Essential Oils can be used for medicinal purposes, as well as in natural beauty recipes like anti aging serums and handmade soap recipes.
If you use it, we can probably make it. A natural bug spray is easy to make with essential oils. After all, we already know that a lot of plants will repel insects. If you want a huge list on that, check out 20 Insect Repelling Plants. You can plant these plants around your yard...
Given that this anti aging eye cream recipe with essential oils has been a huge hit, I thought now was the perfect time to update it and give it a fresh look. I love-love-love my Anti-Aging Essential Oil Blend, which is an oil combination of 10 essential oils. Adding this cream with similar nourishing benefits...
A lot of schools are starting up soon, or have already begun. Whether it’s the beginning of the semester, you’re half way through, or you feel like you can’t make it the last few weeks until the end, herbs and essential oils are great to have on hand. Herbs have been used traditionally to calm...
It just came to my attention that my recipe for essential oils for hormones that I carry in my shop is not up here on Simple Life Mom! I’ve had people ask me, “Why give all your recipes away? Don’t you want to sell these items instead?” My answer is that I want to treat...
I’ve written articles on sleep before, because sleep is SO important to our health, and because I’ve struggled getting good quality and quantity of sleep in the past. Because of my own struggles, I’ve talked to naturopathic and traditional doctors and have gotten a lot of tips and direction from professionals to use herbs and...
This has been an upside down year in so many ways. Yet, many of us still want to create, learn, and share with others. These 8 lip scrub recipes are a cheap way to make something special for yourself and a friend, while staying frugal and healthy. Need ideas for teachers that can easily be...
Essential oil dilution is important to know for a lot of reasons, including preparing for children. You can learn more about essential oil safety here. It’s also convenient to know how to convert oils from milliliters to drops, and ounces to grams when you are crafting with essential oils and larger base carrier oils. I’ll...
I just realized that the eye serum formula that has been in my shop for a year already was not published for you yet! A number of you have asked me, how can you give away your secrets to prospective buyers from your shop? Won’t people make it themselves instead of buying it from you?...
This Natural Age Spot Serum Recipe is built upon the understanding that “age spots” are caused by 3 main reasons, though there are also unknown causes for certain skin conditions like Vitiligo. To learn more about what age spots or liver spots are, see my article What are Age Spots? I have been using this...
I recently had someone ask me to make them a postpartum spray for the perineum. I immediately wanted to research which essential oils would be the most skin soothing while aiding in healing. Some essential oils and herbs can increase bleeding, which is NOT what you want while trying to heal after a pregnancy. Doing...
I have had Lyme disease for about 30 years. I remember being around 10 years old when my mom would rub my legs at night before I could fall asleep because they hurt so bad. Back then there was not the testing that we have these days for many different diseases, parasites, and conditions. In...
A number of people have asked for ideas to boost energy in the morning, so that they can get started with their day and get everything done that needs to be done. I’ve also also had moms ask me about getting their teens up and going in the morning for school. Having a diffuser ready...
Aromatherapy has been used for literally centuries with wonderful results. In fact, it has only been the past 100 years where people have begun turning to pharmaceuticals and have lost natural remedy knowledge. That has been changing lately as people have been fighting to bring back natural traditions combined with modern knowledge of medicine to...
I wanted to take a few moments to show you how you can make your very own homemade essential oil diffuser and air fresheners. These are all ideas that I’ve tried before and really like. We all have our favorites, and I’ll tell you mine. I’ll also give you some recipes to get you going...
My friends are an amazing resource for wonderful information! They are always telling me how they’ve tested different ideas and which ones work and which ones don’t. Between the group of us we are able to come up with a great list of natural pest repellents that can be applied in all seasons throughout the...
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