The Basics Essential oils are highly concentrated, aromatic liquids extracted from various parts of plants—like leaves, flowers, bark, roots, peels, or seeds. They capture the plant’s natural scent, flavour, and “essence” (which is where the name comes from). People use them for aromatherapy, cleaning, skincare, natural remedies, and scenting products, but they are not the same as cooking oils or carrier oils (like coconut or olive oil). They’re very potent and usually need

Soap, we all use it every day, be it a hard soap bar, face wash or shower gel. But do we ever stop to think about what we are feeding our body’s largest organ every day. Aftermy handmade face soap became unavailable to me I decided to make my own soap andwas quite surprised by the eye opening information regarding the commercial soap industry. I could basically write 3 pages on the stuff I read but I’ll keep it simple and list a few points that concerned me: - Many comme