There’s no doubt 2020 has been a rough year and nobody would disagree that this year can eff right off for most of us.  
But trying to find some pockets of positives, there’s been many for me in terms of slowing down, decluttering, simplifying, personal growth, self careand getting to finish those never ending projects.
But it’s fair to say for me personally the back end of 2018 was a hellish year of multiple health diagnosis that pretty much hit me one after the other and stopped my dead in my tracks.
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Back in 2003 I was diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease (pronounced ~ many-yeah’s or men-years). I pronounce it as the former.
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For a few years before my diagnosis I was feeling very off with no explanation or know real way to describe the feeling, except I felt off balance, severe fatigue and feeling ‘foggy’ ALL the time. Read More

I’ve found over the years to being sensitive to toxic chemicals in my environment and more recently on my endocrine system with my peri-menopause stage of life. ​ Read More 

Many years ago as a teen and young adult I wouldn’t dream of putting oils on my face for hydration. As I’ve got older I found my skin type changed and I wanted to experiment with natural ingredients on my face as opposed to chemical laden face creams which were also quite expensive.
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I’ve been using the below ingredients on my face for many years since my early thirties. 
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I love a quick and easy homemade skin care recipe.  If it has lots of ingredients or to many prep steps I zone out and I’m not interested.  I’m all about Less ingredients and less prep.
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Below is my super easy Body Butter that I use every night.  You can make it as a balm like consistency as per the above image or you can whip it more with a hand mixer to get that creamy whipped finish as seen in the below image.  Read More