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Love Notes from the Sea

Queen of the Wildflowers: Carrot Seed

A field of Queen Anne's Lace (aka Wild Carrot: Daucus carota) with my daughters a few years ago on my family's farm in Illinois. This memory brings to mind the song that's been in my head all day ...

Rosemary Dew Hair Love

Is your hair feeling overwhelmed, dry, and dehydrated? Then you will love dousing your locks with this nourishing treatment that will leave your hair with sheen, luster, and vitality! Above is the ...

Mermaid Monday

It's Mermaid Monday here at Drifting by the Sea and I have a beautiful mermaid masque to start your week off with a detoxified glow! 1. Start out by dispersing some Mermaid Petals Facial Masque Pow...

Sunday Skin Love

Something Sweet

The best chocolate sauce has the fewest ingredients! It allows you to enjoy the combination of bitter cacao, sweet maple, and a touch of creamy coconut oil, warming vanilla and salt.One of my favor...

The Chemistry of Oil Cleansing

Oil Cleansing. It's effective. It's lovely. It can give you the most dewy, radiant skin you've ever experienced. Oil cleansing is like feeding your skin with plants. Specially-chosen essential oils...

Aloe Vera ~ the Skincare Do's and Don'ts

Aloe Vera...... the healing plant with such a beautiful minty green color, one that can grow in so many environments, and one that truly quenches the summer skin's thirst when it's fresh gel is squ...

A Kiss of Bliss

I wrote a little booklet. The first one I have ever made available to the public, so it's kind of exciting! No publishers or fancy crazy binding. Just natural recipes from my head to yours! I have ...

Vanilla Honey Nectar Face Cleanser

Falling in Love with the Pre-Cleanse

Before your daily facial cleanse....you will fall in LOVE with the "PRE-CLEANSE" ritual....trust me!Pre-treating the area you are cleansing helps to remove dead surface cells and stimulate skin to ...

Spa Treatment Tools

New treatment bowls are in stock! I love these little bowls for mixing and masque-ing. Bamboo Treatment Brushes are in stock as well. These are two essential tools for your at-home facial alchemy r...

Colors of Beauty

Ingredient love....the colors, the textures, the magic....extraordinary powers of each plant ingredient ....bright and colorful like a beachside rainbow that lights up a cloudy day.Pictured clockwi...

Summer Citrus Sponge Cleansing

We are in deep with summer heat here in Florida and one of the most refreshing ways to cleanse your face, hydrate, and clear up troubled skin is to use a Citrus Sponge. I am not sure if this is a "...

Summer Citrus Sponge Cleansing

We are in deep with summer heat here in Florida and one of the most refreshing ways to cleanse your face, hydrate, and clear up troubled skin is to use a Citrus Sponge. I am not sure if this is a "...

Tropical Ingredient Fun

Highlighting a few ingredients from the studio. Coconut, hibiscus, grapefruit, orange, lemon, almonds, rose petals, oatmeal, Morrocan clay, activated charcoal, plumeria, dune sunflower, match pow...

Face Flower Water DIY

Have you flowerized your personal cleansing water lately? It's so much more fun to use flower petal water when cleansing that your boring tap water. Plus, flower petals and herbs have skincare bene...

Summer Skin Ritual: Island Nectar Fusion Peel

Peels have a bad rap and so they should. But utilizing natures ingredients can provide your skin of the benefits of a Peel without the harsh sensitivities that go along with that treatment. This Su...

Independence Day Weekend Masque DIY

Beautify your skin for the upcoming Independence Day Weekend, while keeping yourself "independent" from harsh chemical skincare. Here is a fun, DIY masque recipe to enjoy that will plump, soften, a...

Summer Peachy Lime Green Tea Refresher

Summer Peachy Lime Green TeaPeaches, limes, and green tea all have beneficial qualities for the skin. The addition of honey or maple syrup gives this drink a sweet touch without having to use sugar...

Saving your Skin from Bugs!

This year has been especially bad in Florida for mosquitoes. They seem to be everywhere right now! Ewwww! For years I have offered a natural bug repellant, something I have been using on myself whi...