Pintesting - Chemical-Free - Pest Control - Ants

The ants never fully left but I didn't make matters any better. My super yummy body scrubs I'm sure contribute to the new ants I find in or around my bathtub.

Today's pintest comes via this pin and the information found here which I combined with this pin info and the info found right there on the pin.

It all begins with two empty baby food jars.

Which I partially filled.

With Borax.

Then I sweetened the deal for the ants.

With a little sugar.

And just to make sure the smell should be irresistible to the little buggers.

I added some maple extract.

Add a little water.

Shake it up.

Using a hammer and nail.

Add some holes to your trap.

I've placed one in the bathtub and one in the bathroom floor. Here's hoping this works.

Pintesting - Chemical Free Beauty - Vanilla Brown Sugar And Coconut Scrub

Today's pintest comes via this pin and the information here.

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups of brown or raw sugar - I used brown sugar because it's what I have and isn't that the general idea we're all striving for when we make these things at home?

6-8 tablespoons of organic unrefined coconut oil - if you want to get technical I added 16 1/2 TBSPs because I couldn't find my TBSP

15-20 drops of vanilla essential oil (may be substituted with vanilla fragrance)

Following Directions:
I'd ordered vanilla oil but it wouldn't be here for a few days so I set this aside for the time being.

Once it arrived I was more than happy to add it and mix up my new wonderful scrub. 

I was able to put most of it into a half-pint jar. Guess I need to test this out ASAP so i can get my quart-sized jar back.

It says that your scrub needs to be stored in an airtight container and used within 6 months. I kinda doubt this will make it 6 months.

So how was it? Heavenly. The smell was completely amazing. I shaved my legs after using it and no moisture was stripped from my legs as a result. I can't recommend this one enough.

Pintesting - Chemical Free Beauty - Lemon Sugar Scrub

You may remember once I made the decision to rid my life of as many excess chemicals as I can (there are areas where I slip - we all do) I threw out a lot of beauty products I found to be harboring toxins I was previously unaware of.

Today's pintest comes via this pin and the info found here.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup salt - I used sugar because sometimes I have cuts and bruises from traipsing through the woods. Who wants to come home with the intention of relaxing and rub salt and lemon into a wound!?

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons lemon juice

The directions are simple: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. - I mixed mine in the 1/2 pint jar I intended to store this in.

The resulting mix was too watery for me.

I like a firm scrub that I can pretty much hold in my hand. To remedy this "problem" I just added more sugar until the mix had reached the consistency I preferred.

How was it? The olive oil tends to still keep it really loose so I had to give it a bit of a mix before using it. It had a very light lemon scent wasn't at all unpleasant to use.

Around 80% of the time I shower I shower with my little lamb. The evening I tried this scrub was no exception.

There I was scrubbing and showering away when I look over and see her laying on her tummy not far from the drain. I thought she was pretending to swim. She wasn't. She was drinking what was washing off of me! It was a small battle to get her to stop.

Once I got her off her tummy she stood next to me with her mouth open trying to catch juice in her mouth.

When we got out of the shower I heard the dog in there licking at things.