Make Your Own Vanilla infused Coconut Oil 1 cup extra virgin coconut oil 4 vanilla beans Step One: Cut vanilla beans down the center, then cut into small pieces. This releases the seeds so they can infuse the oil. Step Two: Place coconut oil and vanilla beans in...
Here is a beautiful homemade body lotion bar recipe. Quick and easy to make, your skin will love you! Homemade Body Lotion Bar Beautiful body lotion bar with essential oils. This recipe makes 5-6 lotion bars. Ingredients 3 ounces Beeswax Pastilles 2 ounces Shea...
Aloe Vera Gel and a Protective Hand Gel The Benefits of Aloe Vera Gel: Cooling, indicated for inflammatory skin conditions or musculoskeletal system. Great for hand cleansers (add into Castile soap) and for hand sanitizers! Natural Hand Protective Gel 1 fl. oz. aloe...
Aromatherapy Foaming Cleansers are fun to create and make great holiday gifts as well! To make, you will need the following supplies: Organic Liquid Castile Soap Hydrosol of choice (I used German chamomile as I was out of my first choice, Lavender) Essential oils of...
Summer Healing “Green” Salve For scraped knees, abrasions, itchy skin/spots, dry skin areas Not for use on deep cuts/wounds. Ingredients to make 8-10 2 ounce jars (I made 6 2 ounce jars and 2 tubes of salve with this recipe.) 2 ounces beeswax (shaved or cut into small...
Vanilla Infused Shea Coconut Body Butter Ingredients 6.6 ounces Shea butter 3.3 ounces Coconut 1/4 cup (1.715 oz) Vanilla infused jojoba oil (to learn how to make: vanilla bean infusion) 1/4 cup (1.91 oz) Avocado oil 1 tsp (.145 oz) Sea buckthorn co2 extract...
Over the past week I have been dealing with various batches of poison ivy on my skin. I have quite an allergy to the plant so I also have some hives on my neck in response to the poison ivy rashes on my arms, stomach and legs. I had been using a clay combination to...
A great cooling sugar scrub for the Summer months on into Autumn! Ingredients: 1 cup Brown sugar 1/2 cup Cane sugar 1/2 tsp Cardamom seed (finely ground) 1/2 cup Dried Rose petals 1/2 cup Dried Hibiscus petals 1/2 cup Vanilla infused jojoba oil 1/4 cup Calendula oil...
The Beauty of Shea Butter Butyrospermum parkii syn. Vitellaria paradoxa Therapeutic Benefits: Emollient Anti-inflammatory Moisturizing Anti-irritant Skin protective UV protective Nourishes the skin Improves elasticity Indicated for: Eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, dry...
It's finally spring and all around there are cleavers, violet flowers, chickweed, plantain and a few other early spring medicinal plants in the area around us. I am sure if you look around your yard or in a field yet to be touched by modern day 'weed killers' you will...
This winter I have been using a Carrot-Rosehip skin salve on my face and body to prevent and/or 'treat' dryness. This has been a really great addition to sugar scrubs. Recipe: Ingredient Amt %tage Herbal/Vegetable oils...
Vanilla Lip Balm Yummy, delicious, and simple yet incredibly effective! My son, Soren, (like his mother) has a tendency towards vata excess or in non-Ayurvedic terms: dryness, particularly during this time of year when winter sets in and the heating is on and the cold...