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It’s the perfect cup of Earl Grey Tea…in a lip balm! Say “hello” to cooler weather with this easy, all natural chapstick. With just a few simple ingredients, it’s great for a little something different or a unique homemade gift idea.
Pineapple weed, or wild chamomile, has been used in folk medicine for centuries to aid digestion, promote relaxation and sleepiness, and as a mild pain reliever. This common “weed” makes a delicious, lightly sweet pineapple and chamomile flavored tea!
This homemade cedarwood beard balm has plenty of hold to tame stray hairs, plus skin and hair loving oils to soothe itchy skin and soften whiskers. It’s all natural, smells amazing, and costs a fraction of the price of premium store bought beard balms. It is the perfect gift idea for all the bearded guys in your life!
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It’s almost summertime! It seems like the second I put on a pair of shorts, or venture out with bare ankles, they find me… Bugs! No matter what I do, a few itchy bug bites are impossible to avoid. And with two little boys who lie in the dirt and poke at ants? Forget it! But this year, I’m prepared with a fresh batch of DIY bug bite balm. These easy itchy sticks are safe for kids and provide quick relief for minor bug bites, stings, skin irritations, and even little boo-boos!
If you use essential oils with any frequency, you’ve likely run into this predicament. No matter how much you shake and tap, the last few drops just won’t come out of the bottle. Here is a clever, frugal trick for using up the last few drops from your (almost) empty essential oil bottle. Make infused Epsom salt! (Or infused baking soda!)
It’s no secret that whenever possible I love to DIY. One thing you NEVER need to buy again, is expensive store-bought sugar scrub. This luxurious, skin-loving beauty product is the easiest homemade beauty project and can be made with ingredients you likely already have in your pantry: sugar and oil! I’ll even argue that it’s the only sugar scrub recipe you will ever need.
This week, my CSA farmbasket was overflowing with spring greens. Salad greens, mustard greens, turnips and radishes topped with beautiful bunches of leaves… I will be honest, I felt a little overwhelmed, especially with the thought of my own crop of radishes quickly maturing in my community garden plot. It seemed like the perfect time to double down and make the most of these tender spring greens! Let’s get some inspiration together with this list of my top 10 tips for using spring greens.
Learning to infuse oil with dried herbs is making me feel like an urban homesteading rockstar! Folks have been infusing oils with medicinal and culinary flowers, leaves, and roots for thousands of years, and for good reason! Soaking these natural treasures in carrier oil draws out many beneficial properties from the plant parts into a versatile ingredient for slaves, balms and lotions as well as for cooking!