Making your own specialty Healing Herbal Lip Balms as thoughtful gifts for holidays, birthdays, or just to keep the winter wind’s damage at bay is surprisingly easy and inexpensive. They are soothing, fragrant, and healing when using fresh organic herbs, not to mention also being eye-appealing when packaged in small plastic containers that are available [...]
During this busy season, so many of us find ourselves getting a little ‘stressed out’. With the relaxing properties of Lavender, these three recipes incorporating Lavender as a flavouring, have a soothing effect for us on two levels—being a very tasty comfort food, and the natural herbal soothing effect.
Not only is lavender effective at calming [...]
A sharp Lemon Sachet Mixture: This is a favorite of mine to include in my lingerie drawers. For other scented herbal sachets, betweenclosefriends.com blog contains a wide variety, including 3 herbal recipe alternatives to mothballs. ( Get rid of moths without mothballs, sweet-smelling herbal moth repellent bags, or All-natural sweet smelling moth repellent). Much more [...]
Frothy Bath Oil—This is the ultimate in bath preparations which will feed, soothe, and moisturize the skin. (For a soothing and relaxing, easy to prepare bubble bath, check out the “Lavender Bubble Bath” included in the ‘Herbal Bath Preparations’ Category of betweenclosefriends.com Blog)
2 eggs
1 c olive oil
½ cup corn oil
½ cup [...]
Lemongrass, Coriander and Clove Bath—If you are suffering from stiff limbs after excessive exercise, this bath will help stimulate the circulation and relieve suffering in joints and muscles. (For a relaxing, and sleep inducing bath, see “Soothing, Moisturizing and Stress Relieving Bath Oil” under the Herbal Bath Preparations Categories of this Blog.)
2 T [...]
A long warm bath is an excellent way of relieving the stresses and strains of a busy day. This Lavender and Marjoram Bath Oil mixture has the added bonus of moisturizing the skin while it gently soothes away cares and troubles. The essential oils induce sleep. To enhance the effect, you could add a bath [...]
