{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Make this conifer infused oil this winter season using foraged conifer needles! Most conifer needles can be used such as pine, spruce, or fir. This conifer infused oil with cinnamon is great for body care and it also has some aromatherapy benefits. It smells absolutely amazing! Herbal…
Herbal Bath and Skincare Recipes
Nourish healthy skin and practice self-care with DIY herbal bath and skincare products made from real, natural ingredients.
Discover our homemade skincare recipes for beginner's cold processed soap and Rosemary Mint Shampoo Bars. You can learn how infuse herbal oils like CBD Infused Oil. Then you'll be able to make your own herbal salves and forage for herbs and flowers to create restorative skincare like Dandelion Salve. Perhaps your skin is thirsty? With natural oils and botanicals, Calendula Cream and Rose Lotion Bars provide just what your dry skin is craving.
15 Best Books on Herbalism and Natural Body Care
For beginning and more advanced herbalists alike, it’s important to have some books about herbs and herbal recipes on hand. I often get asked what my favorite herbalism books are, and there are so many great ones to choose from! I’ve narrowed it down to what I think are the 15 best books about herbalism…
Calendula Lotion Bars for Dry Skin
Calendula flowers are highly beneficial and nourishing for the skin. These calendula lotion bars are easy to make and the perfect natural remedy for dry skin! Calendula for Dry Skin I always have dry fingertips. It it just me? The heels of my feet are often dry as well. I’ve tried many different products to…
Wild Violet Soap for Spring: Homemade and Foraged
Inspired by the curling purple petals and fringed yellow throats of violets, Wild Violet Soap is a fun way for a soap maker to celebrate the return of spring! An all-natural, cold-processed soap recipe, it is made with foraged wild violet infused herbal tea, moisturizing violet infused sweet almond oil, and tinted with natural colorants….
How to Make and Use Dandelion Salve
Spring is a wonderful time of year, especially after the cold, dark, and dreary weather of winter. I’m always so excited to see the first dandelions pop up, as that means that warmer weather is on its way and I can soon make homemade dandelion salve! Wildcrafting Weeds eBook Before we get started with this…
Winter Spice Pine Soap Recipe
Learn how to make an ultra-conditioning bar of all-natural Winter Spice Pine Soap to help moisturize your dry winter skin! With an amazing sweet-spicy evergreen scent it will be your new favorite seasonal bar of soap. Before You Begin If you are new to making soap, I suggest reading my post on how to make…
Peppermint Coconut Sugar Scrub
Homemade gifts, especially when they have an herbal element, are my favorite things to give! This peppermint coconut sugar scrub is easy to make and package up for a thoughtful gift. It smells absolutely amazing and is cooling, soothing, and moisturizing for the skin. All natural beauty at its best! Make & Give Home Apothecary…
60+ Rose Hip Recipes for Food, Health, & Beauty
Rose hips are a powerhouse of an herb with a wide array of benefits to our health and beauty. Once you learn about how nutritious and packed full of antioxidants they are, you’ll be glad to know there are many uses for rose hip both in diet and skincare. Let’s discover over 60 rose hip…
Homemade Rose Hip Soap Recipe
Do you have delicate skin or skin that is beginning to show the marks of passing time? Rose hip soap may be the perfect bar of all-natural herbal soap to care for your skin! As a facial bar, it will leave you with a brighter, healthier complexion while combating the signs of aging! Rose Hip…
Foraging St. John’s Wort + How to Make St. John’s Wort Oil & Salve
When the sunny yellow flowers of St. John’s wort start to appear then I know that summer is here! It is such an unassuming little plant that often grows along roadsides, but it is a powerful herbal ally. It is a great plant to know how to forage for, as it grows nearly everywhere and…
