This whipped body butter recipe with calendula is thick, creamy, and loaded with powerful moisturizers. Calendula-infused oil makes a super soothing and healing base for this body butter and is a non-greasy addition to your natural skincare apothecary. Use this homemade body butter for a wide array of skin ailments including dry, itchy, or rashy…
Herbalism
Using herbs, flowers, and plants for medicine is something I feel very strongly about, as I believe that the plant world has given us almost everything we need to stay healthy! I’m passionate about teaching others how to make their own herbal remedies and skin care products with homegrown and foraged herbs and flowers.
Learn how to make herbal salves, creams, lotion bars, soap, tinctures, and teas.
Dandelion Lotion Bars: Homemade Skin Soothing Recipe
These dandelion lotion bars are a wonderful and compact way to moisturize and heal your skin naturally. Dandelions are an easy to forage wild-growing perennial herb, that works wonderfully as a beneficial remedy for the skin. Moisturize and soothe a wide variety of dry skin issues with these non-greasy DIY dandelion lotion bars! Wildcrafting Weeds…
12 Edible and Useful Weeds to Forage in Your Backyard
Edible weeds are all around us, often unassuming, always resilient, and humble. These 12 edible and useful backyard weeds are easy to forage for. Most are wild plants you have likely seen your whole life without realizing how amazing they are. Learn all about these wild-growing, strong, edible, and useful weeds! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want…
Chickweed Salve: Homemade Recipe for Dry Skin and Rashes
This chickweed salve made with infused oil is an easy recipe using the common chickweed plant. Chickweed is a skin-beneficial and healing weed that can be found growing wildly in most regions. Learn how to make infused chickweed oil, and use it to make a healing and soothing salve! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to…
Mushroom Hot Chocolate with Reishi and Lion’s Mane
Mushroom hot chocolate is a delicious treat that is perfect for a chilly fall or winter day. Made with cacao, honey, cinnamon, and mushroom powder, this hot cocoa is quick and easy to put together. Enjoy the benefits of healthy and medicinal mushrooms in this creamy hot chocolate recipe! Mushrooms in Hot Chocolate You may…
Immune Boosting Herbal Tea Blend
This immune-boosting herbal tea blend is the perfect natural remedy to have on hand for cold and flu season. It’s a simple herbal tea blend with immune boosting herbs like elderberry and rose hips. This recipe is so easy to make, not to mention delicious, and perfect for soothing a sore throat, easing cold and…
Arnica and Yarrow Skin Cream
Arnica and yarrow skin cream is a super soothing, thick and moisturizing cream that boasts amazing benefits for the skin. This is a wonderful homemade skin cream recipe that is easy enough for anyone to make, from beginners to seasoned herbalists! Botanical Skin Care Recipe Book by Herbal Academy I made this lovely and moisturizing…
Fermented Jalapeño Honey
Fermented jalapeño honey is a perfect way to spice up your life while incorporating the potential benefits of raw honey and jalapeños! Jalapeños and raw honey are a delicious combo, and now is a great time to access them to their fullest in this deliciously spicy natural ferment. Fermenting Jalapeños in Honey This is a…
Calendula Salve: Homemade Recipe for Natural Skin Care
Calendula salve is a popular homemade skincare recipe. It’s simple to make and has been traditionally used to support skin health. Many find it gentle enough for the whole family. Discover how to craft this salve, commonly applied for dry skin, rashes, bug bites, minor cuts, scrapes, and burns. Calendula Benefits Calendula officinalis, known for…
How to Make Calendula Cream: Homemade Skin Care Recipe
Homemade calendula cream is the perfect way to incorporate healing herbs into your homemade all-natural beauty and body care products! Calendula is well known for its medicinal benefits. It is a powerful medicinal herb, particularly for skin ailments and rashes. This all-natural calendula cream is an easy herbal remedy to make at home – even…
