Frontier Dreams: small triumphs

Thursday, June 9, 2016

small triumphs

herbal solar oil infusion with lavender, chickweed, plantain, caldendula and chamomile

yep i had to label it otherwise one of my kiddos would have tried eating it!

My little ones and I have been busy in the kitchen lately, but not cooking food, as one would think. We have been concocting every day products like rosemary hair rinse (to hopefully help my postpartum bald spots grow back faster), pumpkin yogurt face masks, body scrub, (all from Taproot magazine), turmeric oil pulling chews, laundry stain remover and my personal favorite - lotion. Goodness how I treasure that lotion recipe, especially here in the dry Idaho desert. It's the only thing that has worked to stop my skin from painfully cracking. One thing I change in the recipe, though, is to use an oil infused with chamomile, calendula, lavender, chickweed and plantain (seen pictured above). Those herbs are powerhouses when it comes to dry skin and thankfully, readily available in my garden. The next project on my list is tackling homemade soap. I think I can get past my fear of lye with the help of my friend Natalie.

You know me, I love creating and making anything I can (I have shared recipes in the past on here for things like toothpaste and deodorant) but what started this desire to make even more of our things than we already did was watching the documentary The Human Experiment. It has me even more inspired and determined to make all that I can myself. Check it out if you haven't already! Now don't get me wrong, I would love it if I could make every.single.thing we use/consume but I am being gentle on myself knowing that is not realistic in this season of life (with homeschooling and a new baby).

A person can make themselves crazy trying to do it all. Believe me, I have tried in the past! I know there are blogs out there written by people that seem to accomplish so much (and good for them!) but I realize they are just like me, sharing their small triumphs. I know doing it all is just not feasible for me...or really anyone. Who knows, perhaps someday I will magically find more time in my days but for now I shall just be content in my small victories and accomplishments.

P.S. - Baby photos totally unrelated but absolutely adorable.

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Michele · 460 weeks ago

Sounds like you're having a great time exploring all the body care items -- so neat! And so great that you even grew your own herbs for your lotion too. Impressive! Love that wool soaker pant. And such a sweet adorable pic of daddy and baby, awe, looks like his mini me! Have never heard of the Human Experiment. Hmm, scary. We're pretty environmental so are pretty good about avoiding chemicals & buying environmental products. Would be fun& affordable to make our own stuff one day when things get more settled that i have time. Remember that Lily Tomlin comedy ages ago. The Incredible Shrinking Woman I think it was called? She shrunk from all the cocktail of chemicals she used in her home, lol.

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cariemay 52p · 460 weeks ago

Id love to experiment a bit and make more of the things we use on a regular basis but I'm having to reign myself in and be realistic- it does look like so much fun though!!

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