Dandelions aren't just weeds growing in your backyard. They can be used to make a lot of different products, from salves to tea. So if you see them growing in your backyard, don't toss them in the garbage or mow them over! Pick them and salvage them for later. Here are four ways to use dandelion flowers.
Travel is a beautiful mix of exhilarating and exhausting. Our curiosity guides us to faraway places, foreign lands, new relationships, rituals unknown, food we’ve never tasted, novelty experiences…you name it.
Applying warm oil to your scalp and skin may sound icky at first, but the relaxing and beauty benefits you reap from it are well worth any challenges and disbelief. The very application of oil involves heating it to a comfortable temperature and then using massaging motions to apply it—whether to the scalp and hair roots, or to the skin.
We primp and pamper our face to no end. We use the best of creams and treatments, plaster on DIY masks and treatments, and make sure our face glows with all the charm our age has to offer. What we very often forget in our pursuit of a youthful face is that our hands give away our age all too well—considering we don’t pay all that much attention to them in the first place! So how do we make sure that our face and hands (and nails even) look and feel the same age?
We all rely on store-bought beauty products. This New Year, do yourself and the environment a favor—start replacing one beauty product every month. Let’s start with January by replacing face masks.
Winters bring about dry skin. Isn’t that an understatement! From chapped lips to itchy backs and cracked feet to peeling hands—the cold and dry winds of this freezing season becomes a sore point with the skin! Here are some natural and organic ways to keep the skin well-nourished minus synthetic and harmful chemicals.
When I first studied aromatherapy and learned that perfumery was part of the course I thought “Well, that part’s going to be boring.” Perfumery is now my favorite part of aromatherapy. Natural perfumes are fun to make and the more developed your nose gets from blending, the more nuanced your perfumes will be.
I eat a lot of foods that most Americans find odd.
Join Basmati.com every week for a Q&A session with one of Basmati’s practitioners, Melissa Hill (FDN-P)! We know that there is a lot of confusing information out there, which can make applying health advice overwhelming. Sometimes, it’s best to ask a practitioner directly, so each week we’ll cover a common health question!
You’ve heard about the wonders of coconuts and coconut oil, but which to choose? Refined, naturally refined, unrefined, virgin, cold pressed, expeller pressed, “100% pure”…Is there a difference? If there is, do these differences affect our health?