Tag Archive: Recipes

Banish Wrinkles With Homemade Rose Cream

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I’m incredibly enamored with this exotic rose cream that my sister Lisa made and gave me for Christmas. Just opening the jar and inhaling the heady scent improves my day, and I can literally feel my facial cells drinking up the creamy goodness when I smooth on a few dabs after showering or washing my…

Maca: For Menopause, Natural Energy And More!

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They’re coming every few hours today. Energy Surges, Power Flushes – oh hell, let’s call them what they are:  Hot Flashes. I am officially menopausal. (Wait! Even if you’re not worried about anything remotely menopausal – read on (or at least skip ahead!). Because this is some good stuff, and not just for those of…

Make Your Own Eye Serum – It’s Super Easy!

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I was well into my 30s before I even began to think about things like eye creams. Not so with my beautiful daughter, Ciel. At 28 she’s already experimented with a plethora of skincare products, starting  with Bonne Bell back in adolescence and progressing through the many offerings of the corporate beauty care industry. I’d…

Cordials Make Great Holiday Gifts

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Now that you’ve packed the Halloween costumes away, and started that anti-candy diet, your thoughts may be turning to those other holidays that are bearing down on us like a locomotive. If you live in the West you can’t miss the ads, the store displays, the TV commercials and billboards – all screaming at us…

Use Oil To Treat Acne? An Interview With Crunchy Betty

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When I started blogging about wellness and herbal healing, I began to search  the blogosphere for other folks who were writing about the same thing. I knew I could learn a lot from them and we could share ideas. One of my first (and favorite) discoveries was Crunchy Betty. Wow. “Betty” shared a plethora of…

7 Super-Easy Recipes For A Healthy, Clear Complexion

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Sure, radiant and glowing skin comes from the inside out. But most of us want to give our complexions a little help from the outside as well. The trouble is – it works both ways. Your skin is your body’s biggest receptor organ and those lotions and potions that you rub, dab and slather onto…

Simple Skin Care: How To Make A Natural Face Scrub

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Who doesn’t long for healthy, radiant skin? It doesn’t matter if you’re worrying about wrinkles or peevish about pimples, whatever your age or gender, you know you gotta do right by your face. I mean, let’s ‘face’ it, that’s the part we see in the mirror every day. And facial skin is ultra delicate and…