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Nature's Therapy: Discover 5 Soothing Herbs for Your Spa Shower Routine
Adding herbal and aromatherapy elements to your bathing ritual has been a long standing tradition in cultures around the world, but there’s just something extra rewarding about it when you grow those flowers and herbs yourself. So head out to the garden and clip a few sprigs of whatever calls to you - we’ll go over some of the easiest ways to include plants in your shower routine.
Learning about how different herbs can provide different benefits for the skin and body can bring you closer to nature and yourself, as well as offering a ton of ways you can support yourself through a self care ritual not rooted in consumerism (hard to find these days). You’re probably familiar with using fragrant botanicals like eucalyptus and lavender in your spa shower routine, but here’s a few more herbs and flowers you should consider including next time you’re looking for a soothing sensory experience in the shower:
Breathe Easy: Natural Herbal Seasonal Allergy Remedies to Relieve Your Symptoms
Probably the worst thing about beautiful June? Itchy noses distracting us from our garden tasks. Seasonal allergies are here to stay on our homestead, so I find myself turning to herbal remedies to relieve some of my symptoms.
The Power of Nature: How To Make Infused Oregano Oil for Your Health and Wellness [Recipe]
Oregano is probably one of the safest, most widely studied, accessible and effective herbs for any beginner herbalist to begin experimenting with. Not only can you easily grow an abundance in your own backyard, it’s readily available at nearly every grocery store if you can’t grow it yourself. And truly all you need to make an infused oregano oil is oregano, and olive oil.
Make This Easy + Natural Botanical Hand Salve [Recipe]
Although it felt for a moment as though we would never see spring again, suddenly I am waking up to to-do lists filled with seed starting tasks and dirt under my fingernails once more. But what is more inevitable than spring for a gardener? Calluses and dry skin galore from all that time spent working with our hands in the soil. It doesn’t seem to matter what gloves I wear, there is no point in the growing season where I have the hands of a model between the short, practical nails and the constant need to moisturize. Anyone who has struggled with gardener’s hands knows the eternal search for the perfect balm - some are too greasy, some seem to evaporate off your skin within seconds and have no effect, but to find the elusive, perfect hand balm is to discover the holy grail of the gardener’s toolbox.
Make This Natural Herbal Face Steam With Just 5 Ingredients [Recipe]
Our skin bears the burden of our carelessness on a daily basis - in the driest season, when the air itself is parched of moisture, we still can’t seem to keep up with our eight glasses of water a day, leaving our skin dry and dull - especially when less sunlight is still to be found. And so all sorts of ailments befall us, from chapped lips to premature aging and flaky foreheads. I’ll be the first to admit that as much as I enjoy my skincare routine, it easily falls to the wayside due to my chronic illness or general busyness, my exterior being low on my list of priorities when my joints are aching.
What can we do about dry skin, besides simply hydrating with water and moisturizer? At this point in the season, our skin needs more than simple maintenance. We need a repair. And the best way to jump start this process is to incorporate the spa-like but deceptively simple practice of an herbal face steam.
Equilibria CBD Review + My Routine
My introduction to CBD came at the lowest point in my life. I was exhausted and struggling with my arthritis, and every day by three o’clock my stress level had compounded to the point where the tension in my body would not go away.
I have always appreciated a balance between incorporating natural remedies and modern medicine to manage my stress and discomfort, but I felt like I had hit a wall and nothing was going to help. Plus, there are so many fake “natural remedies” out there that are just preying on vulnerable people desperate for a cure. I didn’t want to fall into that trap (this is also why my CBD partnership with Equilibria is the only wellness-based company I will partner with, so hopefully that tells you something about how reputable they are)