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Man’s Natural Soap – Soapwort

By on January 24, 2010 in homemade soap, Natural Cleaning Products, Skin Care, Soapwort

Soapwort is a beautiful and fragrant perennial that has high levels of saponins. Saponins are mild cleansing agents. Within the plant, these saponins protect it from all pest and disease and Soapwort grows, worry-free, like a carpet across the ground and rocks. What some gardeners consider an intrusive nuisance has historically proven to be a [...]

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How to Make your own Natural Shampoo Bar

By on November 28, 2009 in HOME, homemade soap

Soap making has been a passion of mine for about 25 years now, since I first learned it was actually something I could make myself at home. My father-in-law was telling us over dinner one night that he’d made a batch of soap with one of his elementary school classes for a science project; I [...]

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Tips for Making your own Natural Soap

By on November 2, 2009 in HOME, homemade soap

I haven’t bought a bar of soap from the store since 1999. I was dissatisfied with phony laboratory concoctions and wanted pure, safe, soap. So, I decided to make my own. I’ve been hooked on soap-making since I poured my first batch. Here are some tips on how to make soap.

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Throw Out Those Chemicals, and Really Clean Your Home

By on June 15, 2009 in HOME, Natural Cleaning Products

All the time, we try to improve our bodies with natural remedies and whole, good-for-us foods. But what about the places where we live? The chemicals we breathe in and absorb through our skins affect us just as much as the things we ingest, so it only makes sense to investigate natural cleaning products — [...]

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