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Many medicinal herbs are easy to grow, and most of them can be used in both cooking and home remedies. Use herbs in teas and herbal infusions, in homemade herbal oils and salves, in herbal baths, and in home health&beauty treatments. Calendula Calendula (Calendula officinalis) is a traditional skin healing herb: it was already used [...]
I’m all for using food in home beauty treatments. Last time, I tried a coconut milk hair treatment, which worked amazingly well, and then I found out I can use bananas for the skin and for the hair. A banana hair mask is meant to be good for dry or frazzled hair. I decided to [...]
Homemade hair treatments are incredibly easy to do, and one of the easiest is a DIY hair rinse. Hair rinses give hair natural shine, deepen its color and condition the hair and the scalp. They are cheap, too: if you grow rosemary in your herb garden, you have all the ingredients you need for an [...]
I decided to try a few home hair treatments that I could make with natural ingredients, ideally things that might already be in the kitchen cupboard. My hair is long, dry and in a bad shape with lots of split ends. I found some great ideas for ingredients to use in homemade hair masks, and [...]
Coconut oil is a multi-purpose home remedy and natural beauty treatment for the skin and the hair. Virgin or extra virgin coconut oil is higher quality than the cheap refined commercial grade coconut oil (but there are no internationally monitored quality standards for coconut oil like there are for olive oil, so “extra virgin” and [...]
Take a look at the list of ingredients on a typical body lotion or face cream bottle. It can be scary: synthetic fragrances and colors, chemical preservatives, stuff you have never even heard of. With homemade beauty products, you’ll know exactly what you are going to put on your skin. Making your own natural beauty [...]
If I had to choose my top 5 essential oils, Rosemary oil would be one of them. Rosmarinus officinalis oil is good for so many everyday health problems, from muscle aches and pains to sinusitis and coughs. It is one of the most stimulating essential oils, and I use it whenever I’m feeling low on [...]
Peppermint essential oil (Mentha piperita) is a very useful addition to your natural remedies kit. This stimulating and refreshing oil is a home remedy for headaches, colds and sinus congestion. I use it in footbaths, too. How to Use Peppermint Essential Oil at Home 1. Use Peppermint essential oil in a steam inhalation during colds [...]
An herbal infusion is much like herbal tea, but infusions are usually stronger. You can drink herbal infusions to relieve specific health complaints or to boost general health and wellbeing. Infusions are often used when taking medicinal herbs for a long period of time (several months). What Are Herbal Infusions? When making an herbal infusion, [...]
Essential oils are natural, concentrated home remedies for many everyday health problems. Use them in massage, in baths, in oil burners and vaporizers, in compresses, in steam inhalations, and in homemade beauty products. If you are just starting out with essential oils, get one or two oils and build up your collection as you get [...]
