I love a natural healing salve for everything from diaper rash to sunburn to dry skin and chapped lips. Even when it comes to stubborn eczema, it can often help provide relief during the healing process. This recipe that Jamie is sharing with us today is both simple to make and works great. ~Emily I’ve never been
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Simple 3 Ingredient Non-Greasy Homemade Lotion
These days, the internet abounds with DIY beauty products, and when it comes to homemade lotion, I’ve tried so many variations. One of my favorites is whipped body butter, my recipe that smells and feels as decant as it sounds. When I want a lighter, non-greasy homemade lotion, this is the one. Why make homemade lotion when you
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Homemade Sunscreen – Water Resistant & Super Easy to Make
I’ve spent the last eight years in search of the perfect sunscreen. The problem is, that even my favorite, all-natural brands contain ingredients that I don’t love, so I’ve finally given in and decided to make some myself. This homemade sunscreen is water resistant, made of all healthy ingredients, goes on like a dream, and really works.
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All-Purpose Citrus Splash Spray For DIY Cleaning
When I was a pre-teen, my best friend, Jes, and I figured out the way to my mom’s heart (and how to get her to agree to just about anything). We would go gang-busters cleaning the house. We’d start with the kitchen, and dumped Soft-Scrub with bleach on every surface, wiping until they came up
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How to Make Homemade Deodorant
Up until about a year ago, I was pretty darn frustrated by the host of weird and in most cases toxic ingredients in commercial deodorants. And though I’ve tried just about every natural deodorant I could lay my hands on, none of them were very effective or practical. Most of the natural choices sport such
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Natural Flu Remedy – Shoo Flu Tonic
Fighting a tickle in your throat? Is the flu threatening to take over your home? Well, check this natural flu remedy out! This magical shoo flu tonic is a play on an elixir my grandmother used to brew up and bribe us to drink when we were looking a little piqued. At the time, it
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Homemade Bath Salts With Lemongrass
The holidays are coming! The holidays are coming! Yikes and yaaay! While this recipe for luxurious homemade bath salts will guide you to create lovely homemade, health-promoting gifts, it will also soothe you when you need it most…the holidays. I am an avid devotee of unrefined sea salt, and you may choose to use a lovely
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How To Make Tallow Body Balm
Before I tell you all about tallow body balm, I have a little story to share… I don’t tend to see many t.v. commercials, but last week my 5 year old and I were watching the Olympics on the computer. Every five minutes or so, we were subjected to an ad for a shampoo that
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Whipped Body Butter – Homemade Lotion
For years I was disgruntled with my store bought lotion choices. The Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database had confirmed that even the most “natural” of body products I had found were still pretty toxic. I have spent an accumulation of HOURS standing in the health food store trying to find a lotion with ingredients that I
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