DIY Sugar Cookie Lip Scrub Recipe (Great Gift Idea!)
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While we all know that the sugar in traditional sugar cookies is detrimental to our health, you can still get all of the flavor of homemade cookies with this fun lip…
Beauty
Conventional beauty products contain harmful chemicals and additives. These natural beauty recipes are alternatives to popular products and contain beneficial ingredients for your skin.
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Soothing Frankincense Face Cream for All Skin Types (DIY Beauty Recipe)
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What’s an ancient remedy for hemlock poisoning, used by Cleopatra, and burned in some churches? If you guessed frankincense, you got it right! Resin from this tree has been used…
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How to Make Intensive Shea Butter Eye Cream (Recipe)
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Are you tired of your eyes looking, well…tired? You’ll find plenty of conventional eye creams that promise more youthful-looking skin. However, this DIY shea butter eye cream delivers the naturally…
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How to Make Rose Water
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Rose water is not only beautifully fragrant but extremely versatile. It has an extensive range of uses including facial toner, hair perfume, cooling mist, and linen freshener. Rose petals are…
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9 DIY Face Mask Recipes You Can Make at Home
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For those of us who aren’t able to escape to a spa for relaxation on a daily basis (or even occasionally), these do-it-yourself face mask recipes are a great solution…
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Coconut Oil for Hair: Good or Bad?
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I’ve been a fan of coconut oil for a really long time. It is a highly nourishing oil with hundreds of uses, and lately I’ve run across many sources touting the…
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Natural Heat Protectant Spray for Hair
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Let’s face it: no matter how au naturale we are, most of us still want to walk out of the house with bouncy, gorgeous hair. Unfortunately, this effect most often…
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Natural Ways to Shrink Pores
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When you think about how to shrink pores naturally, images of face masks and scrubs may come to mind. With so many remedies out there, it’s hard to know what’s…
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Top 10 Argan Oil Benefits for Skin, Face, and Hair
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If you’ve been a Wellness Mama reader for a while now you know that I’ve used coconut oil for everything from cooking to skincare to digestive help. Another of my favorite oils…
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5 Types of Facial Massage for Naturally Beautiful Skin
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My awesome friend Lauryn, host of The Skinny Confidential, is guest posting today! She’s the person I go to for all things skin care and lately she’s introduced me to…
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Exfoliating Chai Sugar Scrub Recipe
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A delicious chai tea latte is one of my favorite things to drink, but the same spices also make for a great chai sugar scrub. This warming scrub boosts circulation,…
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DIY Men’s Lotion Recipe With Essential Oils
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I’m a big fan of lotion bars since they’re portable and mess-free, but sometimes it’s nice to have regular lotion on hand too. I wanted to create something especially for men,…
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DIY Winter Bliss Lotion Bars (Great for Dry Skin!)
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I’m still learning to love winter. As a southern girl originally from Texas, I’ve had to adjust to cold weather, but I’m finally starting to make the best of it…
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Easy Homemade Beard Oil Recipe for Men
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Many men participate in “No Shave November” (my husband included) so I thought I’d go along with this interesting tradition and put up a DIY beard oil recipe. You know……
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9 Natural Remedies for Cellulite
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Cellulite seems to be one of those problems that plagues many women these days. Based on the number of times cellulite remedies appear in women’s magazines, websites, and blogs, I’m…
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DIY Charcoal Face Mask Recipe (Only 3 Ingredients!)
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You may have seen my video on how to whiten your teeth with charcoal, but did you know that its great for your skin too? With only a few simple…
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DIY Foaming Face Wash With Hydrosol & Essential Oils
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I’m a big fan of the oil cleansing method, and I’ve even been known to rub raw honey on my face. For those who are looking for a more traditional…
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How to Clean Makeup Brushes Naturally
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My favorite cream blush, homemade eye shadow, and many of the items in my natural makeup routine apply best with a brush. Keeping clean makeup brushes is almost as important…
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Gentle & Exfoliating Cleansing Grains for Face & Body
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While grains are a controversial food in modern society, their use in skin care is pretty much universally accepted. In fact, grains have been used for ages to get radiant,…
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Soothing DIY Salve for Cracked Heels
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When I married my husband, he had horribly cracked heels. Apparently, he’d had these most of his life, but as we learned more about natural living, I set out to…
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Anti-Aging Rosehip Seed Oil Facial Moisturizer (Better Than Botox)
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We live in a culture that considers drinking raw milk to be strange and dangerous, but injecting the botulism toxin into our skin (Botox) seems to be a perfectly acceptable…
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Keratosis Pilaris Exfoliating Cream (DIY Recipe)
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Have you ever noticed unsightly little red bumps on your skin? If so, they may be a condition called keratosis pilaris. Conventional treatments for the issue can be rather harsh on…
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DIY Herbal Hair Rinse for Shiny and Strong Hair
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Plenty of hair care commercials promise shiny, beautiful hair, but at what cost? This DIY herbal hair rinse recipe nourishes the scalp, boosts shine, and strengthens hair naturally without the downsides of…
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DIY Chocolate Face Mask Recipe
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Chocolate is a delicious treat, but it also doubles as a skincare ingredient. There’s chocolate in my homemade foundation powder and even in my dry shampoo recipe for those busy, greasy hair…