Brown Sugar Scrub

1 c Brown Sugar
1/2 c Sugar
1 tsp Almond extract
1 tsp Vanilla extract
4 TBSP Coconut Oil-melted
Olive oil

Mix them all together, except the olive oil.  You can stir it by hand if you would like, I personally did it in the mixer on high with the whisk attachment so that it was lighter.  I don't like mine to feel too oily.  The olive oil is used more as a filler, if it looks like it needs more oil the just slowly add some olive oil to the mix.  Easier than melting down more coconut oil. Then store it in any type of container you like, I used a mason jar.

Enjoy it is heavenly! Keeps your skin so soft, with no harsh chemicals.

Heated Rice Bag

During pregnancy I'm convinced that rice bags are a women's best friend.  After I had Elijah, my dog ate mine, so now that my back is starting to hurt.  I decided I would make my own.  After all it couldn't be that hard.  And it wasn't, it was quick, easy, and practically free!

Rice (NOT instant, Use long grain rice of any kind white or brown)

Fabric (fleece or 100% cotton work best so it doesn't catch fire in the microwave)

 

I cut a piece of one of my scrap fabrics out.  It measured 12X18". 

Fold the fabric together with right sides facing each other.  It should measure 6X18" now!  Sew with a 1/4" seam. 

Leave about a 2 in hole on one of the sides, so you can add the rice to the bag.  Turn the bag right side out.

Add the rice, and then tuck in the ends of the fabric and sew up the last part. Make sure when you add the rice that you don't over fill it our it will not mold around your shoulders right.  But put enough in it to maintain the shape.  You can really do any shape or size you want, but I like it for my lower back so I made mine long and skinny!

I decided last minute to do a zig-zag stitch along the top and bottom of it, in hot pink just for fun!

Ahhh, relief at last!

Facewash

I have always had really bad acne, and have never found a face wash or scrub that works.  I have been trying to get it under control since I was a teenager.  Unfortunately with this pregnancy it just got worse, so I was willing to try just about anything.  So with nothing to loose, and after reading about it I decided to try honey!  Yep you read that right HONEY! And let me tell you what, it is the most amazing this I have ever used and I don't have a single pimple on my face!  Do you know how long it has been since I have been able to say that? It is wonderful and I would recommend it to anyone who has any type of skin problem.  After all what do you have to loose?