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Updated March 14, 2020 If you are looking for a cheap and effective way to make a homemade essential oil hand sanitizer recipes for yourself and your children, you have come to the right place. Whether it’s cold and flu season, your kids are going back to school, or you simply want a way to […]

There’s a lot of debate surrounding essential oil use and safety on the web these days. So much so that it’s overwhelming and frustrating to try to decide where you stand on any given issue. From learning more about how to use essential oils to using them safely on different ages, much is debated and […]

Quick! Mother’s Day is just around the corner. May 11th will be here before you know it so if you have any natural mamas on your list that you’re buying something for, I’ve got just the thing for you today. (Psst… you can always forward this post to your man too if any of these […]

Blending essential oils together is easy. All you do is pick out your oils and combine them in a bowl. Blending essential oils that smell good together or create some type of therapeutic effect… well that’s another story. It isn’t as easy as mixing whatever you want together. You have to know a bit about […]

I wrote a post a long time ago called the 10 Best Essential Oils To Use For Children (my first guest post in fact) where I talked about 10 essential oils that are must-haves in your natural medicine cabinet when you have children. What I failed to mention was which oils were best for what ages. […]

My family and I recently got over a long bout with an irritating cough. It was miserable, but thankfully we had some natural options to help us through. We used a honey onion syrup as well as a steam vaporizer to help calm our coughing every night. Now like I mentioned in my article on […]

DIY Menthol Pads For Steam Vaporizers | Growing Up Herbal | Support your child's respiratory system during colds with these DIY menthol vapor pads!

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DIY Menthol Pads For Steam Vaporizers | Growing Up Herbal | Support your child's respiratory system during colds with these DIY menthol vapor pads!

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