Beauty
Postpartum hair loss is such a raw deal. You spend your pregnancy experiencing discomforts of one type or another, but you have fabulously lush hair and glowing skin. Then after you give birth, and go through the whole sleep deprivation period. Your skin loses its pregnancy glow, your hair starts falling out in huge clumps and you have a serious case of dark under eye circles. Read more “DIY Mermaid Hair Spray”
Essential Oils
Are you craving the smell of Christmas, but don’t want all the toxins that come with scented candles? Grab an unfinished clay ornament and put a few drops of your favorite Christmas or evergreen essential oil on it before hanging it on the tree and, voila, a diffuser ornament. Read more “Christmas tree diffuser ornaments”
Essential Oils
I didn’t intend to start a small business a year and a half ago when I started using essential oils. I was really looking for something that would help my toddler sleep (this mama desperately needed some sleep!) and help me deal with the stress of home buying in Silicon Valley (yikes!). I fell in love with the results we saw time and again and how we were making our home a less toxic place by removing nasty chemicals from our personal care and cleaning products. Read more “This Is the Face of a Small Business Owner”
Essential Oils
Like approximately half of the voting population of our country, I woke yesterday profoundly saddened and disturbed by the presidential election results. Then I took a pregnancy test resulting in a negative result for what felt like the 927-bazillionth time. The combination of these two disappointments with the raging hormone supplementation my OB/GYN has me doing for two weeks of every month was enough to have me sitting on the kitchen floor with a full-on ugly cry. Read more “Everyone Needs a Little Joy On The Heart Right Now”
Essential Oils
Summertime means dining outside and dining outside usually means pesky annoyances. Did you know you skin is your body’s largest organ? Most of what you apply topically gets absorbed into your bloodstream. Although I’d like us all to enjoy our backyard as much as possible this summer without being bothered by pests, the idea of putting toxic chemicals on my family’s skin to deter them is even more unappealing than the pests themselves. Read more “Dining outdoors annoyance-free, naturally!”