Sustainable Hair Care Tips & Tricks

Reusing, upcycling and refashioning are all fabulous methods to create a more sustainable lifestyle but there are loads of other quick and easy ways to add some eco to your daily habits too! Have a …

How Eco is your hair routine?

Reusing, upcycling and refashioning are all fabulous methods to create a more sustainable lifestyle but there are loads of other quick and easy ways to add some eco to your daily habits too! Check out …

Super Simple DIY Scrunchies

Those floofy fabric covered hair ties are back once again so raid your scrappy stash & create a bunch with my 2 ways to make super simple DIY scrunchies! Check out my easy upcycled scrunchie …

DIY Dollar Store Bikini Wax At Home

Since returning to Canada after over 20 years abroad I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon that seems to cause women over 40 to become nearly invisible in the media and disappear completely from beauty product advertisements …

DIY Faux Bangs + Last Minute Scream Costume

Ah Scream, that classic 90’s horror-comedy that’s a must watch every Halloween!  I remember sitting in the theater and laughing then cringing at the fabulous opening scenes featuring Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker – …

Freshen Up with Amazing Scented DIY Dry Shampoo

I shared my original DIY dry shampoo how-to back in 2014 and am pleased to report that the spice jar sized amount I made lasted until very recently – wowza!  I’ve tweaked that initial recipe a …

Star Wars on #ThriftyThursday

One of my earliest memories is seeing the original Star Wars in the theater with my big bro so it’s no surprise that I my fave tees are quirky Star Wars mash-ups: May the 4th …

Queen Lila’s Easy Braided Updo Tutorial

I rarely wear my hair up outside of the house. Leaving my hair loose has definitely become a habit, perhaps it’s because I had a variety of short to super short pixie cuts until my …

Does anyone else hoard hair conditioner packets?

As I’m fortunate to have thick, crazy fast growing hair a bi-monthly bathroom root colouring appointment is a necessity which means I have a quite a collection of conditioner packets. Does anyone else hoard hair conditioner …