Holiday Has Arrived at Beautycounter! Ahh, fall. Pumpkin spice, falling leaves, football season, pumpkin patches, apple orchards, and… Every company drops their Holiday line for that year. I love it!! I love oohing and aahing over new products. I just even love looking at beautiful photos of them, like you’ll see here. I mean,…
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The Best Beauty Finds at your Local TJ Maxx!
So… I’m in love. We just had a new TJ Maxx and Ross built in our area of Tucson. I’ve never lived near one of these stores, not within a ten-minute drive. It. Is. Amazing. But here’s the deal. Did you know your local TJ Maxx is sporting some seriously good beauty deals? There are…
My Favorite Morrocco Method Products!
As you may or may not know, about four years ago I decided I wanted to grow my hair long. It all started out quite innocently but ended up with me completely overhauling my approach to hair care. When I began growing out my hair, it was in one of its worst states….
23 Delicious Real Food Muffin Recipes
Breakfast. Am I the only one who feels like I am in a breakfast rut? Maybe it is just me. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so they say. I’ve really found this to be true. I love a good protein shake, or bacon and eggs. Yum! However, my…
11 Healthy Dandelion Recipes
Have you heard of the wonders of that familiar backyard “weed,” dandelion? I’m sure you have, but for those who haven’t… dandelion is an amazing plant and flower, packed with vitamins and healing properties! Did you know… Dandelion is used to purify the blood? Every part of the dandelion is…
Starting My Own Blog
It was around the New Year, January of 2013. I had given birth to my fourth child, a daughter, four months prior. Yes, I was busy… but I also had this burning desire inside of me. You see, I wanted to teach. I wanted to write. I had so much bubbling up…
Why Do We Procrastinate?
Procrastination. A word I have been familiar with almost my entire life… as soon as I learned what it meant. 😉 As much as I dislike that word, it hasn’t kept me from practicing it every day, in multiple ways. I’ve always wondered what it is about some people who don’t procrastinate. My…
20 Real Food Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
20 Real Food Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Yum! Summer’s not quite over – especially for us here in Arizona! But I figure homemade ice cream recipes are good year-round. 🙂 Sometimes we think of ice cream as an unhealthy, sugar-filled, fat-laden overindulgent treat with no merits. But I really feel differently! Sure, most store-bought…
How to Make Water Kefir / Water Kefir Tutorial
How do I tell you about water kefir? Water kefir sort of changed my life. Does that sound unbelievable? It’s true; if I could pinpoint one change we made that made the most difference in our lives, I would chalk it up to water kefir. That fizzy, bubbly, tingly, probiotic vitamin powerhouse. It was…
Healthy Root Vegetable Bake – try it tonight!
I’ve felt maxxed out on recipes lately. By that I mean, I just never feel like cooking anything – and I always feel like I am making the same exact things over and over. Bleh. So strangely, I decided to throw some things together, and they turned out pretty good. This…
How to Dehydrate Watermelon (yes, you really can!)
Have you ever dehydrated watermelon? Did you even know you could dehydrate watermelon? As much as we love to dehydrate various foods, it wasn’t until this year that my husband decided to dehydrate some watermelon, when we were overflowing with it one evening. Turned out, it was a success, much like…
22 Healthy Gummy Snacks Recipes
Gummy snacks are really a quick and easy way to make your own healthy snacks at home. They’re fun and the kids can join in, too! All you need are a few key ingredients. You can use silicone molds or even ice cube trays. The great thing about gummies – there are…
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DIY Eye Makeup Remover Tutorial [VIDEO]
Who wants an easy, fast way to nourish their eyelashes AND remove stubborn eye makeup? Did I mention this is ALL NATURAL? This DIY eye makeup remover recipe uses coconut oil, apricot kernel oil, and castor oil to nourish your eyelids and eyelashes, encouraging healthy, thicker, longer eyelashes. YAY. COCONUT…
How to Make Homemade Broth Cubes for Instant Broth
Broth, once something that I used to be intimidated to try, has become a staple in our home. (Here’s a simple homemade broth tutorial I recently wrote if you’re interested in learning how to make it easily at home.) After the process of making broth, there is only really one minor drawback as far…
Chocolate Protein Smoothie – Dairy-Free
Have you ever thought that in order to have a healthy protein shake, you’d have to buy some expensive meal-replacement shake or pre-made powder mix? I know I used to think that too. Now, there’s nothing wrong with pre-made protein mixes if they contain healthy ingredients, but you can easily make your own…
