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Why make your own deodorant?

For me, it’s about sensitive skin, avoiding synthetic fragrance, supporting the skin barrier, reducing unnecessary ingredients, and making something simple that actually works with my body rather than against it.

Also… tiny apothecary chaos is good for the soul.

Two things with this one though. Be patient with your candelillia wax (it takes a while to melt but you’ll be rewarded with a much nicer texture if you take it slow) AND be warned: once the tapioca starch goes in, things start to solidify FAST.

This is the sensitive skin version, made without baking soda (personally a bit much for my delicate underarms!)

✨ Sensitive Skin Homemade Deodorant

You’ll need:

• 2 tbsp / 1 oz coconut oil
• 1 tsp / 0.2 oz candelilla wax
• 1 tbsp / 0.25 oz tapioca starch
• 20–30 drops essential oils

Optional tweak: you can do half coconut oil and half mango butter if you want a creamier, more balm-like texture.

How to make it:

1. Melt the coconut oil and candelilla wax gently using a double boiler.
2. Remove from the heat.
3. Stir in the tapioca starch - move quickly because this is where it thickens fast.
4. Add your essential oils and mix well (I recommend pre measuring them in a separate jug to add quickly)
5. Pour into your container FAST
6. Pop in the fridge to cool and solidify fully before using.

A little essential oil chemistry tip:

For deodorant, I’d think about oils that bring astringent, antimicrobial, fresh, resinous or grounding notes.

🌿 Astringent/fresh: cypress, juniper, tea tree, lemon, grapefruit
🌲 Resinous/forest: fir, pine, cedarwood, black spruce
🌸 Soft/floral: lavender, geranium, chamomile
🪵 Grounding/base notes: vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, frankincense
🍊 Bright top notes: sweet orange, bergamot, mandarin, grapefruit

Be mindful with citrus oils if you have sensitive skin or if your underarms are going to see the sun - some can cause photosensitivity.

#HomemadeDeodorant #NaturalDeodorant #SensitiveSkin #DIYSkincare #EssentialOils

Maybe you needed to read this today…

You don’t have to bloom constantly to be growing.

There are times for creating, sharing, showing up and being visible - and there are times for gathering energy, tending to the roots, and letting things take shape beneath the surface.

Nature never rushes these transitions.

The trees don’t question the shedding.
The seeds don’t doubt the waiting.
The moon doesn’t explain her changing phases.

And I think there’s something really reassuring in that.

So consider this your gentle permission slip:

You don’t have to bloom constantly to be growing.
You don’t have to be visible to be becoming.
You don’t have to rush the season you’re in.

You are still allowed to move gently, in your own time.

Aromatherapy, herbs, and time spent in nature always root me firmly in this simple truth - we are deeply cyclical beings, not machines, much more suited to being connected to nature than by notifications.

#herbalmedicine
#aromatherapy
#seasonalliving
#slowwellness
#nervoussystemsupport

FULL RECIPE IN CAPTION 🌸🍯

This is your reminder to go gather the hawthorn flowers while they’re still blooming 🌿🤍✨

I’ve been wanting to make hawthorn flower syrup for ages and finally got around to learning more about it properly this spring.

Hawthorn has a long history in traditional herbal medicine as a plant associated with the heart, both physically and emotionally - and honestly the whole thing feels a little magical.

Traditionally, hawthorn has been used to support cardiovascular health, circulation, and nervous system regulation, and modern research suggests it contains antioxidant compounds like flavonoids and oligomeric procyanidins which may help support blood flow and heart function too 🌱

This particular recipe combines hawthorn flowers with ginger, goji berries, raw honey, and optional herbs like rosemary or lemon balm to create a deeply nourishing herbal syrup.

And even if you’re just here for the cosy woodland apothecary vibes… that’s valid too 🍯✨

✨ Hawthorn Flower Syrup Recipe
• 1–2 cups fresh hawthorn flowers
• 1–2 tsp fresh ginger, sliced or grated
• ½ cup dried goji berries
• 2 tsp rosemary and/or lemon balm (optional)
• 3 cups water
• ¾–1 cup raw honey
• Optional: brandy for preserving

Simmer the ginger, goji berries + rosemary in the water for 20–30 mins. Turn off the heat and add the hawthorn flowers + lemon balm, then cover and steep for another 20–30 mins.
Strain, let cool slightly, then stir in the raw honey (don’t reheat it once the honey is in). Add brandy if using - about ¼ cup per cup of syrup.

Store in the fridge and enjoy by the spoonful, in tea, or added to sparkling water ✨

If you don’t have every ingredient? Improvise. The plants are forgiving 🌱

#Hawthorn #PlantWisdom #HerbalRemedies #HerbalMedicine #SeasonalLiving

Most women aren’t struggling with their hormones.

They’re often navigating the load their body is carrying without the consistent support it needs to feel safe and regulated.

We’ve been taught to look for problems to fix.

But the body doesn’t work like that.

It responds to what it receives…
gently, repeatedly, and over time.

I know it can sometimes feel otherwise but our hormones don’t exist in isolation.

They reflect:
• how supported your nervous system feels
• how consistently you’re fuelling your body
• the pace and pressure you’re living under
• what you’re exposed to daily - through food, environment, and even scent

This is why doing more can sometimes feel exhausting…
and still not quite right.

Because the body isn’t asking for more.

It’s asking for:
• steadier inputs
• fewer extremes
• moments of regulation
• and consistency it can trust

So the shift isn’t:
👉🏻 what else can I add?

It’s:
👉🏻 what would feel genuinely supportive to me, every day?

That’s where things begin to change.

Quietly.
Gently.
Sustainably.

If this resonated, save it for later 🤍
Sometimes it’s not about doing more, just doing what matters, more consistently.

#healthspanathome
#womenswellness
#hormonehealth
#nervoussystemregulation
#functionalwellness

If your energy feels inconsistent right now, you’re not imagining it.

And you’re not doing anything wrong either.

This time of year brings a very real physiological shift.

As light increases, the body begins to recalibrate.

Melatonin starts to adjust.
Cortisol patterns shift.
Serotonin begins to rise.

And while that often gets described (and sometimes experienced) as “more energy”…

in reality, it can feel much less linear than that.

Kind of like that high of the first real experience of warmth in the sunshine one moment, followed by sideways hail the next.

We might have more energy one day.
A dip the next.
Sleep that feels slightly different.
A sense of things changing, but not feeling particularly settled.

This is because our bodies aren’t designed to flip a switch.

They adapt.

And spring is a huge transition point, it’s not an endpoint.

This is where I think seasonal living becomes really valuable.

A beautiful and supportive way of working with the body, rather than expecting it to feel the same all year round

Right now that might looks like:

- a little more gentleness with our energy
- more awareness of rhythm and light
- Prioritising supporting the nervous system as things shift
- not expecting consistency where there naturally isn’t any

Small adjustments.

But ones that tend to make the whole thing feel much easier. Because honestly, none of this needs to feel harder than it already is.

If you’ve been feeling this shift too, you’re very much not alone 💛

#womenshealthsupport
#hormonebalance
#seasonalliving
#nervoussystemsupport
#healthspanathome

In winter, things are quieter…

It’s not that nothing is happening, but things are dormant, less visible…

Easier, perhaps, to ignore.

As the light returns, something shifts. Not just in nature, but you may have noticed within us too.

With this increasing light comes clarity.

And we start to see things more clearly for what they are:

what has life in it
what is taking up space
what needs pruning
what is ready to be nourished
what no longer fits the season we’re entering

This is one of the quieter invitations of this time of year.

Not just to use your energy to blindly begin again, but to notice, honestly, what is and isn’t working.

A few things I’ve been reflecting on:

• What in my life currently has real life in it?
• What am I trying to carry that belongs to a previous season?
• What wants nourishing now?
• What needs simplifying or clearing?

So may today’s Spring equinox be a little invitation to notice:
what is ready to grow
and what may be ready to be left behind.

Lucy 💛

#springequinox
#seasonalliving
#womenswellbeing
#holistichealth
#healthspan

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