Homemade Household Products

I have been on a mission for the better part of my life to remain as "natural" as possible. In this past year, I have become almost obsessed with finding ways to rid our household of toxins.

In looking back through the rapidly passing years, I'm appalled by how easily society has become so gullible to marketed poisonous products. Anytime the advertisements get "new and improved", bigger, brighter, faster or taller, etc... people jump right off the cliff and into the pit of suckers.

I am so thankful for my Mother who raised ten children on a very meek budget, and taught us how to keep our lives unadulterated by advertisements. Shielding us wasn't necessarily on purpose, it was out of practicality. A lot of things within our household were home made and simply not wasted. Mother certainly was a pro at stretching a dollar and I fortunately have retained those lessons.

I will try to link up to blogs with similar useful household ingredients and such along the way and will include some of my own as time permits. Until next time, here is a link to the newest that I found!

This is a link to Jilly's Blog that I found very appealing.

Breathing freshness,
Tina

Quick Little Moisturizer

A quick little moisturizer that I like to use is:

1/4 cup coconut oil
1/2 tsp. Vitamin E
2 drops of essential oil (I like Lavender or Tea Tree Oil)

I am mixing small amounts because I like the ingredients to be fresh and I don't want what goes in my body or on my body to be stale. I can't be certain of the shelf life of this moisturizer, because I don't let it sit for long before it gets used. I just know that it makes my skin soft and pliable and for me, that works!

Honey Cures Me

For my dry skin, I use fresh from my hives, pure natural honey!

For my bee stings... yes, if you keep bees, you are going to get stung! I've put a mixture of honey topped with cinnamon and the swelling from any of my stings have healed within two days.

I use honey for a sore throat or even just a scratchy or tickle in my throat.

I will be trying some recipes for honey cough drops soon, so hopefully they will turn out great and I can post how they turn out!

I love replacing processed sugars with honey in all my sweet-tooth recipes.

Of course I use honey in my tea and other beverages.

Winnie the Pooh is a really smart little bear and one of my many favorite children's story characters. I believe I will add fun literature of him to the list of gift giving this year along with sweet little honey treats!

Occasionally I will be adding some of these remedies with my own methods of using them for you to try if you so desire.

Nature's Cures

Keeping Honeybees has been one of the most rewarding of experiences up close and personal to nature that I have ever done. Fishing is right up there as is vegetable and herb gardening. Honey bees have been added just within the last eight or so years and actually hands on, just in the last three years. We've had to learn A LOT and every day since we started, Tim and I keep learning something new or take interest in something that we still  need to learn about beekeeping in order to better sustain our colonies.

I've decided to venture into finding all natural ways for us to live and am looking more into using everything that God gifted us with in our daily routines and healthful regiments. Whatever goes into or onto our bodies needs to be or become void of any and all toxins, free radicals, poisons; and in doing so, I will be adding what works for us on here.

Whatever mixtures or ingredients that work for my family or me, does not nor do I ever mean to imply that they will work for you and yours. This blog and or any of my writings are only meant for a means for me to share our own health journey and what is working or in some cases maybe, not working. It is never meant to diagnose or impress upon others what may not be scientifically "proven" as medicinal treatments.

So with that said, my love for honey bees is deep and I hope that I can share with you some of the fascinating adventures we experience everyday!