• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Documenting Simple Living

simple living skills for the modern world

  • About
  • Tinctures
    • Tinctures 101
    • Alcohol-Free Tinctures
    • Tinctures for Anxiety
    • Tinctures for Immune Support
    • Tinctures for Inflammation
    • Tinctures for Sleep
    • Tinctures for Pain
  • Holistic Skin Care
    • Infused Oils
    • Simple Salves
  • Homegrown Eats
    • Easy Extracts
    • Fermented Foods
    • Homemade Condiments
    • Sourdough
  • Shop
  • Free Dowloads
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Holistic Skin Care

How To Make Calendula Oil At Home (And Three Ways To Use It)

Nico · June 9, 2025 · Leave a Comment

A glass jar with dried calendula flowers inside. There are dried petals in front of the jar.

Calendula is a wonderful flower to use in natural remedies. Learning how to make calendula oil from scratch is super simple, and you can use it to make lip balm, salves, and more. Here’s how to make it! Infused oil from calendula (Calendula officinalis (also called pot … [Read more...] about How To Make Calendula Oil At Home (And Three Ways To Use It)

Filed Under: Holistic Skin Care, Infused Oils

How to Make Arnica Oil

Nico · June 2, 2025 · Leave a Comment

A glass jar with a lid with arnica flowers infusing in oil. There are dried arnica flowers in front of the jar.

Learn how to make arnica oil at home using dried arnica flowers and your favourite carrier oil. This beginner-friendly guide explains everything you need to know to make your own arnica-infused oil that can help with sore muscles, joint pain, and more. Arnica oil is another … [Read more...] about How to Make Arnica Oil

Filed Under: Holistic Skin Care, Infused Oils

Easy Homemade Plantain Salve Recipe

Nico · May 28, 2025 · Leave a Comment

An overhead shot of plantain salve in an amber glass jar. There is dried plantain beside it.

Commonly considered a weed, plantain can help reduce skin inflammation, soothe bug bites, and even heal minor burns. This plantain salve recipe is easy to make and makes a great addition to your summer herbal remedies. What is plantain and where does it grow? Plantain … [Read more...] about Easy Homemade Plantain Salve Recipe

Filed Under: Holistic Skin Care, Simple Salves

How To Make Rosemary Infused Oil For Hair Growth

Nico · May 15, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Yellow rosemary-infused oil in a glass jar. There is dried rosemary in front of the jar and an amber glass oil bottle in the background.

Humble rosemary is a wonderful herb to help boost hair health. Making a rosemary infused oil is a simple way to apply the plant’s benefits directly to the skin. And it only takes two ingredients and a bit of patience to make. Rosemary-infused oil is having a moment—and for … [Read more...] about How To Make Rosemary Infused Oil For Hair Growth

Filed Under: Holistic Skin Care, Infused Oils

How To Make Mint Infused Oil

Nico · May 6, 2025 · Leave a Comment

A close up of dried mint in front of a glass jar. The glass jar has dried mint inside steeping in oil. There's a bottle of oil in the background.

If you love the cool, calming scent of mint, mint infused oil is something you’ll want to keep in your home apothecary. It uses only two ingredients and is easy and inexpensive to make. Infused oils are so simple to make. You usually only need a carrier oil of some kind, … [Read more...] about How To Make Mint Infused Oil

Filed Under: Holistic Skin Care, Infused Oils

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 7
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search

Welcome!

I’m Nico! I’m all about simple, healing tinctures & other natural remedies. Read more about me here.

Elsewhere…

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • TikTok
  • YouTube

Subscribe for regular healing herbal recipes

    Built with ConvertKit

    Copyright © 2025 · Daily Dish Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

    Privacy Policy

    Search