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12 Tips + Tricks to Treat Varicose Veins
12 natural home remedies you can use to help varicose veins look and feel better just in time for sundress and sandal weather!
Pomegranate + Rosehip Gel Eye Mask for Tired, Puffy Eyes
These homemade gel eye mask patches are loaded with pomegranate and rosehip seed oil to hydrate, plump, and get rid of those pesky eye bags.
13 Brilliant Health & Beauty Uses for Witch Hazel
From acne to varicose veins, there are plenty of modern day beauty uses for this natural remedy.
How To Make Bubble Bath (+ 6 Relaxing Homemade Bubble Bath Recipes)
Learn how to make homemade bubble bath recipes and start including bubble baths in your regular relaxation routine.
De-Stress With This Relaxing Herbal CBD Tincture
A blend of calming herbs and CBD oil makes this tincture the perfect remedy for stressful days.
15 Ways to Get Beach Waves (Even for Short Hair!)
We've found the best tutorials on how to achieve effortless soft waves.
7 Veggie-Packed Vitamin Smoothie Recipes
Need to get more veggies? These yummy veggie smoothie recipes, full of fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals, are a more satisfying alternative to juices.
How to Make Body Butter with 2 Ingredients
Learn how to make body butter with 2 simple ingredients you probably already have in your house.
15 Natural Hair Care Brands You Should Know
Ditch the chemicals and switch to one of our favorite toxin-free alternatives.
Make Your House Smell Amazing with DIY French Vanilla Coffee Candles
DIY candles scented with coffee and vanilla beans - so easy they make the perfect homemade gift! Read our step by step tutorial for making your own scented candles.
How To Make a Fresh Flower Petal Perfume for Gift Giving
Petals from fresh flowers make this perfume extra special.
Exfoliate + Moisturize With These Citrus-Rose Sugar Scrub Bars
These bars will get your skin in shape for skin--and they make great gifts too.
13 Copycat Lush Bath Bomb Recipes You Can Make at Home
Save money and make your favorite bath bombs yourself with these DIY recipes.
Start Your Morning with a Turmeric Honey Anti-Inflammatory Elixir
Take your lemon water to the next level by adding turmeric and raw honey.
DIY Anti-Aging Rice Milk Face Wash
Make this natural Japanese beauty recipe with ingredients you can find in virtually any supermarket.
How to Make Calendula Oil + a Healing Lavender Calendula Salve
Heal your hands with a soothing, moisturizing hand salve made with calendula, lavender and beeswax.
Strengthening Vinegar + Rice Water Hair Rinse for Weak or Fine Hair
Rice water can work wonders for strengthening and nourishing weak or fine hair. Packed with essential vitamins and minerals that promote growth and hair health, this strengthening rice water hair rinse recipe with apple cider vinegar becomes a powerhouse of nutrients, leaving your strands looking thicker, healthier, and more resilient. I recently started using rice...
18 Lavender Diffuser Blends For Better Sleep, Stress Relief + More Energy
Need help dealing with family stress this Thanksgiving?
11 Benefits of Lavender Oil for Skin (+ 12 Ways to Use It)
Learn how lavender oil benefits your skin and how to start using it in your skincare routine for a clear, calm complexion.
Skin So Good, It's Scary: 10 Pumpkin Face Mask Recipes to Slay the Season
Pumpkin is packed with beauty-boosting nutrients!
How to Make an Oxymel to Boost Your Immune System
Here's a simple way to give your immunity a boost before cold season starts.
A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Tinctures (+ 6 Herb Blends)
Tinctures - you've seen them everywhere lately and now it's time to find out what they are and how to make them yourself.
Detox + Relax with 3 DIY Himalayan Salt Bath Recipes
The anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of Himalayan salt make it a perfect choice for a pink salt detox bath soak.
4 KP Body Scrub Recipes with the Best Essential Oils for Keratosis Pilaris
Those small, rough bumps on the skin, known as keratosis pilaris (KP), are both frustrating and embarrassing. While essential oils may not offer a complete cure, adding their soothing and nourishing properties to KP body scrub recipes can reduce the appearance of those unsightly bumps. KP is a skin condition that comes from increased keratin...
13 Reasons to Add Baking Soda to Your Next Bath
And a recipe for a relaxing baking soda bath soak made with essential oils.
10 Best Calming Essential Oils (+ 10 Relaxing Essential Oil Blends)
Because who doesn't need a calm and relaxed environment right now?
How to Make Your Own Pencil Lip Liner
This homemade lip liner recipe is everything you’ve been looking for. It’s clean and nontoxic while also being highly pigmented and natural-looking. Made with plant-based oils and skin-friendly iron oxide for color, it gives lips a pretty pop of color. It’s also easy to make in a variety of shades, so you can match your...
How to Make a Super Soothing Bug Bite Balm
An all natural Bug Bite Balm made with calendula and shea butter to soothe itchy bites all summer long.
2-Ingredient DIY Gel Ice Packs for Cool Comfort
Skip the bags of frozen peas and make your own 2-ingredient DIY gel ice pack that's cost-effective and reusable.
How To Make DIY Eyeliner 3 Ways— Save Money + Customize Your Look
If you're looking for a completely natural, homemade eyeliner that wears like the store bought stuff, we'll show you how to make it - 3 ways!
Flower Petal Homemade Blush Recipe
Made with just 4 ingredients, this homemade blush is a lightweight, mineral powder blush that blends effortlessly into skin
7 Benefits of Aloe Vera for Skin (+ 15 Ways to Use It)
Dry scalp mask, longer lash serum, acne face mask, shaving cream and more - you can use these 15 aloe beauty recipes from head to toe.
2-Step Cleansing + Homemade Foaming Face Wash for All Skin Types
Curious about 2-step cleansers? Find out the best way to remove all the oil, dirt, and sunscreen that accumulates after a long day.
DIY Zit Spot Treatment + 6 More Ways to Use Tea Tree Oil for Acne
Tea tree oil is an antibacterial powerhouse against acne. Here are six ways to banish zits that won't irritate or dry out skin.
Customize Your Own DIY Cream Highlighter for a Natural Glow
Learn how to make your own cream highlighter at home using simple, skin-soothing ingredients.
How To Make Your Own Contour Powder (+ Apply It Like a Pro)
With a few simple ingredients, you can craft your own homemade contouring powder — and learn how to apply it like a pro.
Unlock the Magic of Coconut Milk: 25 Beauty Recipes for Gorgeous Skin + Hair
Get 3 homemade coconut milk beauty recipes. Includes recipes for homemade body wash, an oatmeal bath soak and a sugar scrub.
Best Essential Oils to Add to Shampoo for Healthier and Shinier Hair
This guide explores the best essential oils for shampoo, gives blends for all hair types, and explains how to get the biggest benefits for your hair.
How To Make a Hydrating Lip Oil Recipe
This homemade lip oil recipe is a cross between lip balm and commercial gloss—thanks to nourishing butters, oils, and humectants. It moisturizes lips just like lip balm, but it also has the shine of lip gloss. And it's easy to get a pretty, natural tint with lip-safe mica powders.