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My Favorite Stores for Buying Natural Ingredients
When you want to create healthy skincare at home, the first step is to set yourself up with the essentials. The ingredients that you need to make the things that you want for yourself. When you think about it, it’s the same way you run a real-food kitchen. It’s about having those basic ingredients in…
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Get to know: Tulsi, Holy Basil
I just returned from the Florida Herbal Conference, and soaked up so much cool information, from plant walks and workshops and conversations – that I had to share with you. Today I’d like to introduce you to Tulsi and ways to use it. It may be a less common ingredient than Italian or Thai Basil…
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The simplest remedy to scrub stress away
Can’t shake off the stress? Then try scrubbing it off! But it has to be with this scrub, because it’s a total life changer. No exaggeration! When you’re feeling stressed – what do you do after a long day? How do you decompress? If too many days in a row go by where I’m letting…
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The Desert-Island Herb: Lavender
Not sleeping well? Lavender Skin’s feeling totally irritated? Lavender Breakouts happening? Lavender Bug bites. Sunburn. Weird rash? Lavender Feeling stressed out (probably from any of the above) Lavender Lavender is your first aid treatment: the go-to for almost any skincare concern. If you could only bring one ingredient to a desert island – it would…
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Bath Bowl for New Year Anxiety
This is a simple bath recipe – that has some pretty powerful benefits. I’m going to share my remedy for soothing away anxiety, with natural ingredients. This time of year is so confusing – there seems to be two totally conflicting messages. On one hand, the season is telling us that this is a time…
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Creating Coziness with Essential Oils
Usually when I think of using essential oils, it’s always about the benefits, the properties… what they’ll do for your skin, your hair… And to be honest – it was starting to feel like always focusing on these future benefits, is missing the point of self-care. Recently – I have been loving, loving, seriously loving…
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The teacher who inspires teachers
I’m eager to share with you my interview with John Gallagher. He’s an herbalist, with an incredible talent: he can make you feel excited about a weed – and inspired to try making something with it. Which is what makes him a really good teacher. Get to see John in action: he’s doing an free herbal…
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Hair Detox: Mandarin + Jamaican Black Castor Oil Hair Scrub
This recipe is sponsored by Tropic Isle Living Fall is about to get extra amazing! Because, let’s be real – a good hair day is always an amazing thing 🙂 Seriously – Grab your fruit bowl. We’re making a fresh food, mandarin + Jamaican black castor oil hair scrub (like a body scrub, but for your…
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Let’s Get Fresh Face Mask
One of my favorite things to do for a good stress reduction, comforting, happy inducing, skin loving moment – are face masks. Do you want to know the secret to having a really good day – start with a face mask. Wake up, blend yourself a mask (because that’s the kind of thing you do)…
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The Necessary Balm
A Balm is a one of the simplest, most healing remedies – the kind of thing that you want to have on your bedside table, in your kids room, in your purse, the medicine cabinet… This balm is necessary for hardworking hands, irritated summer skin, dry skin, bites, stings, sunburns… it’s an herbal bandaid that…
