Gentle Homemade Makeup Remover

Makeup remover is SOOO expensive!!! Even the "simple" convenience wipes are really expensive (we'll make those later this week). Those costs add up, especially if you wear makeup every day. Now, I'm a minimalist girl when it comes to makeup. I don't wear a lot at all. When I was 12 my mom let me wear whatever makeup I wanted. Holy black eyeliner, blue eyeshadow, and red lips bloggirls! I wore every color imaginable for about a year, then lost interest for 2 years, then when I finally started wearing it again, it was minimal, appropriate colors that suited my face. (I'm a redhead - black eyeliner and red lips??? Oh YUCK at my 12 year old self!)

To make a long story short.....I have made CHEAP makeup remover that WORKS! Yes, I said it. I did it! What? You don't believe me....you'll have to try for yourself, right after reading this post.

Ingredients
1 cup Distilled water
1/4 teaspoon Liquid Castile soap (Dr. Bronner's baby mild for me)
1 teaspoon Olive oil (any will do)

Mix 1 cup distilled water with 1/4 teaspoon liquid castile soap and 1 teaspoon olive oil.

Mix well.

I added mine to a "drip" bottle (ya know the kind where you tip the lip piece to open a small hole and it drips out) using a funnel. Shake well before each use. Open bottle, drip several drops of cleaner on a makeup pad or washcloth. Rub very gently on eyelids as they are very delicate, You can rub with a little more vigor everywhere else on your face. Even takes off lipstick.

Cost break down is fuzzy for me (I SO don't do math) but...I'm figuring this for less than a buck, buck fifty at most. MUCH cheaper than any OTC type makeup remover. Next time I'll try to do better on the math lol.

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How I spent my Day - And a Homemade Shampoo update!

I spent the day making cleaners, finding out that orange essential oil STAINS, and sorting through Goodwill finds to create posts for this week. I'll be writing tonight. Yep, I love it.


SO, as far as the Homemade Shampoo update goes;

Here is the recipe again, for those of you who may be new visitors, or for those of us who forget things easily (can't even remember my name most days, seriously).

1/2 cup distilled water
1/2 cup liquid soap (like Dr. Bronner's)
1 teaspoon olive oil

It's been working very well as far as cleanliness and shine for all of us (except the 16 yr old who refuses to try it, he's finicky). But my husband was still having trouble with dandruff. So today as I made up a refill batch I added in 20 drops of tea tree essential oil. Known to be great for hair troubles, especially dandruff, tea tree oil is an antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal product. We'll see how it works. I'll keep you updated. Oh, and my first batch which was in a "Maul Pitchell" awahpui spray bottle was only down to a 1/4 of the bottle when I refilled it today. That's from WAAAYYY back on January 6th or 7th. Impressive, since I've been using it here and there as a body soap as well. SO you know a batch is economical if it lasts that long! Oh, and I added lemon and orange essential oils to the apple cider vinegar rinse and it smells much better. My 10 year old was complaining. All fixed!

Hope this update helps everyone!

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