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How To Make Homemade Healing Balm or Salve

Posted on 09/08/202009/08/2020 by Sofia Matias

Healing balms or healing salves was one of my greatest surprises when starting to make my own natural cosmetic products. They are just too simple to make and very versatile,

Rosemary and Eucalyptus Soap Recipe

Posted on 05/08/202006/08/2020 by Sofia Matias

Natural herbal rosemary and eucalyptus soap recipe. Eucalyptus The star of this herbal soap recipe is eucalyptus. Eucalyptus essential oil, Eucaliptus globulus, is the one whose scent we associate with eucalyptus,

Homemade Natural Carrot Soap Recipe

Posted on 02/08/202002/08/2020 by Sofia Matias

This is a basic recipe for a homemade natural carrot soap, naturally colored with carrots. In the first recipes presented on this blog, only an oil/fat was used per recipe:

Homemade Natural Rose Soap Recipe

Posted on 02/08/202002/08/2020 by Sofia Matias

Easy recipe of a homemade natural rose soap, a olive oil soap scented with rose geranium essential oil and colored with french pink clay, making a very gentle, conditioning and

Homemade French Green Clay Soap Recipe

Posted on 26/07/202026/07/2020 by Sofia Matias

Basic recipe of handmade natural olive oil soap with green clay and citrus fragrance of lemon. The green clay comes from the degradation and decomposition of magmatic rocks of volcanic

Good Essential Oil Brands – a Guide

Posted on 25/07/202002/08/2020 by Sofia Matias

Essential oils are wonderful ingredients. They are basically plant extracts, most commonly obtained by distillation of raw material plant (leaves, flowers, wood, bark, roots, seeds), or cold pressing. The way the

Luxury Soap Bars – How Good Are They?

Posted on 10/07/202026/07/2020 by Sofia Matias

Who doesn’t want to try out a luxurious item? Most of them are out of our finantial reach, but some, like soap, might be something we feel tempted to try

Commercial Soap Ingredients – What Are They?

Posted on 04/07/202026/07/2020 by Sofia Matias

There has been a lot of talk about cosmetic and hygiene products ingredients, namely, about commercial soaps and shower gels. Some dangerous, carcinogenic and toxic, some newly called as “endocrine

Books for Natural Cosmetics

Posted on 24/06/202026/07/2020 by Sofia Matias

If you know someone really passionate about soap making or doing natural cosmetics at home (like me), know that this is the best gift you can give, especially if it

Essential Oils to Make Soap

Posted on 18/06/202004/07/2020 by Sofia Matias

In this article, I am going to explain how to use essential oils to make soap. Essential oils are highly scented flower and plant essences, they are a very natural