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Plants, Flowers, Oils & Whimsy

🛀🏻🌿I will guide you through the world of herbal infused skincare, rituals, and self-pampering. Let me show you how to care for your skin with love and create skincare for your skin type. Beginners and all curious seekers welcome!

essential oils for mature skin

Revitalize and Renew: Essential Oils for Mature Skin

Carrie's Handmade Essentials Revitalize & Renew Essential Oils for Mature Skin Listen to the Podcast Essential Oils for Mature Skin Ever wondered which essential oils you should be using on your skin and why? I have put together 10 blends to try in your skincare, why you should use them, ways to use them, and some recipes to try. For the face, you should only use 1 % essential oils in your creations. This means 6 drops per ounce or 1 drop per teaspoon. If you have never used an essential oil,...
Mango butter for skincare

Soft, Smooth, and Hydrated Skin

Carrie's Handmade Essentials Soft, Smooth, and Hydrated Skin Why Mango Butter Should Be Your Skincare Essential Download 10 of my favorite self-care spray recipes for skin and hair. I love mango butter. I use it to make moisturizers, lip balm and deodorant. I love the way it looks and feels and makes my skin feel. You can find it on Amazon. I like to get it in a tub. Here are a few reasons why you should use it and some recipes to try. Photo by Brittney Weng on Unsplash Mango Butter Mango...
Hydrosols or dedcoctions?

🌹Hydrosols or Decoctions? Which should you use?

Carrie's Handmade Essentials 🌹Hydrosols or Decoctions? Listen to the podcast 🌼Which should I use? 🌼What is a hydrosol and how do I make one? 🌼Things to create with a hydrosol. 🌼What is a decoction and how do I make one? 🌼Things to create with a decoction. 🌼Hair rinse and hair refresher recipe Which Should You Use? The answer depends on the needs of your skin and what you want to use it for. For skincare purposes, hydrosols are mild, and they can hydrate and tone the skin. Decoctions are...
Essential Skincare Habits

Essential Skincare Habits to Incorporate in Your 40s and Beyond to Maintain Healthy, Radiant Skin.

🛀🏻🌿I will guide you through the world of herbal infused skincare, rituals, and self-pampering. Let me show you how to care for your skin with love and create skincare for your skin type. Beginners and all curious seekers welcome! Essential Skincare Habits Photo by Bee Naturalles on Unsplash Make Sun Protection a Priority Use your sunscreen that is at least SPF 30 daily to prevent sun damage including age spots and wrinkles. Wear your sunglasses and a hat when you go outdoors. Cleanse...
A Simple Guide to Making and Using Glycerites for Better Skin

A Simple Guide to Making and Using Glycerites for Better Skin

Why should you use glycerin? It moisturizes, calms, tightens, firms, protects, smooths, exfoliates, and brightens skin. It is anti-aging and improves your complexion. Create Your Own Skincare Elixirs with Glycerin A Simple Guide to Making and Using Glycerites for Better Skin A glycerite is an infusion in glycerin. This combines the benefits of the plants or herbs with the benefits of the glycerin. I like to use it in my toner as it helps prevent loss of water from the skin. Do not mix more...
?Roses for Self-Care

🌹Rose Tea for Self-Care

🌹Rose Tea for Self-Care 6 Ways to use Roses for Self-Care and 3 Rose Bath Recipes In this issue: Some yummy rose teas 6 ways to use roses for self-care 3 rose bath recipes I love rose tea! I love white rose tea, or black tea or lavender rose mint tea. Basically, I will drink any tea that has roses! Here are a few of my favorites: Numi White Rose Tea Organic India Tulsi Cinnamon Rose Organic India Tulsi Sweet Rose English Rose Black Tea Bigelow Rose & Mint Tea Rose tea can be a soothing and...
Why you should not be ingesting or putting essential oils directly on your skin and what you should drink instead.

Stop Drinking That!

Stop Drinking That! 🍓Why you should not be ingesting or putting essential oils directly on your skin and what you should drink instead. In this issue: 🍋What are essential oils? 🍊Why you should not ingest essential oils. 🥥Why you should use a carrier oil when putting essential oils on your skin. 🍎What you should drink instead. What are Essential Oils? Photo by CRYSTALWEED cannabis on Unsplash 🍋What are essential oils? An essential oil is an extract from a plant that is collected by using...
Sleep Ritual for Skin Repair

Sleep Ritual for Skin Repair

Self-Care Saturday - Sleep Ritual for Skin Repair DOWNLOAD A FREE JOURNAL Happy Friday! I'm sending out this month's Self-Care Saturday post earlier as I'm going to the WV Book Festival tomorrow. Don't forget to download your free Sleep Ritual Builder above. What is a sleep ritual for skin repair? A sleep ritual for skin repair is a nighttime routine that is intentional and that promotes relaxation, healthy sleep, and rejuvenation of your skin. This isn’t something you should do every once in...