Frugally Sustainable

Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways #73

Andrea — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:16:05 +0000

The Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop Welcome to Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday, this is a blog hop! If you are a blogger, please feel free to link-up and share as many posts as you would like pertaining to: Urban or Rural Homesteading Anything DIY Frugal Recipes Preparedness/Survival Repurposed Projects Upcycled Frugal Finds [...]

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Herbs for First Aid: A Recipe for a First-Aid Antiseptic Wound Spray

Andrea — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:05:09 +0000

Outdoors. Scratches. Scrapes. Cuts. Abrasions. Herbal Antiseptic Wash. Here’s a recipe for an herbal antiseptic wound spray that you can trust to clean out minor scrapes and scratches properly. When applied to broken skin, it works just as well — better in my opinion — than any store-bought antiseptic wound spray…and naturally prevents infection from setting in. Herbs and Their [...]

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How to Treat Sunburn Naturally at Home: A Recipe for an After Sun Spray

Andrea — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:13 +0000

Warm weather activities like… gardening hiking camping swimming …often result in cuts, scrapes, sore muscles, insect bites, sprains/strains, and a multitude of other discomforts. Perhaps the most dangerous summertime aliment — and the one with the highest rate of occurrence — sunburn. It happens! We can be so careful — protecting our skin and eating foods [...]

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How to Make Old Fashioned Lye Soap: For Use in Homemade Laundry Detergent, General Household Cleaning Recipes, and as a Poison Ivy Treatment

Andrea — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:06:20 +0000

In days gone by, lye soap was a homemaker’s ultimate all-purpose cleanser. From clothes and stains to dirty dishes and floors – even to poison ivy and bug bites — lye soap was the answer for the family’s daily cleaning needs. Usually made with leftover cooking fats and lye made from wood ashes…townspeople would gather on soap-making days, preparing [...]

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Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways #72

Andrea — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:58:31 +0000

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How to Make Homemade Facial Astringents: Recipe for a Fresh Flower Herbal Astringent

Andrea — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:10:59 +0000

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” ~Luther Burbank Just as with all-natural facial cleansers, a good foundation for healthy skin is the use of astringents and toners. Astringents are primarily used on the skin to penetrate and remove all traces of dirt and oil. [...]

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How to Make Calendula Extract at Home

Andrea — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:48:37 +0000

Calendula extract is an excellent way to utilize all of the powerful healing properties that are contained within this blessed botanical. Not only does calendula promotes the regeneration of new tissue…but it provides soothing relief for damaged or injured skin when used in all-natural lotions, creams, and salves. The best part is, making calendula extract at home is about as simple a project as [...]

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