There are probably about eight billion things that we should be eating every day. According to various scientific/government/nutritional findings we should probably just give up our jobs and sit at a table chewing our way through our five a day, our handfuls of seeds, our fish oils and our fibres. It's all a bit nuts really. Are cinnamon maple pecans on the list? Who cares. They're yummy.
The cinnamon maple pecan recipe on Craftzine does involve a bit of butter and a fair amount of tasty maple syrup. Surely those can be overlooked when they're not really the main ingredients. It's all about getting those important healthy elements into your diet, right?
If the 'what not to eat' army do come around shaking their heads you can always give them a few to try. You're very likely to convert them to the 'what's nice to eat' side of the force.
Doesn't that ice cream look delicious? Be careful when you come to take a chomp though, because it's not ice cream at all: it's a scrummy body scrub made to look just like Neopolitan.
The scrub contains fine dendritic Salt to give it its exfoliating effect properties, and essential oils to make it smell delicious. You could make this up in any colour and scent combination, but it's definitely one to hide from the kids!
Read on for the recipe
Related: Scarily realistic Christmas cake soap | Friday food craft: Fishbowl Jelly
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If you're present hunting at the moment, hand-made stores do (of course) provide a wealth of original ideas, and I love the fact that I can still be surprised by the sheer range of creativity, even when I'm looking at it every day!
And one idea that particularly jumped out at me this week was this tempting-looking Christmas cake soap on sale at Folksy, that really does look good enough to eat. It's made with cold-pressed olive oil and avocado, Christmas spice and other tasty ingredients, so you may need to remind the recipient it's for washing!
£3 a bar on Folksy.
Fancy having something creepy and crawly in your soap? Bug soaps are endlessly popular with kids, and they'll give you infinite 'attention to detail' points when placed in the bathroom at halloween. It's surprisingly easy to 'embed' a spider or other bug in a soap once you've got your basic mixture ready, either home-made or bought in a kit.
Follow the jump to find out how to trap the bug of your choice in a soapy prison...
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We're used to skincare being presented as a complex science, so at first glance, making your own potions and lotions sounds like a daunting idea. But skincare is really very simple, and you can make a very versatile day to day moisturiser using just three ingredients. In an age of ruinously expensive skincare products and obscure additives, there's no surer way to avoid putting unneccesary junk on you skin than going down the homemade route, so here's a basic 'recipe' to get you started.
Follow the jump for instructions.
[via Hippyshopper]
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Ok so it's not as glamorous as homemade lip balm, but for any girl who has problems umm... staying fresh. And who find commercial deos break them out, or cause a rash, this recipe by Angry Chicken could be a God-send!
It's not an antiperspirant, but she swears it'll keep you smelling sweet all day, and be really kind to your armpits.
Via Not Martha
Related: How to make cupcake bath fizzies
Crafty Chica's awesome cupcake bath fizzies are so realistically detailed you could almost mistake them for the real thing if it wasn't for the dazzling colours, all of which are no doubt outlawed in food!
The 'recipe' for these decorative soap-bombs is here if you'd like to attempt it. You'll be amazed at how short the list of ingredients is, and also how many of them are already in your kitchen cupboard.
[Via Craftzine]
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