Homemade Hair Gel

Hair Gel

This recipe came from Mommypotamus. She deserves the credit for this, I just adapted it a bit for my needs. 

Hair Gel

What to use:

• 1 teaspoon gelatin (if you want less "hold" then use 1/2 teaspoon gelatin)
• 1 cup very warm purified water
• 5-10 drops essential oil (optional)
• 8 oz mason jar

How to make:

1. Dissolve gelatin into warm water.

2.. Add essential oils if desired. Store in mason jar in the fridge.

What I do with it:

Apply to hair like regular hair gel. Store in fridge.

*Mommypotamus came up with this info. I am just passing on what her blog says about the essential oils.*

A Few Essential Oil Options

• Lime essential oils smells amazing, and is helpful for balancing oily hair. In a more concentrated form it may also lighten hair.
• Peppermint and rosemary essential oils stimulate hair growth and add shine. Great for normal hair. 
• Basil, thyme, patchouli, tea tree and lemongrass have astringent properties which are beneficial for oily hair
• Chamomile, lavender, sandalwood and rosemary are helpful for dry hair.
• Clary sage, tea tree, eucalyptus, and patchouli are helpful for dandruff

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Organic Garden Pest Control

Gardening is a bit tricky when you are not using any chemicals. I decided that if I was going to have a garden it must be organic. It requires quite a bit of weeding by going this way, and it also requires alternative insect control. This is how I stumbled upon food grade diatomaceous earth, otherwise knows as DE. Apparently this is the bees knees when it comes to killing bugs and the sort. It is safe enough to consume yourself, and you can put it on your animals, and even feed it to them. It gets rid of everything apparently.

Yesterday I spread it out around the garden. It is supposed to take a couple days or even a week to get rid of everything. Because it isn't a chemical it isn't going to be a instant fix. However, I will gladly wait because it is safe enough that I don't even have to wash it off of my vegetables before I eat them. This is a trade I will gladly make over the non-organic bug control. I will let you know in a few days how it is going with the bugs. I have read many reviews though, and I am pretty sure it is going to get rid of them.


Have you tried DE? Did it work for you?

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