Mild Dish Soap and a Non-Toxic All-Purpose Cleaner: What to Look For
What makes a dish soap mild, how one all-purpose cleaner concentrate replaces a shelf of sprays, a dilution chart, and cleaning vs. disinfecting.
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CoQ10 for Skin: What It Does in a Face Cream and How to Choose One
What CoQ10 does for skin, what the research shows, ubiquinone vs ubiquinol, lotion vs cream, and what to look for in a…
Skincare
Infused Skin Serum: What It Is, What to Look For and How to Use It
What an infused skin serum really is, what to look for on the ingredient list, how to use a face serum in…
Ingredients
Organic Shampoo for Men: What to Look For on the Label
What to look for in an organic shampoo for men: what “organic” really means on a label, gentle cleansers, and whether a…
Ingredients
Is Bergamot Essential Oil Phototoxic? Uses, Blends and Safety
Bergamot is the citrus behind classic eau de cologne and Earl Grey tea: bright, a little floral, never sugary. Whole bergamot oil…
Ingredients
Blood Orange Essential Oil: Properties, Uses and Safety
Blood orange essential oil properties, whether it's phototoxic (unlike bitter orange), diffuser blends with cinnamon, and a homemade room spray.
Ingredients
Lime Essential Oil: Uses, Blends and Sun Safety
Lime oil is the zesty, green smell of a fresh-cut lime, with a sweet, sherbet-bright edge. Ours is a blend of cold-pressed…
Ingredients
Is Grapefruit Essential Oil Phototoxic? Uses, Blends and Safety
Grapefruit oil smells like the first cut into a cold grapefruit: juicy, bittersweet and wide awake. It is also mildly phototoxic. Here…
Ingredients
Is Lemon Essential Oil Phototoxic? Uses, Blends and Safety
Lemon oil smells exactly like zesting a fresh lemon: sharp, clean and sunny. It can also react with sunlight on skin, depending…
Ingredients
Tea Tree Essential Oil: Uses, Blends and Safety
What tea tree oil is used for: the diffuser, cleaning sprays, laundry and skincare. How to keep it fresh, and why it's…
Ingredients
Ravensara Essential Oil: Ravensara vs Ravintsara, Uses and Safety
Ravensara and ravintsara come from different trees. What ravensara essential oil is, how it smells, diffuser blends, and safe, sparing skin use.
Ingredients
Peppermint Essential Oil: Uses, Blends and Safety
Is peppermint oil phototoxic? No. How to use English white peppermint, diffuser blends, dilution, and why it never goes near a baby's…
Ingredients
Thyme Essential Oil: Uses, Chemotypes and Safety
What thyme essential oil is used for, why thyme chemotypes matter, herbal diffuser blends, and how to dilute it safely when no…
