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I know this is just a few days after the Young Living 2017 Convention, and I have been busy trying to gather information for you. There are so many new products! I am not going to cover all the new items in one post I will break it up by similar products.  Today is MAKEUP!!  Not any makeup but Savvy Minerals. Yes, that's right, if you love Melissa Poepping's Sweet Savvy Minerals evidently so did Young Living. They have partnered and now are being sold under the YL brand!  Why am I so excited, well I can earn ER points on my makeup. I can place one order with supplements, oils, household cleaning items, personal products and makeup. SERIOUSLY!  I have been using the Sweet Savvy brand since it debuted. I like every item I have tried. It is still the best no toxic mascara out there. Unfortunately, the mascara won't be in the first line of products available. But I hear it will be available in August. Here is the starter line with all th...

French vintage advert "Keep Smiling" I love to DIY personal products!  I make my own lotions, creams, bug spray, lip balm, soaps, and on and on and on... When I had my first child over 19 years ago our pediatrician told me not to use baby powder on my child. He said they can easily breathe it in and it isn't good for their system. Use cornstarch or another natural product our bodies can break down.  Well, it was great advice then and is still is. I have been playing with my dusting powder recipe lately. For years I have just used corn starch.  I have to use a power of some kind, my skin is sensitive and I easily rash (TMI).  I tried adding a tad of baking soda to make it more absorbent and odor fighting. Let me say it was a  big mistake. First, it was grainy and not smooth. Even with just a tsp of baking soda to a cup of cornstarch. Second, my skin hated it, it was irritating for me.  So here is what I have landed on....