The melt and pour soap making method is the easiest way to make your own soap. You do not need to handle complicated ingredients like lye, which is a chemical that you have to be careful with. With these melt and pour recipes below, anyone can make homemade soap even your kids! Have fun! What Makes Shea Butter So Amazing for Skin? I’m crazily in love with this nourishing and soothing skin savior. It’s rich in anti-oxidants and nutrients such as vitamin A,E, K, etc and essential fatty acids. When making melt and pour soap recipes with shea butter, all you need to do is buy a shea butter melt and pour base, Continue Reading
3 Homemade Facial Serum Recipes (for Oily Skin/Acne, Aging & Combination Skin!)
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
10 Neroli Hydrosol Skin Benefits | Orange Blossom Flower Water
Neroli hydrosol, also known as orange blossom hydrosol/flower water, is steam distilled from the pretty white flowers of the bitter orange tree. It's gorgeous sweet floral fragrance with a hint of citrus has aroma therapeutic properties of instantly uplifting one’s mood and dispelling negativity. It originates from the Arab world, Morocco in particular, where it is popularly used not only as a food flavoring agent but also a perfume and natural beauty ingredient. Did you know? A hydrosol is the by-product of essential oil distillation. As the steam from the distillation carefully extracts precious essential Continue Reading
DIY Scalp Inflammation Treatment
Got Scalp Inflammation? You may have scalp inflammation but not know it because this inflammation is not plainly obvious and may only be detected under a microscope. If you have scalp inflammation, your scalp usually feels painful, irritated, dry and itchy, sometimes having bumps and pimples. What causes scalp inflammation? Read below: Causes of Inflammation of the Scalp In most cases, inflammation of the scalp is brought by inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, folliculitis, etc. However, a poor diet lacking in essential nutrients such as healthy fats, water, iron, Continue Reading
How to Use Essential Oils for Halitosis | Essential Oils for Bad Breath
Use any of these essential oils for halitosis to get rid of that bad breath forever! Halitosis is the medical term for bad breath and is common among many people due to a variety of factors including over consumption of pungent and strong-tasting foods such as onions, garlic, coffee, etc, tooth decays, gum disease, poor mouth hygiene, smoking, alcohol consumption, dry mouth, certain medications and underlying medical conditions such as tonsillitis, digestive issues, acid reflux, gastritis, diabetes, kidney/liver problems etc. In case you have chronic halitosis, please see your doctor as it may be due to Continue Reading