Organic Honey & Oats Granola Bars The great thing about this recipe is that you can customize it and use your own flavours. I like to use all organic ingredients, a sweet local honey and some sour cherries to stop it from being too cloying. If...
We’ve got some great recipes to help keep your spring cleaning safe, natural and cost effective this season. Last month we looked at natural ways to get rid of pests. This month we’ve got recipes for natural all purpose cleaners, carpet stain removers and even shoe...
We've given you a ton of information on cosmetic ingredients to avoid, and since starting to sell food, we have had a lot of requests to provide similar information on which preservatives and additives should be avoided in food. We'll do our best, but bottom...
Smell is a powerful sense. It can change our moods, raise our vibration, heal and repel. The ways in which we can use incense are so diverse and so powerful that we wanted to inspire you by sharing some of these uses. Furthermore, if you...
The feedback from my recommendations for products to use on your face revealed that it went down like a treat. So with summer being far from over, and the fact that I have really been getting into home spa treatments myself for Chris's and My...
Cultivated over 5000 years ago by the Incas this humble grain-like seed is fully deserving of all the attention that it has recently been getting. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is not a grain; it is actually a seed and related to the spinach family. It is...
DISHES: It goes without saying that we highly recommend that you use organic liquid or powdered soap instead of petroleum-based detergents, but did you know that you can also clean your dishes with a mix of baking soda and a basic biodegradable liquid soap? In dishwashers, you...
Come join us in our "Victorian Time Tunnel" and travel back almost 160 years to the 1800's and let's take a look at how cosmetics were made and what type of ingredients were used to make skincare products during those times. I promise you...
Sophia Du Toit, creator and owner of House of Mir (A beautiful range of natural perfumes which we have just started to sell) answers questions and shares insightful facts and knowledge with us on how the perfume industry has evolved from using natural essences to...
Over the past 18 months I have been asked with increased frequency about the products that I would recommend based on personal experience - and it makes sense too as I am constantly trying and testing the products that we sell. So over the next...