Breathe in soothing steam to help clear your stuffy nose and ease your sinus pain, cough and headache symptoms naturally. Learn how to make sinus relief shower steamers with essential oils as a natural remedy for cold and flu season. Plus discover the best essential oils for sinus congestion along with their benefits when used to create DIY cold and flu shower melts. Cold and Flu Relief Shower Steamers These…
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How To Make Massage Soap Bars: Easy Recipe with Coffee
This simple DIY project turns basic glycerin soap into luxurious homemade massage soap bars that smell like your favorite morning brew. Made using a suspension melt and pour soap base, my simple, easy-to-follow directions teach you how to whip up your own custom batch of scented massage bars at home. The resulting skin care product massages and hydrates skin. While added coffee grounds provide gentle exfoliation. Make this easy homemade…
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How to Make Bath Soaks: Plus DIY Detox Bath Soak for Cold Relief
Runny noses and chest congestion are always a challenge. Whether you have a cold or are suffering from seasonal allergies, this DIY detox bath soak is a natural way to enjoy symptom relief. Discover the different types of cosmetic bath salts used to create salt soak recipes. Learn how to make a detox soak. Plus, explore my other natural bath soak recipes that you can enjoy in the comfort of…
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Glowing Skin Smoothie for Clear Skin
Nutrition is just as important as the skin care products we use. That’s why I created this tasty glowing skin smoothie! This healthy drink recipe is a wonderful way to detox skin and nourish cells. So, you get clear skin that looks amazing! Discover how to make this rejuvenating fruit smoothie to enjoy anytime throughout the day for beautiful, clear glowing skin. Glowing Skin Smoothie This delicious, glowing skin smoothie…
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How to Make Sore Muscle Rub with Essential Oils Plus Pain Salve Recipes
Learn how to make a sore muscle rub using herbs and essential oils as a natural remedy for pain. Discover several of my best pain relief salve recipes that you can make at home including several essential oil blends you can try. This collection of recipes for pain relief are formulated using basic ingredients that are easy to source and don’t require a preservative. So, they’re perfect to make at…
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Relax and Unwind Naturally with HempSmart Smart Drops
CBD oil is a great way to help our bodies relax and unwind. Not only does it help to tame anxious thoughts, it also offers other natural benefits. Hempsmart™ Smart Drops make it easier than ever to enjoy taking hemp extract as a health and wellness supplement. Explore how to use Smart Drops, learn about their benefits, and discover why I love this wellness focused brand. This post is sponsored…
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How to Use Shield Essential Oil To Clean and Disinfect Your Home
Similar to Thieves essential oil, Shield essential oil also has uses for home and health. This natural blend of essential oils is made in house using high quality, organic oils and is perfect for cleaning, using topically or diffusing. Discover ways to use shield essential oil blend in your home for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, tackling smelly laundry and to create a germ fighting hand soap for your family. Ways…
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Elderberry Tincture Recipe: A Cold and Flu Wellness Elixir
Learn how to make an elderberry tincture recipe with herbs as a natural wellness elixir for cold and flu relief. Discover the benefits of an elderberry tincture and how it can support immune health. Plus additional herbs you can incorporate into your tincture to create a natural remedy for cold and flu relief. Cold and flu season isn’t quite the same these days. While I’ve always tried to take care…
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Healing Salve Recipe: A Natural Hand Salve with Warming Essential Oils
Need a healing salve recipe for winter skin care? This healing hand salve hydrates and protects skin with all natural ingredients, including a simple blend of warming essential oils to help improve circulation and reduce inflammation. Cold weather can bring misery with it as we age, whether from arthritis or chronic pain. This is in addition to dry, chapped skin. This healing salve recipe for hands tackles both of these…
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Golden Milk Benefits + How to Make An Easy Turmeric Milk Recipe
Learn all about the golden milk benefits for your mind and body! This healthy golden milk recipe is very easy to make. You only need 5 ingredients plus 5 minutes prep for the perfect drink. Made with turmeric and honey, this turmeric latte is a healthy and delicious drink that can boost immunity, reduce inflammation, promote sleep and aid with digestion. Easy Golden Milk Recipe With cold and flu season…
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Pear Oatmeal Recipe with Cinnamon That Tastes Like Homemade Pie
This delicious cinnamon pear oatmeal recipe tastes like homemade pear pie and makes a warm and comforting breakfast idea for heart health. Learn more about the health benefits of oatmeal. Plus how to make my wonderful cinnamon pear oatmeal for you and your family for breakfast! I love pear season. Pears are always such a treat. And once cooked, they become even more delectable as the natural sugars and flavors…
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Exercises for Back Pain Relief from Sitting (Even If You Have Fibromyalgia)
With more of us working from home, or spending time helping kids with schoolwork after working all day, you may find you have back pain or shoulder tension you weren’t experiencing before life through a curveball your way. These easy exercises for back pain relief help to relieve back pain and tension as well as relax tight shoulders. So whether you experience pain from sitting at desk all day, or…
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Tulsi Ginger Tea Recipe for Digestive Support & Stress Relief
Learn how to make this easy tulsi ginger tea recipe. This adaptogenic tea not only offers digestive and immune support, it can also aid with stress relief when you need it most. Life is stressful. Life since we found ourselves thrust into a seemingly unending game of Jumanji — well, it’s kind of been insane. Right now, myself included, we are all struggling with constant changes. Some of those changes…
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Insect Repellent Essential Oil Blend Recipe for Repelling Mosquitoes
Discover two simple essential oils you can use to create an insect repellent essential oil blend for a roller blend or spray on insect repellent. Plus a brief overview of essential oil safety and what to realistically expect when using essential oils as an insect repellent to naturally repel mosquitoes. Insect Repellent Essential Oils Lemon Eucalyptus Essential Oil If I were to choose a single insect repellent essential oil, it…
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Astaxanthin for Skin: My Favorite Beauty Supplement and Its Benefits
Learn about the benefits of astaxanthin for skin. Plus discover my favorite beauty supplement that helps fight the visible signs of aging. A Natural Beauty Supplement for Anti-Aging Skin Care It’s really no secret that I’m passionate about natural beauty and natural skin care. I make several DIY beauty products using plant based ingredients like carrier oils, essential oils and herbs. What I don’t make myself, I buy from trusted…
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Thyme Tea Benefits: Plus How to Make Thyme Tea with Recipes
Learn about thyme tea benefits and how to make thyme tea at home with this collection of easy thyme tea recipes for cough and congestion. During a recent bout of seasonal allergies, I decided to try a thyme tea blend I’d recently purchased on Etsy. Having read about thyme tea benefits, I was intrigued to see if thyme tea really was as wonderful as I’d read for easing cough and…
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Best Essential Oils for Poison Ivy: Plus Three Natural Poison Ivy Remedies
Wondering what are the best essential oils for poison ivy? This post covers the best essential oils for poison ivy to use in natural poison ivy remedies to soothe poison ivy rashes and itching. Discover ten essential oils that help to reduce swelling, itching and pain caused by poison ivy rashes. Plus three easy poison ivy home remedies for making a homemade poison ivy gel, a poison ivy relief spray…
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The Best Essential Oils for Menopause and Hot Flashes
Don’t suffer through menopause and hot flashes. Find natural relief through aromatherapy. Learn about the best essential oils for menopause and hot flashes and how to use them. Plus discover easy ways to get natural relief with a simple, hormone balancing bath soak recipe and an easy DIY cooling hot flash spray with essential oils. You can make these products in just minutes at home for natural relief of menopause…
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DIY Hand Mask for Dry Skin: A Simple 3-Ingredient Hydrating Mask for Dry Hands
Whether you have dry hands due to dry climate, the season or excessive hand washing, this DIY hand mask for dry skin is a simple, easy way to hydrate dry skin and help to restore the appearance of skin health. Keep reading to learn how to make an easy DIY hand mask recipe to nourish and hydrate your dry hands throughout the year, when your skin needs extra attention. Plus…
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DIY Plaster Aroma Stones for Essential Oils (That Double As Kids Sidewalk Chalk)
Learn how to make DIY plaster aroma stones for a quick and easy essential oil diffuser. This easy DIY craft project is perfect for the kids to make for Mother’s Day gifts. Plus they can create extras to use themselves. Turns out these essential oil aroma stones actually double as kids sidewalk chalk. So it’s the perfect 2-for-1 activity when you need things to do when bored, or are looking…
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Hydrating Bastille Soap Recipe Plus Practical Tips on Flu Prevention
What’s the story with the coronavirus? Is it really worth a full on toilet paper war? And more importantly, how can I protect myself from the coronavirus and diminish my chances of getting sick? Learn why the coronavirus shouldn’t be dismissed as your average flu. Plus easy, everyday tips on reducing your chances of becoming infected with COVID-19. I’m also sharing my favorite, hydrating Bastille soap recipe. It’s perfect for…
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DIY Hand Sanitizer with Alcohol: An Alternative When Hand Washing Isn’t An Option
This flu season is especially scary. As the Coronapocalypse continues to claim lives and spread throughout the world, it’s more important than ever to take protective measures against this new strain of the flu. The top two ways to do this include handwashing and the use of hand sanitizers when soap and water aren’t available. With hand sanitizer unavailable in many locations due to the outbreak, you can make an…
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DIY Reed Diffuser with Essential Oils for Natural, Non-Toxic Home Fragrances
Wondering, how do I make DIY reed diffusers? It’s actually easier than you might think! Learn how to make a DIY reed diffuser with essential oils to naturally scent your home with your favorite, non-toxic fragrance. You can use any essential oil or essential oil blend of your choice with your homemade reed diffuser. It’s so easy! Simply Earth offers so many great essential oil recipes for health, home and…
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Fire Cider Vinegar Recipe: A Natural Cold and Flu Remedy
I tried fire cider vinegar as a natural cold and flu remedy for the first time at the end of last year. This was after getting yet another cold. A cold which I honestly think was being passed back and forth between me and and a guy I’d been dating. The results were quickly noticeable. By day three I felt like a whole new, shiny person. And that undying sinus…
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Sleep Rollerball Recipe: A Simple Essential Oil Blend To Promote Restful Sleep
Learn how to make an easy, 2-ingredient sleep rollerball recipe with a simple essential oil blend for sleep. A natural way to promote restful sleep, this essential oil blend is kid-safe and can be used even if you are pregnant or nursing. Plus discover tips on how to get a good night’s sleep by simply changing a few of your daily habits. Using Essential Oils for Sleep There are a…
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Chili Seasoning Mix Recipe: A Healthy Alternative for Chili Recipes
Keep warm this winter with a cozy pot of homemade chili. Whether you’re making traditional chili or try a vegetarian chili recipe, this easy chili seasoning mix is a must for your spice cabinet! This best chili spice mix recipe is a healthy alternative to store bought mixes containing an overabundance of salt, MSG and other unwanted ingredients. Read on to discover my favorite, healthy recipe for chili seasoning mix,…
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Essential Oil Remedy for Cold and Flu: Cold Rollerball Recipe to Support Immunity
Tackle your cold and flu symptoms and get natural relief with this essential oil remedy for cold and flu. This easy cold rollerball recipe supports your body’s immunity. It can also help to soothe cold symptoms by offering congestion relief in addition to aiding focus and energy. (After all, we all feel run down when we’re sick!) Aromatherapeutic Essential Oil Remedy for Cold and Flu With cold and flu season…
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Creative Ways to Upcycle Dishes with Lead Paint for DIY Home Decor
Believe it or not, decorative dishware produced as late as 2004 has been found to contain lead paint. While no longer deemed safe for eating, you don’t have to toss your favorite vintage dishes. Instead try one of these creative ways to upcycle dishes with lead paint to create unique, DIY home decor! Your Dishes May Not Be Food Safe! I think most families have some Corelle dishes in their…
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DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils for a Non-Toxic Clean
Discover an easy way to make a simple DIY all purpose cleaner with essential oils. A safe, non-toxic way to clean your home, this recipe for a green friendly cleaner — and the essential oils to make it! — are part of the new Simply Earth Essential Oil Recipe Box! Read on to learn how to add this easy, 4-ingredient DIY all purpose cleaner to your cleaning routine. Plus discover…
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Best Natural Deodorant for Women with Sensitive Skin (Without Baking Soda!)
On the hunt for the best natural deodorant for your sensitive skin? It can be super frustrating finding that perfect natural deodorant without baking soda that actually works. I know. I’ve literally tried a TON of them! Luckily, there’s a new brand in town that blows the competition out of the water. Not only, that, but my quest for the best natural deodorant is FINALLY (omg FINALLY!) over! My quest…
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Homemade Lip Scrub in Chocolate Mint for Natural Winter Skin Care
Using natural products is an important part of my everyday beauty regimen. This homemade lip scrub recipe in chocolate mint is an easy way to keep with the theme of natural winter skin care. Plus it’s also the perfect addition to your self care routine for the New Year. Read on to learn how to make a homemade lip scrub as an easy addition to your natural beauty routine. And…
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Self Care Journal: How to Make a Self Care Journal (with Free Printables)
Learn how to make a self care journal to set your healthy resolutions for the New Year with these printable journal pages that are all about self care! This printable self care journal contains not just inspiration blank journal pages for writing down your thoughts and dreams, it also has pages for setting goals, healthy food recipes, skin care recipes and face mask recipes that fit your skin type each…
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Hand Salve Recipe for Winter Skin Care with Essential Oils & Beeswax
Learn how to protect, hydrate and soothe dry hands with this simple, homemade winter hand salve recipe. It’s made beeswax, coconut oil and natural peppermint and pine essential oils. These ingredients then all come together to create a natural product that’s perfect for your winter skin care routine. Winter Is Hard On Hands: Care for Them Naturally As I’ve aged, my hands have aged as well. While the rest of…
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Homemade Cold Remedy Drink for Natural Relief of Colds and Flu
Support your immune system with this homemade cold remedy drink. Ginger, honey, lemon and optional whiskey combine for a natural cold remedy tea that will help you feel better quickly and help shorten the duration of a cold or the flu. Life doesn’t stop when you wake up with a sore throat or a stuffy nose. I still have to get up, take my dog Jasper on a walk and…
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Simply Earth Essential Oils: A Review of Their Essential Oil Recipe Box
Curious about Simply Earth essential oils? If you’ve not tried them yet, here’s a breakdown of what to expect. Plus natural essential oil recipes and essential oil diffuser blends you can make using the Simply Earth essential oils in the Simply Earth essential oil recipe box. Eucalyptus Essential Oil Is the Bomb The November Simply Earth Essential Oil Recipe Box couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Caught in the…
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Breathe Easy Essential Oil Blend: Make A Homemade Vapor Rub Cold Remedy
Try this natural breathe easy essential oil blend recipe to make your own homemade vapor rub cold remedy for symptom relief from nasal and chest congestion. A simple and effective home remedy for fast cold relief when you’re fighting a cold or the flu. How to Use An Aromatherapeutic Breathe Easy Essential Oil Blend When I get a cold, there’s nothing worse than not being able to breathe through my…
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Cooking & Baking with Mace: The Vintage Spice You Need to Try
Have you ever used mace in a recipe? No, mace isn’t just a deterrent from assailants. It’s actually a lesser known vintage spice. Mace is closely related to nutmeg and is similar in both aroma and flavor. It is often used in teas and tinctures. And it also makes a great addition to foods and baking recipes. Keep reading to learn more about the vintage spice mace. And to discover…
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Beauty Benefits of Ginger Essential Oil: Plus Natural Skin Care Recipes
Ginger oil anyone? There’s a reason ginger essential oil is a favorite among natural skin care enthusiasts. Ginger essential oil offers a number of natural skin care and beauty benefits when used as an ingredient in your skin care formulations. Learn about all the ginger essential oil benefits for your skin! Plus discover a collection of my favorite natural skin care recipes made using ginger essential oil. Ginger Essential Oil…
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Botanical Skin Care Course Review (Plus A Vanilla Whipped Body Butter Recipe)
Expand your knowledge of herbal skin care and discover the relation between nutrition and your skin with the Botanical Skin Care Course from The Herbal Academy. Keep reading to learn why I recommend this in depth course, plus how to make a vanilla whipped body butter recipe for dry skin. This post is sponsored by The Herbal Academy. All opinions are my own. When we think of back to school,…
