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- Stephanie is a freelance writer and graphic designer living in the eco-mecca of the South – Asheville, North Carolina. Surrounded by stunning natural scenery and a thriving arts culture, she finds inspiration in hiking, gardening, painting, strolling downtown and most of all, spreading a blanket out in the grass to read or write.
She refers to her various passions as ‘an obsession with all things beautiful’, which influences her drive to preserve the natural world for future generations. She will proudly tell of narrowing her entire house-and-body-cleaning arsenal down to a gallon-size bottle of castile soap and a tub of baking soda, but admits that she’s still got a long way to go to live as earth-friendly as she’d like.
Stephanie is really into herbal medicine, vegetarian cooking and finding ways to live a simpler life. She and her husband, Jason, spend a lot of time lounging around in the sun daydreaming about European travel and coming up with rustic Italian menus and wine pairings.
Posts by Stephanie:
Beat Breakouts Naturally with Lavender Oil
Lavender isn’t just a pretty, relaxing scent. It’s a great way to manage breakouts without slathering chemicals all over your skin. Many of us have memories of smearing foul-smelling creams on our faces when we were battling breakouts in high school and the kind of stuff we used then isn’t kind to our skin now. [...]
Calendula: A Soothing Herbal Remedy for Skin Ailments
Calendula, also called the Pot Marigold, is a beautiful plant for the garden, and its edible blooms are prized for their cheerful beauty. But did you know it can also be used for a variety of health purposes? Calendula Officinalis is a great herbal treatment for all manner of skin ailments including burns, bruises, sprains, [...]
Virgin Coconut Oil – Moisturizing Beauty Panacea
I’m a huge fan of using virgin coconut oil for a variety of beauty-related purposes. It’s cheap, it’s ultra moisturizing and the smell just instantly puts me in a good mood (maybe it’s the similarity to delicious tropical frozen cocktails on the beach… mmm….rum and coconut…drool). Anyway! On to the point, lest I get distracted [...]
Real Red Hair How To’s with Henna
Lush henna
I used to have the kind of hair that women have nightmares about. Thin, frizzy, oily at the roots and damaged at the ends. I fought it for years, trying to tame it with one product after another while simultaneously making it worse with chemical hair dye. That’s right, I’ll admit that I’m [...]
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