Sharing some gifts with friends today so made a fresh pumpkin spice sugar scrub this morning. This needs to be used within 5-7 days. Refrigeration is good! Large Batch Ingredients: Makes 3 4oz jars plus some extra for you! (**all ingredients are certified organic...
Rosemary Juniper Salt Scrub For the Winter/Early Spring Months (Kapha season) Instructions on how to make: Step One: Gather your ingredients Recipe **All ingredients are organic or certified organic with the exception of the salt. 269.4g (just under 3 cups) Sea salt...
A luxurious facial serum for women over 40! by Jade Shutes This facial serum was formulated for our Botanical Body Care Products Course. Our luxurious facial serum has become my favorite facial serum. It is awesome! It contains the following ingredients: Base Oil %...
Daucus carota Macerated Oil I have often wondered about how carrot was macerated and so decided to try to make it myself from vegetable to macerated oil. The journey has taken months, a bit of research, several batches of carrots, patience and lots of eager...
ABHYANGA The body of one who uses oil massage regularly does not become affected much even if subjected to accidental injuries, or strenuous work. By using oil massage daily, a person is endowed with pleasant touch, trimmed body parts and becomes strong, charming and...
Goal: to create an aromatic sugar scrub for the body using both plant material and essential oils in the sugar. First, I set about to clean all the dishes, silver ware, jars, bottles, and measuring cups so I began the process with clean (sterilized in hot water)...
The Pelargonium Issue: A rose pelargonium by any other name would smell just as sweet! Written by Jade Shutes I recently submitted our Geranium monograph to be printed in a new journal called: The International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy. Whilst my...
These are easy to make and fun gifts to give. Ingredients 2 cups Baking soda 3/4 cup Citric acid 1/4 cup or so of dried herbs (dried roses, lavender, calendula, and/or chamomile buds work well) 20-35 drops Essential oil (depending on essential oils used and desired...
Vanilla, the (really) early years It is the ancient Totonaco Indians of Mexico who were the first keepers of the secrets of vanilla. When they were defeated by the Aztecs, they were demanded to relinquish their exotic fruit of the Tlilxochitl vine, vanilla pods. When,...
Plantain is one of those abundant herbs that 'some' consider a weed and yet it appears all over our yards for incredibly beneficial purposes. I love seeing it (and using it) as it flourished all over our 'yard'. Here is a wonderful blog entry by Barbara DuTot of Wild...
Summertime: A time for Herbal Infusions! A herbal oil infusion is the combination of dried or fresh medicinal plant material and organic extra virgin olive oil or sunflower oil infused in the sun for a minimum of 4 weeks and up to 2 months. You can also infuse it in a...