Homemade bath and massage oils are easy to make and you can scent them with your own favorite essential oils or fragrance oils. For an all-natural massage or bath oil you will want to use essential oils rather than fragrance oils.
When taking my aromatherapy course I had a friend ask me what the best treatment for Rosacea was and whether I could use essential oils to create a cream for her, I began to do research and came up with the best essential oils to use in a face cream to help with this skin condition.
Essential Oil blends can be beneficial with their healing benefits. Aromatherapy can be incorporated into your daily life, using essential oils that can be healing, soothing and up-lifting.
Natural Essential Oils
Superfatting soap is done to make the soap more moisturizing. To superfat you would add additional oil to your recipe at the trace stage, by doing this the oil will not get saponified and will free float in the soap, giving a more moisturizing and gentle bar of soap. Continue reading
Shea butter is an ivory colored butter that has a nutty smell and comes from the Karite Tree which is also called the Shea Tree. With its high concentrations of fatty acids and vitamins Shea butter has been reported to be a powerful skin softener and have considerable healing properties.
Make your DIY lotion bars with this recipe. The Natural Cocoa butter contained in this bar is what has made it so popular, when this bar is applied to the skin, it melts very slowly moisturizing the skin with its proven moisturizing abilities. Continue reading
The spring and summer months are a great time to get outside and enjoy mother nature. But getting bit by mosquitoes can make you want to stay inside.
Most people reach for the most popular insect repellent, which typically contains a pesticide called DEET. Continue reading
Now that Cannabis is legalized in Canada what does that mean for someone that wants to grow their own?
Can I grow my own? Yes you can, you can grow up to 4 cannabis plants. Now the thing to pay attention to is this amount is not per person. This is per household, also you may not sell the cannabis you grow at home to others.
Some provinces and territories have applied other restrictions and or are looking at what they need to do. Continue reading
If you are ready to take your soap-making business to the next level, looking into a gift show or trade show may be the next step.
Trade shows can be a big investment for a small soap-making company, but the financial returns can be great. Trade shows have thousands of people coming through and if you can draw the attention of a percentage of them it can really help your business. Continue reading
I’ve used so many dog shampoo’s on my dog over the years, and most of them left him with dry, flaky skin that was hard to clear up.
Until I came up with my own Natural Dog Shampoo Recipe.
Finally, I thought, “well, I had skin issues and made my soap….why wouldn’t I make some for him” So It did, and our little Nip was ever so happy.
This is the bar soap recipe I made for him, and I don’t know why I didn’t make it sooner. Continue reading
