CBD Soap Recipe – Pain Relief Soap with lavender essential oil
I've had everyone from relatives, co-workers, to people online ask me if I would make a hemp oil or CBD oil soap. After all, it's supposed to do wonders for joint pain when applied topically. I put together a hemp soap recipe when I first started making soap, back before it was even popular, because...
11 Last Minute Herb and Essential Oil Gift Ideas
I love making handmade herb and essential oil gifts. They are pure, healthy, beneficial, and they even help to teach those who do not use herbs and essential oils very often. That's another reason these last minute herbs and essential oil gift ideas are so great. On top of all of that, you can make...
DIY Beeswax Candles With Essential Oils
I love a cozy candle with a subtle scent. Especially around the holidays. It just makes a place seem comfortable and welcoming. The thought of having natural beeswax candles scented with essential oils makes completes the picture because you KNOW you're cutting down on the toxins you're breathing into your body and putting around your...
Detoxing Deodorant Recipe Without Baking Soda
I'm really encouraged to see so many options in the stores these days for a more natural deodorant choice, though finding a natural detoxing deodorant recipe without baking soda that really works can be a challenge. Even so, it seems that people are beginning to speak with their money and cause companies to step up...
21 Coconut Oil Body Recipes
Coconut oil has become very popular the past 5 years or so. With good reason! There are so many great uses for coconut oil AND it's a renewable resource that profits many areas that need our support. So what's so great about coconut oil anyway? Coconut Benefits Let's jump right in. First, coconut oil is...
Apple Cider Soap Recipe for Fall – Plus a GIVEAWAY
I've had a number of people ask how to add apple cider to soap, so I've put together a tutorial for this pretty apple cider soap recipe. Apple Cider Soap makes a great Fall decoration AND a great gift! This apple cider soap recipe contains apple cider, madder root for a brown swirl, and essential...
Baby Powder Recipe with Natural Healthy Ingredients
Baby powder is to help prevent or heal diaper rash, as a body powder to help keep dry, in art projects, as well as to help keep feet from sticking to gel pads in pointe shoes. It’s very versatile and is widely used. The problem arises, as always, with ingredient choices in most brands of...
How to Make Rose Water and Why
Rose water is a beautifully soothing toner and so much more. I really enjoy using it and realized that I haven't shared why I use it (some great recipes) and how to make rose water. Rose water is used in aromatherapy for its benefits in helping depression and anxiety. It also, in reducing anxiety, can...
4 Hair Type Shampoo Bar Recipes
I get a lot of questions asking which shampoo bar recipes are best for different hair types and which ingredients change the bar so that they effect different qualities of hair. I'm going to try and answer a lot of those questions all in one spot by describing ingredients that effect various hair types and...
Natural Anti Itch Cream – A DIY Herbal Cream
I'm always looking for new ways to add herbs and essential oils into products that we use in and around our bodies. A natural anti itch cream is actually not difficult to make and so wonderfully good for your skin. We have a few allergies, though they are getting better this past year - I...
2 Allergy Relief Soap Recipes – Vegan Option
I've been working hard to boost my immune system this year and it has definitely been paying off. My allergies are much better this spring so far. I still get itchy eyes and sneeze occasionally and so do my children, so I thought I'd go ahead and create an aromatherapy allergy relief soap recipe so...
Skin Soothing Essential Oil Spray – Postpartum Spray
I recently had someone ask me to make them a postpartum perineum spray. 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 your research...
6 Natural Hairspray Recipes
My daughter recently had a dance competition where the chemicals were flying! It wasn't until we were already in the midst of the event that I realized that I didn't have a homemade recipe for hair spray. I definitely wanted to take the time to make recipes that were out there and determine which ones...
7 Herbal Projects for Kids
Start them young! Ownership of knowledge is important whether you are a child or an adult. Whenever you are part of the learning process in a hands on way, you are much more likely to care and retain more information, whatever your learning style may be. Creating herbal projects for kids is a great way...
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