The DIY Product Challenge—Join Us! (There’s a Prize)
So here’s the thing about getting awesome products to try all the time… We’ve gotten a little lazy on the DIY! Sure, Alexandra still uses honey facewash sometimes, and Siobhan still makes her now-famous bath body scrub. But we’re not exactly whipping up avocado masks and lemon-vodka hairsprays as we once were.
Inspired by this recent morning routine, we decided it was high time to throw down a DIY Challenge! What’s more is that this will kick off a new series for us that spotlights awesome DIY recipes… Talk about two birds.
Some time over the next week, whether you’re a DIY novice or a seasoned expert, we want you to try a DIY recipe instead of your store-bought product. All you have to do is take a pic of the ingredients, make it, try it, and then of course tells us about it. If it’s awesome, we want to hear it! If it’s a total fail, we definitely want to hear it!
We will then, of course, choose a winner, and reward them with an awesome gift. Make sure you carefully follow the instructions below, we’re going to structure this a little like the Morning Routines.
Some rules: The only rule is that you have to actually try the concoction. If you already have a DIY recipe you use all the time that’s totally fine too, just tell us why it’s a favorite.
Instructions: First, take a picture of your ingredients. Then try it out. Send us your email by Sunday, May 6th. When you email us nomoredirtylooks (at) gmail (dot) com put DIY! in the subject, and follow this structure:
—Name:
—Current hometown:
—Product name that I made up:
—Ingredients list:
—How I made It:
—How it smelled, felt, worked: (keep this brief, if you can!)
—Why I will or won’t do this again:
Special favor: Help us make sure this is not one of those embarrassing challenges no one actually does. Tell your friends on Twitter, Facebook, at the gym or at the bar. Friend us, follow us, and then RT us, or whatever. Spread the word!
The reason for the challenge: Because as much as we love, love, love fancy natural skincare, we truly believe that some of the best ingredients for our skin and hair are sitting in our kitchen cupboards. We believe that incorporating DIY into our routines is good for our beauty, our bodies, and the environment. Sometimes you just don’t need to buy anything!
OK, are you in or what?
Lovely, this is an awesome challenge and I must say it’d the best one :)
It’ll be fun to experience it
I can’t wait to read all the recipes and reviews! I’m sure this will be amazing :)
Now to go play in my kitchen…
hmmm…submit something old or try something new??? Thinking about that one.
Totally in!!! Can’t wait to participate!
I’m excited to try this. Question for all the DIYers out there already, where’s a good place to find essential oils? I googled and all kinds come up, just not sure which are the best. Thanks!
Yes! This will be a great motivator for me to replace some very unclean stuff in my makeup bag.
Michelle-My vote for all things DIY would be Mountain Rose Herbs!
This sounds fantastic! I probably won’t have a chance to enter, but wondering if anyone can recommend a book or web source for learning more about DIY, ingredients, etc? Thanks so much!
@Lauren- I really love the Dr. Hauschka book “Awakening Beauty” by Susan West Kurz. They have great recipes for making loads of things, like almond meal face wash, masks for different skin types, etc.
@Silvy- great! Thanks so much for the suggestion!
This is a seriously awesome challenge!! I always love reading about DIY recipes and home remedies on this site!! Can’t wait to get the scoop!
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I know someone on here has a DIY recipe for a skin lightening serum. I NEED IT. Whoever you are, please answer my prayers and post it or send it in!!!
@Alyssa M, I last posted my recipe here: http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2012/04/emmas-morning-hair-and-skin-routine-exposed/#comments
good luck : )
I cannot wait for the day you will post the submissions..This is great! Love DIY:)
@ Michelle, I too get my supplies at Mountain Rose Herbs.
@Alyssa M., by now, no one around here should have brown or dark spots:) Rebecca’s recipe really works and if I were you, I would not wait another day to start using it..
(as a suggestion, maybe Sylvie could work her web magic and create a link to Rebecc’as recipe on the search box..)
Does it count if it only has one ingredient?
Thank you Rebecca!!!
Can we get a list of the beat ones? I just made my own lotion, deodorant, and lip balm yesterday but think the recipes could use improving. Id love to know what others are making!