I would like to share ideas on making great skin care products that are a fraction of the price of bought ones and more effective too. I use Fatty Cream (about $8 for 500gms from the chemist) as a base. Spoon out enough to 2/3 fill your recycled small container. I add another 1/3 almond […]
Don’t buy those expensive shaving gels, go back to the old shaving brush and soap: You can get organic shaving soap for under $5 on-line; There’s no wastage like when the propellant runs out in the tins; It’s much better for the environment with no cans, plastic, propellant, strange chemicals; There’s less bulk to take […]
My husband uses dove soap to shave with, he has sensitive skin and finds that it softens his beard and gives a smooth clean shave with no rash.
The common G3 type razor blades work out around $4 each and the cheaper ones cut me to ribbons. I am getting over 6 months from a blade. Use baby oily instead of shaving foam as a lubricant, and on the blade after shaving to preserve the edge of the blade and stop it from […]
I brought some plaster from the supermarket 2 weeks ago, only about 30 plasters in the packet. And today I was in the famous $2 shop and they have a packet of plasters with 2 long strips, so came home and cut them up into normal size strips, and I got 85 plasters. What a […]
Even the cheapest disposable nappies cost more than using cloth. With our 6th child nearly out of nappies now, we have estimated that we have saved $15,000 by using cloth nappies for all of our children.To wash a load of nappies costs about 20 cents per load and doing 3 loads per week brings it […]
I have always used cloth nappies, and wash them in warm sometimes hot water with Lux flakes, then hang them in the sun. Also I soak them in cold water rather than Napisan. I only use Napisan if there has been a tummy bug in the house, and then I put all the nappies through […]
To soak my cloth nappies I add about 5 drops of T.Tree oil to the soak bucket (I have a toddler and newborn in cloth naps and this is enough for both sets of nappies – could use less for just one set of naps). This saves on more expensive nappy soakers, is natural, and […]
Some may have noticed recent publicity about a supermarket price war over nappies. The bottom line is they are discounting the price of disposables to lure mums down their isles so while they are buying up large on the discounted product they are also filling their shopping carts with the everyday priced goodies (the same […]
The winter chill has set in so oily rag households have the wood burning stoves stoked up and the slow cookers brewing warm winter meals. A couple of weeks ago Andrew asked: “Does anyone have some super simple, cheap recipes for meals for cold winter nights that are suitable for a young family?” It is […]