Create a simple DIY herbal bath soak for someone special in your life. It’s an easy way to remind best friend, mother or even your overworked coworker not just that they are important to you, but also that they are totally deserving of self care. Whether you need gifts for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s day or wedding favors for your friends and family, this easy herbal bath soak is ready to…
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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,…
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Botanical Skin Care (200+ Herbal Beauty Recipes & More)
Take your hobby to new levels through an exploration of botanical skin care. Discover 200+ herbal beauty recipes through an instructional course that will teach you basic skills for designing, producing and using homemade herbal skin care products. Crafting Natural Skin Care Recipes If you’re a regular reader of Soap Deli News, then you’re likely already a fan of making your own skin care and beauty products. Compared to my…
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How to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally (Using Food Ingredients As Natural Dyes)
Learn how to dye Easter eggs naturally using food ingredients as natural, plant-based dyes. Plus unique Easter egg design ideas using foraged botanicals or store bought herbs. When I was a little girl I would dye Easter eggs with my mother every spring. My mom would hard boil eggs and buy my brother and I an Easter egg decorating kit she’d picked up from the grocery store. We’d dye our…
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Treat Yourself This Valentine’s Day
Four unexpected yet easy ways to treat yourself this Valentine’s Day! (Because not every love affair needs to be about someone else.) I’m not the biggest fan of winter. Granted, snow is fun – to a point. But we’ve just not had enough snow to hoot and holler this winter. And that polar vortex that dipped super south this year? It left me huddled inside feeling the full force of those winter…
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The Must Have Stress Support Supplement for Women Over 40
So many changes happen to our bodies as we age. As women, our forties can be especially daunting. To help handle the stress of both the physical and emotional changes to my body, I turn to a natural stress support supplement. This stress support supplement is a must for women over 40. Not only does it tame the physical and emotional changes your body experiences during perimenopause, but it helps…
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Boost Your Immune System Naturally with 5 Must Have Products!
There are a number of ways to boost your immune system naturally before you get sick. With a deadly flu going around, not to mention all the other illnesses we’re more likely to acquire when our body is worn down, you really don’t want to take chances. Boosting your body’s immunity however does more than just help deter illnesses. It can also help your body respond better to stress as…
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Arnica Pain Relief Salve Recipe for Muscle Pain & Inflammation
Whether you suffer from pain due to occasional bumps, bruises and sore muscles or as a result of chronic conditions such as arthritis or carpal tunnel, this arnica pain relief salve recipe is the perfect natural remedy for muscle pain and inflammation! Pain is something we all experience at some point in our lives. And whether it’s a bump or a bruise, sore muscles, arthritis or even a chronic illness,…
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Lavender Mint Balm Recipe for Mother’s Day Gifts
Make this amazing lavender mint balm recipe for Mother’s Day! This plant based homemade product is super easy to make and is wonderful as a gift or for yourself! Keep reading to learn how to make a lavender mint balm using natural lavender and mint infused oil and raw, unfiltered beeswax for your natural skin care routine. If your mom loves the outdoors then she’s sure to love this nature…
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Herbal Tea Recipes: How to Make Herbal Tea Blends for Natural Remedies
Learn how to make custom herbal tea recipes to use as natural home remedies for common ailments with this herbal tea tutorial. These medicinal blends create a soothing way to relieve symptoms of everyday complaints. Discover easy DIY tea blends along with additional information and recipes on concocting homemade teas for cold and flu relief. Homemade Herbal Tea Blends: How To Get the skinny on basic tea making, explore various…
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Stinging Nettle for Allergies: Benefits and Herbal Remedies
Learn how to use stinging nettle for allergies. A natural remedy for seasonal allergies, stinging nettle offers a number of benefits to help with allergy symptoms, as well as other concerns. Keep reading to discover stinging nettle benefits, ways to ingest stinging nettle and how to make nettle tea. Stinging Nettle for Allergies Allergy season seems to be especially bad this spring with more and more people suffering from allergies…
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DIY Herb Garden Markers – Homemade Mother’s Day Gift Idea
With spring in full force and planting underway, now is the perfect time to whip up some garden markers for your new plants! This herb garden marker is so easy to make with materials you probably already have on hand. Plus, they’re simple enough the kids can craft some for all of mom’s favorite plants as a homemade Mother’s Day gift! Herb Garden Marker Craft Project What you need: popsicle…
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DIY Spring Gardening Projects, Tips & Tricks
Get started on your spring garden now with this wonderful collection of DIY spring gardening projects, tips and tricks! It’s almost time to start planting here in Southwestern Virginia! Our last danger of frost usually passes towards the end of April, though with the warm weather we’ve had recently it’s hard to believe we could still end up with a snow storm. (And we have before. I remember back in…
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DIY Magnetic Spice Jars – For Organizing and Freeing Up Counter Space
We don’t have a lot of counter space in my new kitchen. And the cabinets we have are small. Not to mention our kitchen isn’t exactly a modern one – after all, the house we are renting is over a hundred years old. So counter space is a commodity. But with a boyfriend who likes to cook, spice jars can quickly clutter what counter space there is. I have long…
