I love making my own skin products using essential oils. It's so much fun to make, I know it's all natural and toxin free and it smells divine. Win win. If I read up on the oils I want to use for each product I can make sure the essential oils will work wonders for my skin, health and wellness too. Today I'm sharing a wonderful DIY face serum with jojoba oil and essential oils. Perfect for grownup skin. This is so easy to make and will make your face glow. I love this serum because it leaves my skin smooth and soft and not greasy. I've used pure organic jojoba oil and frankincense, rose, lavender and carrot essential oils. You can of course use whatever essential oils you prefer and what works best for your skin. Here is why I chose ...
How to make homemade, super tasty, vegan sesame-cashew milk
For some reason I've always been a true fan of plant based "milk". Even as a kid when "every kid in the country" had to drink milk, (they even served milk at school to make sure everyone got the calcium they needed to grow and stay healthy) I somehow managed to slip away from the milk-sessions at lunch. When I was at home my mother made me homemade alternatives for milk - like homemade sesame, almond or oat milk - and I LOOOOVED it! I especially loved the sesame milk with it's fresh, nut-like taste. At that time I never heard about any store bought alternatives to cow-milk, and I guess my friends thought I was a bit nuts to drink those homemade, strange "milky" stuff. Times have changed, and these days it's ...
Homemade spicy hummus – free recipe
🇬🇧🇳🇴Happy wednesday and happy spring 💚🌱 Today I've been out on a hike with one of my best hiking buddies 💚 this time we enjoyed spring weather in the near by woods and along the local river. The spring flowers are just starting to peek out and the birds are "all over" singing and whistling. I'm feeling like I fall in love with nature all over again each time I take a walk or go on a hike. Springtime and the sunny, yet a little bit cold air, invited us to bring lunch and have picnic in the woods - which brings me to today's recipe. I brought home baked bread and homemade spicy hummus as bread spread - topped with finely chopped celery and pumpkin seeds. I love this spicy hummus on freshly baked bread - and thought maybe you would like ...
Diy healing balm for glowing skin
Happy Friday! Today I'm off to the mountains for a skiing weekend with wonderful friends. Probably last skiing this winter as we all hope for a little more spring in the air now. Nevertheless I'm looking forward to some winter skiing fun and great outdoor activities with friends. If you are familiar with winter, skiing, specifically downhill skiing and dry indoor winter air you probably know this can be really tough on your skin - so today's post is all about a wonderful homemade skin salve. This salve can be used as a salve but also as skin wash. Sounds strange? Washing your skin with a salve?!? To be honest it's actually one of the best ways to wash your face both gentle and nourishing to the skin. I love this recipe and am so happy ...
DIY musclerub for sore muscles
🇬🇧🇳🇴This homemade muscle rub is surprisingly simple and so, so helpful when it comes to pain and inflammation. It’s loaded with essential oils like ravintsara, peppermint and cinnamon to give it that warm-cool sensation that’s so good for muscles. Plus it’s got a creamy consistency that swipes on easily and sinks in quickly. Just a dab or two applied directly to hot spots can have you back up and running in no time. 🇳🇴denne hjemmelagde muskelsalven er utrolig enkel å lage og veldig effektiv mot smerte og betennelse. Den består av gode eteriske oljer som ravintsara (kamfer), peppermynte og kanel som gir kremen en varmende-avkjølende effekt. Den har kremet konsistens som lett trekker inn og lar de eteriske oljene virke. Et strøk med ...
Keep Your wooden cuttingboard fresh and clean. All natural.
A little Hello from my kitchen today and some all natural cleaning solutions. My favorite kitchen tool has to be my wood cutting board – it gets a workout every day for almost every meal. I even use my wooden cutting boards to serve bread and cheese and spread for lunch or bread slices for soups. To keep a classic wood cutting board in good shape, here’s how you should clean and care for it in a all natural toxic free way. STEP 1: CLEANMostly it's ok to just wipe the cutting board clean with a damp cloth - no soap or cleaning products needed. I tend to being sceptical to use soap or toxic cleaners on my cutting board ... really! It's the place I cut the food I eat - I don't want any harmful stuff here. When a quick wipe won’t cut it, bust ...
Magical full moon tea
With the full moon here (and Yes, super moon too) just these days, (on January 21st to be precise) I thought I'd share with you a recipe for full moon tea - just for fun. All people and the energy in nature are affected by the moon - either they know it or not. Some of us have trouble sleeping during full moon, some are more emotional..... in previous times people were much more aware of the moon and how it affected the nature, animals, the seeds and plants. I recommend reading more about the moon and it's energy to better understand. Making full moon tea is a fun way to make herbal iced tea and take a deep breath a second to rewind and enjoy the beautiful moon. With the moon being a feminine energy, this is a method to use if ...
Vegetarian «yummyness»
Hi my friends. I'm truly enjoying these holidays - sweet, lazy days off. As you probably already know if you follow my blog or know me personally, I'm a big big fan of making good, healthy yet simple food, gather my family and friends around the table and just be together. So many people ask me if I'm a strict vegetarian. No! Absolutely not. In my household we eat all kinds of food, som of my kids are vegetarians, some friends are too, and I've always enjoyed making a lot of vegetarian food and veggie meals. I've been a vegetarian in my younger days, but decided to be more like a "flexitarian " to make life a bit easier on some occasions. Nevertheless I make mostly veggie meals at home: 1. It's healthy and tasty. 2. The world is ...
