#AskYU: What Natural Beauty Products Do YU Use?
Since the Make Your Own Eyeshadow and Eye Liner post, I have received a ton of questions about what I use on a daily basis for deodorant, mascara, shampoo, hair products, blush, body lotion, face...
View ArticleFresh Peppermint Tea
The peppermint plant in my garden is enormous. I am using it in every recipe I can, and one of my favorite uses for it lately, is a hot cup of fresh mint tea. If you have never had a cup of tea with...
View ArticleDairy-Free Immunity Boosting Turmeric Milk
Last week was a doozie, in the greatest way. I was preparing a 6-course meal for my friend Jen’s birthday—shaving squash for terrine, making salted caramel for sticky almond cake, aging cheeses (eBook...
View ArticleNatural Poison Ivy Remedies
For the first time in my life, I have poison-something. Oak. Ivy. Sumac? All three? Ah, the fun part of country livin’. As a tween, I used to sit on the bathroom counter for hours to tweeze, pluck and...
View ArticleCalendula Miracle Balm: A Natural Alternative to Neosporin and Much More
This past weekend, I had an incident with a splinter the size of a cocktail toothpick. It took a set of nail clippers, a set of extraction tweezers and a set of brow tweezers to remove it from the...
View ArticleVanilla-Orange Epsom Salt Soak
Dare I say it, but the days are getting a bit shorter. From mid-June to mid-August I was able to take shots for the new book all the way until 7:30–8pm, but this past week I can tell the light is...
View ArticleSpiced, Easy Elderberry Syrup for Cold & Flu Prevention
I looove playing with herbs, infusions, oils, and tinctures, combos for home cleaning and air freshening, oven cleaning, natural bug repellents, natural beauty products for everything from bathing to...
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