Hoping to go more natural this year when it comes to your hair care? It’s not easy to transition away from the lure of chemically-laden hair care products. In fact a detox phase in inevitable, as your body, hair and mind adjust to the change. It’s been more than 4 years since I embraced a…
How to Make Your Natural Soap Last Longer
When you invest in a bar of natural soap, you may pay more in the short run, but more than likely you will benefit in the long term with softer skin. Your overall health will benefit as well since more than 60 percent of anything we put on our skin is absorbed into the body….
Natural Band Aid
This all natural version of the Band-Aid comes in a variety of sizes and widths – and it’s edible! (Prior to using of course.) Your first step is to obtain a kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast). These are simple to grow if you have access to store-bought kombucha. (See How to Grow…
How to Make Your Own Liquid Stevia
Looking for liquid stevia in its purest form? Try making your own! How to Make Liquid Stevia Stevia is one of five sweeteners we use in our home. (See Five Sweetener Alternatives.) When homemade liquid stevia is not an option, I switch between Sweet Leaf and NuNatural. Rotating and/or combining these sweeteners helps give us…
Four Health Books for Your Summer Reading
Looking for a good health book to read this summer? Consider these four suggestions! Four Health Books for Your Summer Reading 1. Vitamin K and the Calcium Paradox, by Kate Rheaume-Bleue, B. Sc., N. D. The author does an excellent job explaining why so many women struggle with osteoporosis as well as heart disease despite…
DIY Cleaning Products on Hometalk
Have you heard of Hometalk? I love it. It’s a website with lots of great tips along with a highly interactive, warm community. Be sure to check out my DIY Cleaning Board! More DIY cleaning products DIY Toilet Cleaner Bombs DIY Herbal Cleaner Natural Cleaning Tote Related PostsPumice for Cleaning57Looking for nontoxic alternatives to harsh…
