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most used herbs, essential oils, and diys,

with a few midnight musings.

using ESSENTIAL OILS

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Essential Oil Perfume Recipes
Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Start creating your own beautiful essential oil perfumes!

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4 Reasons to Use Essential Oils (and 3 reasons to not)
4 Reasons to Use Essential Oils (and 3 reasons to not)

Is using essential oils right for you? Let’s explore the pros and cons to using essential oils!

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We'll Make it Through {sneezes in spring}
We'll Make it Through {sneezes in spring}

We are full into Florida spring. God help us. I have no idea what is blooming but my body does not like it. Sneezing and inflamed sinuses only exacerbate my trigeminal neuralgia. So, what do we do? Use our tools. Here’s the plan…

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DIY: Home Insect Repellent
DIY: Home Insect Repellent

It’s that time of year again. Spring is in full bloom and the insects are making their home a little too close. (i.e. inside my home)…

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Protecting your Energy with Essential Oils
Protecting your Energy with Essential Oils

Any time I’m down or I need a little assistance blocking outside energetic noise - these are the oils that I use.

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Essential Oils for Seasonal Discomfort
Essential Oils for Seasonal Discomfort

It’s that time of year again. Seems like everyone we know is coughing, sneezing, or just fatigued and run-down. These are my essential oil and herbal secret weapons that are my go-to this season.

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Energetic Cleansing Diffuser Blends
Energetic Cleansing Diffuser Blends

Using my diffuser is one of the tools I use to cleanse a space energetically. Sometimes rooms can just feel stagnant and a little icky. Whether the . . .

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DIY: Hair Oil
DIY: Hair Oil

This hair oil is comprised of beautiful oils that are believed to nourish and promote hair growth.

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DIY: Body Oil
DIY: Body Oil

One of the best thing about essential oils is the variety of ways that they can be used. This DIY is one way I use oils daily.

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Use Your Tools - or the story of how I came to love Magnolia
Use Your Tools - or the story of how I came to love Magnolia

It’s like everything else in life we know is good for us. You experience how good you can feel and then something happens and we fall into a kind of amnesia . . .

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Essential Oil Skincare Routine
Essential Oil Skincare Routine

Want to learn how to integrate essential oils into your skincare routine? Let my routine be a jumpstart guide for you.

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DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends
DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

Learn to DIY a more complex diffuser blend. Whether you’re a seasoned blend builder or just getting started this DIY (plus an up-cycle) is just for you.

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from the heart of an herbalist

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Spiced Vinegar
Spiced Vinegar

In April of this year I made my first batch of spiced vinegar. It’s surprisingly tasty. I use this as a bitter before I eat lunch . . .

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Passionflower: A Love Affair
Passionflower: A Love Affair

This flowering vine is everything I never knew I always needed and why she just might be for you, too.

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Lessons from Gathering Rose
Lessons from Gathering Rose

I started gathering rose petals a few months ago and in the process I’ve learned a few things…

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simple and savvy DIYS

Blog
Essential Oil Perfume Recipes
Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Start creating your own beautiful essential oil perfumes!

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DIY: Home Insect Repellent
DIY: Home Insect Repellent

It’s that time of year again. Spring is in full bloom and the insects are making their home a little too close. (i.e. inside my home)…

Read More →
DIY: Hair Oil
DIY: Hair Oil

This hair oil is comprised of beautiful oils that are believed to nourish and promote hair growth.

Read More →
DIY: Body Oil
DIY: Body Oil

One of the best thing about essential oils is the variety of ways that they can be used. This DIY is one way I use oils daily.

Read More →
DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends
DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

Learn to DIY a more complex diffuser blend. Whether you’re a seasoned blend builder or just getting started this DIY (plus an up-cycle) is just for you.

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3 Tips for Green Laundry
3 Tips for Green Laundry

If you have been searching for ways to make your laundry process a little more green and eliminate more toxins from your home here are three easy ways to get started.

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DIY: After Sun Spray
DIY: After Sun Spray

For when you want to give your skin some extra love.

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DIY: Kick the Tension Blend
DIY: Kick the Tension Blend

When you want to kick the head tension to the curb…

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DIY: "Pure"fume
DIY: "Pure"fume

I’m obsessed.

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DIY: Sugar Scrub
DIY: Sugar Scrub

Only three ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

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DIY: Lavender Linen Spray
DIY: Lavender Linen Spray
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DIY: Bathbombs
DIY: Bathbombs
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DIY: Dusting Spray
DIY: Dusting Spray

Recently I experimented and made my own dusting/wood polishing spray and want to share the recipe. It works like a charm and smells gloriously fresh.

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DIY: Body Spray
DIY: Body Spray
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getting personal - midnight MUSINGS

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A Canary in the Coal Mine
A Canary in the Coal Mine
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Staring Down the New Year
Staring Down the New Year

I have a lot of feelings about the new year. I love planning and creating systems and organization so you can imagine I love a new year turning. There is something about it that feels like a blank slate - and my calendar is yet blank for the new year (anyone else a paper planner person?). The harsh reality is - I will still have trigeminal neuralgia …

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Weaving the Magic in the Mundane - or how life has been lately
Weaving the Magic in the Mundane - or how life has been lately
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Spring Musings
Spring Musings
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I Stood
I Stood

A poem

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A Letter from the Land of No Sleep
A Letter from the Land of No Sleep

I was up again at 1AM this morning. My trigeminal neuralgia has been a little more relentless these days . . .

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In the Belly of the Beast
In the Belly of the Beast
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Living with Chronic Illness
Living with Chronic Illness

Life is hard - especially while dealing with chronic illness. A few things help me deal with the emotional aspects of it all.

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Passionflower: A Love Affair
Passionflower: A Love Affair

This flowering vine is everything I never knew I always needed and why she just might be for you, too.

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Starting Sourdough: 5 Things I Wish I Knew
Starting Sourdough: 5 Things I Wish I Knew

These are five tips I wish someone had told me at the very beginning - especially tip #5!

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Lessons from Gathering Rose
Lessons from Gathering Rose

I started gathering rose petals a few months ago and in the process I’ve learned a few things…

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On Personal Sovereignty
On Personal Sovereignty
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Untitled
Untitled
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A Love Note
A Love Note
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Beauty in the Waiting
Beauty in the Waiting
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Homeschooling: Changing Paths
Homeschooling: Changing Paths

Yeah, I see you there mama. Wondering if you should go with your gut on this one. Let’s talk.

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The complete collection of blog posts is below for your perusing pleasure.

4 a.m.
Life and FaithLeah BarnettJanuary 2, 2018
New Day. New Year.
Life and FaithLeah BarnettJanuary 1, 2018new year, life, faith
Essential Oil Spotlight: Grapefruit
Essential OilsLeah BarnettDecember 30, 2017grapefruit, essential oil spotlight, essential oil
Review: W3ll People Narcissist Foundation

This product was my first successful foray into clean beauty. I enjoyed this foundation immensely and it gave me hope that wonderful, toxin-free products did actually exist.

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Leah BarnettDecember 19, 2017clean beauty, foundation
Waking Up
Leah BarnettOctober 9, 2017waking up, faith, life
Three Days
Leah BarnettSeptember 22, 2017
Greenwashing: Buyer Beware
Greenwashing: Buyer Beware

Companies understand the trends. They know what you need to see and read to believe their product is “green” but is it? Here’s what you need to know.

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Clean BeautyLeah BarnettAugust 8, 2017non-toxic, cosmetics, toxins, toxin-free, greenwashing
DIY: Dusting Spray
DIY: Dusting Spray

Recently I experimented and made my own dusting/wood polishing spray and want to share the recipe. It works like a charm and smells gloriously fresh.

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Essential Oils, DIYLeah BarnettAugust 8, 2017essential oils, diy, wood polish, dusting spray, green cleaner, green products, green home, green cleaning
Review: Acure Organics Brightening Facial Scrub
Clean BeautyLeah BarnettAugust 8, 2017
Review: Pacifica Aquarian Gaze Water-Resistant Mascara
Clean BeautyLeah BarnettAugust 8, 2017
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