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Fall Apothecary List
The change of season is a good reminder to freshen up your home apothecary. Go through the kitchen pantry, look through your herbs and spices – and organize what you need for the coming season. Fall is all about creating warmth and coziness, protecting your skin from the dry and cold weather and boosting your immune…
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Sitz Bath 101
Have you heard of a sitz bath before? Also called a sitting bath, it’s a very gentle and natural way to take care of your whole pelvic area. It can be used by men and women, but for this article – and my personal experience – I’ll focus on the ways that you can use…
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Growing a Skincare Garden
This year I started growing my own skincare garden, edible herbs that have specific benefits for the skin. All of these plants can be consumed as a tea or in food, but they also can be used topically as skincare. As I write this, it’s Spring in Florida. The plans I had to put down…
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How to make the most potent herbal oils using a sous-vide
Herbal oils are full-body wellness, benefiting not only the skin, softening and soothing, but also on a deeper level, bringing wellness within. In this article, I’m sharing how to use a sous-vide machine, to make an herbal oil. If this is something you’re interested in learning about – I’ll show you how a sous-vide can…
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Dehydrator Buying Guide
Dehydrating is an incredible way to preserve food, but also to process whole foods so that they can be used in different herbal remedies: tea blends, oil infusions, bath salts, body scrubs, and powdered facial masks. When you dehydrate your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables – it produces far better quality than anything you can…
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For your Indoor Garden: Aloe Vera
I’m loving the growing trend of indoor plants… ferns, alocasia, monsteras… and I want to make a case for adding to that list – a very beautiful, usable, medicinal plant: Aloe Vera! Aloe vera plants are one of the easiest plants to grow, they require such little attention – yet provide so many benefits. Like…
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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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Where do I find my natural skincare ingredients?
When you see “dried lavender” in a diy skincare recipe, are you wondering where to find it? Let’s talk about how I get my hands on some of the special ingredients that I use to make my own natural skincare recipes. Something you should know: I shop for ingredients the way some people shop for shoes!…
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Get SIMPLIFY Skin Seasons: Spring today!! 14 brand new recipes
My brand new SIMPLIFY Skin Spring recipe book is ready for you!! ? ? I’m so excited for you to see what’s inside and to dive right in! SIMPLIFY Skin Seasons: Spring is all about how to take seasonal, grocery store staples – and turn them into really good, safe & effective skincare. What you’ll make at…
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3 Natural Beauty Trends for Spring 2017
This is so fun!! In researching the Spring 2017 Natural Beauty Shopping Guide, I reached out to my favorite natural skincare brands to get their insights on natural beauty… And their responses sparked something in me, in an unexpected way. It truly made me feel reconnected to what I love about natural living and conscious beauty.…
