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OTTAWA LOCAL SHOWS
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We are so pleased to participate in the markets across our great city this year. What a great opportunity it is to meet with you and enjoy the love... -
WHAT IS TALLOW AND WHY DO WE USE IT IN SOAP? IN CANDLES? IN BODY BUTTER?
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What is tallow, you ask? Adeps bovis, on the label. Tallow is beef fat. In soap, tallow produces a tight and creamy delectable lather, loved by ... -
GINGER
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Which herb is Earthy, warm, aromatic, peppery and yet sweet? It's GINGER! Used as both herb and spice, ginger is a rhizome grows underground into... -
WHY DIY? AND THE BENEFITS OF DANDELIONS!
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The busy pace of the world has rather unfortunately distanced us from nature. What we eat. What we put onto our bodies. Our relationship with the... -
WHAT ARE RESINS? | THE POWERHOUSE
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Of all of the many gifts we glean from trees - from clean air to food to paper - we have from Mother Earth yet another beauty ....RESINS.We're not... -
ODE TO MOTHERS | by FRANKLIN DOUGLAS
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MOTHERS OF THE WORLD Mothers of the world, cradle of humanity. Mothers are my sisters, the vines of fecundity. Mothers are of all times, the triun... -
HOW TO MOISTURIZE | IN 3 STEPS
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Today's post is all about moisturization and how YOU can do it optimally, because...yes you can!When you think of MOISTURE - what's the first produ... -
WHAT IS BLACK SOAP?
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Alata Samina in the Twi or Akan kasa language from Ghana is Black Soap.❗Raw/Unrefined black soap isn't black.❗It seemed fitting to start with that... -
Why do Ingredients Matter? | THE SKIN CHRONICLES
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Skin is a wonderfully complex organ, and the most expansive.It is kind of strange to think of your skin as an organ, but it is!The definition of a... -
CHAPPED FOREVERMORE? | THE BEST 5 WAYS TO MAINTAIN LUSCIOUS LIPS
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SO, you've ditched the petroleum and otherwise not-so-great ingredient containing lip products and have started the journey to natural.Yay!It's a whole new world. -
Charcoal? Activated Charcoal? | WHAT IS CHARCOAL & HOW IS CHARCOAL MADE?
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Because of this increase in porosity and surface area, Activated Charcoal is exceptionally adsorbent, and useful in a variety of applications! -
ALL "SOAP" ISN'T SOAP | IS YOUR SOAP REAL?
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Some of the earliest recorded uses of soap tell us that Ancient Babylonians produced cleansers using animal fats, oils, wood ash, and fragrant extracts.
Many nations followed suit producing their own versions of soapy products, however the basic recipe remained the same:
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