The Basics of DIY Homemade Facial Serum Recipes ► What’s your skin type? Before making a homemade facial serum, first analyze your skin: is it oily, dry or a combination of both? Do you have acne-prone or sensitive skin? By knowing your skin type, you can know the right healing ingredients to use. For example: for sensitive skin, chamomile & lavender are great skin soothing ingredients while frankincense and helichrysum are powerful anti-aging ingredients. ► Choose your base ingredient. The base ingredient is the one you’ll be using a large quantity of, is supposed to be mild and less potent than other Continue Reading
Magnesium Oil for Migraine Headaches | A Natural Cure
When I was a pre-teen, I suffered from debilitating migraine headaches, complete with visual disturbances, pin pricking sensations, nausea and sensitivity to light and sound. Sometimes, it was so bad that I lost the ability to speak! I’m not even joking. I could think what I wanted to say but I just couldn’t get my mouth to form the words no matter how hard I tried. When I think about it now, it was unbelievably horrible. As a child, I always wondered what caused my migraines and I noted that it may have either been caffeine from strongly brewed black tea - a natural remedy for occasional stomach upsets or smoke Continue Reading
7 Natural Oils that Penetrate the Hair Shaft
Discover the top 7 natural oils that penetrate the hair shaft in this list! When looking for carrier oils or hair products good for hair health, promoting hair growth and preventing hair loss, you should most definitely check their hair penetrative ability. Most conventional hair products contain mineral oil which is not only artificial in nature, thereby containing no nutrients to support hair health, but also has little to no hair penetration. Of course mineral oil does have some benefit to it – it glosses up your hair if you want shiny locks but that’s about it. It will only coat the hair without Continue Reading
Quick List of Carrier Oil Substitutions for DIY Lotion, Body Butters & Balms
Recently, a reader asked me for a list of carrier oil substitutions for some of my beauty recipes hence this post! :) I understand this need completely since we can’t have all the carrier oils required on hand. I like to keep a few common carrier oils, including my favorite coconut & sweet almond, available all the time since some of them are used in cooking (coconut, olive, sesame, hemp & macadamia nut oils). On the other hand, carrier oils such as argan oil or rosehip oil can be difficult to find or are expensive so sometimes, substitutes can be used perfectly without any problems. However, you must Continue Reading
3 Homemade Toothpaste Recipes that Work!
Have you ever wondered what people long ago used to keep their teeth clean and healthy? You might be surprised to know that a myriad of natural herbs, spices, roots and other ingredients such as ash, charcoal, clay and salt were used as natural toothpastes that worked! Long ago, in Africa, people used ash to cleanse their teeth while in Ancient Arabia, aromatic sweet sticks called miswak, were used as natural and effective toothbrushes. In South East Asia, different ground herbs and spices were used to make cleansing and strengthening tooth powders. In Modern Europe, baking soda was first used in the early Continue Reading