What to Look for when Buying Essential Oils & Carrier Oils
How do I pick quality oils? So you've figured out the best combinations of oil to use for you skin, and now you want to buy essential oils to benefit...
Carrier Oil Glossary: your essential guide to carrier oils
Carrier Oil Glossary Your search for plant oils for skincare may have led you here, or you may simply be searching for the best carrier oils to use for your...
Ah, how nice it is to get home from a long day of work, kick your shoes off, and take a deep breath of clean air… or is it? Your air is likely guilty of having at least a few (if not all) of these volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which, according to the EPA, are up to 10 times higher in concentration indoors than outdoor
Purify Your Home with Plants!
We consider ourselves, and you, dear reader, to be pretty well-read in the healing powers of plants – wearing them, eating them, drinking them… but do you know how beneficial...
DIY: Softening Plant Fibers with Coconut Oil
One of the challenges with using truly sustainable plant fibers are that they are not initially soft to the touch. “Truly sustainable” meaning not using any chemicals at all in...
Dyeing with Kitchen Scraps: Yellow Onion Skins
Play with your food! Onion skins are one of the easiest materials to collect and experiment with if you're new to the natural dye scene. Yellow onion skins give rich...
DIY: Non-toxic Flying Wish Paper!
I first came across Flying Wish Paper several years ago and was immediately hooked: Writing my heart’s desires on a piece of colorful paper, lighting it on fire and watching...