Backyard Body Care Essentials

Modern populations have become accustomed to the convenience of storebought products for body and beauty care. The ease of using these products often outweighs our interest in investigating the safety of their contents. Some ingredients assist with preservation - making them last longer. Others eliminate the need for cold storage. Ingredients may even enhance the appeal of the products, making them softer, smoother, thicker, thinner, creamier, more fragrant, and so on.

The COVID-19 national lockdowns made us acutely aware that our purchasing options can suddenly become restricted, leaving us searching for substitutes.

Grown at Home magazine will help you to use this opportunity to establish a few backyard body care essentials by planting trees, shrubs, vines, flowers and fruit. Who knows, maybe we will successfully develop a new and sustainable lifestyle. Even if we do not achieve this, at the very least, we can aim at having some homegrown supplies at our fingertips.

In this issue, we take a look at chew sticks, your toothbrushing option for oral care – cleaning your teeth the natural way.