Warm detox baths remove toxins from the body. As Katie of WellnessMama suggests, it’s best to have a detox bath before you go to bed because they do tire you out. The warmer the water, the more intense the detox effect is. So it’s better to start out slowly. In this post Katie shares […]
How to Make Mandarin Nutmeg Lip Balm + 2 Other Recipes
I love homemade lip balm because it’s healthy, easy to make and inexpensive. The Mountain Rose Herbs Blog has some creative lip balm recipes: Mandarin Nutmeg Lip Balm, Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm and Lime Coconut Lip Balm. Recipes for all 3 of these lip balms are included in the post. You can find the essential oils […]
100+ DIY Projects to Make with Fruit Scraps (EBook)
This is a wonderful and creative EBook by JES of the Strangers and Pilgrims On Earth website. In this 264 page book, she shares over 100 of her personal recipes and tutorials for beauty, cleaning, health, home and food projects using fruit peels and scraps. The subtitle is An Old Fashioned “Waste Not, Want Not” […]
How to Make a Raw Honey & Coconut Oil Facial Mask
This is a homemade, natural honey & coconut facial mask recipe by Lindy of PoppySoap.com. The combination of raw honey and virgin coconut oil is perfect for a variety of skin conditions. Raw honey has healing enymes and nutrients that are ideal for treating skin conditions. Unlike store-bought honey, raw honey has not been […]
21 Uses for Epsom Salt
Epsom salt is an excellent source of magnesium. The heart, muscles,kidneys and other organs in the body need magnesium. Magnesium also contributes to energy production, and helps regulate nutrients in the body Katie of WellnessMama shares 21 different ways to use epsom salt. The really neat thing is that she provides specific short recipes for […]
How to Make Elderberry Ice Pops
Elderberry has a wide variety of uses: antioxidant, lowers cholesterol, strengthens the immune system, improves heart health. fights coughs, colds, flu and bacterial and viral infections. It’s one powerful berry! Over at One Organic Mama’s home, she had a sick family. Her kids were feeling miserable. She remembered some people raving about elderberries and wanted […]
Homemade Tangerine & Lavender Sugar & Salt Scrub
Mountain Body makes a line of all natural skin products. In this post Rebecca of Camp Wander shares a homemade version of the Mountain Body Lavender and Tangerine body scrub. This scrub is unusual in that it uses both sugar and salt which helps the longevity of the scrub. The recipe has just 8 natural ingredients […]
How to Have Velvety Smooth Hands
I love family remedies that are handed down from generation to generation. They are often simple and they usually work. This recipe for soft hands was given to One Tipsy Chick by her mother. Two simple ingredients: granules that you rub into your hands, followed by Shea butter. You can find a wide variety of quality […]
A Recipe for a Homemade Vapor Rub Salve
This is an all-natural alternative to commercial decongestant salves with petroleum as an ingredient. Andrea of Frugally Sustainable developed this salve which has a wonderful combination of healthy herbs and essential oils. Click on the Homemade Herbal Decongestant Salve link below for the full recipe. To see the complete recipe, click on the A Recipe for a […]
How to Make Homemade Lemon Cuticle Balm
This is a quick and easy recipe by Andrea of Frugally Sustainable. It’s an amazing recipe that will repair “dry, cracked cuticles and fingertips”. All you do is massage the balm into your cuticles each night or whenever needed. Andrea calls this a cuticle cream but it’s really a balm which works just as well. […]
How to Make Wood Butter
This is a recipe for wood butter by the folks at Creative Culinary. What is wood butter you ask? I asked the same thing. Turns out it’s a homemade mixture that you rub into old wooden spoons, rolling pins, cutting boards etc. and it restores the luster. The post includes a recipe and before/after pictures […]
Heavy Metal Detox Juice Recipe
Heavy metals like iron, manganese, aluminum, mercury, cadmium, beryllium and arsenic have no beneficial effect on organisms. Their accumulation in the bodies of mammals over time can cause serious and even life-threatening illness. For humans there are some simple things we can do to eliminate these heavy metal toxins from our bodies. One easy […]