Blog reader Jeriann Ireland offered to send me a post about homemade health and beauty products. This is of course an interest of mine, as I make a lot of different products myself. Some are just personal experiments and some I share on my Etsy shop . My reasons are much the same as Jerriann discusses in this post - save money, know the ingredients and take control of your health. Jeriann is a writer and crafter who makes homemade body care products and fun craft items, mostly as gifts for her friends and family. She loves learning about beneficial and harmful ingredients in everyday products and finding alternatives that fit her health goals. See more of her writing at dairyairhead.com . ********* I used to think that “health and beauty” as a category was a bit odd. Health and beauty aren’t necessarily related. You can be healthy and ugly, and you can be beautiful and sick. But when you look at what society considers beautiful, it’s often tied to ...