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Safe and Healthy Cookware

I have often had discussions with people who have a healthy lifestyle and who, although buying healthy ingredients, do not count or have given importance to the pots they cook.Whatever it’s made from can end up in your food, so if you’re reading ingredients labels, you should also be reading cookware labels. The pots I recommend may not be the best especially for people who are looking for non stick, but I do not fry food and do not cook without water/steam so for me personal are excellent options. Those…

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Benefits of Rosemary Oil

Rosemary belonging to the mint family of Lamiaceae, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is an aromatic, evergreen herb that is found in the Mediterranean and Asia.   The rosemary essential oil of rosemary is extracted by steam distillation from fresh flowering tops that yield 1-2% oil. Its main antioxidants and anti-inflammatory chemical components are α-pinene, borneol, β-pinene, camphor, bornyl acetate, camphene, 1, 8-cineole and limonene. These lend it its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, analgesic, and expectorant properties helping to boost the immune system offering benefits for your physical health, relieving pain, reducing migraine,…

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DIY Peppermint Bath Bombs

100% Natural Peppermint Bath Bombs A soak in the tub with natural hand made bath bombs can boost your mind, help you wind down after a long day or soothe sore muscles. The salt and essential oils encourages sweating to help release toxins and after a few minutes of soaking in warm water ’ll deliver a hefty dose of hydration to skin, probably feel calm, relaxed and ready to nod off.     Ingredients: Fine Sea salt, Bicarbonate of Sodium, Citric Acid, Corn Starch, Pure Rice Bran Oil, Pure Organic…

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Handmade Liquid Soap

I am Mihaela, i am an artisan, soap maker and hand made soap making workshop provider and after learning and teaching both, cold and hot process soap bar making, the next step was to learn and eventually for those interested teaching how to make liquid soap. There are many online resources available for making liquid soaps, some of them incomplete in explanations, even with no soap calc attached (which is very important, real soap makers knows why), so for some people it’s a bit of trial and error at first,…

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Why to grow aloe vera plant indoor

Whoever knows me knows I do not like to receive broken flowers. But I found that I really like pots and especially beneficial indoor plants in pottery pots (preferably unique hand made painted). Why aloe vera plant? Simply, because, freshening up your interior décor that act as effective air filters, sifting out as much as 87% of indoor pollutants within just 24 hours. In addition to their air purifying qualities, indoor plants have a positive effect on our general well-being too. Instead of buying a humidifier machine look for a…

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Hand Made Rose Soap

Rose Cold Process Hand Made Soap with love by Mihaela Making rose soap homemade on cold process with vegan, natural ingredients and with dry rose for a beautiful designs is a hit with many customers since they are healthy and an inexpensive luxury gift idea. A hand made ethical ingredients soap it lets you get everything clean, face and body, removing dead skin cell, make-up, bacteria and in the same time moisturize and heal. Ingredients for Making Soap Please look into attached soap making calc cold dry fruits forest tea…

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Great Sources of Natural Collagen

This article is inspired from one of the ladies groups I am following in Abu Dhabi. Her question My early lunch for helping the intake of collagen. Organic boiled egg, brown organic rice and quinoa seeds, humus, organic avocado, pumpkin seeds, 2 teaspoon of cold pressed organic pumpkin seeds oil, tomato, cucumber.   This article is inspired by a group of women I’m following in Abu Dhabi created few years ago by a local media influencer lady, Freya Jaffar. One of the ladies in group asks what kind of supplements…

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DIY Lavender Bath Bombs

I and my little girl love to make baths. Bath bombs are great project for both beginner and advanced crafters, perfect hand made product for adults and kids as well. Making bath bombs is an easy process but without the right mixture of ingredients bath bombs can crumble, fall apart or fizz incorrectly. My bath bombs consist of baking soda, citric acid, fine sea salt or fine Epson salt (depending of availability), cornstarch, little herbs hydrolate water, little food color and small amount of essential oil. When those ingredients are combined…

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List of Commonly Used Harmful Chemicals in Hair and Skin Care Products

Dont forget! Always read the label ingredients from any kind of products you buy! All packaged skincare come with ingredients label meant to provide you with the information necessary to know exactly what you’re putting on your skin. Understanding what’s in the product helps you make healthier choices and also makes it easy for you to compare the benefits of the  content of different options. Example when is about a serum, ingredients are listed in order of their concentrations, the first five ingredients or so are typically the bulk of the formula…

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Essential Oils Description of the Scent

Just i love seeing more people are turning to more natural & holistic approaches to healthcare using natural remedies to heal them self  free of  unwanted side effects. One of the safest and most effective forms of alternative medicines is aromatherapy. Aromatherapy uses plant-based essential oils to provide the mind and body with numerous health benefits, they work very quickly as the oils get absorbed through the skin and lungs. Aromatherapy is the use of aromatic essential oils derived from plants for the purpose of enhancing the well-being of one’s…

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