This creamy DIY lavender body butter recipe is made with all natural ingredients! Use it as a hand cream or smooth it all over; it’s especially helpful for dry elbows, knees, and feet. It features: Ingredients Needed: Measurements are by weight – you’ll need a kitchen scale to make this recipe. Yield: makes 7.5 oz…
This luscious whipped body butter is so rich, so moisturizing – it has quickly become a favorite of mine! It’s loaded with wrinkle fighting rosehip seed oil, skin nourishing oils and butter, and naturally tinted pale pink with a smidge of rose clay. Avocado butter is easy to whip at room temperature, so no melting…
Learn how to make homemade whipped body butter using all natural ingredients. We’ll cover the basics of making a simple body butter formula, expected shelf life and storage tips, some carrier oil and essential oil options, plus troubleshooting tips if your body butter turns out too greasy, grainy, soft, or hard. Body butter recipes, FAQS,…
Today, I have a printable quick reference sheet (“cheat sheet”) for you to save for the next time a cold or flu strikes your house! Plus even more natural cold and flu remedy recipes and tips below! A couple of weeks ago, our family came down with co-vid, and the intense brain fog and fatigue…
This easy to make anti-aging eye treatment is perfect for dabbing around your eyes, on laugh lines, or other wrinkle prone spots. It also makes a great nighttime hand cream! This creamy salve features rosehip seed oil, one of the best treatments for scars, wrinkles, and damaged, weathered skin. The rosehip seed oil is combined…
Learn to make a quick and easy throat spray using tinctures (or herbal tea) and honey. It’s a delicious way to treat sore throats, coughs, and colds! Today, I’m sharing how I make customized herbal honey throat sprays to treat my family’s scratchy and sore throats. I use raw honey in these, but you can…
These fun wintertime snowball bath bombs have a special snowflake soap surprise tucked in the middle of each one! The snowflake soaps can be made with either melt and pour soap, or by using the cold process soap method. I made these using round bath bomb molds, so they would resemble sparkly snowballs, but if…
Learn how to make a homemade coffee eye serum recipe that can be helpful for dark circles and puffy skin under your eyes. As a bonus, the caffeine in coffee helps prevent signs of aging due to UV rays. This DIY caffeine eye serum formula was discovered within the pages of the Botanical Skin Care…
Learn how to make natural cold process soaps for eczema, plus plenty of recipes to get you started! I’m often asked about making homemade soaps for eczema. As someone with severe childhood eczema, who grew up to have a son with severe eczema, I’ve got some experience with this topic! While there are many primary…
Lemon balm is a powerful antiviral, proven to banish cold sores. Use this DIY super healing cold sore lip balm recipe to help fight & prevent cold sores. It also makes a great all-purpose lip balm for everyday use! If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you’ll know that a lot of my inspiration…
These homemade natural wax melts are made with coconut oil and beeswax, naturally scented with essential oils, and colored with plant based powders! Commercial wax melts are loaded with synthetic fragrance oils that can often be problematic for those of us with allergies, asthma, or chemical sensitivities. Instead, try these do-it-yourself melts made with just…
This homemade honey salt scrub will leave your skin feeling soft and silky feeling! It’s perfect for using on dry, rough, or winter-worn hands and feet. Ingredients + Their Benefits You’ll need just a few items, most of which can be found at local stores: Some links on this site are affiliate links; I may…
This soothing reishi face cream recipe features anti-aging mushrooms and regenerative rosehip seed oil. It’s suitable for most skin types, but is especially nice for dry, weathered, and/or aged skin. Reishi mushrooms, also called “the mushrooms of immortality” have been used medicinally for centuries for their ability to modulate the immune system, help us adapt…
This natural mushroom soap recipe features an infusion of shiitake mushrooms, which are high in antioxidants and anti-irritant compounds that may help soothe reddened or sensitive skin. Mushroom extracts are popular in skincare for their many benefits, and today we’re going to use the same idea in soap! People always ask me if the benefits…
Black walnut salve is useful for things like athletes foot, fungal rashes, toenail infections, ringworm, psoriasis, and various skin woes. If you have a longstanding mystery rash on your arm or leg and no one is quite sure what it is – try some black walnut salve and you may find relief! To make this…
Learn how much essential oil to use when making lip balm, bath bombs, salves, lotions, creams, and other skin care products. Includes a dilution chart and helpful product reference table, plus answers to frequently asked questions! Today, I’m sharing a couple of charts plus general guidelines from my personal notes that I constantly reference when…
These warming arnica lotion bars are perfect to rub over sore arthritic hands, feet, and joints that tend to be cold, and that feel better with warmth applied. You can also find this recipe in our new ebook, Things to Make for Aches & Pains, a joint collaboration between my daughter (who is hypermobile and…
This helpful reference chart covers 45 soapmaking oils and their characteristics, including hardness, conditioning, bubbly, cleansing, and longevity properties. It will be helpful to use as a guide when you want to swap out oils in a natural soap recipe! Before we get into the chart, let’s cover what each column means, as it relates…
Learn how to make helpful herbal salves using fresh basil from your garden! While basil (Ocimum basilicum), also called sweet basil, or garden basil, is more commonly used for food purposes, it also contains healthful components used for digestion and respiratory issues. Basil is also loaded with anti-inflammatory properties, making it useful for topical skin…
Have fresh corn? Don’t throw away that corn silk! Corn Silk can be used to help alleviate symptoms that go along with: bedwetting, cystitis, prostatitis, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, gout and hyperglycemia. It’s also a natural source of vitamin K and potassium. Few things in life are more delightful than discovering the goodness in…
