Annis Fender Blog
‘Oh, are you health conscious then?’ asked our new and bouncy young dentist and crinkled her nose in disapproval. I don’t think she was aware she did that.
It was time for the 6...
It is prime allergy season and my ginormous sneezes shake our 160-year-old home to its foundation. Especially annoying for the more delicate souls in my family, because I always sneeze 3 times (and...
Yes, I am the first to agree that this was not the wisest of name choices for this incredible oil blend previously known as Breathe. But, we are about to enter hay-fever season and it’s...
Melaleuca is better known as Tea Tree Oil, and it spent much time neglected in my oil box because of its clean, medicinal smell. Until I suddenly loved the smell started using it during a...
It's okay to give your hair a break from shampoo and conditioner - not least to save on plastic if you don’t use shampoo bars already. Dry shampoo is a great way to rock that third-day...
One of my particular favourites - its earthy, freshly cut grass after summer rain scent has made it known as the ‘oil of tranquillity and ‘fragrance of the soil.’
Wonderfully...
My maternal grandmother was 49 when she accidentally gave birth to my mum. I never met her, but with 3 grown sons and 2 of them away at war, in a city that was being bombed to bits and food hard to...
If fidget spinners, Rubik cubes and wobble cushions are part of your Mary Poppins handbag, then it is likely that you are a parent or carer of a kid with dyscalculia, Irlen, dyslexia, dyspraxia,...
Bleach is so common that most of us connect its smell with cleanliness. To make bleach, a direct electrical current is sent through a sodium chloride solution (table salt and water), which "splits"...
We have gone sober since Christmas, and whilst alcohol has not played such a big part in my social life for a few years now, it’s been much harder for my husband, who holds a high-flying job...
I teach classes on creating a healthy life with essential oils, and often people apply this knowledge with oils they already have in their homes. Inevitably the question comes up if they are safe,...
