Personal care products are absolutely loaded with toxins, and that’s definitely not good for your health. Thankfully, it’s easy and inexpensive to make your own at home! Check out these easy recipes and tutorials on how to make your own natural beauty products, non-toxic makeup and much more! Skincare Homemade Skin Cream from Gourmande in the
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Safe, Traditional Skin Care- Vintage Tradition Tallow Balm
I have to share my latest find with you- Vintage Tradition Tallow Balm. These amazing balms are completely natural (to the point of being edible) and do wonders for your skin. When we had our sustainable farmstead, my hands were really chapped. We also had a lot of dry skin in the New England winter
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How to Make Your Own Non-Toxic Bleach Alternative
Regular chlorine bleach is no picnic to use in the home. It’s pretty toxic stuff, and when combined with other common household items (like ammonia, certain soaps and some organic (natural) materials) it can form highly toxic (sometimes fatal) gases/substances. We haven’t used bleach in a long time. So what do we use for cleaning?
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Skip the Cookies and Candles, Use Essential Oils to Sell Your Home
Trying to sell your home? Skip the old advice to have cookies baking in the oven and definitely pass on the commercial scented candles or air fresheners full of toxins. Instead scent your home with natural essential oils. In addition to making your home smell clean and fresh, essential oils are less likely to cause
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Essential Elements Series: Element Three- Non-Toxic Lifestyle, Part 3 of 3
This article is the fourth in a series of posts exploring the Essential Six Elements of Whole Health, the core of our health philosophy and the foundation for our work with our nutritional therapy clients. This article is divided in three parts. Read Part One here and Part Two here. Learn more about the Essential
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Non-Toxic Lifestyle
Essential Elements Series- Element Three: Non-Toxic Lifestyle- Part 2 of 3
This article is the fourth in a series of posts exploring the Essential Six Elements of Whole Health, the core of our health philosophy and the foundation for our work with our nutritional therapy clients. This article is divided in three parts. Read Part One here. Learn more about the Essential Elements and find the
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Non-Toxic Lifestyle
Essential Elements Series- Element Three: Non-Toxic Lifestyle, Part 1 of 3
This article is the fourth in a series of posts exploring the Essential Six Elements of Whole Health, the core of our health philosophy and the foundation for our work with our nutritional therapy clients. This article is in three parts, this is part one. Learn more about the Essential Elements and find the rest