Herbs & Essential Oils
DIY Dandelion Salve for Healing
This DIY dandelion salve uses just three simple ingredients, including dandelion-infused oil made with dandelions picked right from your own backyard! It's an herbal healing salve that works wonders for sore muscles, helps to heal minor cuts and...
Spring Cleaning Recipes with Essential Oils
Clean your house naturally with these spring cleaning recipes with essential oils and all-natural ingredients. Eliminate toxins and create a fresh, clean, healthy home this spring! * * * When we think of spring, a few obvious things come to mind:...
Natural Ways to Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Are you one of the estimated 10 million Americans who struggle with the Winter Blues (aka. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or "SAD" for short)? If you or someone you love struggles with this, you’re definitely not alone. The good news though, is...
DIY Christmas Room Sprays with Essential Oils
These diy Christmas room sprays with essential oils make a quick and easy gift and are an all-natural way to make your house smell warm and inviting over the holiday season. It took me years to try making diy room sprays. Why? I’ll never know....
DIY Essential Oil Rollerballs for Fall & Winter
Essential oils are one of my favourite natural remedies to keep on hand at all times, hands down. As far as remedies go, there’s an oil for just about everything that ails you. From headaches and hangovers to stress and anxiety to colds and flu...
How to Make Traditional Fire Cider At Home
This traditional fire cider recipe is an easy (and cheap) herbal remedy to make at home and a potent natural medicine during cold and flu season. * * * When cold and flu season hits, I like to reach for natural remedies first. But I’ll be honest, if they don’t really...
DIY Hair Pomade with Rosemary Essential Oil
My husband was not blessed with great hair (sorry honey). He gets weird cowlicks, crazy bedhead and his hair becomes limp and lifeless once it dries after a shower. Naturally, he's come to depend on hair-styling waxes and pomades to keep the...
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