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How To Recognize Quality Rose Water – And How To Make Your Own

One of the ingredients that should be in every DIY beauty crafters cupboards is rose water, or another herbal water. Rose water is exactly what it sounds like – roses steeped in water, where the good components of the rose has soaked into the water. The great thing about these herbal waters, or herbal hydrosols, is that they are very versatile. They can be used as such as a face toner, or in a hair rinse. They can also be used in any recipe instead of water, and in that way you will get a lot of benefits from the hydrosol, instead just a filling agent (which water is). According to Livestrong, rose water is a mild antiseptic and is good for all skin types, especially sensitive skin, red and irritated skin as well as acne skin. In this post, I will discuss how you can find quality rose water in the shops, and how to make your own herbal hydrosols.

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Video Tutorial: Homemade Lip Balm

Let me present you with my very first tutorial video: how to make your own lip balm. The recipe is incredibly simple and very customisable. This recipe is inspired by these lip chap recipes that I wrote about on Urban Earthworm (but even more simplified). Here’s a few other points to keep in mind: You can buy beeswax online, or if you can get in touch … Continue reading Video Tutorial: Homemade Lip Balm

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10 Second Homemade Beetroot Peel blush

homemade beetroot peel blushSince the beginning of July, I have been living in St Petersburg, Russia. After the move, I have been forced to make some  change in my sustainable and natural living. Not only did I not have the possibility to bring any of my essential oils and other raw material, things like organic food and recycling seem to be completely unknown in this country. Nonetheless, I have tried to take the most out of the situation, and try to look at what I can do in Russia instead of what I can’t do. And there’s a few things that they do better than many, maybe even any, other country. Such as honey. And vodka. I’ll hopefully get back to those later, but for now I wanted to share a quick tip with another type of food that the russians love: beetroot.

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9 DIY Beauty Recipes With Strawberries

Strawberry beauty recipesIn the beginning of May, the people of Sweden were in panic. A few nights of frost meant that the strawberries might not be ready for midsummer. And a Midsummer without Swedish strawberries is not a proper Midsummer!

Luckily, there was no cause for alarm. The strawberries are ready and we can go out and celebrate a proper Swedish Midsummer.

But strawberries are not just a tasty reminder of summer, they are in fact very nutritious and good for you! And things that are good for you to eat, are probably also good to put on your face. I will now share a few easy beauty recipes with strawberries. Just put a few of the more squishy strawberries to the side and use them on your face instead of eating them!

When buying strawberries, make sure you get local, preferrably organic, strawberries. Strawberries are actually one of the fruits that are the most toxic when bought non-organic.

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Natural Sunscreen – Vegetable Oils and Mineral Foundation

Natural Sunscreen Alternatives

Summer is finally here, and it’s time to start looking at different sunscreen options. With the conventional sunscreen products out there, it’s really more or less the choice of using a sunscreen and risking breast cancer, or skipping it and risking skin cancer. Luckily, nowadays there’s a whole variety of sun protection products around that are eco certified and contain less harmful ingredients. But there are a couple of products that you might not have concidered using as sun protection – mineral foundation and vegetable oils.  Continue reading “Natural Sunscreen – Vegetable Oils and Mineral Foundation”

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The Oil Cleansing Method – Oil Blend Infographic

Have you found your perfect ratio of castor oil to carrier oil for the oil cleansing method yet? If the whole OCM thing is new to you or you’re still at a loss on how much castor oil your face needs, here are some basic oil blends to get you started. But remember, everybody’s skin is different, so one vegetable oil blend will not necessarily … Continue reading The Oil Cleansing Method – Oil Blend Infographic

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konjac sponge bamboo charcoal for oily and acne prone skin
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Konjac Sponge – Mild Exfoliant For Daily Use

I had heard a lot of good things about the konjac sponge from friends and bloggers, so when I noticed they sold them at a natural health shop in Copenhagen, I didn’t think twice. The konjac sponges are sold in several different varieties, and I chose the one with charcoal bamboo which is especially good for oily skin and for treating acne prone skin. There are … Continue reading Konjac Sponge – Mild Exfoliant For Daily Use

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Beauty Recipes From Around The Web – Eggs

With the Easter holidays soon over, I bet you have more than a couple of extra eggs lying around in your fridge, just waiting to be used. What better way to use then than to use them in your skin care regime? Eggs will strengthen and rejuvenate hair as well as skin. Here’s a few of my favorite egg recipes!

Homemade beauty recipes with egg
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Company Checkup: Weleda

The next brand in the Company Checkup post series is Weleda, another brand that has managed to make a name of themselves in the natural skin care world. Weleda is an old brand, founded in 1921 by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman. Steiner was a polymath of sorts, still famous today for founding (among other things) anthroposophy, Waldorf education and biodynamic agriculture. Weleda still today calls themself a anthroposphic brand, which is  Continue reading “Company Checkup: Weleda”

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6 Uses For African Black Soap

african black soap

Did you read my 7 days acne treatment, in which I praised the acne-fighting properties of African black soap? Did you go out and buy yourself one? If my last post didn’t convince you, here’s some more info about african black soap that I’m hoping will convince you.

Sidenote: African black soap is mostly produced Ghana. Even though I think the name “African black soap” is a great example of how western-centered we are I’m going to call the soap African black soap in this post, simply because that’s the name it commonly goes by (at least in the western parts of the world). Also, I have no idea how you’re supposed to spell “ghanaian”.

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