One of the main problems with commercial personal care products is that they often contain toxins and dangerous chemicals. To add insult to injury, they’re also often extremely expensive. One solution is to learn how to make your own natural personal care products at home. It’s easy and it’s also inexpensive. This article shares recipes […]
Homemade Gummy Bears: A Healthy Snack Idea
It’s sometimes difficult to find healthy snacks that kids will willingly eat. I think this recipe for naturally sweetened gummy bears by Betsy is a winner.The recipe uses fresh-squeezed juices, honey, and other ingredients. You can really make any flavor you’d like using fresh juice or pureed fruit. Betsy includes e recipes for: Orange Gummy […]
Violet Leaf Lip Balm Recipe
This article is a guest post by Jan (Nerdy Farm Wife) at the Hobby Farms website. Spring is coming and with it Violets! Violets are pretty versatile. The flowers can be added to salads and the leaves are used for herbal remedies. Violets are also excellent for soothing damaged skin. This is Jan’s recipe for […]
14 Easy Natural Ways to Detox Daily
In this article, Dana shares 14 easy natural ways to start detoxing your body. Many of these methods are easy and allow you to start cleansing your body before leaping into longer-term cleansing methods. Here are just a few of Dana’s suggestions: Drink Water! It allows you to flush toxins out of your body. It […]
7 Home Remedies for an Upset Stomach ~ Help for those Tummy Aches
I’ve been searching around for some good home remedies for tummy aches. I decided to feature this article because it has some nice variety to its remedies. It also includes short recipes and a lot of helpful links. I also selected this article because there’s some good advice about how to avoid stomach aches in […]
How to Make Meyer Lemon Jelly with Vanilla
Velva wanted to create a recipe that would let her use up some of her Meyer Lemons. So she decided on this Meyer Lemon Jelly with Vanilla. (If you haven’t tasted a Meyer lemon, it has an amazingly sweet, floral taste and very little if any acidity. They’re a cross between Mandarin Oranges and certain types of […]
21 Creative Uses for Epsom Salts
Epsom salt is an excellent source of magnesium. I found this article on the Wellness Mama website and was sort of blown away by all of the different ways you can use Epsom salts. Here are just a few: If you get a splinter, soak in concentrated Epsom salt water to ease pulling out the […]
How to Make an Herbal Body Cream
I loved this article because Debra first discusses the different components of an herbal body cream and the different choices you can make. You can select from a variety of oils, wax, water, and other ingredients. She then shares a template recipe for an herbal homemade body lotion. For example, the recipe calls for 1 […]
4 Honey Treatment Recipes for Dry and Damaged Hair
Honey can help to rejuvenate dry or damaged hair. It attracts moisture and has nutrients that help hair to heal and grow. Claire of EveryDay Roots shares 4 different honey recipes to help restore damaged hair. Each recipe uses honey, different oils and other ingredients. You can experiment with the different treatment recipes and see […]
How to Make an Orange Sugar Scrub
This is a recipe for an orange sugar scrub by JES of Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth. JES uses sugar, oils, orange essential oil and other ingredients to make this scrub. The recipe couldn’t be simpler and looks very good. JES provides clear directions and photographs. She also explains the best way to use […]
15 Back to School DIY Teacher Gift Ideas
It’s almost time for the kids to go back to school. Where did the summer go? Mrs. Happy Homemaker has collected 15 different DIY back to school teacher gifts. If you see a gift you like, just click the link and you’ll be brought to the tutorial. Here are just a few of the gift […]
Natural Remedies for Strep, Colds and The Flu
These are natural remedies for the strep, colds and flu that Crystal uses herself. In this article she includes a video, where she discusses the remedies. There are also typed out recipes for each of the remedies. They include: Natural Remedy for Strep Natural Gargle Remedy for Colds and the Flu Click on the Natural […]