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Category: Household & Health

Are you searching for a chemical-free, economical shave gel? One that leaves your skin feeling super soft and nourished? Look no further! This easy, homemade 3-ingredient gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin.

Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief | Tired eyes? Stressed? Have a headache? Can’t sleep? An herbal eye pillow may be just the thing you need! With the weight of the rice and the soothing scent of lavender, you can rest and relax to your heart's content. Plus, these pillows are so quick and easy to make, you can give them to all of your friends, too!

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief

Herbal bath tea is incredibly easy to make AND can be made in endless variations to suit many different purposes. Not to mention, they make unique gifts! When herbs are added to a warm bath, the soothing or healing benefits of the herbs are absorbed through the skin.

How To Make Relaxing Herbal Bath Teas

Whether it's aches, pains, or sore muscles, or connecting physically with your one and only...massage is the answer. And to do the job right -- you need massage oil. Not lotion. So in our house, homemade massage oil with essential oils is IT.

Homemade Massage Oil With Essential Oils

#AskWardee 002: How to Make Coconut Kefir | "How do I make coconut kefir?" is the question I'm answering on today's #AskWardee. There are actually 3 varieties depending on what liquid and culture you choose. Do you know all 3? | AskWardee.tv

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Want to use herbal extracts ... but not if they're made with alcohol? Judy B. is in the same boat... She has small children and prefers not to give them alcohol. Watch, listen, or read to learn how to make powerful herbal extracts -- without alcohol! | AskWardee.tv

How To Make An Herbal Tincture (aka Herbal Extract)

Want to try some sprouting? A sprouting screen will run you about $7. If you want 4 jars of sprouts going at the same time, that's $28 It adds up! Or, you can do what Morgen did and make DIY sprouting lids for just 5 cents each! Here's how!

DIY Sprouting Lids {for just 5 cents!}

homemade dog food in the instant pot

Homemade Dog Food In The Instant Pot

Homemade beauty products almost always require melting beeswax and fat over a double boiler, so I avoid making them. Until the Instant Pot and its handy Keep Warm button. Could that work for melting fat and beeswax WITHOUT the double boiler? Keep reading to find out!

Instant Pot Hard Lotion Bars

The Instant Pot is the perfect tool for making a handmade salve. The process is even mostly hands-free with just 2 simple steps. First, you make an herb-infused oil. Second, you make an herbal salve.

How To Make An Herbal Salve In The Instant Pot

2 Natural Cold Remedies That Really Work! | The week before last, I felt that tell-tale tickle in the back of my throat and had a full-blown cold within 24 hours. I used 2 natural remedies to get over it quickly. Keep reading to find out what remedies actually worked! | AskWardee.tv

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Want to use herbal extracts ... but not if they're made with alcohol? Judy B. is in the same boat... She has small children and prefers not to give them alcohol. Watch, listen, or read to learn how to make powerful herbal extracts -- without alcohol! | AskWardee.tv

Alcohol-Free Herbal Tinctures — Super Easy! #AskWardee 055

Bethany needs an easy and natural non-toxic cleaning spray recipe that won't irritate sensitive skin. I've got one for her -- we've been using it for 15 years! Watch, listen, or read for my homemade, all-purpose cleaning spray with essential oils! | AskWardee.tv

Homemade Non-Toxic All-Purpose Cleaning Spray With Essential Oils & A FREE Glass Spray Bottle #AskWardee 061

With a jar of coconut oil, a few other natural ingredients, and a little time, you can replace almost all of your bath and beauty products with homemade, nourishing, toxin-free variations! From shampoo to foot scrub, toothpaste to sunscreen, here some great ideas to get you started!

21 Ways Coconut Oil Can Clean, Pamper, & Nourish Your Body From Head To Toe

Combine sea buckthorn seed oil and frankincense with light jojoba oil, and you get a wonderfully moisturizing, healing, and rejuvenating DIY face serum that's safe, non-toxic, and completely natural! Experience skin-healing benefits for acne, rosacea, and inflammation!

Sea Buckthorn & Frankincense Face Serum {for skin-healing, acne, & more!}

Homemade Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick | When I paid $9 for an essential oil "migraine stick" the other day, I knew I could save a bundle by making my own! Make this DIY Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick to get quick, natural relief from migraines and tension headaches! Video instructions included! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Essential Oil Roll-On Headache Stick {print & video instructions}

Please forgive me as I broach a stinky subject... smelly bathrooms! Natural mamas don't have to put up with those smells! The toxic chemicals in commercial air fresheners are scary -- so freshen your home's air naturally with a homemade essential oil air freshener! | AskWardee.tv

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Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!} | After buying an expensive 2-ounce tube of herbal bottom balm, I decided to make my own -- and I like my version even better! With skin-nourishing oils and healing herbs, this baby bottom balm is even cloth diaper safe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!}