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Dry, chapped lips are a struggle, especially during harsh weather conditions. While store-bought lip products like lip balms and lip glosses offer temporary relief, creating your DIY lip oil allows you to customize ingredients and ensure deep hydration for long-lasting results. This recipe focuses on two powerful carrier oils, castor oil and sweet almond oil, to create a deeply nourishing…
If you’re not in love with Calendula yet, you’re about to fall head over heels. Growing calendula (calendula officinalis) in our gardens has been so much fun over the years. Calendula has to be one of my all-time favorite plants to grow. It’s a great flowering herb for beginner gardeners to cultivate. Dried calendula flowers…
Autumn is the season of goldenrod (solidago), a final flowering herb of summer with bright yellow flowers and long, slender stalks. Their leaves hold a heavy herbal aroma cherished for their mood-uplifting qualities. Indigenous and nature-loving artists have long used goldenrod as a natural dye source. The bright flowers generate a shocking yellow color that…
Goldenrod, with its yellow bunches of flowers on long stalks, gets blamed for allergies and allergic reactions. In reality, it’s ragweed that is to blame, and Goldenrod is one of the best plant allies for immune support and calming itchy skin. Often used to ease eczema and other skin conditions due to seasonal shifts, Goldenrod…
These cinnamon and clove DIY shower steamers are fun and fast to whip up. They are the perfect way to warm up on chilly mornings and add a touch of essential oil aromatherapy to your days. Plus, they are fantastic homemade gifts that give a spa-like experience to anyone this holiday season. Spice up your…
How to make a Natural Herbal Face Steam for overcoming anxiety and finding calm. Pamper yourself and bid farewell to dry skin with a nourishing facial steam featuring a bouquet of floral botanicals and herbs! Facial steaming is a relaxing way to revitalize and deeply cleanse the skin. It’s a safe and easy way to…
Seasonal changes bring temperature fluctuations, which can negatively affect our hair health. Using heat tools too often, over-washing, and indoor heating can damage, create excess frizz, fade colored hair, or cause dry hair or dry scalp irritation. Fortunately, you don’t need to run out and buy another beauty product or pay for an expensive hair…
One of the first DIY natural makeup products I ever made was a DIY Cacao Face powder from simple ingredients found in my kitchen. At the time, I had such sensitive skin that I couldn’t use store-bought makeup powders without risking painful breakouts or skin irritation lasting for weeks. Once I discovered how easy it…
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