Surviving the change of season
Change of season is a time many people get sick, so it’s a good idea to keep a couple go-to remedies on hand. Calendula and St. Johnswort are helpful for many different complaints, including cold and flu...
DIY Antioxidant Face Mask
Masks and scrubs made with antioxidant-rich fruit and veggies can help give you a brighter, smoother complexion. It's quick and easy to do, and uses ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Buriti oil saved my skin
I found out the hard way how different the sun is in North Carolina than back in Massachusetts. Different meaning intense. One summer here and my hands and forearms became covered in sunspots. Luckily, I'd just discovered Buriti (pronounced bur-ree-chee) oil...
Seaweed baths for body and mind
Seaweed has a long history of being used in the bath for relief from muscle and joint pains. And bonus, it makes skin really soft...
Face the elements with no worries
Something about the term "anti-aging" rubs me the wrong way but hitting my 50s and leaving the farm to go sailing has me warming up to it. Not that I'm against growing older. I just don't want to look my age.
Wear Your Herbs: Echinacea
Echinacea (or Purple Coneflower) is one you probably know as an immune-stimulating medicinal herb, but its anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties have an important place in your first-aid kit too.
St. Johnswort. What’s in a name?
Did you ever wonder how St. Johnswort, so closely associated with Summer Solstice, witches, and magic, got a Christian saint's name?
Soothing Lettuce face mask recipe
A lettuce face mask restores skin’s natural pH, smooths rough skin, and can help heal pimples. Any lettuce will do, but it’s a bit more thrilling using lettuce you’ve picked from your own garden 🙂
Kelp salve is.... kelp colored.
Ah, the trials and tribulations of an organic skincare formulator! It's finally sunk in why I can't achieve the green color I want for our new seaweed salve and balm: Kelp is brown.
Echinacea makes a sailor girl feel yar
The quest for yar! Thoughtful design and a quality build gives a sailboat her yar. Am I the only one who sees the connection to vegan botanical skincare? Yar is an idea I use to create my recipes. I want each balm, serum, salve, mask and soap to be right and everything it should be.