Here are a few examples.
1. Sore Throat Lollipops, by Homespun with Love.
2. Digestion Remedy Tincture, from Wellness Mama.
3. Natural Electrolyte Drink, at Wavelength Wellness.
4. Homemade Vaporub, from Oh Lardy.
5. DIY Bath Fizzies for Sick Kids, by The Coterie Blog.
The ingredients include nettle, red clover, fennel, spearmint, peppermint, eyebright, yerba santa, calendula, lemongrass, lavender and stevia.
Each herb was added for its particular healing properties:
Most homemade toothpaste recipes require ingredients like baking soda (acts as a mild abrasive), hydrogen peroxide (3%) topical solution (kills germs), fine sea salt (antibacterial and teeth whitening properties), coconut oil, xylitol (prevents tooth decay), stevia, essential oils, and so on.
Besides, you can also add dried herbs, orange rind, lemon rind, pure vitamin C powder, etc. All these ingredients are easily available and safe to use.
Some recipes also use glycerin, but it is better to avoid using including it as glycerin tends to coat your teeth and prevents remineralization, which in turn, tends to weaken your teeth gradually.
Check out the following video showing how to make a bentonite clay toothpaste.
Thus, when looking for an inexpensive and safer alternative to your usual toothpaste laden with toxic chemicals and controversial ingredients such as fluoride and saccharin.
Conventional toothpastes mostly contain sodium fluoride which can contribute in cancer, cardiac failure, and respiratory failure.
Plus, Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS), another common ingredient is harmful as it is carcinogenic. Besides, it is associated with reproductive and developmental problems.
www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com offers a quick and easy recipe for preparing your own toothpaste at home.
http://www.pistachioproject.com/2012/02/homemade-elderberry-syrup.html
Most commercially available air fresheners contain butylphenyl methylpropional, methyl pyrrolidone, propylene glycol, acetaldehyde, 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol, and various other chemicals that are toxic to the immune system and linked to allergies, headaches, eye irritations, developmental and reproductive issues, etc.
Thus, the fact that you can include natural ingredients and avoid harmful chemicals while making your own room fresheners at home makes this idea more appealing.
You can prepare a number of homemade air fresheners in the form of sprays, gels, candles, plug-ins, and so on.
Here’s a video showing how to make an eco-friendly holiday air freshener at home using cinnamon and cloves.
More often than not, the recipes include essential oils that are not only aromatic but also soothing for the mind and body. Thus, they help alleviate stress, fatigue, depression, etc. naturally.
Lemon oil, for instance, acts as a natural antidepressant. Similarly, rosemary improves memory, lavender calms the nervous system, and orange makes you feel refreshed and relaxed.
You can find a wonderful and detailed recipe for making natural lipstick at home at soapqueen.com. It is a recipe for sheer lipstick that includes ingredients like beeswax, grapeseed oil, wheatgerm oil, lip safe mica, and zinc oxide (optional).
Besides, there are two more posts on the site: Lipstick making – ingredients & melting, and Lipstick Making – Mixing Colors and Testing giving a complete description of the procedure.
If you want an easier recipe then try homemade lip stain/balm recipe from www.howdoesshe.com.
It uses a combination of natural ingredients such as coconut oil, sweet almond oil, vitamin E oil, cocoa butter, peppermint extract, and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
These ingredients keep your lips soft and moisturized. Moreover, pure vitamin E works as a natural preservative. Thus, this organic lip gloss can last for about two months.
You shall find another simple yet inexpensive lip gloss recipe at www.cheekykitchen.com.
The procedure involves melting grated beeswax and adding coconut oil, jojoba oil, and cranberry juice. The resultant lipstick is a beautiful glossy translucent pink in color.
If you are fond of natural tinted lip balms rather than lipsticks, you can try the recipe provided at Wellness Mama.
It can be made from natural ingredients such as organic coconut oil, beeswax pastiles, and shea butter/cocoa butter.
You can add natural red food coloring or beet root powder, too. The site also includes a detailed procedure for preparing natural lipstick (with color variants).
At wikiHow, there is a step by step guide to help you make your own lipstick at home using healthy substances like castor oil, jojoba oil, beeswax, candelilla wax, and shea butter.
The recipe can be used to get the lipstick in two popular colors- Cinnamon Girl and Bella Rosa. You can also find recipe for homemade lip gloss, here.
You can get more tips and information about making your own organic lipstick at Skin Care Recipes and Remedies website. Plus, if you want to experiment with more ingredients, you can get a basic recipe from www.pvsoap.com.
Furthermore, those of you who are interested in homemade lipsticks in different shades but are not particularly intent on organic recipes may include chunks of lipstick and shimmery eye shadows in the recipes. For instance, you can find one such recipe at www.deliacreates.com.
Read more about 7 Fabulous Homemade Natural Lipsticks at Speedyremedies.com
If ants in your yard or garden—or even worse your home—are giving you a hard time, but you’re not keen on the idea of spraying pesticides all over the place, this no-poison ant trap may do the trick. It’s based on the same principle behind our famous fruit fly trap, it just uses sugar instead of vinegar as the bait to lure the ants to their doom. Here’s how it works.
Instructables user tgferreira posted this DIY project, and uses it in his yard to keep the ant population down. He got an old jar with a wide mouth, a short length of pipe that fit nicely inside of the jar, a pair of screw-top plastic bottle caps, some teflon plumber’s tape, some water, sugar, and dish detergent. He attached a lid to either side of the pipe (but you could use anything that would stand up in the jar and keep the sugar above the water level), and added the sugar to the lid on top, facing up and to the mouth of the jar.
He then wrapped the whole pipe in teflon tape so the ants couldn’t just crawl up the pipe to the sugar. Add a little water to the bottom of the jar, a few drops of dish detergent to break the surface tension, and you have an almost perpetual ant trap that lures them in but won’t let them check back out.
We imagine it would work just as well indoors, but part of the trick here is that he dug a hole in his yard that was just the right size for the jar, so the ants just crawled to the edge of the dirt, into the jar, and down to their doom. It’s a lot of trouble, but it might be worthwhile if you’re trying to spot treat an ant problem. Otherwise though, there’s always diatomaceous earth, which works pretty well against ants too. Have you dealt with an ant problem successfully? Have an idea to improve on the design? Let’s hear it in the comments.
http://www.speedyremedies.com/natural-anti-aging-face-masks-for-sagging-skin.html
Skin care for wrinkles and saggy skin involves the use of different types of natural face packs at least once in a week. You can prepare these face masks at your home by using ingredients like honey, lemon juice, sour cream, yogurt, etc. that facilitate skin tightening. More often than not signs of aging appear [...]
…”• Taking facial steam is one of the most popular natural remedies for reducing problems like dry, saggy skin and wrinkles. To prepare this, … add four tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers, two drops of carrot essential oil, and the same amount of lemongrass essential oil in a pot of boiling water.
Expose your face to the steam for about 10-15 minutes. Make sure you clean your face with a light cleanser before following this steam treatment. You may replace lemongrass EO with fennel EO as the latter is considered good for removing wrinkles.
Medicinal Tea Ideal for Skin Cleansing -http://www.grandmas-wisdom.com/dandelion-tea.html
2/3 ounce dandelion root
2/3 ounce dandelion leaves
2/3 ounce nettle leaves
2/3 ounce red clover blossoms
2/3 ounce rose hips
Steep this mixture in 1 cup of hot water for 10 minutes and strain. You will need to drink a cup of this tea daily for several weeks before the skin-clarifying effect becomes evident.
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Dandelion has a soothing and toning property on the skin and it is a great addition to any facial treatment. You can make an infusion of leaf and flower and apply it straight up with a cotton pad as a nice toner, or add a bit of the infusion when using any cleanser, scrub or mask. Dandelion infusion also works really well externally as a sunburn reliever and has been known to help clear up acne when taken internally as a tincture or tea (the root in particular).
My new favorite way to enjoy dandelion in skin care is with a dandelion flower infused cream. It takes only minutes to make and is an absolutely luxurious, skin-softening treat! You can leave it on as a mask, but it can also be used as a gentle cleanser. The lactic acid in the cream gently exfoliates, smooths and softens skin to a petal-like feel….
This cream would also be amazing with the addition of rose petals or lavender buds.
Dandelion Cream
1 small handful dandelion flowers
Cream
Place the handful of flowers in the top of a double boiler (or a pan that fits nicely inside of a larger pan, but does not touch the bottom). Fill the bottom pan with a few inches of water.Add cream until the flowers are just covered. Warm the cream on low temperature for 10-15 minutes.
Strain the flowers out through a fine sieve and apply the cream to freshly cleansed skin with a cotton pad or cotton ball. Leave on for 15 minutes, remove with a warm damp cloth and a few splashes of warm water, followed by your favorite toner and moisturizer.
Touch your baby-soft face:)
