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Homemade Facial Mask Recipes

This is a guide for making homemade facial masks. Face masks are a common part of a beauty regimen and can easily be made at home from natural products. Common ingredients can include avocado, honey, essential oils, yogurt and more.

Posted on: 08/16/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


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Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipes

This page contains recipes for homemade laundry detergent. Making your own laundry detergent is an easy way to reduce your use of toxins and save money at the same time. Homemade laundry detergent is often just as, or more, effective than store bought brands as well.

Posted on: 08/10/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


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Building Storage Shelves

This is a guide about building storage shelves. All of us can use additional storage options. Buying storage shelves can be expensive and perhaps not a satisfactory solution. Building storage shelving yourself may have advantages over purchasing them.

Posted on: 08/10/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


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Homemade Dish Soap Recipes

This is a guide to homemade dish soap recipes. Making your own dish soap can be a great way to save money. You will also be reducing the amount of chemicals and dyes you utilize in your household.

Posted on: 08/03/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Making Your Own AC Filters

A/C filters are getting costly and mine uses 2. Does anyone have ideas on how to make your own? I thought about using quilt batting, but am not sure if it would be too thick.

Posted on: 08/02/2011 | 2 Feedback(s)


Making Homemade Dish Soap

How do you make homemade dish soap? I know it involves baking powder but I don't know what the other ingredients are. Please let me know

Posted on: 07/27/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Homemade Wine in Glass Carboy

Making Homemade Wine

This is a guide to making homemade wine. Making wine at home is a fun and rewarding hobby. With the cost of some wines on the market, it's easy to save money while enjoying an excellent wine that you made.

Posted on: 07/25/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Make Your Own Cleaning Wipes

Posted on: 07/22/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


Making Lipstick Without Vaseline

Can someone please give me some recipes for making lipstick without any Vaseline?

Posted on: 07/22/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


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Saving Money on Homebrewing

This is a guide to saving money on homebrewing. Brewing beer is a blend of science and art that can easily become a lifelong interest to those that pick it up. However, it is also easy to make a homebrew that is just as, or more, expensive as any store bought brew.

Posted on: 07/22/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Homemade Weed Killer and Lawn Fertilizer Recipe

I am looking for a recipe for a weed killer/lawn fertilizer combination. I think it has vinegar, dish soap, and two other ingredients. The recipe was given to me years ago and I can't find it.

Posted on: 07/20/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


Mosquito trap

How do you build a mosquito trap?

Posted on: 06/14/2011 | 2 Feedback(s)


Making Paper Bags from Newspaper

How do you make paper bags from newspaper?

Posted on: 05/22/2011 | 2 Feedback(s)


How To Make Your Own Coffee Single Bags

Folger's single serve coffee bags are the best for when a single cup of coffee is all you need. They're great for work or camping. The problem is that they are so outrageously expensive! Isn't there a cheap, convenient way to fashion your own, using ordinary materials?

Posted on: 05/21/2011 | 4 Feedback(s)


Homemade Air Refresher

How do I make homemade air refresher?

Posted on: 05/13/2011 | 2 Feedback(s)


Homemade Adult Wipes

I am a caregiver and I have found the price of adult wipes (like baby wipes) are expensive, so I make my own. I have saved so much money making these. All you need to have is patience and time.

Posted on: 05/08/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Homemade Plant Cleaner/Shiner

Is there a recipe for a homemade live plant cleaning and shining solution?

Posted on: 04/29/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


Make Your Own Bath Salts

All you need is 1/4 cup Epsom salts and 1/4 cup sea, kosher, or rock salt stirred together in a glass bowl for one unscented bath soak Of course, you can mix up oodles of extra to place in glass jars with tight fitting lids.

Posted on: 04/26/2011 | 9 Feedback(s)


Make Your Own Vegetable Wash

I need an economical fruit and vegetable wash.

Posted on: 04/26/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


Swiffer Wet Jet Refill Recipes

I'm quite taken up with your site as I found out I don't need to replace refills for Wet Jet, but can do recipes. What is 2 parts to 1 part mean?

Posted on: 04/25/2011 | 3 Feedback(s)


Making Lampe Berger Fragrance

What is the correct amount of scented oil you use for 91% alcohol for a lampe berger? My lamp doesn't get very hot or hardly any scent. I can't afford to buy it already made up!

Posted on: 04/23/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Homemade Notepads

In order to use those otherwise wasted sheets of copy paper, I collect them until I have a stack my stapler can hold together; then I stack them with the cleanest side up. Put three staples along one long side, then repeat on the other side.

Posted on: 04/22/2011 | 1 Feedback(s)


How Can I Make Septic Safe Personal Bathroom Wipes?

I would like to know how to make septic safe personal bathroom wipes.

Posted on: 04/20/2011 | 4 Feedback(s)


How Do I Make and Preserve Cold Water Starch?

I have interest in knowing how to make and preserve cold water starch. I would appreciate to know the items required to make a cold water starch, and also the process and packaging.

Posted on: 04/19/2011 | 0 Feedback(s)


Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

I need a recipe for homemade dish washing detergent for the dishwashing machine.

Posted on: 04/17/2011 | 3 Feedback(s)


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