This pepperminty mouthwash will fight bacteria and give you fresh breath for hours. If you’re like me you’re not fond of commercial mouthwashes (ethanol has been linked to mouth cancer) but want to keep your mouth free of germs and tasting great, give this four-ingredient recipe a try. Have a toothache or a mild infection? Replace the peppermint essential oil …
How Wendyl’s Bluing Powder Works
Tired of yellow/grey tinted white sheets? Return those expensive Egyptian cotton sheets to their former glory along with your shirts and undies by adding our concentrated Bluing Powder to your final rinse. Made out of Premium Baking Soda and Prussian Blue pigment you’ll have whiter than white sheets in no time! The way that the bluing process works is to swap yellow pigments for …
Bringing Up An Eco-Friendly Baby
During pregnancy you become much more aware that almost everything has a way of affecting your baby. Making eco-conscious decisions and incorporating green habits during this time will be the first steps towards bringing up a healthy baby. These days almost every imaginable product or service has a ‘green’ alternative, it can be overwhelming trying to decipher which are actually …
Can Baby Wipe Solution Prevent Nappy Rash
Along with frequent changing, the next best thing you can do to prevent nappy rash is to use our super soothing, totally natural, Baby Wipe Solution. Made of nothing but filtered water, witch hazel hydrosol and rosewater hydrosol it’s effective and gentle, we believe it’s the best baby wipe solution on the market. Commercial baby wipes often contain many ingredients …
Ann’s Eggless Blueberry Muffins
These wholesome eggless blueberry muffins are quick and easy to make and only take 25 minutes in the oven. Grant’s mum Ann used a recipe from Dr Caldwell Esselstyn that has applesauce to bind and thicken, honey to sweeten and whole-wheat and oat flours for plenty of fibre. You can use either frozen or fresh blueberries, but my preference is fresh, …
Natural Hair Rinses To Suit Your Hair
Putting a rinse through your hair after shampooing was something everyone used to do before the onslaught of shampoos and conditioners that we know today. One of the most popular rinses and one that we’ve all heard a lot about is apple cider vinegar. It’s great for detangling, adding shine, and clarifying the scalp. But have you heard of using …
Zinc Face Creams
Did you know that all of our face creams contain non-nano zinc oxide? They don’t have an SPF rating but they do provide mild protection, I wear mine every day. The Green Goddess range is great to use under makeup; apply a small amount, wait five minutes, then put on your foundation. The original Wendyl’s range also doubles as protective cream, …
Fried Green Tomatoes
Due to my inadequate bird netting attempt in the first week of my tomatoes starting to turn ripen quite a few birds made it into the garden where my tomatoes and strawberries are growing, in their eating frenzy they knocked quite a few unripened tomatoes off the vine. Not wanting them to go to waste I whipped up some yummy …
From Juicing To Smoothies
This week our guest blog is from Gregor & Merryn at Bushlore Herbal. It’s a light-hearted, informative piece about their nutritional journey from juicing to smoothies, how to grow wheatgrass and the importance of detoxing the liver. I highly recommend giving their six-week liver detox a go, it’s a great way to kick start your liver into action for the …
DIY Natural Fly Off Surface Spray
Flies have multiplied around the country with the recent warm weather and we’ve had emails asking if we have any natural spray products that will stop them. Unfortunately we don’t have any sprays made up that you can buy, however, we have tested this recipe for Fly Off Surface Spray and have found it effective in keeping flies off our …