Blog — diy

Make Your Own Organic Hand Soap

October 31, 2022 • Kristyn Bango • diy • essential oil • foaming hand soap • green beauty • hand soap • homemade • natural • recipe • skin care • soap • volatile oil

I love making soap, but I find it easier to use a pump style liquid soap for hand washing. This is the process that I use, which creates a moisturizing soap that is inexpensive, smells amazing and comes together quickly.

Graceful Aging with Pumpkin Seed Oil Face Scrub

October 02, 2019 • Kristyn Bango • alpha hydroxy acids • Anti Aging • anti-inflammatory • antioxidants • DIY • Essential Fatty Acids • free radicals • hydrating • minerals • moisturizing • Natural Skin Care • nutrients • oil • organic skin care • pumpkin • pumpkin seed oil • recipe • skin • skin radiance • vitamins

The benefits of pumpkin seed oil and a quick and easy pumpkin seed oil face scrub tutorial.

Assessing Environmental Exposures

August 08, 2019 • Kristyn Bango • cleaning • diy • essential oil

The average person spends 90% of their time indoors. So the quality of the air inside your home is extremely important to your overall health.
However, most homes have very poor air quality which is alarming considering the amount of time spent indoors.

Adaptea Recipe: A Healthy Adaptogenic & Healing Herbal Tea

November 23, 2018 • Kristyn Bango • adaptogen • diy • healing • health • herbal • herbs • recipe • tea

Using adaptogens as part of your regular diet is a great way to get all the amazing stress busting, and healing benefits of adaptogens without having to take another supplement.

The Benefits of Body Scrubs & Why You Should Exfoliate.

June 07, 2018 • Kristyn Bango • beauty • diy • exfoliate • natural • Natural Skin Care • salt scrub • scrubs • sea salt • skin • sugar scrub

Exfoliation is a vital part of your skin care routine that is often overlooked. When we experience dry skin, all the moisturizer in the world won’t help if you’re applying it to the flaky, dead skin. Exfoliating on a regular basis helps to slough off the dry, dead skin on the surface and get to the new skin underneath. I like to use exfoliators as a treatment, one to two times per week to help keep my skin looking fresh and bright. Exfoliators like finely ground oatmeal are gentle enough to be used daily. Making exfoliators lets you get a...