How to Make Natural Homemade Laundry Detergent
Making your own laundry soap is one of the easiest parts of a transition to natural living. It is also a great way to save money on laundry detergent and is incredibly easy to do. Why switch to natural laundry soap you ask? Conventional laundry detergent is loaded with chemicals like sulfates, fragrances, phenols and more. Many brands contain things like petroleum distillates, which are linked to cancer and lung disease. Fragrances in these detergents are made of a mix of harmful chemicals. Luckily, making your own laundry soap is an easy and fast process! You only need three basic ingredients: Washing Soda ...
Natural Beauty Tips
Cosmetics and beauty products are a major source of chemical exposure for most people. An average beauty product contains dozens of harmful chemicals, many which have not even been tested for safety in humans. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives every beauty product, and most work better than the chemical laden alternative. A few quick beauty tips and recipes for the week: For a quick and natural facial, give yourself a honey mask. Take a warm shower, or hold your face over a bowl of steaming water to open pores. Rub warm honey on face and sit for 20-30 minutes, Rinse with warm ...
Ten Reasons to Avoid Drinking Soda
The average American drinks approximately 56 GALLONS of soda a year. Some people even admit to drinking more soda than water each day, or no water at all. Soft drinks are a multi-billion dollar product, and they account for a quarter of all drinks consumed in the United States. With Americans consuming this large amount of soft drinks each year, it becomes important to evaluate how soft drinks can influence a person's health. With a little research, it becomes clear that even moderate consumption of soda can be dangerous. Ten Reasons to Avoid Soft Drink Consumption: A single can of soda contains ...
How to Make Organic Almond Milk at Home
With all the problems with conventional dairy (another post for another day), a healthy, alkalizing, inexpensive alternative is almond milk. Almond milk is a low glycemic alternative to rice milk, and doesn't cause problems with hormone levels like soy milk does. It can be used in place of regular milk in recipes and baking. It is easy to make and has a light taste. How to Make Almond Milk: Ingredients 1 cup raw organic almonds 4 cups pure filtered water vanilla bean (optional) dates, honey or stevia (optional) Instructions Soak almonds for at least 12 hours in pure water with 1/2 tsp sea salt. This is an important ...
Natural Cleaning Recipes
A few easy and inexpensive natural cleaning recipes to use around the house: Tile Grout Cleaner- Mix 1 part water and 3 parts baking soda mixed into a paste. Apply to grout and let sit, scrub with toothbrush, remove with sponge. Cookware- Use sea salt or course salt mixed with a little lemon juice and scrub. Also, try baking soda and water made into a paste. Fabric Softener- Mix 1 part baking soda, 1 part vinegar, and 2 parts water together. Use 1/4 to 1/3 cup during the final rinse cycle. Toilet Cleaner-Use undiluted white vinegar, pour around the top of the toilet bowl, ...
Health
How to Make Natural Homemade Laundry DetergentMaking your own laundry soap is one of the easiest parts of a transition to natural...
Natural Beauty Tips
Cosmetics and beauty products are a major source of chemical exposure for most people....
Ten Reasons to Avoid Drinking Soda
The average American drinks approximately 56 GALLONS of soda a year. Some people...
How to Make Organic Almond Milk at Home
With all the problems with conventional dairy (another post for another day), a healthy,...
Natural Cleaning Recipes
A few easy and inexpensive natural cleaning recipes to use around the house: Tile...
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Herbs and Natural Remedies
Herb Profile- Blessed ThistleBlessed Thistle (also known as Holy Thistle or St. Benedict’s Thistle) was...
Herb Profile: Black Walnut Hull
Black Walnut Hulls Black Walnut Hull or Juglans Nigra is, just as it sounds, the ...
How to Make Natural Homemade Hand Sanitizer
With all the paranoia about the flu this season, everyone seems to be carrying instant...
At Home Flu Prevention and Treatment
Even though reports are showing that the H1N1 flu is much less serious than originally...
Herb Profile- Barberry Root Bark
Barberry Root Bark Ever wonder how to use Barberry root bark (Berberis vulgaris)?...
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Natural Living
How to Make Natural Homemade Laundry DetergentMaking your own laundry soap is one of the easiest parts of a transition to natural living. It is also a great way to save money on laundry detergent and is incredibly easy to do. Why switch to natural laundry soap you ask? Conventional laundry detergent is loaded with chemicals like sulfates, fragrances, phenols and more. Many brands contain things... [Read more of this review]
Natural Beauty Tips
Cosmetics and beauty products are a major source of chemical exposure for most people. An average beauty product contains dozens of harmful chemicals, many which have not even been tested for safety in humans. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives every beauty product, and most work better than the chemical laden alternative. A few quick beauty... [Read more of this review]
Natural Cleaning Recipes
A few easy and inexpensive natural cleaning recipes to use around the house: Tile Grout Cleaner- Mix 1 part water and 3 parts baking soda mixed into a paste. Apply to grout and let sit, scrub with toothbrush, remove with sponge. Cookware- Use sea salt or course salt mixed with a little lemon juice and scrub. Also, try baking soda and water made into... [Read more of this review]
How to Make Natural Homemade Hand Sanitizer
With all the paranoia about the flu this season, everyone seems to be carrying instant hand sanitizer and using it everywhere. The only problem, besides the fact that all the alcohol in conventional hand sanitizer will dry your hands out, is that using hand sanitizer too much can actually cause germs to become resistant to it. I also didn’t like... [Read more of this review]
Effortless Natural Oven Cleaning
TGIF! As promised, I am posting another natural cleaning tip this Friday, and will hopefully make a habit of this. This particular tip is one of my favorites as it is so easy, cheap and natural! If you are like me, your oven occasionally (or once a week in my case) gets burned on food on the bottom, splattered food on the sides, or dried food stuck... [Read more of this review]
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