~~ Free Resources ~~
Watch or listen to an intro chat about a herbal topic that particularly interests you.
~~ About Herbs as Home Herbal Medicines & Wild Foods ~~
Intro to Wild Spring Herbs
Intro to Wild Autumn Herbs
An Intro to Healthy Skin & Hair with Herbs Includes:
These are informal chats with Q&As about how herbs can be used for the skin.
Some of the topics I mention include:
Medical skin & hair issues e.g. psoriasis, eczema etc.
Making natural cosmetics with herbs.
Including herbs in green beauty forumlating and in retail skincare brands.
The differences between what you can make at home for yourself compared with what you need to do (and not do) legally for selling products made with your herbal extracts.
The beautiful connectedness to our earth when we work with herbs this way.
I hope that you enjoy watching these intro chats and conversations about working with herbs this way. To learn about them properly, please join a course or book private consultancy with Vivienne.
~~ Watch: About Herbal Skincare ~~
Healthy Skin & Hair with Herbs
An informal chat about using herbs:
Wild Herbs: Red Clover, Cleavers, Marshmallow, Plantain, Nettle etc.
Drinking herbal tonics for healthy skin.
Making deodorant, infused oils, glycerites, infused vinegar etc.
Herbs to extract and use in skincare & haircare treatments and products that are applied to the body.
Working and making in harmony with the earth: compost etc.
Want to learn more about this topic? I teach this in this video course: CLICK HERE for info.
Healthy Skin & Hair with Herbs
An informal chat and Q&A about using herbs:
Featured Herbs: Nettle, Cleavers, Seaweeds, Calendula, Rose, Marshmallow, Rosemary, Plantain, Meadowsweet, Vanilla, Chickweed, Rosehip oil.
Drinking herbal tonics for healthy skin.
The differences between essential oils and herbal infused oils.
Drying your own herbs or buying from suppliers.
Making deodorant, infused oils, glycerites, infused vinegar etc.
Herbs to extract and use in skincare & haircare treatments and products that are applied to the body.
Working and making in harmony with the earth: compost etc.
Want to learn more about this topic? I teach this in this video course: CLICK HERE for info.
Interview with me by Marie Rayma for her most excellent website Humble Bee & Me
Channel Host: Marie Rayma. If you don’t know Marie’s work already then please visit her website
https://www.humblebeeandme.com/
Marie is a marvel at DIY cosmetic formulating and has on epic amount of videos, resources, classes, books and interviews.
Video Length: 46 mins (the full interview is twice as long and is available to her subscribers on Patreon)
Language: English Date: 2025
Topic: Herbalist reveals HOW to make safe DIY infusions for skincare (and so much more!)
Marie & I met when she came to Portugal for the residential course that I teach here with our mutual friend Lise Andersen (lisalise.com).
We had a wonderful time together, making skincare & haircare from the herbs that we collected, dried and extracted from the beautiful organic garden at our venue.
Some of the areas we talk about in this interview include:
Why people get frightened off making and using their own herbal extracts in skincare & other cosmetics.
How it is possible to make them properly, including to the professional level required to be included in cosmetics for retail (to comply with the standards required for EU cosmetic legislation).
Some of Vivienne’s favourite herbs to include in natural skincare e.g. marshmallow, plantain etc.
Why DIY herbal extracts can go wrong and how to prevent this.
Why the quality of the dried herbs you buy (or dry yourself) is VITAL to making extracts well.
Vivienne’s safety tips for starting to work with herbs in skincare.
Want to learn more about this topic?
Please join a course or book private consultancy with Vivienne.
I hope that you enjoyed watching these intro chats and conversations about working with herbs this way.
To learn about them properly, please join a course or book private consultancy with Vivienne.
~~ Listen: Podcast Interviews ~~
About Herbs…
Forage Botanicals
Podcast Host:
Natasha Richarson, Medical Herbalist
https://foragebotanicals.co.uk/
Long listen: 90 mins
Language: English Date: 2017
Topic:
My favourite herb ROSE.
Clinic
Herbal Medicine
Lab Aroma Podcast
Podcast Host: Colleen Quinn
Clinical aromatherapist, cosmetic chemist, researcher, educator & author.
https://www.colleenquinnconsultancy.com/
Long listen: 30 mins
Language: English Date: 2022
Topics:
Professional uses of herbs.
The importance & joy of working with plants.
Starting our work when we were young!
WorldWild Podcast
Podcast Host: Miles Irving
Foraging & wild food specialist (teacher, consultant, author).
https://www.milesirving.co.uk/
Long listen: 90 mins
Language: English Date: 2022
Topic:
An informal chat with two people who live and work with herbs & edible plants.
“When you realise that you’re part of nature, it’s not just learning about it, when you realise that you actually are nature... when you link back into all of this, you’re never on your own again…”
Maria’s Aromatic Cafe
Podcast Host: Maria Aparecida Das Neves
Clinical aromatherapist, Grupo Essence
Long listen: 90 mins
Language: English & Portuguese
Topics: 2022
Talking about my experiences from my herbal medicine clinic.
Herbal medicine becoming integrated back into medicine again e.g. in hospitals, doctors using herbs again etc.
Herbal medicine as life-changing support for the emotions and mental health.
Maria shares some of her work as a clinical aromatherapist as part of the hospital and mental health system in Brazil.
