Living green has become lately even more than a global trend, as millions of people worldwide are adopting this particular life style and try to improve their lives by different methods such as cutting gas emissions, recycling or eating more natural and organic products.

Also, many of you already use these organic and eco-friendly products in many of daily activities, such as personal care products or house cleaning products, so that we all contribute, one way or another, to keeping nature a safer and a greener place for ourselves and for our children.

Still, if you are not convinced of the beneficial effects of market natural products but you do want to experience a better living, you can always opt for home made products. You can fabric these products by your own, using the right natural ingredients you chose and you will always be sure of the quality of the ingredients and the benefits of natural products; in addition, you will have a more beautiful skin or a cleaner and nice smelling house.

As most modern synthetic cleaning products are based on age-old formulas, returning to the original naturally derived ingredients is always the best way to obtain cleaning products that work, don’t pollute, are efficient and save you important amounts of money. So, if you want to make your own cleaning and nontoxic kit, you should require no more than a couple of minutes and a few basic products that will supply you with enough product for months of healthy cleaning.

And besides all the benefic effects of home made formulas, taken ounce by ounce, this natural products will cost you about one-tenth the price of their commercial counterparts, with the inclusion of essential oils, natural scents and the cleaning ingredients. With no further introductuions, you can too obtain an efficient house cleaning kit just by purchasing some essential supplies such as: baking soda, washing soda, white distilled vinegar, good liquid soap or detergent, tea tree oil, and, of course, some clean spray bottles and some glass jars.

Now, moving on to some more appealing house made products, are the beauty products you can also make at home so that you always have a good hydrated complexion, appealing lips and soft skin, no matter the season or the money you have. For making green beauty products you will have to purchase the necessary ingredients and then mix them up; you will need supplies of wax, butters, cream bases, earth-based minerals, acids, pigments, fragrance and essential oils, as well as some natural products extracts from avocado, lemon, vanilla, olive oils or honey. The best place where you can purchase these ingredients are at organic food stores as well as from makeup suppliers.

Making a soothing, citrus-flavored lip balm is probably the easiest home made beauty products, as you will only need the following: 1.5 oz of virgin olive oil, 3.5 oz of shea butter, 3 oz of bees wax, 2.5 oz of avocado oil and around 20 drops of sweet orange or orange blossom essential oils. fter you mix up the ingredients and place the mixture in a hot water bath to get the butter and the wax melted, you can pour the liquid mixture into lip balm jars and voila- you’ll have some precious and delicious lips.