cream with it!