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How to Save Your Winter Dry Skin

March 22, 2019 by Laura 2 Comments

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Sure, spring officially arrived a few days ago. Yes, the sun is shining now from time to time. But tell that to our winter dry skin. I, for one, still need some help.

And who am I kidding? I’ll need help for dry skin all year ’round. I don’t go a day without my BeeSilk Hard Lotion Bar and that’s the truth. I keep them in the bathroom, in my purse, and in the diaper bag (ha, didn’t see that coming! why, hello beautiful world of foster care!). I send lotion bars to the dorm with my oldest sons. I make sure we have a nice supply on hand at all times.

Want to know something cool? I was first introduced to MadeOn products in 2011 (I had no idea it was that long ago!). But Renee and I started talking about putting a FREEBIE deal (see below!!) together for you, and she found and posted this. <—I wrote those words when I was in my 30’s (pauses for laughter). Eight beautiful years later, my hands and I are still going strong.

I’m going to tell you something big:

There are very few companies that I worked with back in 2011 that I am still working with now. I may have liked and promoted a product or service for a company or business back in the day, but then what they had to offer didn’t hold my attention or continue to meet my needs.

But after all these years, MadeOn BeeSilk Hard Lotion is still my go-to product for skin care. NOTHING else keeps my hands from cracking and bleeding in the winter. BeeSilk works beautifully. And what’s even better?

BeeSilk is made from 3 simple ingredients.

Beeswax, Shea Butter, and Coconut Oil.

They are blended perfectly to rub on my dry skin, and the product is so healing! So simple. So nourishing.

I’m actually kind of scared of other skin products now. What are those ingredients? Why are they necessary? How do you pronounce that? What will that stuff actually do to me?

So I skip looking at other stuff and I keep using MadeOn.

It is also worth noting that while BeeSilk Lotion Bars are my favorite of all their products, our family also uses their Lip Balms and Bug Block. MadeOn is my go-to shop for skin care. Renee, founder and owner, makes it easy – a no brainer!

Well, all that to say…

Renee from MadeOn is working with me to give you all a FREE BeeSilk Pocket Lotion Bar! After all, to celebrate 10 years of business, they’re trying to get their BeeSilk Bars into 10,000 hands this in 2019. I want to help them!

Click here to see the sales page she set up just for us! You’ll get more information about their products, and then she shares 3 incredible offers.

Use the code HEAVENLYBEESILK to get $7.75 off your order!

The code HEAVENLYBEESILK will do one of three things for you:

  1. Give you a FREE BeeSilk Pocket Bar if you choose Option 1 (cost for the bar will be $0.00 and you’ll only have to pay shipping).
  2. Give you $7.75 off a BeeSilk 3-Pack, which includes a pocket bar, a regular bar, and a lip balm.
  3. Give you $7.75 off an already discounted BeeSilk Variety Pack – with FREE SHIPPING! ($47.17 total for the entire package!)

Choice #3 gives you the best bang for your buck (I jumped on it immediately!!). You get 6 wonderful products – already discounted 20% – plus you take $7.75 off, PLUS you get FREE SHIPPING. And then you end up with a whole package of awesome BeeSilk products!

No matter which option you choose, I strongly suggest you at least give MadeOn products a try. How wonderful to have a chance to grab a free BeeSilk Bar to experience! Or to use the big discount toward even more products!

This offer ends Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

See all the details and take advantage here!

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Attention: Everyone With Hands and Feet! FREE Pocket Size BeeSilk Hard Lotion!

July 18, 2016 by Laura 3 Comments

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If you have hands or feet that tend to get dry and cracked – you are really going to want to perk up to this. Come to think of it, if you have hands and feet at all – you need this. After all, who of us doesn’t from time to time struggle with dry skin? And then there are those of us who have chronically dry skin that can result in cracks in the fingers, toes, and heels.

If you’ve been around here long, you know my story. I suffered from terribly dry, rashy hands for my entire life until I was sent a sample of BeeSilk Hard Lotion Bar to try. I rubbed it on and immediately that little bar changed my hands and feet forever.

You know how I get sarcastic every once in a while around here? (Ha. Every once in a while.) Well when I say BeeSilk saved my hands there is zero sarcasm or exaggeration. I love this stuff and will never be without it.

Guess what’s happening today and tomorrow? We can all get a free lotion bar! (Offer expires at midnight Tuesday, July 19.)

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How To Get a Free Pocket Sized BeeSilk Lotion Bar:

  1. Click here to get to the special “BeeSilk Hard Lotion Bar” page.
  2. Put the bar (regularly $6.95) in your cart. Use the code HHJuly at check-out and the entire amount will turn to $0!
  3. Pay a minimal shipping fee when completing your order.
  4. Wait anxiously for your bar to arrive.
  5. Rub on your BeeSilk and watch your hands and feet become soft and smooth right away.
  6. Be very, very happy and relieved and love BeeSilk forever.
  7. Or even better…

How to Get Free Shipping with your Free BeeSilk Lotion Bar

I love freebie deals like this, but I much prefer to avoid shipping fees. Here’s what I’m doing:

MadeOn offers free shipping on orders over $45. Since I already know I love and use many MadeOn products, I will fill my cart with a few other of my favorite items to go along with the free lotion bar. Then I can get the freebie with free shipping too! I’ll get…

  • BeeSilk Refills
  • BeeSilk Sticks (for my purse)
  • Natural Lip Balm

I have to have plenty of these products on hand at all time because our whole family uses them – plus our oldest takes his own stash to the dorm.

Enjoy your freebie!! Don’t forget that this offer ends Tuesday, July 19 at midnight, so don’t put it off!

Get the FREE BeeSilk Pocket Sized Lotion Bar here.

This post includes my affiliate links.

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Homemade Non-Toxic Liquid Hand Soap

July 26, 2011 by Laura 339 Comments

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I have something to say.

Commercial non-toxic liquid hand soap is way, way too expensive. Since switching over all of our household products to chemical free varieties, purchasing liquid hand soap is something that always makes me choke. We need easy access to soap at our sinks, but good grief all the options I found to order were crazy expensive -like around $5.00 for 12 ounces. Ouch.

Shame on them.

Do you know how much it cost me to make an entire gallon of non-toxic, all natural, organic liquid hand soap? Three dollars and fifty cents. Total. For an entire gallon. (A gallon, by the way, is 128 ounces. That’s some awesome savings!)

This may have been one of the easiest items I’ve ever made. It took hardly any time. And it only cost me $3.50. (Pardon my redundancy. I’m hung up on the fact that it only cost me $3.50 for a gallon of the healthiest hand soap ever. $3.50. $3.50!)

Because of this, I plan to get on a soap box (ha!) and encourage all of us to save a bunch of money by making homemade liquid hand soap.

Other recipes I’ve seen call for several ingredients I didn’t feel safe to use. Then, my friend BryAnna told me she’d been playing with making soap and had found these simple directions. She’s a genius. I love her.

Homemade Liquid Hand Soap

Homemade Non-Toxic Liquid Hand Soap

4 ounce bar of natural soap (I used a bar of coconut oil soap from Tropical Traditions. Any natural bar of soap would work. I think the bars from Victorian Rose Soap Company would be great!)
1 gallon of water

First, heat the water in a pot, just long enough to steam:

In the meantime, grate your bar of soap.

Take the steaming water off the heat. Immediately pour the grated soap into the water. Stir the mixture, then let it sit for about 15 minutes.

Use a hand mixer to blend the soap and water mixture well. Let it sit overnight.

The next morning, use the hand mixer again to blend well. Done. You have a gallon of non-toxic liquid hand soap!

When my friend BryAnna made her batch, she found that it was quite thick and almost gel like the second day. My batch, on the other hand, was still quite runny. If your soap is too thick, you may want to blend in a little extra water. If your mixture is too runny…it doesn’t matter. It works just fine!

I had some extra pump bottles around the house which I filled and put by each sink. The remaining liquid soap, I funneled into a gallon water jug for storage.


If you’ve never tried making your own liquid hand soap, you’ve got to give this a try. So simple. So safe and pure. And so, so, so much less expensive.

Like, only $3.50 for a gallon. Or did I mention that already?

Ever tried making your own soaps? Which kind(s) have you tried? Hand soap? Laundry detergent? Bar soap?

 

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