Doublemint Homemade Toothpaste
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own products at home, toothpaste is a great place to start. Here’s a simple recipe that details how to make your own natural toothpaste—using things you might already have at home!
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own products at home, toothpaste is a great place to start. Here’s a simple recipe that details how to make your own natural toothpaste—using things you might already have at home!
What if I told you that your kids could go back to school with an inhaler that not only helps them focus but also fights off colds and the flu? Yes, it’s true!
Nyssa always used this blend to help herself study. Guess what, she still does! She even used it to pass the ARC exam a few years ago. It’s a classic!
One of the first aromatherapy remedies I kept with me most days. This headache blend is a classic.
One of the things I remember most about growing up with my mom is her herb garden.
Our friend Billy came and installed a raised bed with cinderblocks and bricks when I was four years old. It wasn’t long before I was pinching the Rosemary, Basil, Oregano, and Sage to smell their unique aromas.
It’s so amazing when I think about it—how we’ve figured out that we can distill these plants and collect concentrated essences of what we smell. I’ve worked with oils in bottles for a long time. I’m familiar with how to dilute them and use them in blends, but I’m just now starting to get to know the herbs themselves.
It feels like coming home.
This time around, Sylla explains that you’ve got to cut back the abundance of growth from the summer. That way, you can get rid of what’s run its course or isn’t growing, to make room for what’s yet to come.
Here’s the great part about cutting back: you get to enjoy what you reap! For Sylla, this means collecting and drying all the herbs that she’s been growing.
Ever since her trip to France in the 90’s (and presumably after she ran out of the herbs that she got there), she’s collected and dried her yarden herbs, calling them “Herbs de Sylla’s Yarden.”
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