In The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox: The Essential DIY Guide to a Healthier, Cleaner, All-Natural Life, you’ll find:
- Over 100 Recipes for DIY Beauty, Cleaning and Natural Remedies
- Simple natural switches to make in your home that can improve indoor air quality
- Time-tested tips and natural remedies for many common concerns
- Ideas on how to get the family on board
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Resources Mentioned in the Book:
Here are the resources and ingredients mentioned. You’ll find a general list first and then a detailed list by chapter. You can also find additional recommendations on the Resources page.
Top Natural Cleaning Products:
- Branch Basics Concentrate (Top Choice- Completely Safe and Effective)
- Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds Concentrate – A coconut-based natural formula that cleans exceptionally well. In fact, one drop added to two quarts of water is enough to clean carpet stains. A teaspoon in a quart of water is enough to clean most surfaces and this is a very effective spray laundry stain treatment when diluted with water.
- Bon Ami Powder – A natural powder-based cleaner and scouring powder that works great on tough stains and grime on surfaces like showers and tubs.
- Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Castile Soap Concentrate – For personal care uses, gentle house cleaning, foaming hand soap and more.
- Laundry Soap – My top choice are BioKlean liquid laundry soap or Ecover zero
Natural DIY & Beauty Ingredients:
- Essential Oils
- Shea Butter
- Cocoa Butter
- Beeswax
- Castor Oil
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Sesame Oil
- Emulsifying Wax
- Bentonite Clay
- Redmond Clay
- Kaolin Clay
- Arrowroot
- Baking Soda
Top Safe Beauty & Personal Care Products:
Resources By Chapter:
Looking for a specific resource mentioned in a specific chapter? Here’s a detailed list:
Chapter 1:
- Safe Soaps: How to Make Soap At Home | Homemade HE Laundry Detergent Recipe (Laundry Soap) | Liquid Hand Soap Recipe |
- Natural Beauty Products: Click here for a collection of all of my beauty recipes
- Plastic Free Water Bottles: Best Alternatives to Plastic Water Bottles | 9 Safest Plastic and BPA Free Bottles and Sippy Cups
- Ideas to help kids get more activity: Overprotected Childhood: How Keeping Kids Safe is Actually Harming Them | 9 Important Skills We Owe it To Our Kids To Teach Them | Backyard Ideas to Keep Kids Playing Outside All Summer | 6 Favorite Practical Homeschool Resources (My Kids Love)
Chapter 2:
- Kitchen utensils and tools list
- Essential Oils I Use
- Beauty ingredients: see list above under DIY Beauty Ingredients
Chapter 3:
- Reasons to Avoid Vegetable Oil and Margarine
- Kettle and Fire Bone Broth
- Primal Kitchen Condiments
- Four Sigmatic drinks and coffees
- The Good Kitchen pre-made meals
- Butcher Box Meats
- Beekeepers Naturals
- Thrive Market
Chapter 4:
- Real Plans– Makes meal planning simple
- Bone Broth Recipe
- Recipe Index– hundreds of recipe ideas
Chapter 5:
- Broccoli Seeds: I buy in bulk at 1 pound, 2 pounds, or 5 pounds (best value)
- Quart or half-gallon wide-mouth mason jars
- Wire sprouting lids for the mason jars
- Sprouting jar holders (optional) or a glass bowl that can hold up the jar
- Steel tray to hold jars (optional)
- A warming mat to speed germination (optional)
- A grow light or a sunny spot in a south-facing window (optional)
- Microgreen Seeds (like these)
Chapter 6:
- Genexa Products
- Elderberries
- Beekeepers Naturals Honey – base for many remedies for kids
