The best natural hair care products! Don’t you hate it when you have found a favorite product that works perfectly for you, and then they suddenly, and without warning, change the formula? Whenever a company does this, I really wish they would send out an email to their customers announcing the upcoming change so that […]
How To Make Your Own Warming and Romantic Body Oil
Several years ago, a friend told me she put almond oil on her skin every day and I thought that sounded kind of gross and, well, oily, but she convinced me to give it a try, so I bought some Weleda rose oil and loved it! But it is pricey and I also developed an allergy […]
Prevent and Cure Colds and Flus The Natural Way
Winter is here and cold season is in full swing. There seems to always be something going around where I work, and I hear people sneezing and hacking all over the place. Thankfully, there are many natural products that can help both prevent and speed up the recovery from colds and flus, and I like […]
Caffeine-Free Herbal Chai Tea
I love my morning (and afternoon and sometimes evening) cup of tea. It’s not just that it’s delicious; it has a whole relaxation and “cozy feel” thing associated with it. On cold mornings, just holding that steaming hot mug of tea helps get the day started right, and on especially dark and chilly winter mornings, […]
Best Natural Moisturizers, Eye and Face Cream and More
It has taken me a long time to find what I think are THE best natural skin care products and I have tried many that didn’t make the cut, but it was an interesting search and I really love the products that I use now. In the last post in this mini-series, I talked about the […]
Chai Tea: How To Make Your Own Health Promoting Loose Leaf Blend
There is something about the spices in chai tea that adds an extra level of cozy to any situation. Here is a favorite scenario: Saturday morning. Big flakes of snow slowly find their way to the ground, the world is quiet. Me, on the couch under a warm blanket with a big mug of steaming hot […]
Best Natural Hair Care Products
These days, there thousands of natural hair care products available, but make sure you read the labels – “natural” doesn’t always mean they are free of substances you would prefer to keep away from your head. Hair is the area where I really have had the hardest time finding natural products I liked and that also […]
Licorice Honey Iced Tea
When I recently came down with shingles, I was looking for different ways to add licorice root to my diet and “invented” this iced tea, and it came out so delicious I am going to keep making it. I wrote about the many health benefits of licorice in the Licorice Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream […]
Natural Treatments For Shingles
I recently had an excellent (albeit painful) chance to try out a variety of natural treatments for shingles on myself. We had planned a fun, relaxing weekend getaway, a few rejuvenating days on the beach without phones and internet. We had booked this a while back, but it turned out the timing was ideal; the […]
Clay Mask Recipe & The Importance Of Thinking Twice Before Applying Anything To Your Skin
A soothing, pimple-fighting and super easy clay mask recipe. We sometimes forget that our skin is a living, breathing organ, and the largest one of the body at that. And it is not a suit of armor – everything you put on it gets absorbed into your body, something I was recently reminded of in […]