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3 min read / 15 August 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

How to Make a Spider Spray

Keep menacing creepy crawlies away for good with this powerful homemade remedy.

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5 Essential Oil Diffuser Blends for Relaxation

5 min read / 17 June 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

5 Essential Oil Diffuser Blends for Relaxation

Lie back and feel your stress melt away with these five easy relaxing diffuser blends to make at home.

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2 min read / 9 June 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

Tea tree and lavender essential oil headlice treatment

Defeat these unpleasant pests with an all-natural homemade treatment using essential oils.

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White wax melts on wooden table.

6 min read / 25 May 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

How to make wax melts with essential oils

These cheerful melts are an easy way to scent your space.

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Grey walk in wardrobe filled with shoes and clothes

2 min read / 11 May 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

How to make moth balls with essential oils

This easy and sustainable trick protects your clothes all year long.

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Full bath next to candles and petals.

3 min read / 4 May 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

How to make self-care bath blends with essential oils

Relax, restore and relieve muscle ache with these natural blends.

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Smiling women in bath robe applies skin tonic

2 min read / 20 April 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

How to make a geranium and neroli skin tonic with essential oils

This floral facial spray can nourish and soothe skin with natural ingredients.

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Orange and blue bath salts made with essential oils.

2 min read / 13 April 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

A beginner’s guide to making bath salts with essential oils

This easy recipe creates restorative bath salts in all of your favourite scents.

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Lit candles, flowers, and small chocolate Easter eggs on the table

2 min read / 1 April 2022 / Laura Garvin Gomez

How to Make Lemongrass, Spearmint and Tangerine Candles for Easter

Learn how to create delightful Easter candles infused with the refreshing scents of lemongrass, spearmint, and tangerine with this easy DIY guide.

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Potpourri ingredients.

3 min read / 25 March 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

A beginner’s guide to making potpourri with essential oils

Learn how to make a natural diffuser and seasonal centrepiece in one.

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Burning candles on tables, with framed picture of a child's foot and plant in a vase in the background

2 min read / 17 March 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

How to make clary sage, patchouli and black spruce candles for Mother’s Day

These candles blend three relaxing essential oils to help Mum unwind.

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Close up of honeysuckle flowers

4 min read / 14 March 2022 / Caitlin Devlin

How to make honeysuckle, ylang ylang & vanilla soap for Mother’s Day

This sweet-scented floral soap makes the perfect homemade gift.

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