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DIY Beauty: Vanilla coconut sugar scrub

DIY Vanilla Coconut Sugar Scrub via Poor and Pretty

This is a luxurious twist on my classic sugar scrub recipe, using coconut oil instead of safflower oil, and adding a dash of vanilla essential oil for a decadent fragrance!

Ingredients:

1⅓ cup all-natural cane sugar ½ cup coconut oil, melted a few drops [Read on...]

DIY Beauty: oat & cornmeal exfoliating facial scrub & mask

DIY oat & cornmeal exfoliating facial scrub mask Poor & Pretty

Did you know we should be exfoliating our faces 2-3x per week to get rid of dead skin? Imagine making a mask every time you were going to exfoliate. I don’t have the time, do you? This is the easiest facial [Read on...]

Manic Friday + Making Sugar Scrub on Better Connecticut!

Boy oh boy was yesterday a fun day for me! I started the day off by teaching Scot Haney and Melissa Cole how to make sugar scrub on Better Connecticut:

Can’t see the video? Watch it here.

Then, I headed down to Make & [Read on...]

This weekend: Hamden Holiday Craftacular & DIY sugar scrub at Sugarplum

Planning on doing some more holiday shopping this weekend? Why not join me and other amazing local artisans at the Hamden Holiday Craftacular, tomorrow, December 1st? Or take part in some of the fun DIYs and meet-and-greets that make up sugarplum’s 12 Days of Christmas? I will be hosting two DIY Sugar Scrub tutorials this Sunday, December 2nd.

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How to cure chapped lips

How to cure chapped lips

This is a crosspost from the Jennie Fresa blog.

Even though there hasn’t been any snow this winter, we’ve certainly felt the effects of the season, especially on our lips! Dry, cracked, chapped lips are very common during cold months due to cold winds and the lack [Read on...]