If you've ever stopped to look at the ingredients in your bottle of shampoo, you would likely find a list of 20-30 or more different compounds, most of which you cannot pronounce, and if you are like the average individual, you'd probably just say, "huh" and rub the nice bubbly lather all over your head anyway. …
What is in Your Chapstick? (A.K.A. “A Rant About Toxic Beauty Products”)
The biting winds of winter and the constant running of the furnace lead to dry skin and inevitably to dry and chapped lips. The atmosphere at the hospital where I work is always dry, and by the end of my shift my hands are red and starting to crack and I feel stuffy with a …
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Honey – What are the Benefits?
Photo via Visual hunt "My son, eat honey, because it is good; Honey from the comb is sweet to the taste." ~ Proverbs 24:13 For centuries, people have enjoyed honey. The first use of honey by man is unknown, as its use predates the earliest known written records. Fossils of honeycomb have been found going …
How to Render Tallow
Tallow is a wonderful animal fat that you can use while on the GAPS Diet (and anytime, really!) Tallow is made from suet (which is just raw beef or mutton fat). Tallow is solid at room temperature; it can be stored for a month at room temp, in the fridge for several months, or in …
Peppermint Citrus Sugar Scrub
Living a healthy lifestyle involves more than just eating organic produce once in a while or trying a cleansing diet for a month. These are both good ways to get started on a road to health, but healthy living really involves more than just food. It involves everything we breath, everything that touches our skin, …
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