Total Nutrition – Make your own Homemade Multivitamin and Mineral Formula Doc Shillington not only sells his Total Nutrition Formula, which is available at Green lifestyle Market, he also tells us how to make our own. One of the reasons we love working with Doc is that he empowers people to take their health into their own hands. And as you know, here at OLM we love DIY healthcare! Doc’s Total Nutrition Formula, a perfectly balanced blend of whole foods, is especially formulated to supply you with natural food source vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential trace elements. Total Nutrition Formula Recipe With this recipe a “part” means a measurement by volume and not weight. 1 part Alfalfa Grass Powder1 part Barley Grass Powder1 part Wheat Grass Powder1 part Norwegian Purple Dulse Seaweed Powder1 part Beet Root Powder1 part Spinach Leaf Powder1 part Rosehips Powder1 part Orange Peel Powder1 part Lemon Peel Powder1 part Astragalus Powder1.5 parts Spirulina Green Algae1.5 parts Chlorella Broken Cell Algae5 parts Yeast Flakes5 parts Yeast Powder Chlorella
How To Make Your Own Deliciously Scented Cacao Mint Soap Please Share This Page: Google + stumbleupon tumblr reddit If you are a first-time visitor, please be sure to like us on Facebook and receive our exciting and innovative tutorials on herbs and natural health topics! background photo – HenryHappened.com More than just the joy of potentially saving some of the cost of buying soaps, making your own natural soap at home has a further advantage: With store-bought soaps, there may be chemical additives and uncertainty as to how they may affect your skin. We discovered an amazing recipe on how to make homemade cocoa and mint soap. Cacao Did you know that the main ingredient of chocolate, cacao, is considered good for the skin? Shea Butter Considered by some to be the skin’s “superfood”, shea butter is probably one of the most popular ingredients of many skin care products available today. Fresh Mint Leaves More than just for its amazing aroma, fresh mint also has some herbal benefits to bring to the table. Peppermint Essential Oil
How to Naturally Clean Indoor Air Turns out that indoor air can often contain more toxins and chemicals than outdoor air. Everything from mattresses to pots/pans to kids PJs can contain harmful chemicals in indoor air. It’s best to reduce chemical exposure in any way possible, but in today’s chemical laden world, it is practically impossible to completely avoid harmful toxins. For the remaining chemicals in indoor air, there are some natural ways to help reduce your family’s exposure. I’ve mentioned houseplants before and they are a great option for improving indoor air (read my full list of recommended plants here). Besides indoor plants, these are my top three natural air cleaners (and I use all three): Beeswax Candles Regular paraffin candles are petroleum derived and can release chemicals like benzene, toluene, soot and other chemicals into the air. Pure Beeswax Candles on the other hand burn with almost no smoke or scent and clean the air by releasing negative ions into the air. Salt Lamps Bamboo Charcoal Salt Lamps
A Honey Soap Recipe, Plus Recipes for Egg Yolk, Sugar & Carrot Soaps Making your own honey soap at home can be great creative outlet. It also gives you the ability to control the ingredients that go into your soap and ensure that it is safe and natural. Using natural foods to make soap is a great way to do that. Honey soap is great for sensitive skin. It prevents acne, dryness, and wrinkles. If you prefer to start from scratch, try the following recipe: Vegetable shortening – 12 ouncesCoconut oil – 4 ouncesBeeswax – 1 ounceDistilled water – 1 cupLye – 2 ouncesHoney – 1/8 cup Combine the water and lye. Pour the beeswax and oil combination into the soap and stir constantly. Honey Soap Recipe and Other Food Based Soaps Sugar soap is wonderful for the skin because sugar is a natural antioxidant. To make a luxurious brown sugar body wash at home, combine a cup of brown sugar and a half cup of almond oil with a mixer. A pinch of granulated sugar on a warm washcloth makes a great exfoliating lip scrub. Egg yolk soap is great for dry skin. Combine water and lye.
Bamboo Charcoal Soap Recipe Bamboo charcoal powder is prized in Asia for its skin care benefits. It’s great to use with any skin type, but absolutely heaven for oily skin! Charcoal powder absorbs toxins, impurities and excess oil by penetrating deep into the pores. It will gently exfoliate your skin without leaving any residues behind, and its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties make it ideal for anyone who suffers from acne, psoriasis and eczema. When in contact with water, charcoal powder releases many beneficial minerals, such as calcium, potassium and magnesium, creating a soothing, relaxing hot spring-water like effect. This recipe makes a lovely soap with a rich black lather that cleanses deeply and leaves the skin feeling soft and refreshed: Run this recipe through a lye calculator to find out how much lye, water and oils you’ll need for a given amount of soap. 9.6 oz palm oil8 oz olive oil8 oz coconut oil4.8 oz palm kernel oil1.6 oz castor oil12.1 oz water4.7 oz lye (NaOH)1 tbsp bamboo charcoal powder
Crock Pot Soap - The Secret to Making Slow Cooker Soap When I first started making soap, somewhere in the back of my mind was the question: how can I speed up the curing process? Normally in cold process soap making, it takes 4-6 weeks for soap to cure fully. I’ve had a few batches that were ready in 2-3 weeks, but always seems to take longer…until I found out about crock pot soap. Basic Recipe To start a good batch of crock pot soap, you don’t need to do anything special. ¾ cup cool water – use distilled or filtered water (find the best water purification systems here)¼ cup lye – also called 100% sodium hydroxide (find it here or at local hardware stores)⅔ cup olive oil (find a good value on olive oil here)⅔ cup coconut oil (buy it in bulk for soap making here)⅔ cup other liquid oil such as grapeseed, almond, sunflower, or safflower oil (find them here) The process Pour the water into a quart canning jar. The Secret At this point, turn the heat off. Just one more note: Be sure to use an old crock pot. Have you ever made crock pot soap?
5 Awesome Uses for Aloe Vera Aloe Vera is one of the most famous plants in the world, and is has been used frequently in history for its medicinal properties. Legend has it that the Aloe Vera was Cleopatra's beauty secret, is mentioned in the Bible in over a dozen passages, and now has scientific research to support its benefits. The Aloe Vera plant is easy to grow even in cold climates and many people grow it as a house plant. What's in Aloe Vera gel: • Water • 20 minerals • 12 vitamins • 18 amino acids • 200 active plant compounds (phytonutrients) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A great started for supplementing Aloe Vera to your diet is through juicing. Exotic Aloe Cocktail 1-2 cup pineapple1 carrot1 green apple2 tbsp aloe vera juice2-4 tbsp of water (optional) Aloe Vera Good Juice 2 carrots2 green apples1 orange2 tbsp of aloe vera juice2-4 tbsp of water (optional)
Soap Nuts - Natural Homemade All Purpose Cleaner Soap Nuts – not just another inappropriate joke The world of DIY cleaning can get a little silly. Dryer balls. Soap nuts. When I first heard about soap nuts I thought, “Really? But then I talked to a woman at a local farmer’s market who was selling soap nuts and I decided I had better jump on the chance to try one more method of green cleaning. What are Soap Nuts? Soap nuts really aren’t a nut at all. These Soapberries are normally wild-harvested from trees that have never been sprayed with any chemicals or pesticides – there’s no need because pests don’t like the taste of the fruit. Since they don’t really belong to the nut family, they are absolutely safe to use around family members with nut allergies! Soap nuts are extremely gentle, 100% natural, and chemical-free, making them perfect for even the most sensitive skin or delicate surfaces. But do they Really Work? Yes, they work. I can also confidently say that soap nuts are very effective at removing odors. 2 ways to use soap nuts
DIY Aloe Vera Gel This Instructable will show you how I (and I emphasize I) make homemade Aloe Vera Gel. I personally use it as a moisturizer on my aging sun-kissed, exposed chest skin and neck, hoping that it will rejuvenate it over the long run and keep that part of my skin looking young. One of the reasons I am posting this tutorial is because I know this mixture helps heal sunburns. I grow my own aloe vera plants. The original source I used for this recipe is here: Cheryl's Delights Blog. The recipe is spot on, I have personally used it, and I am going to share the process of making it with you. Please remember that this post is for information only, and it is not intended to recommend treatment. ~ Thanks!
How To Make Soap With Milk My first soap making ebook (Natural Soap Making: Cold Process Basics & Recipes) has been a huge success! I appreciate all of the purchases, support, and kind comments about the content you’ve sent my way! The plan was to write a followup book on making soaps with milk, but… writing such a book along with creating/making/fine-tuning/photographing recipes takes a tremendous chunk of time, which I need to focus elsewhere right now. Instead, I thought I’d write up a tutorial on how to make soap with milk, to help answer some of the related questions that I get. Pretty much any cold process recipe that calls for water, can be made with milk, or a milk substitute instead. You just need to take a little different approach to make sure you don’t scorch the milk or overheat your soap. Things to know before you start: Lye is a requirement when making homemade soap. For this tutorial, we’re going to use the following recipe: Liquid & Lye Portion: 12 ounces milk4.3 ounces lye (sodium hydroxide)
Fire Cider RecipeMommypotamus It’s no secret that I believe in fairy tales . . . But they’re mostly of the modern day sort. Occasionally, though, I come across a recipe or ingredient that seems like it was pulled directly from one of Grimm’s stories. How else could one feel about keeping dragon’s blood in the cupboard, and enchanted fire cider in the fridge? Though not imparted with any actual mystical powers, fire cider truly is magical in its own right. This tonic is revered by herbalists for its ability to help prevent cold and flu symptoms and/or shorten their duration if they occur, and for good reason. Because it takes about a month to mature, I recommend starting a batch now so you’ll be ready for fall. How To Take Fire Cider Many people take 1-2 tablespoons throughout the fall/winter months as a preventative measure, or every three to four hours if symptoms are present. Here are some more ways to use it: Fire Cider Recipe I first read about fire in Rosemary Gladstar’s book, Herbal Recipes For Vibrant Health.
Make Your Own "Resort Quality" Liquid Hand Soap for Pennies! - One Good Thing by Jillee Whenever I go to our local thrift store…I’m always drawn to the room with all the health and beauty odds and ends because they have a big basket FULL of wonderful smelling soaps, lotions, shampoos and conditioners that come from fancy resorts and hotels in the area. (There are a lot around here, trust me!) The little bottles of lotion are the perfect size for keeping in your purse, the shampoos and conditioners are great for travelling (unless you’re staying in a fancy hotel, then you’re already covered) and the soaps (about .10 cents each), I have discovered, are perfect for making great-smelling liquid hand soap! While I was working on the boys bathroom “mini-makeover” I came across a really old bottle of Dial liquid hand soap tucked in a drawer. I’m sure many of you reading this have seen “recipes” for making your own liquid hand soap from bar soap before…so this isn’t anything new. The method for making your own liquid hand soap could NOT be any easier. Liquid Hand Soap Recipe
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