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A Guide to Carrier Oils and Butters

By Tiffany 14 Comments

Carrier oils and butters become something of interest when you want to start making your own beauty products, herb infused oils, and when you want to use essential oils for beauty and for wellness. A carrier oil "carries" the beauty product or essential oil to broad area of the body. Imagine if you will, putting a drop or two of lavender oil on your fingers. How far will those drops of lavender go? How much skin can be covered? The answer is not much. This is why a carrier oil or butter comes in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essential Oils Tagged With: Acne, Almond Oil, apricot oil, Avocado Oil, Beauty, Carrier Oils, Coconut Oil, Essential Oils, greasy, Jojoba, Lotions, Massage, primrose oil, Shea Butter, skin

Zinc Oxide Sunscreens For Safe Sun Protection

By Tiffany 9 Comments

We had some good discussion on my safe sunscreens page recently. Much of it has to do with some recent studies regarding Titanium Dioxide which along with another mineral Zinc Oxide, has long thought to be one of the better ingredients in sunscreens. Much of this data is in regards to inhalation or nano particles though, which either doesn't apply to sunscreens or is inadvisable anyway (nano particles). Still, there are options for those seeking to use a sunscreen without this mineral. Many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beauty Tagged With: Active One, Baby Version, Badger Sunscreen, Cacao Butter, Frequent Applications, Grape Seed, Grape Seed Oil, Inhalation, Mineral Zinc, Nano Particles, Natural Beeswax, Natural Ingredients, Natural Sunscreen, Nut Oil, Pool, Shea Butter, Soleo, Sport Version, Suncreen, Sunflower Oil, Sunscreen, Sunscreen Spf, Sunscreens, Titanium Dioxide, Uva And Uvb, Uva And Uvb Rays, Zinc Oxide

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My name is Tiffany and I am the blogger behind Naturemoms. I live on an urban homestead in Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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