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Just Everyday Beauty

most used herbs, essential oils, and diys.
plus a few rambles from yours truly.

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DIY: Home Insect Repellent

DIY: Home Insect Repellent

It’s that time of year again. Spring is in full bloom and the insects are making their home a little too close. (i.e. inside my home)…

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Protecting your Energy with Essential Oils

Protecting your Energy with Essential Oils

Any time I’m down or I need a little assistance blocking outside energetic noise - these are the oils that I use.

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Essential Oils for Seasonal Discomfort

Essential Oils for Seasonal Discomfort

It’s that time of year again. Seems like everyone we know is coughing, sneezing, or just fatigued and run-down. These are my essential oil and herbal secret weapons that are my go-to this season.

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Energetic Cleansing Diffuser Blends

Energetic Cleansing Diffuser Blends

Using my diffuser is one of the tools I use to cleanse a space energetically. Sometimes rooms can just feel stagnant and a little icky. Whether the . . .

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DIY: Hair Oil

This hair oil is comprised of beautiful oils that are believed to nourish and promote hair growth.

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DIY: Body Oil

One of the best thing about essential oils is the variety of ways that they can be used. This DIY is one way I use oils daily.

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Use Your Tools - or the story of how I came to love Magnolia

Use Your Tools - or the story of how I came to love Magnolia

It’s like everything else in life we know is good for us. You experience how good you can feel and then something happens and we fall into a kind of amnesia . . .

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Essential Oil Skincare Routine

Essential Oil Skincare Routine

Want to learn how to integrate essential oils into your skincare routine? Let my routine be a jumpstart guide for you.

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DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

Learn to DIY a more complex diffuser blend. Whether you’re a seasoned blend builder or just getting started this DIY (plus an up-cycle) is just for you.

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3 Tips for Green Laundry

3 Tips for Green Laundry

If you have been searching for ways to make your laundry process a little more green and eliminate more toxins from your home here are three easy ways to get started.

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Top 10 Fall Diffuser Blends

Top 10 Fall Diffuser Blends

These essential oil blends are sure to make your home feel cozy as we transition into fall.

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5 Ways to Use Lemon Oil

5 Ways to Use Lemon Oil

There are hundreds of uses for this essential oil but these are the top five ways that I use it in my home.

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from the heart of an herbalist

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Spiced Vinegar

In April of this year I made my first batch of spiced vinegar. It’s surprisingly tasty. I use this as a bitter before I eat lunch . . .

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Passionflower: A Love Affair

Passionflower: A Love Affair

This flowering vine is everything I never knew I always needed and why she just might be for you, too.

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Lessons from Gathering Rose

Lessons from Gathering Rose

I started gathering rose petals a few months ago and in the process I’ve learned a few things…

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simple and savvy DIYS

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DIY: Home Insect Repellent

DIY: Home Insect Repellent

It’s that time of year again. Spring is in full bloom and the insects are making their home a little too close. (i.e. inside my home)…

Read More →

DIY: Hair Oil

This hair oil is comprised of beautiful oils that are believed to nourish and promote hair growth.

Read More →

DIY: Body Oil

One of the best thing about essential oils is the variety of ways that they can be used. This DIY is one way I use oils daily.

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DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

DIY: Custom Diffuser Blends

Learn to DIY a more complex diffuser blend. Whether you’re a seasoned blend builder or just getting started this DIY (plus an up-cycle) is just for you.

Read More →

3 Tips for Green Laundry

3 Tips for Green Laundry

If you have been searching for ways to make your laundry process a little more green and eliminate more toxins from your home here are three easy ways to get started.

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DIY: After Sun Spray

DIY: After Sun Spray

For when you want to give your skin some extra love.

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DIY: Kick the Tension Blend

DIY: Kick the Tension Blend

When you want to kick the head tension to the curb…

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DIY: "Pure"fume

DIY: "Pure"fume

I’m obsessed.

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DIY: Sugar Scrub

DIY: Sugar Scrub

Only three ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

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DIY: Lavender Linen Spray

DIY: Lavender Linen Spray

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DIY: Bathbombs

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DIY: Dusting Spray

DIY: Dusting Spray

Recently I experimented and made my own dusting/wood polishing spray and want to share the recipe. It works like a charm and smells gloriously fresh.

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DIY: Body Spray

DIY: Body Spray

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getting personal - midnight MUSINGS

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Staring Down the New Year

Staring Down the New Year

I have a lot of feelings about the new year. I love planning and creating systems and organization so you can imagine I love a new year turning. There is something about it that feels like a blank slate - and my calendar is yet blank for the new year (anyone else a paper planner person?). The harsh reality is - I will still have trigeminal neuralgia …

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Spring Musings

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I Stood

A poem

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A Letter from the Land of No Sleep

A Letter from the Land of No Sleep

I was up again at 1AM this morning. My trigeminal neuralgia has been a little more relentless these days . . .

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Living with Chronic Illness

Living with Chronic Illness

Life is hard - especially while dealing with chronic illness. A few things help me deal with the emotional aspects of it all.

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Passionflower: A Love Affair

Passionflower: A Love Affair

This flowering vine is everything I never knew I always needed and why she just might be for you, too.

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Starting Sourdough: 5 Things I Wish I Knew

Starting Sourdough: 5 Things I Wish I Knew

These are five tips I wish someone had told me at the very beginning - especially tip #5!

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Lessons from Gathering Rose

Lessons from Gathering Rose

I started gathering rose petals a few months ago and in the process I’ve learned a few things…

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On Personal Sovereignty

On Personal Sovereignty

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Untitled

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A Love Note

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Beauty in the Waiting

Beauty in the Waiting

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Homeschooling: Changing Paths

Homeschooling: Changing Paths

Yeah, I see you there mama. Wondering if you should go with your gut on this one. Let’s talk.

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In Gratitude

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It's terrifying, isn't it?

It's terrifying, isn't it?

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Back to School

I’ll be honest. Even after planning and planning for this school year I was feeling a lot of anxiety getting started. I know part of it is the general anxiety and emotion behind my baby girl growing up. Part of it was also just plain old not feeling prepared.

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The complete collection of blog posts is below for your perusing pleasure.

Posts in Life and Faith

Purge

Purge

It’s the end of the year and time to purge the clutter.

Life and FaithLeah BarnettDecember 13, 2018organizing, clutter, get rid of clutter, purge, purging

Changing Mindset

Changing Mindset

Life and FaithLeah BarnettNovember 11, 2018mindset, perfectionism, personal growth, habits

For the Moms

For the Moms

Life and FaithLeah BarnettNovember 8, 2018life, mom life, motherhood, hard days, self care, self growth, worth

Removing the Weeds

Removing the Weeds

Life and FaithLeah BarnettNovember 6, 2018life lessons, seasons, growth, personal growth

The Value of New Seasons

The Value of New Seasons

Life and FaithLeah BarnettOctober 11, 2018goals, goal setting, change, seasons, seasonal growth, growth, personal growth

Promises

Promises

I got up to get ready and my sweet girl said, “Don’t go run today if you don’t want to.”

Life and FaithLeah BarnettOctober 2, 2018personal growth, self growth, healthy living, whole health

Goals

Goals

What makes this time different?

Life and FaithLeah BarnettSeptember 30, 2018personal growth, goal setting

When Motivation Hits

When Motivation Hits

Action often begets creativity. Ideas come to me most often when I am already busy doing something.

Life and FaithLeah BarnettSeptember 27, 2018

Choice

Choice

I can choose to be grateful.

Life and FaithLeah BarnettSeptember 26, 2018gratitude

Homeschooling: From a Beginner

Homeschooling: From a Beginner

I realized I was trying to replicate public school in my home.

Life and FaithLeah BarnettJuly 14, 2018homeschool, lessons, beginning, homeschooling