• What oils are you using for fall? . Using plant oils as a carrier and blending them with therapeutic essential oils will moisturize the skin and help deliver nutrients directly to the skin. Without fillers like water and preservatives, the oils are quickly absorbed and leave the skin balanced.
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    What oils are you using for fall? . Using plant oils as a carrier and blending them with therapeutic essential oils will moisturize the skin and help deliver nutrients directly to the skin. Without fillers like water and preservatives, the oils are quickly absorbed and leave the skin balanced.
  • Cold prevention: Organic elderberries, ginger, cinnamon, cloves. Elderberry Syrup Recipe below. . These ingredients work together to help provide immunity support. Packed with Vitamin C, antioxidants, and antiviral properties. . 💜 Joan’s Elderberry Syrup Recipe This is a great cold and flu preventative. Elderberries are antiviral, high in antioxidants, Vitamin C and A. As soon as you start feeling like you might be getting sick, tired, achy, scratchy throat, start taking elderberry syrup. It’s great for children too. I do 1/4 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon for children and 1 tablespoon for adults several times a day. The sweetener helps to preserve this syrup. You need 2 cups of sweetener, try date nectar, brown rice syrup, coconut nectar or agave. If you don’t want to use this much sweetener, you can make a small batch and add a small amount of sweetener and use it within a few days. Store the elderberry syrup in the refrigerator. Use the syrup within 8 weeks. Makes 4 cups 1 cup (heaping) dried elderberries (4 oz/114 grams) 3 cups water 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger 2 cinnamon sticks 2 cloves 1 cup date nectar (syrup) 1 cup brown rice syrup Directions 1. Add elderberries, water, fresh ginger, cinnamon sticks and cloves into saucepan. 2. Bring to a slight boil, stir, reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Simmer covered for 25 minutes. 3. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain elderberries out of liquid. Strain again through cheesecloth or nut milk bag and squeeze additional liquid out. This should give you 2 cups. 4. Add 2 cups sweetener (date nectar , brown rice syrup or agave) to liquid. Stir well. Bottle, label and date it. 5. Store in the refrigerator. It should last for up to 8 weeks tightly sealed and stored in the refrigerator. Option: Add 2 tablespoons dried elderflowers with the elderberries in Step 1 and continue with Steps 2-5. (Elderflowers have been used for centuries to relieve cold and flu symptoms. . Organic Dried Elderberries from @mountainroseherbs, Organic Date Nectar from @dvashorganics, Organic Brown Rice Syrup from @lundbergfarms . #organic #elderberry #herbalism #herbalist #coldprevention #immunity #homemade #veganelderberrysyrup
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    Cold prevention: Organic elderberries, ginger, cinnamon, cloves. Elderberry Syrup Recipe below. . These ingredients work together to help provide immunity support. Packed with Vitamin C, antioxidants, and antiviral properties. . 💜 Joan’s Elderberry Syrup Recipe This is a great cold and flu preventative. Elderberries are antiviral, high in antioxidants, Vitamin C and A. As soon as you start feeling like you might be getting sick, tired, achy, scratchy throat, start taking elderberry syrup. It’s great for children too. I do 1/4 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon for children and 1 tablespoon for adults several times a day. The sweetener helps to preserve this syrup. You need 2 cups of sweetener, try date nectar, brown rice syrup, coconut nectar or agave. If you don’t want to use this much sweetener, you can make a small batch and add a small amount of sweetener and use it within a few days. Store the elderberry syrup in the refrigerator. Use the syrup within 8 weeks. Makes 4 cups 1 cup (heaping) dried elderberries (4 oz/114 grams) 3 cups water 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger 2 cinnamon sticks 2 cloves 1 cup date nectar (syrup) 1 cup brown rice syrup Directions 1. Add elderberries, water, fresh ginger, cinnamon sticks and cloves into saucepan. 2. Bring to a slight boil, stir, reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Simmer covered for 25 minutes. 3. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain elderberries out of liquid. Strain again through cheesecloth or nut milk bag and squeeze additional liquid out. This should give you 2 cups. 4. Add 2 cups sweetener (date nectar , brown rice syrup or agave) to liquid. Stir well. Bottle, label and date it. 5. Store in the refrigerator. It should last for up to 8 weeks tightly sealed and stored in the refrigerator. Option: Add 2 tablespoons dried elderflowers with the elderberries in Step 1 and continue with Steps 2-5. (Elderflowers have been used for centuries to relieve cold and flu symptoms. . Organic Dried Elderberries from @mountainroseherbs, Organic Date Nectar from @dvashorganics, Organic Brown Rice Syrup from @lundbergfarms . #organic #elderberry #herbalism #herbalist #coldprevention #immunity #homemade #veganelderberrysyrup
  • Check out our student and try her products, @rawluxuries new Natural Hair and Total Body Care Products. They use the most nourishing ingredients from nature including: oat milk, neem oil, turmeric, activated charcoal and kokum butter. . . #smallbusiness #businessowner #naturalhaircare #naturalcosmetics
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    Check out our student and try her products, @rawluxuries new Natural Hair and Total Body Care Products. They use the most nourishing ingredients from nature including: oat milk, neem oil, turmeric, activated charcoal and kokum butter. . . #smallbusiness #businessowner #naturalhaircare #naturalcosmetics
  • Polynesians brought the Kukui Nut Tree tree to Hawai’i. The nuts have a high oil content. Kukui nut oil is used for a moisturizer and conditioner. It is an excellent skin treatment. It contains vitamins A, C and E and a high level of antioxidant. Kukui nut oil nourishes, replenishes and adds hair luster and elasticity to the skin. . Treatment with Kukui Nut Oil: Massage scalp with oil. . 🌿Read our New post to learn more Hawaiian skin and hair treatments- link in profile.
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    Polynesians brought the Kukui Nut Tree tree to Hawai’i. The nuts have a high oil content. Kukui nut oil is used for a moisturizer and conditioner. It is an excellent skin treatment. It contains vitamins A, C and E and a high level of antioxidant. Kukui nut oil nourishes, replenishes and adds hair luster and elasticity to the skin. . Treatment with Kukui Nut Oil: Massage scalp with oil. . 🌿Read our New post to learn more Hawaiian skin and hair treatments- link in profile.
  • Hawai’i is filled with healing plants and thanks to all the people that work so hard to preserve these plants and knowledge. 🌸Read our new post to learn about the plants that have been and are used for Hawaiian natural hair and skincare. . 🌸Link in profile or: https://www.joanmorais.com/blog/hawaiian-natural-hair-skin-care/
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    Hawai’i is filled with healing plants and thanks to all the people that work so hard to preserve these plants and knowledge. 🌸Read our new post to learn about the plants that have been and are used for Hawaiian natural hair and skincare. . 🌸Link in profile or: https://www.joanmorais.com/blog/hawaiian-natural-hair-skin-care/
  • Getting ready to cut the test soap I made yesterday. This complexion bar was supposed to be pink. The rose essential oil scent came through beautifully. I can’t wait to use this gentle cleansing soap. Watch how it looks when I cut it in the next post. . . #coldprocesssoapmaking #coldprocesssoapmakingclass #coldprocesssoap #naturalsoapmaking #naturalsoapmakingclass #palmoilfreesoap #essentialoils #herbalsoap
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    Getting ready to cut the test soap I made yesterday. This complexion bar was supposed to be pink. The rose essential oil scent came through beautifully. I can’t wait to use this gentle cleansing soap. Watch how it looks when I cut it in the next post. . . #coldprocesssoapmaking #coldprocesssoapmakingclass #coldprocesssoap #naturalsoapmaking #naturalsoapmakingclass #palmoilfreesoap #essentialoils #herbalsoap