DIY Natural Blog

15 Creative and Effective Uses For Essential Oils

I’ve used essential oils in many common applications like soaps, scrubs, and lotions. This article features 15 creative, less common, ways to use essential oils around the house.

A Clove and Orange DIY All Purpose Cleaner for Fall

This simple DIY all purpose cleaner is perfect for cleaning any mess this fall, or anytime of year. We say fall because it’s scented with orange and clove!

Homemade Body Scrub to Moisturize and Exfoliate

Exfoliate and moisturize with these amazing homemade body scrubs. Use these recipes in your home and give them away as gifts for all occasions.

A Simple Sourdough Starter Recipe for Great Bread

This sourdough starter recipe makes a simple, delicious, and nutritious sourdough bread every time. And once you get started it’s even easier to keep going.

Learn How to Make the Best Foaming Hand Soap

This foaming hand soap is simple to make, inexpensive, and it works great! Follow these steps to obtain your foaming soap dispenser and make your own!

Homemade Lip Balm Recipe for Natural Lip Care

This homemade lip balm recipe is tried and true. The natural recipe leaves lips healthy, soft, and kissable. Customize it to create lip balms for all uses.

Make Your Own Natural Homemade Fabric Softener

This homemade fabric softener recipe is very simple, so it’s a great beginner DIY project. Whether your new to DIY, or a seasoned pro, you’ll love this recipe!

Calming Back to School Nerves with Essential Oils

One of my favorite ways to combat nerves is with essential oils. The right calming essential oils can be a wonderful way to reduce nervousness and anxiety.

Elderberry Syrup Recipe for Coughs, Colds, and Flu

We make this elderberry syrup and have found it very effective in getting rid of cold and flu. It’s simple to make and makes a great homemade cough syrup too!

How to “Rebatch” A Previously Failed Batch of Soap

Rebatching soap is the simple process of fixing a failed batch. Anyone making a lot of natural homemade soap has a failed batch sooner or later. Now we can fix it!

Natural Homemade Carpet Cleaner & Stain Remover

This homemade carpet cleaner spray works on tough messes and dirty carpets. It also gets rid of unpleasant smells, is all-natural, and is simple to make and use!

A Simple Homemade Conditioner For Soft Hair

Homemade conditioner is inexpensive & easy to make. You only need two ingredients, an empty bottle, and an adventurous heart. Ditch the products and go DIY!

Learn To Make A Natural Homemade Shampoo Bar

I created this homemade shampoo bar because of the many requests from the DIY Natural Community. This great recipe will leave your hair soft and shiny, and offers other benefits over liquid shampoo.

7 Common Injuries We Prefer to Heal With Herbs

I use healing herbs for wounds that don’t require professional care. Today we’ll focus on herbs for scrapes, bruises, splinters, sprains, bug bites, and more.

A Homemade Tomato Soup Recipe Made for Canning

I developed this homemade canned tomato soup recipe specifically for the folks who loved my previous tomato soup recipe but wanted one that could be canned.

Learn How To Make Chocolate From Scratch!

Learning how to make chocolate isn’t necessarily quick, but it is simple. And it allows you to control the quality of ingredients, and customize the taste!

How to Reduce Plastic Use: School Lunch Edition!

A green back to school lunch is all about eliminating plastics. To accomplish this, we need to be aware of how to reduce plastic use in our school lunches!

How to Make All Natural Wax for Leg Hair Removal

A tutorial on homemade wax for legs. This sugar wax recipe is a natural, inexpensive way to remove leg hair without all the costly, harmful ingredients.