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Category: Household & Health

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Natural Homemade Deodorant …That Really Works!

Whipped Body Butter | It's not frosting, but it does look good enough to eat. This whipped homemade body butter is thick and rich. It nourishes the skin with just a few ingredients like shea butter and essential oils. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Way Better Than Lotion: Homemade Whipped Body Butter with Essential Oils

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!}

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}

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

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

How To Make An Alcohol-Free Herbal Extract {Herbal Glycerite}| Want to use herbal extracts... but not if they're made with alcohol? Here's how to make a faster, better-tasting, non-alcoholic glycerite instead! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Make An Alcohol-Free Herbal Extract {Herbal Glycerite}

How to Make Essential Oil Perfume | I've wanted to wear perfume all my life, but couldn't because I got headaches every time I put it on. Recently, I started making my own perfume using essential oils... and I couldn't be more thrilled. Now I can wear perfume without getting headaches. And in fact, my perfumes improve how I feel! Here's how to make your own essential oil perfume (video and print). | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Make Essential Oil Perfume {video and print}

#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

What Are Your Top Ways To Use Essential Oils? #AskWardee 034

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Tummy Troubles? How & Why To Use Digestive Bitters #AskWardee 129

How To Make Goat Milk Soap | The products we use on our body should be just as safe and clean as the food we put into our bodies. One of the best ways to make sure of this is to make your own bath and body products, and this tutorial will show you how to make goat milk soap. It's easier than you might think! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Make Goat Milk Soap

Homemade Essential Oil Bug Repellent

Homemade Essential Oil Bug Repellent

DIY Diffuser Jewelry {necklace and bracelet} Essential oils are rapidly gaining popularity -- and with good reason. I quickly realized that essential oil jewelry would be a breeze to make (and fun, too!). I'll take you through the steps of making both an essential oil diffuser necklace and an essential oil diffuser bracelet -- so you'll be making essential oil jewelry on your own in no time. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

DIY Essential Oil Jewelry {Diffuser Necklace & Bracelet}

With autumn in the breeze, winter soon to follow, and many of our kids back to school, virus season is just around the corner. Oregano oil, or oregano essential oil, is often in the spotlight as an excellent herbal remedy. Here's how to choose and use oregano oil wisely.

How to Use Oregano Oil Safely

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

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)

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I’m Wardee Harmon and I help Christian families who know they should eat healthy but are tired of complicated, time-consuming, weird-tasting, and unsustainable “healthy” diets…

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