READ THIS Before Making Homemade Laundry Soap. Homemade laundry detergent is aaaalll over everywhere these days. Have you noticed how many tutorials on Pinterest there are for DIY laundry soap? It’s crazy. I mean, it makes sense why these homemade detergent recipes have become so popular—it’s dirt cheap! Laundry detergent costing $0.02 a load? And with simple,…
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Everyday Essential Oils: Lemon
“All who know the pure product and use it with understanding come to respect the essential oils. One cannot but admire their ability to operate effectively not only on the cellular, physical level, but in the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic areas of our lives also. If anything in this world is holistic, it is…
Everyday Essential Oils: Lavender
“All who know the pure product and use it with understanding come to respect the essential oils. One cannot but admire their ability to operate effectively not only on the cellular, physical level, but in the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic areas of our lives also. If anything in this world is holistic, it is…
Bee Sting Treatment: Fast and Natural Relief with Essential Oils
I had someone ask me the other day if I knew of any natural bee sting treatments—being the crunchy little hippie chick I am, she figured I’d have an answer. Well, I’ve only been stung by a bee twice in my life, the last time being a few years ago, somewhat prior to my full-blown…
Everyday Essential Oils: Peppermint
“All who know the pure product and use it with understanding come to respect the essential oils. One cannot but admire their ability to operate effectively not only on the cellular, physical level, but in the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic areas of our lives also. If anything in this world is holistic, it is…
Can’t Lose Weight? The Secret to Fat Loss is In Your Sleep
Could your lack of sleep be causing weight gain, or an inability to lose body fat? Even if you’re doing everything right—eating a healthful diet and getting adequate exercise—you could be missing out on a very important key to weight loss: your sleep! If you aren’t sleeping enough, you could very well be sabotaging your…
Homemade Magnesium Gummies—A Chewable “Chill Pill” and Natural Sleep Aid
“Take a chill pill, man!” Ever wish that was a thing that really existed? Guess what?! It does! I mean, basically. Well, you see, I kind of created it. It’s in gummy form, and it’s pretty amazing, and it also helps you sleep, too. For reals. Also, it’s delicious. I’ve been on a bit…
10 Easy Tips for Getting Better Sleep Tonight (That You Probably Haven’t Heard Before)
“Don’t drink caffeine!” “Don’t eat sugar!” “Don’t eat too much at night!” The typical advice for sleeping better is probably all stuff you’ve heard before. And it probably didn’t work. (Hence, probably why you’re reading this post, in hopes for something different. I know the feeling.) I’ve come across a lot of information about sleep…
I’m gonna actually start working out!! (All about the new Fit Body Blueprint)
I am a weakling. And it kind of sucks. I am of virtually zero help to my husband whenever he has to move around furniture or other heavy things in our house. I can barely pick up my dog to put him in the bathtub. I have teeny little skinny sticks for arms and legs, and…
Improve Your Sleep with the Ultimate Sleepy Time Bath
Do you struggle to wind down at night? Does it take you a while to get comfortable in bed, or to feel relaxed and ready for sleep? Are the muscles in your shoulders and back feeling tight and tense by the end of the day? How does a nice, hot bath sound to remedy all that?…