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  • Can you make skincare without preservatives?

    Can you make skincare without preservatives?

    Hello! And welcome to this guide on preservation methods for making skincare. I want to help you explore the craft of making safe, shelf-stable skincare —using only whole food ingredients and natural preservation methods.  You’ll learn the difference between anhydrous and self-preserving. And how to use these techniques to make all-natural skincare —that can keep…

  • Cayenne Salve – Heat Rub

    Cayenne Salve – Heat Rub

    Cayenne Salve —Heat Rub Make this cayenne salve for pain relief. It’s like a heat pack in a jar! A cayenne salve is not subtle! It’s fiery! When you apply it on, you quickly start to feel its effect… prickly tingles on your skin, a warmth building up in your tissues, and ultimately a release…

  • How I prepare fresh citrus rinds for making herbal skincare

    How I prepare fresh citrus rinds for making herbal skincare

    How I prepare fresh citrus rinds for making herbal skincare Citrus is often added to skincare products —for the benefits of vitamin C. But, not only is Vitamin C famously unstable (degrades quickly when exposed to oxygen)… it’s also a water-soluble vitamin, which we can’t access in anhydrous skincare. So, when I use citrus in…

  • How I prepare fresh ginger for making herbal skincare

    How I prepare fresh ginger for making herbal skincare

    How I prepare fresh ginger for making herbal skincare Ginger’s key active ingredients responsible for its warming, restorative actions —are mostly oil-soluble. Which makes ginger root especially good for infusing into oil. When you make infused oil from scratch, starting with fresh ginger root —it creates such an aromatic, potent oil that you can feel…

  • Base Recipe: Oil Cleanser

    Base Recipe: Oil Cleanser

    What is an oil cleanser? An oil-cleanser is essentially a cleanser that is oil-based, used to remove makeup and impurities off the skin. There’s a lot of ways to make an oil cleanser, but the kind of skincare that I like to make is anhydrous (waterless) and with simple ingredients. And so from those terms,…

  • Balm/Salve Base Recipe

    Balm/Salve Base Recipe

    Balm/Salve BASE Recipe Balms and salves are old, traditional household remedies. They’re so useful and effective, you’ll find some sort of balm or salve in most homes today. And they’re simple to make! Here on this page, I’ll share the base recipe to make a balm and salve, and helpful information to help you make…

  • My current special interests…

    My current special interests…

    I thought it would be fun to share the botanicals that I’ve been especially interested in lately, when it comes to making DIY skincare. I’d love to know, what’s been on your radar at the moment? GOLDENROD I moved to North Carolina at the start of goldenrod season. It grows like a weed here, and…

  • Series: Making Wellness Accessible

    Series: Making Wellness Accessible

    Herbalism is growing FAST – in just the last couple of years, we’ve seen old-traditions making a big comeback as more people turn to herbs to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. If you’re wanting to start a new herbal routine, or reignite an old one – I’m here to help you make wellness feel…