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Making and Using All-Natural Beauty Scrubs

by Sharon Houghton - 5516

Most of us desire to have soft skin. It’s what we strive for when we purchase any moisturizer or skin treatment. Sometimes though, the secret to having smooth, soft skin

Ways to Use Herbs in Beauty Care

by Li Wong - 1941

I love formulating cosmetics with herbs. Here are some quick and easy ways to add herbs to your natural skin care routine. Grind your herbs and add them to masks, scrubs,

Fixatives and What are They?

by Jeanne Rose - 17020

Fixative is an old term for any natural substance that will hold and ‘fix’ and that helps a fragrance last longer on the skin. Alcohol-based scents are the most

Facial Masks (or Masques)

by Marge Clark - 5988

The most basic face mask, and probably the easiest to make is a blend of whichever type of clay is suited to your skin type, moistened with an appropriate hydrosol,

Top 5 Acne Fighting Essential Oils

by Jeanne Rose - 3884

Essential oils can be your friend in the fight against acne. You can use them full strength or diluted with a carrier oil. Essential oils can be applied topically to

The Abundant Oat Plant

by Lynda Parkhurst - 6913

Oats, Groats, Haver. Whatever you wish to call it, Avena Sativa or it's wild sister Avena Fatua just might be the most versatile and beneficial plant alive. It is

Resolve to Relax your Mind and Body

by Pennie Mills - 3760

A new year is filled with plenty of well intended resolutions; typical ones that may include quitting smoking, exercising to lose weight, paying off credit cards and so on. While

Fresh Gardenia Infusion

by Alexandra Avery - 5131

There is a magic to the month of May that is off the scale of flower power. In Hawaii, May is Gardenia Season. Florists sell bundles of gardenia buds

Bubble Babble – Or…Finally, All You Ever Wanted to Know About Soap!

by Jacquelyn Ramsey - 10605

Walk into the beauty section of any department store today and you’ll find a dizzying array of soaps, for every possible purpose and in every conceivable size, shape,

Herb Harvesting and Drying

by Garima Fairfax - 7649

When harvesting time comes around in the garden each year, I feel a shift inside me. Starting in March, I am planning and buying seeds, planting and transplanting, watering, weeding,