Guide to using herbs and flowers in soap recipes
Make homemade soap using herbs & flowers A guide to using herbs and flowers in soap recipes. Tips on which herbs and flowers are best & using fresh and dried
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Repotting Aloe Vera Pups: dividing aloe vera babies from the parent plant
Aloe vera pups can easily be divided and grown on Aloe vera plants often produce masses of babies. Dividing these aloe vera pups & repotting them is an easy way
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How to grow Calendula Flowers for Skincare Recipes
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi’ th’ sun, And with him rises weeping; these are flow’rs Of middle summer, and I think they are
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How to grow Lavender for Skincare Recipes
Grow lavender to use in lotions, soaps, and handmade skincare If you grow only one skincare herb, grow lavender. It thrives in temperate gardens and can even be grown in
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Using Calendula Flowers in Beauty & Cooking
Calendula flowers give color, flavor, & healing properties Calendula flowers are easy to grow and useful in beauty & food. The fresh & dried flower petals are slightly peppery, add
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How to use Fresh Herbs & Flowers in Beauty Products
Use homegrown plants and flowers in beauty products So many skin caring plants and flowers can be grown by you in your own garden. Calendula for skin healing, rose petals
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Grow a Beauty & Skincare Garden
Plants, Flowers, & Herbs for Natural Skincare Go to any beauty counter and you’ll see rows of skincare products featuring plant-based extracts. Most of them work to moisturize, cleanse, tone,
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Growing your own Cut Flower Patch for Homegrown Bouqets
Grow your own Bouquets of Cut Flowers The flowers we purchase in shops also cost the environment. In Louise Curley’s new book, The Cut Flower Patch, we learn how to
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Extracting Woad: a natural blue pigment for dyeing and soap making
Making your own natural blue dye Growing and extracting blue pigment from Isatis tinctoria, known as Woad. Extracted from green leaves, this natural color is used in dyeing & soap
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