Soap Making, Oils and Recipes
Your Christmas closeups and red eye photos are worth a whole lot more than you think. See the white cloudy area reflecting back in the photo above? It’s not normal and needs to be checked out. Violet Sage shares her story here and her plea’s to parents to take a red eye photo. It might save your child’s eye and possibly their life.
When someone in the house starts sniffling, you just know it’s going to make the rounds. That’s when I reach for this homemade herbal vapor rub—our family’s go-to chest balm for easing congestion, coughs, and that heavy-headed sick feeling.
Made with gentle yet powerful essential oils, this balm works just like the classic Vicks rub (but without the synthetic stuff). It’s safe, effective, and smells like a eucalyptus grove with a hint of grandma’s medicine chest—in the best possible way!
Whether you’re treating a toddler’s sniffles or trying to head off a man cold, this DIY vapor rub will be your winter wellness MVP.
Base:
Essential Oil Blend (for adults):
Optional for kids under 5:
Replace eucalyptus and peppermint with fir needle and cedarwood atlas, and halve the total essential oil amount.
Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea. Gratefully, none of my children ever had this, but someday there will be grandchildren, and, of course, the children of friends. This is good to know.
Thank you for sharing this! My son was diagnosed at 5 months with bilateral retinoblastoma that should have been caught many months before by the doctor we were seeing. Because the condition is so rare, the doctor thought that my son would out grow the strabismus (eye turning in) and also told me that the eye doctor would not see him before he was 6 months old. Parents are the first to know if something is not right and should advocate. We pushed and got him seen, if we did not, my son may not be here today.
Thank you for sharing my story. I really hope this helps mom’s alike. The res are are truly the most under diagnosed issue but easily fixed for little ones.