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HOMEMADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT

When the season is changing and mosquitoes become a concern, make some of this homemade mosquito repellent for your protection. It is natural and smells good. You only need a few items to make this homemade mosquito repellent and you might have some at home. We need Aloe Vera gel, tea tree oil, citronella oil, rosemary oil, lemon balm oil or lemongrass oil and honey. Sounds familiar? If you want, grow some of your own as some of these plants are very easy to grow and don’t need lots of care. You need a new growth from a big Aloe Vera plant that produces every year, lemongrass and lemon balm spreads like a weed. Ask from friends and neighbors and grow your own in a pot or you can buy a natural Aloe Vera gel product and the rest of the oils from your local health food store. 1,801 Home Remedies: Trustworthy Treatments for Everyday Health Proble (Google Affiliate Ad) For the recipe we will use two cups of the aloe vera, mix in a glass bowl or large glass jar. I prefer mixing...

Homemade toothpaste

Toothpaste is getting expensive and personally, I am not sure if they are really worth buying anyway because of what is in the toothpaste, words that are hard to pronounce and no knowledge of what it represents. Anything that is being processed is something to wonder about. So, I decided to stop buying and finishing off all the toothpaste stored in my bathroom drawers. It is a personal thing for me to stock up, buying in bulk, hoping to save some bills. Now back to my mission of what to replace my toothpaste before running out of it. Then I remember in my younger years that people use salt to brush their teeth, especially those who can not afford to buy a tube of toothpaste. They use what is available and salt is one of them as most homes have salt for cooking. Why not use it for something else too? It is a very practical philosophy for those who were born yesterday, making the most of what they have at home.  I am one of those people but somehow got lost and end up using t...