Further steps on reducing waste and plastic
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you think that your contribution is just a drop in the ocean, think twice: What is the ocean, but a multitude of drops? I first started writing this post for World Environment Day, but life decided to put some obstacles to stop me from finishing it. The environment can…
All about my favourite carrier oils
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I started sharing bits and bobs about carrier oils on my Instagram and a few things became clear. Most of you are interested in learning more about carrier oils. Some of you don’t know what a carrier oil is. Let’s begin from the start: a carrier oil is a vegetable…
Low-sugar lemon poppy seed donuts
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s hot and there’s no willpower to read (for you) or write (for me), so here’s this recipe which is SPEC-TA-CU-LAR. 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp poppy seeds 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp butter (melted) 1 egg 1/3 honey 1/4 cup milk (see Bonus Tips below)…
My TOP 5 toxic ingredients in daily products
Reading Time: 2 minutes Since I adopted a new lifestyle I speak a lot about those things that are harmful for our bodies. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while to explain my perspective based on not just my personal research but backed up by scientific studies too. This is just…
Body butter with natural ingredients
Reading Time: 2 minutes The cold weather and the heating makes our skin very dehydrated around this time of year, doesn’t it? This lavish butter will work great on dry skin, it feels airy and light but it leaves your skin feeling instantly smooth and nourished. And the best part of it is, is…
Starter Kit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Buying the Starter Kit is so much more than just placing an order! Think about all those times when you’d have liked to avoid a cold the night before an important event (a birthday, exciting holidays..), a sleepless night, an ugly scar, a nasty stain on a piece of clothing…
Sweet oils
Reading Time: 4 minutes I originally wrote this on the first week of October 2018. It’s been a week since I received my Young Living starter kit, and I can already list several benefits: I’ve suffered from a stress related eczema for longer than 10 years, something that no dermatologist ever bothered diagnosing properly.…
DIY hair mask for dry scalp with essential oils
Reading Time: 3 minutes As you will know if you’ve been following me for a while, I come from Spain and live in Berlin, Germany. Since moving here I noticed and learned many things about this wondrous and weird – in the best possible way – culture. Germans walk on the right side of…
Tea – a remedy for menstrual pain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Just the other day while I was skyping with one of my best friends from back home – when one is an immigrant, that is how one keeps friendships – we started sharing misery stories about our menstrual cycles. And I suddenly remembered this little gem I came up with months…
Summer quinoa salad with nuts and seeds
Reading Time: 2 minutes All around Europe we are suffering the high temperatures, the heat wave has hit us hard this summer and the last thing you probably want to do is spend time in a steaming kitchen, am I right or am I right? Well, here is a recipe which requires almost no…