Hyssop Rediscovered – And a Mask for Your Gorgeous Skin

There’s this magical box that lives in my “crunchy corner.” In it are wonders ne’er before seen, like unicorns and fairies and men who ask for directions.

Just kidding, men. (You’d never fit in this box.)

Actually, what’s in this box are small baggies full of herbs and roots and flowers and resins. Every so often, when I go to our local natural food store, I’ll pick up an herb that I’ve recently learned about, but never worked with. I bring it home, smell it, touch it, and occasionally just toss it in the box and forget about it. Not for lack of interest, but more for an abundance of distractions.

 

 

You know how it goes. There’s always bread to be made, dishes to be washed, friends to be served tea, or cats to be dressed up like German barmaids. Priorities.

About a month ago, as I was planning a few of the plants I’m going to grow in my new rooftop garden, I ran into hyssop seeds. (Isn’t that just about the prettiest word you’ve ever seen? Hyssop. Hyssop. Hyssop.) And while I was familiar with it, I remembered that it was an herb I’d tossed into the box a few months before.

(Along with, by sheer coincidence, nearly everything I need to make homemade root beer – so look for that in the next month or so. I can’t believe I’ve waited this long. WHY DO I FORGET WHAT’S IN MY BOX?)

So, while deciding whether or not hyssop would be included in one of my myriad garden containers, I thought I’d put it on my face.

Right? Because that’s how I make all my decisions.

“Can I put it on my face?” “Yes.” “Okay, I’ll allow it.”

Not only did I love what it did for my face, but the scent alone was enough to send me into the heavens while still feeling firmly attached to the ground. There’s something indescribable about the scent of dried hyssop – it has a distinct earthy, minty, pine-y, floaty, and floral smell to it.

And thus, it becomes a seedling in my guest room, waiting for its rooftop home.

 

 

The Quick and Dirty on Hyssop

Hyssop. (I just wanted to type that gorgeous word again.)

We won’t go in depth about hyssop at the moment, because I have other things planned for it as it grows over the summer, and we’ll talk more then.

But here’s a quick overview:

• Hyssop, which has for centuries been considered a “holy herb,” is a flowering evergreen shrub that’s in the mint family.
• You can make tea and tinctures out of it (although refrain from ingesting the essential oil, and avoid it if you’re pregnant or have seizure disorders), the occasional use of which could help with inflammatory issues, coughs and colds, and circulation.
• If you’re plagued by evil spirits, hyssop has been known to banish those meanies forever. It’s been used since the dawn of demons to consecrate and purify holy places, though science may show it had more to do with hyssop’s natural antiseptic ability to prevent diseases and treat chest ailments. Tomato, tomahto.
• When it comes to skin care, hyssop is astringent and antiseptic, making it a perfect natural treatment for problematically pimply skin – and it has superb healing properties (in part due to its ability to rev circulation), so it’s great not only for wrinkles and pimples, but it makes an excellent addition to a poultice for itchy skin ailments and bug bites.
• Oh, it’s also historically known to be an aphrodisiac when mixed with ginger, thyme, and pepper. (Ahem. Men, I didn’t chase you off with that “asking for directions” comment, did I?)

So among all the different possibilities of hyssop, here’s what we’re going to do with it today.

Simple and Gentle Purifying Hyssop Facial Mask

You will want to use this mask if:

1. You have issues with oily or acneic skin; or
2. You have aging skin; or
3. You have skin.

It’s really very gentle, and incredibly simple (only 3 ingredients), and it’s a wonderful way to introduce yourself to hyssop. When you crush or grind the leaves/flowers, stop for a moment and inhale. Take it all in. Breathe the hyssop deep, and consider all the moments, throughout history, men and women have smelled that same smell and have walked away feeling purified, centered, cleansed.

 

 

The first time I made this mask, I used water. But upon mixing it up, something seemed like it wasn’t quite as harmonized as it needed to be. Immediately, I knew it needed milk instead, so this is what we’re using.

Nonetheless, you are welcome to use water instead of milk, and you won’t miss out on anything (except some extra enzyme exfoliating and fatty acid nourishing action that milk brings).

First, you find some hyssop. (Where to buy hyssop? Mountain Rose Herbs typically carries it, but they’re sold out at the time of this writing. However, Vitacost carries organic hyssop tea bags, which would be a great way to try this recipe AND try out hyssop as a tea, as well. Otherwise, check your local natural food store in the tea or bulk herb sections.)

 

 

After you’ve found your hyssop (of the dried variety), you want to find a way to crush it into a (mostly) powder. I used a mortar and pestle because it was handy, but you could also use a spice grinder or a small food processor.

 

 

How much hyssop are you using? About 2 tsp.

After you have a fine powder, with some ungrindable petals still hanging around, you want to turn your attention to the whole milk (or water, or almond milk or coconut milk). Heat up your liquid until it’s almost boiling.

Add 2 Tbsp hot liquid to your hyssop powder. We’re now going to create a strong tea with it, to help spread the hyssop goodness throughout your mask.

 

 

Stir this mixture very well and then leave it alone for at least 5 minutes – and definitely long enough for the whole thing to cool down completely. The longer you let it steep, the stronger the “tea” mixture will be.

Now, add in approximately 1 tsp french green clay (any cosmetic clay will do, really – bentonite, kaolin, rhassoul, fuller’s earth – but french green is a great all around clay for any skin type). Stir briskly and quickly.

 

 

Add enough clay until the mixture is just thick enough to coat the spoon, but the excess will still pour off easily. Like this:

 

 

Now you’re ready to put it on!

Apply it to your  clean (no makeup) face in a thin layer. Relax and let it dry and work its magic for at least 10 minutes or until the entire mask has hardened. Rinse off with warm water. Gently pat dry and follow with your preferred way to moisturize.

Here’s the recipe, in handy printable fashion:

 

Remember the Box at the Top?

As you can see, in addition to hyssop (and sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry bark, dandelion root, juniper berries, hops, and wintergreen for root beer), I also have eleuthero, gotu kola, passionflower, frankincense tears, menthol crystals, olive leaf, and hops (there’s more – I just don’t want to overwhelm) in there.

Now that I’m reacquainted with my box o’ goodies, I’m going to make my way through it, learning and experimenting. I’ve used much of it before for different things, but some I’m really quite unfamiliar with yet (gotu kola especially – I have no idea what that purchase was about).

Do any of you have any inspired ideas for any of it? Anything you’d like to see me try?

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p.s. Words cannot express how happy I am to be back. This, this making/picture taking-editing/writing/posting, which I imagined was a cause of stress has – the last three days – revealed itself to be my key to enthusiasm and excitement that’s been absent for months. Funny how easy it is to believe any old silly stressful thought that pops into your head – no matter how incorrect it may be. If only I’d found the hyssop sooner, I could have banished those demon thoughts months ago. ;)

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Hear Me, For I Am The Nudge

Yesterday, I stood up in front of 500 people and asked a question that changed my life.

And, you know, if you’re going to stand up in front of 500 people, it had better be a danged good question. Or you’d better have a danged good reason for asking it. Or, mostly, you’d better be pretty brave and not at all self-conscious about excessive sweating.

Or, there’s another option. You feel something inside of you. A push, a nudge, a voice, or a concrete wordless knowing that you’re moving in a direction intended only for you.

It was the latter that prompted me to ask the question. While being brave. While being nervous. While sweating. None of these things are mutually exclusive.

I stood in front of Dr. Wayne Dyer, Reid Tracy (the president of Hay House Publishing), and 500 gorgeous, eager, and hopeful wordsmiths at a writing workshop in Denver, and though shaking in front of such illustrious characters, I asked the question that changed my life.

 

What was the question?

No, I’m serious. What was the question? (It’s all such a blur.)

I asked about literary agents, Mr. Tracy asked me about my blog, I asked Dr. Dyer about how to know when an option in front of you is right for you, even though it feels squishy (squishy?). I asked these things, and they gave enlightening answers, and then Reid Tracy said, “I’d like you to join me at a writer’s intensive I’m doing with Cheryl Richardson next month in Boston, as my guest.”

The enormity of this offer may be easy to overlook, and it was difficult even for me to comprehend for a brief moment, until we took a break and so many compatriots rushed to my side to congratulate me, to say they felt like they watched someone’s life change in the blink of an eye, to encourage me that everything from this moment on is going to be up, up, and away. (But not too far away; I kind of like it here.)

And really, what did I do to deserve this, except follow a nudge and ask a question?

You know what, though? It wasn’t the question, or the offer, or the potential future that changed my life. It was simply following the nudge to where it took me, being so present and unwavering that no amount of fear could get in the way. What changed my life was finally trusting my nudge, in the midst of something scary. What changed my life didn’t happen outside; it all happened inside. It doesn’t happen tomorrow; it happens right now.

But … You Haven’t Blogged In Months. What’s Up With That?

This all goes together and there’s something at the end for you to chew on, so stick with me.

You may remember this post, one of the last I wrote before taking my extended break, explaining how I’d gone through a bit of a melt-up, where everything looked so much different to me suddenly.

Well, I put the cart before the horse when I said I was ready to come back, and with perspective, this is why:

You know that feeling you get when you first put on a new pair of slightly tight jeans? That feeling where you want to stretch a bit, push out your stomach to make the waistband expand so it’s not cutting into your flesh, where you need to be IN your jeans for a while before you can be OUT in your jeans in front of people?

That’s what it felt like. Like, here I was with this grand view of the world, but it wasn’t quite comfortable to me yet, and how on EARTH could I share anything if I wasn’t at home in the way I was seeing the world we live in?

Taking a page from the Tao Te Ching, I began following this one simple thought:

“Do you have the patience to wait
until your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
until the right action arises by itself?”

And, with mindfulness (and sometimes just flat-out laziness), I waited while doing only the things I felt compelled to do (eat, sleep, take care of the Market, read, bake bread … quiet things). I began paying attention to the nudges that before I would have ignored. I began saying “yes” to them instead of shoving them down because I had other things to do.

One of the most profound nudges (or, as Lao Tzu would say, “right actions arising”) came the day I received the postcard in the mail announcing the Writing From Your Soul Workshop in Denver last weekend. It was like I had no choice, regardless of how much money it cost. I had to go. There was no “should,” there was only “do.”

Over the next weeks, I began feeling urges to blog again. I made things, and I took pictures, and I formed words in my head, but when it came time to put them out there, they just … poof. Gone. Nothing. It wasn’t time yet.

So, I went to this writer’s workshop with the hopes that it would dislodge whatever log was in my noggin’. And it did.

Oh, how it did.

My noggin’ is so dislodged from logs, I’m buggin’.

(Ahem.)

So, before I bring this post to a wrap, let me say this: We’re back and we’re live on air, my lovely friends. I have so many ideas, so many things to share, so much I’ve learned. But! We’re also moving our household on May 12th, so things might be a bit rocky around here. One foot in front of the other, though. One foot, then the other.

The Nudge Is Everywhere, It’s Just Waiting For You To Pay Attention

We feel this nudge all the time, you know. You may call it God or intuition or right-action or Miss Suzy Annoying Voice. It doesn’t matter; it’s there.

It happens when you see a recipe, and without further thought, go into the kitchen and make an amazing meal. It happens when a friend calls and invites you to a movie, and instead of checking your calendar you just go. It happens when you wake up, and for no good reason at all, you swing open the curtains and yell “Good morning, sun!” after which your neighbor yells, “Good morning, weirdo!”

You can ignore the nudges all you want. That is an option, and it’s perfectly fine to do so. But you miss out on so much when you do. When you say “no” when it comes a’ pushing. When you’re too afraid, or you don’t want to make a mess, or you’re scared of what other people will think.

Pay attention to the nudge. When it says, “Put tomato on your face and see what happens,” put tomato on your face and see what happens. When it says, “Write a story,” write a story. When it says, “Be still,” be still.

And let go of all expectations of what comes after, because you never know what that may be.

Maybe you’ll make a mess, waste some money, break out in pimples in a million ways, fight with your husband, or sweat in front of 500 people.

Maybe you’ll annoy your incredible readers, because they’re tired of waiting for you to come back to your blog. (I love you, people.)

Or maybe you’ll change your life, in ways you’d never dreamed possible.

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This post was brought to you by your very own nudge, asking you to pay attention to it more often. Wink wink. And nudge nudge, my dears.

Can you think of a time in your life where you listened to a nudge, even though it seemed crazy or impractical at the moment, and it changed your life – even just a little bit? I’d love to hear about it (we all would) in the comments.

When you’re done sharing, your nudge would like you to go put food on your face. We have to practice up for the months ahead of us!

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The Lean, Green Avocado Hand Moisturizing Machine Recipe

There are three things you’ll always find on the verge of going bad in my kitchen:

1. Sauerkraut, which I’ve made religiously by hand every six months for the last two years, and I’ve never eaten. I buy a cabbage, ferment it, and then forget that it exists. By “forget,” I mean ignore. The idea of sauerkraut is good in theory, but when it comes to actually eating it, well … my sock looks more appetizing. By “looks,” I mean “smells.
2. A quarter cup of homemade hamburger helper. We have “hamburger helper” every two weeks or so here, and no matter what, no matter how  hungry everyone is or how full everyone is or how many dogs I threaten to adopt to eat our leftovers, we always have exactly one quarter cup of it still in the pan when dinner is over. It’s enough to where you feel a guilty pit in your stomach for even considering throwing it out. But it’s not enough for another meal for one person the next day. So into a glass jar it goes, and in the refrigerator it stays, for three weeks, until my conscience is clear enough to say, “Well, if anyone tried to eat it now, they’d just get sick. Even that imaginary dog. Might as well throw it out.” It’s a system; who am I to change it?
3. One mushy, brown avocado. If you want to ripen avocados quickly, you store them in your cupboard for two or so days. And then you take them out and cook with them, or put them in your fridge to slow the ripening process. Unless you’re me. Then, you buy three avocados, even if you only need two, and forget that there’s one in the cupboard for a week. Then, one day you’re filling your water glass, and a little voice from the cupboard goes, “Hey. Hey. If you don’t pay attention to me, I’m going to grow legs and hair, move to Portland, and start an indie band called mono:unsaturated.”

Yes. You can steal that band name.

Anyway, if you’re anything like me – although you’re probably not, because you actually eat your sauerkraut – you’ll have an avocado ready to go for this easy-peasy, food-on-your-hands, super mono:unsaturated hand treatment.

 

 

I actually put together this recipe, not because my hands are terribly dry – because it’s 67 degrees in December in Colorado with a relative humidity of 15%, which is like a sauna around here – but because Crunchy Betty is going to be in Vegetarian Times Magazine!

We should see one recipe (using rice) show up in the next issue or two (I think), but that danged incredibly beautiful, tempting and tantalizing magazine invited me back to submit more recipes for the April/May (or April or May, I’m not sure) edition. The moral of the story is, just look for ‘em in Vegetarian Times magazine every month between today and, say, July 2015.  Just to be safe.

Anyway, this isn’t the exact recipe I submitted along with the recipes to Vegetarian Times. It’s a riff on that recipe, if you will. A drum solo in the middle of the mono:unsaturated’s 15-song set. This particular recipe is meant to be used over the course of three days, for dry winter hands that need extra tender lovin’.

Yes, it is for dry, winter hands – and to ease my guilty conscience about all the over-ripe, mushy avocados in your cabinets, just waiting to be used for practical purpose. Let’s be honest. No avocado really wants to be in a band.

The Lean, Green Avocado Hand Moisturizing Machine Recipe

This recipe, you’ll store in your refrigerator and use twice a day for three days.

It’s quick to mix up, and it’s quick to use, but the results are easy to see – and your hands will soon be back to their mid-summer, dewy and moist (but not in a creepy way) condition. In the middle of winter.

Do, though, be careful with this recipe if you have broken skin anywhere. It might sting a bit. Wait until your skin has healed to apply fresh foods to it, mkay?

Ready to soften your hands, the avocado way? Here’s what you need:

 

 

Half of an avocado, olive oil, sugar, and patchouli essential oil.

Easy.

Mushy.

Exfoliaty.

Soft.

 

Slice your avocado in half, and save the pit to throw at an unsuspecting cat. You can skip the last part. But I don’t.

Anyway, you want to mush it as well as you absolutely, possibly can. My avocado was actually a little unripe (gasp), because the overripe one I had in my cabinet had grown hair and legs and was packing its bags for Portland already.

So, my recipe may look a little more lumpy than your does. That just means you’re better than me.

 

Add in your olive oil and stir, stir, stir until it’s all mixed together.

But be prepared. You’re going to stir a little more. And then a little more. But not any more after that.

 

 

Now you add in 4-5 drops of patchouli essential oil, which, despite what everyone says, isn’t just for hippies anymore. It’s actually a warm, cozy scent that makes you want to snuggle with your cat, but he won’t come near you because you threw an avocado pit at him earlier.

Patchouli, by the way, is an excellent essential oil for healing and nourishing dry and/or flaky skin. It also happens to smell divine with the rich, thick, green scent of avocados.

 

 

Now you stir in 1/8 c. of sugar. And that’s all you have to do.

Except, of course, you still have to apply it, and that’s SO much easier than making it.

Scrub your hands with the mixture, and let the alpha-hydroxy acids in the sugar soften old, dead skin cells, while the avocado, olive oil, and patchouli essential oil moisturize and nourish your hands underneath. Scrub for a few minutes, and then rinse off well.

 

 

Here’s the whole recipe/instructions:

The Lean, Green Hand Moisturizing Machine Recipe

• 1/2 of an over-ripe avocado
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/8 c. sugar
• 4-5 drops patchouli essential oil

Mash the avocado well, until you have a thick paste. Blend the olive oil in completely, and continue stirring as you add the patchouli essential oil. Quickly stir in the sugar.

To use: Over the sink, place a healthy-sized glob of avocado hand treatment in your hands. Rub your hands together, scrubbing every inch, but concentrating on super dry areas. Leave this on for 30 seconds to a minute, and then scrub your hands together while rinsing off under lukewarm water. Finish with shea butter or a moisturizer of your choice. Repeat this treatment once or twice a day for three days.

Put the remainder of your avocado hand treatment in a glass container with a lid, and store in your fridge for up to three days. If the sugar in your avocado hand treatment dissolves too much, just add a bit more sugar before using.

That’s it. You’re done.

Your hands are soft and touchable, and you’ve just saved Portland from one more avocado indie rock band.

 

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Oh, The Things You Can Make If Only You Try

There’s a distinct possibility that the books in the Healthy Living eBook Bundle contain the secrets of motivation and inspiration. Nay, the secrets of the universe. (Except, of course, where the missing socks are stashed after running through the dryer.)

Gaze at the fancy collage again. These are the gateways to awesomeness. These 34 diminutive ebook covers.

 

 

The other night, as I was writing the post announcing this quick sale, I started to read the books. Really read. Before, I had only read one or two, and cyber-thumbed through the rest. But, as I immersed myself in the recipes and instructions contained therein, I was overtaken by an entity. An entity that seemed so familiar, yet nearly forgotten.

The pure and clear entity of the essence of Crunchy Betty.

Yesterday. Yesterday, I came back to life. In one day, I made FIVE things from the pages of these books (and let me tell you, five things is but a ripple on the ocean of what I want to make from the books in the Healthy Living eBook Bundle).

I documented ALL the things, which you’re about to gaze at lovingly. And while I can’t give you the recipes for four of the things – you have to buy the bundle to manifest this yumminess yourself - I will give you a recipe straight from my very own book in the bundle – Crunchy Betty’s Food On Your Face for Acne and Oily Skin. At the end. So keep scrolling.

The Day of Making Five Delightful Things

It started with Renee at Hard Lotion’s recipes. She has THREE books in this bundle, all full of things you can make and enjoy, or give away and receive showerings of moisturizing gratitude.

The book with the recipe I worked with was her My Buttered Life (Gift Edition) – there’s also a Baby Edition and a Summer Edition. They are all brilliant and so easy to follow.

I pulled her general lotion bar recipe out of it, and then I hit inspiration in much the same way that I hit walls when I’m walking and daydreaming at the same time. Only this didn’t bruise.

What – stay with me here – what if you took a lotion bar recipe, and instead of making bars, you layered it in a thin sheet, froze it, and then broke it into tiny pieces?

 

And then. THEN you took those tiny pieces and you put them in an Altoid tin? And then! Then when you needed some quick moisturizing goodness, you just pull out a tiny chip in the size that you need (small for your hands or large for your elbows)?

Easy-to-carry, simple-to-use lotion bar shards! That is what we have here.

I call them: Moisture-Ice Chips! Because they’re peppermint, and they’re like chips of ice. Get it? Yeah. Look at them!

 

Yes. I am loving this idea. And I am loving using these. I think I’ve gone through half that tin already, because they’re so ridiculously easy to apply.

In other news, I’m about to start a nationwide search for a baby whose bottom is as soft as my hands. I don’t believe it exists.

More Gift-Giving Goodness – From Simple Scrubs to Make and Give

As I was making the Moisture-Ice Chips (heh, still makes me laugh), We Need a Little Christmas was stuck in my head, so my attention was turned toward something decadently holiday-ish. And the next thing to fall from my Crunchy Hands was the Holiday Scrub recipe from Simple Scrubs to Make and Give from Stacy Karen at A Delightful Home.

 

 

It’s a simple and pampering ho-ho-holiday scrub that smells an awful lot like pumpkin pie. Or spice cake. If you throw in some ginger, you’d totally have a gingerbread sugar scrub to present to your best friend (or your own bathing self).

I put it in front of my fireplace, after hiking into the woods, chopping down a tree, splitting logs, and starting a fire by rubbing two sticks together.

Or, you know, flipping a switch. It’s a gas fireplace.

 

 

Now I just need a friend to stop by and say, “I wish I had some sugar scrub …” And then I’ll produce this from behind my back and say, “Ho Ho Ho! Merrrry Christmas!”

It will be a moment to treasure for years to come.

A Healthy Living Dinner – From Simple Food and Easy. Homemade.

After all the product making, I was starving, so I pulled out two books that are becoming my go-to books for recipe ideas.

The results of my dinner? Nothing less than tantalizing.

I made (Bacon) Cheeseburger Soup from Simple Food (Winter Edition) by Shannon at Nourishing Days and Cheesy Biscuits from Easy. Homemade. by Mandi at Life Your Way. They paired perfectly. And everything was so. cheesy.

But here’s the best part about both of these recipes: If you keep staples in your home, you’ll be able to make them without shopping, and you’ll have them plated in 45 minutes or less. Easiest, most delicious homemade dinner ever.

 

Check it out.

The cheeseburger soup? It tasted JUST like a cheeseburger. (The man in the house could not eat enough of this, he loved it so much.) And the cheesy biscuits? JUST like biscuits at Red Lobster.

Mmmm … my mouth waters at remembering.

Look again.

 

 

Yeah. I made that.

Finishing Off With a Facial Treat – From ME!

I ended the evening by relaxing with a face mask recipe from Crunchy Betty’s Food On Your Face for Acne and Oily Skin.

Which was good, because I have been breaking out like a prisoner with a shovel lately. I haven’t been very kind to my face in these weeks “off.”

Here’s the recipe!

Everything’s Green Face Mask Recipe

• 1 Tbsp French Green Clay
• 1 Tbsp strong green tea, cooled
• 1 tsp neem powder

Combine the clay (you can use any kind of cosmetic clay, if you’d like) with the neem powder. Slowly add in the strong green tea until you have a thick mud. Spread evenly over clean skin and leave on for 10 minutes, or until completely dry. To remove, place a warm, wet washcloth on your face for a minute and then slowly wipe off, rinsing your face often. Moisturize and enjoy the soft and beautiful face you leave behind!

If you keep the mask away from your lips enough, you DEFINITELY have to enjoy the leftover green tea as you’re waiting for the mask to dry. It’s very zen. And a little silly. See?

 

And that, my friends, was a day.

A day that brought my zest for making and doing and creating back.

So, even if you haven’t purchased the Healthy Living eBook Bundle, and even if you’re not going to, let’s pause for a moment and give thanks to all the AMAZING authors who made this day happen.

Amen.

The Healthy Living eBook Bundle Flash Sale … It’s Almost Over Forever

This is the LAST day of the sale, so if you want it, you have to get it now.

 

 

Click here to read the post about it again, or click here (or the photo above) to go straight to the checkout to purchase yours today. Please don’t forget that the bundle contains 34 ebooks, along with $73 worth of free product bonuses from places like Redmond Salt, Cultures for Health, and Made On Hard Lotion (and more!).

And, because I forgot to mention the first time, you do NOT need to have Paypal to purchase this (even though it looks like it at first). Just click on the “Buy With Paypal” button at checkout, and it’ll take you to other payment options.

Buy it now, my dears, or buy it not. ;)

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I cannot wait to get back into the groove of things. SO many things to make and do and think and be.

What will YOU make next?

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Good News, Everybody! 48-Hour Cyber Monday Flash Sale on the Healthy Living Ebook Bundle – With Extra Bonuses!

I know, I know. It seems like that’s all you’ve been getting from me lately. But I promise two things:

ONE: This is SUCH good news (especially for those of you who missed out on the first round of the Healthy Living eBook Bundle sale).

Even though it was unfortunate (very unfortunate) news that Hurricane Sandy happened, we had so many people asking for an extension on the sale, because they missed out during the weather atrociousness. Due to this, the big bosses at the Healthy Living eBook Bundle Headquarters decided to bring the sale back for a flash 48-hour sale. If you didn’t pick this bundle up the first time, you have a second chance! (Isn’t it nice when life offers you second chances?)

 

 

A portion of the proceeds is actually going to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, as well. You can read below to find out more about that.

TWO: I promise there won’t be any other posts dedicated to selling things for the foreseeable future. We’re about to start MAKING things now, not just buying them. Soooon.

But, in the meantime, this is – absolutely, positively, without a sniggle of a doubt – the last time you will be able to buy this eBook bundle. Ever. Period. Nada more after this.

Buy one for yourself, and buy one as a gift for a naturally-minded friend. Hello, high-tech, nourishing-wisdom Christmas gifts – perfect for someone who has massive love for their e-reader or tablet!

Best news of the sale: The bonuses got BIGGER! (Like, $73 worth of free product bonuses, in addition to the $300+ worth of eBooks in the bundle. Read below to see the goodies.)

Here’s the official word on the flash Healthy Living Ebook Bundle Sale (and you can read the post here for what I had to say about it earlier) … for the last time it will ever exist in this incarnation.

Healthy Living eBook Bundle Sale – Now With Extra Bonusey Goodness

During our last sale, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, and many of our readers experienced prolonged power outages, were evacuated from their homes, and dealt with damage as a result of the storm, which meant that you missed out on the sale entirely. So many of you specifically asked if there was any way that you could get your own copy of the eBook bundle that we decided to bring the sale back just for you!

 

 

And so, for 48 hours only, the Healthy Living eBook Bundle is available again! 27 prominent Healthy Living authors have joined together to bundle 34 of their most popular eBooks, valued at just over $300, for the incredibly low price of $29, plus receive more than $73 of bonuses from healthy living companies.

That’s only $0.87 per book to gain inspiration, encouragement, and the practical resources you need for your own healthy lifestyle. Not to mention, it makes a great gift!

 

What’s Included in the Sale?

When you purchase the Healthy Living eBook collection, you will get instant access to each of the 34 eBooks listed below.

PLUS $73 of FREE Bonuses

Each Healthy Living eBook Bundle comes with $73 of FREE Bonuses from several of our favorite healthy living companies.

Offers include a variety package from Redmond Trading (up to $29.99 value), a 4-pack of lip balms from Hard Lotion ($10.50 value), a FREE Sourdough Starter or Traditional Buttermilk Starter from Cultures for Health ($13 value), a $10 store credit to use on your choice of bone broth, sprouted grain breads, raw fermented vegetables or anything else from Wise Choice Market ($10+ value), and a $10 store credit towards natural toys and gifts from Hazelnut Kids ($10+ value). More details on the bonuses below!

Click here to purchase your Healthy Living eBook collection (with FREE bonuses) today!

Please note: This collection is only available for 48 hours, from 8 a.m. EST on Monday, November 26th to 8 a.m. EST on Wednesday, November 28th. There will be no late sales offered.

Here are all the amazing, wisdom-packed, natural-living ebooks you’ll find in the bundle (you want these for nourishing your brain and your family’s bodies, you really do):

Real Food Meals for the Whole Family

Have Your Fruits… and Veggies, Too! by Laura Coppinger @ Heavenly Homemakers ($5.95)

Real {Fast} Food by Trina Holden @ Trina Holden ($6)

20 Minute Meals by Leigh Ann Dutton @ Intentional by Grace ($4.99)

Real Food… Real Easy by various bloggers @ The Humbled Homemaker ($9.95)

Baking, Snacks and Desserts

Smart Sweets by Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship ($8.95)

Healthy Snacks To Go by Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship ($8.95)

Sourdough A to Z by Wardee Harmon @ GNOWFGLINS ($20)

Homemade “Everything” (Condiments, Pantry Basics, etc.)

Restocking the Pantry by Kresha Faber @ Nourishing Joy ($7.99)

Easy. Homemade. by Mandi Ehman @ Life Your Way ($3.99)

Grain Free and Paleo/Primal Eating

Grain Free Meal Plan Cookbook by Cara Faus @ Health, Home & Happiness ($18)

Toadally Primal Smoothies by Todd @ Primal Toad ($9.95)

Simple Food {for spring} by Shannon @ Nourishing Days ($10)

Simple Food {for winter} by Shannon @ Nourishing Days ($10)

Well Fed (Paleo Recipes) by Melissa Joulwan @ The Clothes Make The Girl ($14.95)

Saving Money on Real Food

Real Food on a Real Budget by Stephanie Langford @ Keeper of the Home ($18.99)

Plan It, Don’t Panic by Stephanie Langford @ Keeper of the Home ($4.99)

Don’t Compost It, Cook It by April Patel @ An Apple a Day Wisdom ($2.99)

Skincare and Beauty

My Buttered Life (Baby edition) by Renee Harris @ Hard Lotion ($5)

My Buttered Life (Gift edition) by Renee Harris @ Hard Lotion ($5)

My Buttered Life (Summer edition) by Renee Harris @ Hard Lotion ($5)

Simple Scrubs to Make and Give by Stacy Karen @ A Delightful Home ($3.99)

Food on Your Face for Acne and Oily Skin by Leslie @ Crunchy Betty ($7.99)

Holistic Mama’s Guide to Homemade Skincare by Roxanne King @ The Holistic Mama ($19)

Homesteading, Gardening and Preserving

Your Custom Homestead by Jill Winger @ The Prairie Homestead ($4.99)

Guide to Gardening and Preserving by Laura Coppinger @ Heavenly Homemakers ($7.95)

Apartment Gardening by Jami Leigh @ Young Wife’s Guide ($2.99)

Healthy Lifestyle

Simple Living by Lorilee Lippincott @ Loving Simple Living ($2.99)

Herbal Nurturing by Michele Augur @ Frugal Granola ($8.95)

Simple Natural Health by Nina Nelson @ Shalom Mama ($17)

Healthy Homemaking by Stephanie Langford @ Keeper of the Home ($12.95)

Music: An Essential Ingredient for Life by Resound Piano & Guitar Lessons Surrey ($6.99)

Pregnancy and Babies

Breast to Bib by Kate Tietje @ Modern Alternative Pregnancy ($8.95)

Healthy Pregnancy Super Foods by Kate Tietje @ Modern Alternative Pregnancy ($8.95)

Unbound Birth by Jenny Yarborough @ The Southern Institute ($4.99)

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