In this recipe, I’ll show you how to make a quick & easy homemade sauerkraut in a jar with a few spices & superfoods added in for more health benefits! Sauerkraut | A Traditional Fermented Food Sauerkraut is German for ‘sour cabbage’. It is a traditional German food that is a popular staple of the winter diet in Germany and Netherlands. Sauerkraut is created through lacto-fermentation (by the lactobacillus bacteria) when the sugars in the cabbage are broken down by the natural beneficial bacteria existing in the cabbage, turning it into lactic acid, which also acts as a preservative for the sauerkraut. It Continue Reading
12 Beauty Benefits of Sweet Orange Essential Oil
In aromatherapy, sweet orange essential oil is best known for its mood lifting properties. But did you know that it also has extraordinary beauty benefits! Let’s discover 12 beauty benefits of sweet orange essential oil for skin, hair & more in this post! Sweet orange essential oil is extracted by mechanical compression of fresh orange rinds. It is a citrus essential oil and it has many therapeutic properties! When used for skin and hair, it offers a lot of beauty benefits as we shall see below. But first, let’s check out the ingredient profile of this citrusy oil! Ingredient Profile of Sweet Orange Continue Reading
Exfoliating & Moisturizing: DIY Citrus Face Scrub for Dry Skin
Wanna know how to make an exfoliating citrus scrub that is all natural and smells wonderful at the same time?! Here's the simplest recipe! All you need are two ingredients: organic orange peel powder and yogurt! Orange peels are a homemade beauty secret for glowing radiant skin. Since ancient times, South East Asians have been using orange peel powder in their beauty skin recipes to achieve healthy skin. It has an exotic citrusy aroma and is loaded with vitamin C too! Coupled with the moisturizing yogurt, this citrus face scrub is excellent in exfoliating and lubricating dry skin. Orange Peel Exfoliates Continue Reading
DIY Hair Shampoo Recipe | Natural Hair Cleanser
Garbanzo flour is one of my all-time favorite natural hair cleansers for clean, soft and silky hair! It's been almost 2 years since I totally stopped using shampoo - but I'm still able to get my hair squeaky clean, soft, silky and volumized, all without a single drop of shampoo. How do I do it? The answer is using natural hair cleansers such as yucca root, bentonite clay, rhassoul clay and this DIY hair shampoo recipe starring garbanzo flour, nothing more, nothing less. If you still don't believe me, then go ahead and try out the recipe below on your own. You'll be pleasantly surprised and this could be the one Continue Reading
DIY Korean Facial Scrub for Acne
Popular in Japan, Korea and China, green bean, also called mung, is an amazing superfood which has numerous health as well as beauty benefits. Its cleansing and exfoliating properties help remove excess sebum, dead cells, germs, dirt, pollution and grime from skin pores, thereby preventing and reducing acne. Facial scrubs for acne can be rather drying. But in this facial scrub for acne, I’m adding a dollop of yogurt (you can use any type of yogurt as long as its unflavored and sugar free) to reverse the skin drying effects of the green bean. For your own information, below are the skin benefits of green Continue Reading