Carrots for Michaelmas

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Simple Homemade Recipe for Lip Balm, Hand Salve, and Beard Wax

March 21, 2016 By Haley 5 Comments

Easy, natural recipe for homemade lip balm, hand salve, and beard wax.

  My husband Daniel whipped some of this up recently and it's fantastic! So I nagged used my dulcet tones to convince him to guest post here at Carrots to share his recipe. Lucky for you, he's an obliging sort! -Haley I’ve used beard wax for several years. Mostly just beeswax and oil, beard wax helps a beard keep a good shape, gives a beard a nice sheen, prevents split ends, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family & Homesteading, Green Living, Recipe Tagged With: beard wax, beeswax, coconut oil, essential oils, hand salve, lip balm, recipe

Want 100% Beeswax Advent Candles? GIVEAWAY with Toadily Handmade Beeswax Candles

November 5, 2013 By Haley 156 Comments

Did it just hit you that Advent is almost here? OK, good, because it just hit me, too. Haven't ordered Advent candles yet? Well, you're in luck. Because Toadily Handmade Beeswax Advent Candles is sponsoring a giveaway and offering one Make Your Own Advent Candle Kit to the lucky winner! For the past four years, I've bought my Advent candles from them because they are not only prettier than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advent, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: advent, advent candles, beeswax, Giveaway, toadily handmade beeswax candles

GIVEAWAY! (NOW CLOSED) Beeswax Candles from Local Apiary: Full Moon Farm

November 26, 2011 By Haley 13 Comments

While the boys enjoy a well-deserved nap, Lucy and I are relaxing and coming up with a Giveaway for you, dear reader, as I enjoy a post-Thanksgiving-madness/week-of-illness cup of tea. We're all mostly better, just a little congested. Benjamin's breathing is easier and Lucy never got a fever, so I think we're out of the woods with this bug before the new week begins. Yay! And here's the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giveaway Tagged With: advent, beeswax, Candlemas, Candles, Giveaway, local business

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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